Biblical Turkey
Subtitle: a guide to the Jewish and Christian sites of Asia Minor
By: Mark Wilson
Edition: Corrected 2nd edition.
Publisher: Ege Yayınları
Published: 2012
Place of publication: İstanbul
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9786055607906
Subjects: Guidebooks; Historic sites; Christianity; History; Judaism; Antiquities
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. East Anatolia region (Dogu Anadolu Bolgesi) : Natural sites ; Mount Ararat (Agri Dagi) ; Euphrates River ; Tigris River ; Ancient voice: the Gilgamesh Epic ; Ancient regions ; Ararat, Urartu ; Togarmah ; Ancient cities ; Tushpa ; Sidetrip: Urartian fortresses and Ahtamar Church; title: 2. Southeast Anatolia region (Guneydogu Anadolu Bolgesi) : Natural sites ; Mount Ararat (Cudi Dagi) ; Ancient regions ; Aram-naharaim ; Eden ; Gozan ; Paddan-aram ; Ancient cities ; Carchemish ; Modern voice: Leonard Wooley ; Ancient voice: Jeremiah and the Babylonian chronicles ; Edessa/Ur? ; Ancient voice: Eusebius and the Abgar tradition ; In-site: Abraham and Ur ; Haran ; Sidetrip: Gobekli Tepe ; Nahor ; Tiphsah/Zeugma ; Ancient voice: Apollonius of Tyana ; Sidetrip: Nemrut Dagi ; In-Site: Harmagedon (Armageddon) on the Euphrates ; Sidetrip: Tur Abdin; title: 3.; title: Mediterranean region (Akdeniz Bolgesi) : Ancient regions ; Cilicia ; Lycia ; Muzur, Musru, Musri ; Pamphylia ; Pisidia ; Syria ; Ancient cities ; Adana ; Alexandria ad Issum ; In-site: the churches in Syria and Cilicia ; Sidetrip: Plain of Issus ; Antioch on the Orontes ; In-site: Peter and Antioch ; Ancient voice: The Seleucus Inscription ; Sidetrip: Syria ; Attalia ; Daphne ; Mopsuestia ; Sidetrip: Hierapolis Castabala and Karatepe ; Myra ; Sidetrip: Andriace ; In-site: travel on the Mediterranean Sea ; Patara ; Ancient voice: the Lycian League and America's founding fathers ; Sidetrip: Xanthos and Letoon ; Perga ; In-site: Paul's Anatolian journeys ; In-site: Why did John Mark leave Paul and Barnabas? ; In-site: the route from Perga to Pisidian Antioch ; Phaselis ; Pisidian Antioch ; In-site: New Testament timeline in Asia Mior ; In-site: Sergius Paulus ; Sidetrip: Apollonia ; Seleucia Pieria ; Sidetrip: the monastery of Simeon Stylites the Younger ; Sidetrip: Cyprus ; In-site: Mt.; title: Zaphon ; Side ; In-site: The agora and redemption language in the New Testament ; In-site: ancient water systems ; Sidetrip: Aspendus ; Tarsus ; In-site: Paul of Tarsus ; Ancient voice: Tibullus ; Ancient voice: Statius ; Sidetrip: Cilician Gates ; Sidetrip: Soli/Pompeiopolis ; In-site: Tarshish, Tarsus, and Jonah ; In-site: building a Roman road ; Sidetrip: Roman road at Saglikh Koy ; Sidetrip: Seleucia ad Calycadnum; title: 4. Central Anatolia region (Ic Andolus Bolgesi) : Ancient regions ; Cappadocia ; Galatia ; In-site: north versus south Galatia? ; Lycaonia ; Meshech ; Phrygia ; Sidetrip: the highlands of Phrygia ; Tubal ; Ancient cities ; Ancyra ; Sidetrip: Gordium ; Caesarea Mazaca ; Sidetrip: Kanesh/Kultepe ; Sidetrip: Tyana ; Derbe ; Dorylaeum ; Sidetrip: Cotiaeum, Aizonoi, and Altintas ; Hattusha, Yazilikaya, Alacahoyuk ; Iconium ; In-site: the Via Sebaste ; Sidetrip: Catalhoyuk ; Sidetrip: Eflatun Pinar ; Lystra ; In-site: Timothy of Lystra ; Pessinus ; Ancient voice: Ovid ; Philomelium ; Sidetrip: Ipsus, Prymnessus, Docimium, and Synnada ; In-site: Bartholomew and the inner Lycaones ; Tavium; title: 5.; title: Aegean region (Ege Bolgesi) : Aegean Sea, mountains, and rivers ; Ancient regions and Roman province ; Aeolis ; Asia ; Caria ; Ionia ; Lydia ; Phrygia (Asian) ; Ancient voice: Josephus ; Ancient cities ; Adramyttium ; Sidetrip: Lesbos ; Cnidus ; Sidetrip: Rhodes ; Colossa ; In-site: Philemon, Onesiums, and slavery ; Sidetrip: Apamea, Acmonia, and Eumeneia ; Ancient voice: Dio Chrysostom's description of a Conventus ; Ephesus ; Ancient voices: Antipater of Sidon and Pausanius ; In-site: The Prytaneion, the riot, and its pillars ; In-site: Celsus' attributes and Christian character ; In-site: The Hall of Tyrannus ; In-site: fish and games ; In-site: John and Cerinthus in the baths ; In-site: Paul and the stadium ; Ancient voice: Procopius and the Basilica of John ; In-site: John and Ephesus ; Ancient vooice: The Acts of John and the Temple of Artemis ; Sidetrip: Patmos ; Sidetrip: Pollio Aqueduct, Belevi Mausoleum,; title: and Metropolis ; Halicarnassus ; Sidetrip: Cos (Kos) ; Hierapolois ; In-site: Public toilets and the trade of fuller ; Laodicea ; In-site: Laodicea's water system ; Sidetrip: Aphrodisias ; Ancient voice: The Aprhrodisias Jewish inscription ; Magnesia ad Meandrum ; Sidetrip: Priene ; Ancient voice: the emperor's gospel ; Magnesia ad Sipylum ; Ancient voice: Pausanius ; Miletus ; In-site: the Gulf of Latmus ; Ancient voice: Alexander Polyhistor ; Ancient voice: Pseudo-Phocylides ; Sidetrip: The Apollo Oracle at Didyma ; Ancient voice: The Didymean Apollo on Christ ; Sidetrip: Euromos, Mylasa,; title: and Stratonicea ; Myndus ; Pergamum ; In-site: the use of parchment in early Christianity ; Philadelphia ; Sardis ; In-site: The Jews in Sardis and Queen Esther ; In-site: Sardis and the Royal Road ; Ancient-voice: Dio Chrysostum and erasing a name ; Symrna ; Ancient voice: the martyrdom of Polycarp ; Ancient voice: Asia's entrance into the Roman empire ; In-site: Sabbatai Zevi ; Sidetrip: Colophon, Notion, and Claros ; Thyatira ; In-site: Lydia and the trade guilds ; In-site: food sacrificed to idols ; Tralles ; Ancient voice: Ignatius and the letter to the Trallians ; In-site: Chairemon the Intercessor ; Trogyllium ; Sidetrip: Samos; title: 6. Black Sea region (Karadeniz Bolgesi) : Ancient region-province ; Pontus ; Ancient voice: Pliny the Younger ; Ancient cities ; Amasia ; Ancient voice: Strabo the Geographer ; Amastris ; Amisus/Sampsames ; Heraclea Pontica ; Sinope ; In-site: Sinop, underwater archaeology, and Noah's Flood ; Zela; title: 7. Marmara region (Marmara Bolgesi) : Ancient regions and province ; Bithynia ; Ancient voice: Pliny the Younger and his letters to Trajan ; Mysia ; Thrace ; Troad ; Ancient cities ; Assos ; In-site: Paul's walk to Assos ; Byzantium/Constantinople ; Ancient voice: the Siloam inscription ; Chalcedon ; Nicea ; In-site: The seven ecumenical councils ; Ancient voice: Cassius Dio ; Ancient voice: the Nicene Creed ; In-site: the seventh ecumenical council ; Nicomedia ; Ancient voice: Arrian ; Toras, Alexandria ; Sidetrip: Troy.