Written by Dr. Paul Wright, this is simply the best textbook we can recommend for helping students of Scripture better understand the geographical realities of the biblical world. This book also has plenty of supplemental insights into the history, culture, and overall context of the Bible. If you love this stuff, you won’t be able to put it down.

This book has long been the standard for biblical atlases and is jam packed with a ton of incredible ancillary materials to aid the reading of Scripture. The Sacred Bridge will help familiarize you with key pieces of archaeological, historical, and geographic data pertinent to biblical studies.

For those who want to try and understand the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this book is a must read. In what we’re convinced is one of the most complicated political situations in our world, Sandy Tolan does an excellent job outlining how we got to where we are today in the struggle for land, sovereignty, and peace.

Videos, Bible Studies, Podcasts, Bible Studies, and more! The Bible Project, spearheaded by Dr. Tim Mackie, is an excellent auxiliary site to bookmark in your preparations for a trip to the land of the Bible. Tim studied in Jerusalem at the Hebrew University and has an excellent grip on the contextual realities of Scripture that we focus on in our teaching.