Let the Bible be your guidebook! You're no idiot, of course. You know the significance the Old and New Testaments play in the Jewish and Christian religions. But what can the Bible tell us about ancient lands, history, and cultures? There's more to the Bible than scriptures and parables! The Comlete Idiot's Guide to the World of the Bible is your source to the Good Book's geography, history, and people. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get: Compelling looks at the lives of the residents of the Holy Land, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Philistines, and many more. What life was like in the days of Jesus and the Roman world of Paul. Tips for tours of the Holy Land--including still-existing locations of storied events. The origins of written language and the Bible. Take a trip to the ancient world! Explore the tales of Adam and Eve, the Tower of Babel, and the Great Flood. Visist the Jerusalem of yesterday and today. Trek through the mountains and plains of the Middle East. Learn how people worked, worshipped, and survived in the desert land. Explore the foundations of the Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Hittite empires. Read about the world's first alphabet and written works. Walk in the footsteps of the wandering rabbi known as Jesus.