Featured studies · 50 live, 42 in preparation
Places
50 featured studies ask where a place stood and what happened on that ground, listed by the part of the canon each one stands in.
What these studies ask
The ground a story stands on: what was built there, what was found there, and what Scripture makes of the name afterwards.
The parts of the canon
Torah
36 live, 11 in preparation
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammon | The kingdom on the upper Jabbok fought Israel from the days of the judges to Nehemiah's wall. | Genesis | 15 linked studies |
| Ararat | Genesis 8:4 sets the ark on the mountains of Ararat, the highland the Assyrians called Urartu, where tradition has named two different peaks. | Genesis | 8 linked studies |
| Bethel | Bethel stood in the hill country north of Jerusalem, with Ai to its east. | Genesis | 13 linked studies |
| Bethlehem | Bethlehem is a hill town of Judah, about ten kilometres south of Jerusalem, that Genesis first names as Ephrath. | Genesis | 11 linked studies |
| Chaldea | Chaldea is the land at the head of the Persian Gulf where Ur of the Chaldeans stood. | Genesis | 12 linked studies |
| Damascus | Damascus stands in an oasis at the foot of the Anti-Lebanon, and Scripture names it from the days of Abram to the days of Paul. | Genesis | 8 linked studies |
| Dan | Dan stood at a spring of the Jordan below Mount Hermon, on the site of the older town of Laish. | Genesis | 9 linked studies |
| Eden | The garden read as the first sanctuary, with the river, the gold, the guarded east gate, and the tree that returns on the last page of Revelation. | Genesis | 26 linked studies |
| Edom, the nation of Esau | Edom's people outlasted the kingdom of Judah and lived on as the Idumeans of Herod's day. | Genesis | 18 linked studies |
| Gilead | A region of Israel's eastern tribes, named in 130 verses of the Berean text. | Genesis | 13 linked studies |
| Haran | Abram's kin stayed at Haran when he went on to Canaan, and Isaac and Jacob both married into that household. | Genesis | 16 linked studies |
| Jerusalem | Jerusalem stands on a ridge of the Judaean hills about 60 kilometres east of the Mediterranean, at about 760 metres. | Genesis | 10 linked studies |
| Mesopotamia | The land Abraham left sent Israel a bride for Isaac, a prophet hired to curse it, and the first oppressor of the judges. | Genesis | 17 linked studies |
| Mount Moriah | On the third day of his walk, Abraham saw far off the place God had chosen for the offering. | Genesis | 10 linked studies |
| Negeb | The Negeb is the dry south of Judah, the country of Beersheba and of the wells the patriarchs dug. | Genesis | 12 linked studies |
| Paran | Ishmael the archer, Israel's camp and an Edomite prince on his way to Egypt all passed through this wilderness. | Genesis | 16 linked studies |
| Rachel's Tomb on the Bethlehem Road | Jacob marked Rachel's grave with a pillar on the way to Bethlehem, and Scripture returns to her in Jeremiah 31:15 and Matthew 2:18. | Genesis | 6 linked studies |
| Shechem | Shechem lay in the pass between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, in the hill country of Ephraim. | Genesis | 12 linked studies |
| Sidon | Genesis 10 names Sidon as Canaan's firstborn, and its port lay on the Phoenician coast. | Genesis | 10 linked studies |
| Sodom | Genesis sets Sodom in the plain of the Jordan beside the Salt Sea, and later Scripture makes its name a warning. | Genesis | 10 linked studies |
| The City | Babel, Sodom, Jerusalem and the New Jerusalem read as one line: what a city is for in Scripture, and what makes one stand or fall. | Genesis | 21 linked studies |
| The Euphrates | The Euphrates is the fourth river named in Eden and the eastern limit of the land God promised to Abram's descendants. | Genesis | 12 linked studies |
| The Jordan | Genesis names the river five times, from Lot's choice of its plain to the mourning for Jacob on its far side. | Genesis | 12 linked studies |
| The Land of Israel | Ezekiel names the land of Israel in 19 of the 31 verses of the Berean text that use the name, more than the rest of Scripture together. | Genesis | 16 linked studies |
| The Land of Judah | Jacob's fourth son gave his name to a share of Canaan that outlasted the northern kingdom by more than a century. | Genesis | 17 linked studies |
| The Threshing Floor | Thirty-nine verses of the Berean text name a threshing floor, from Jacob's funeral to the preaching of John the Baptist. | Genesis | 16 linked studies |
| Ur | Ur was a royal city of Sumer near the head of the Persian Gulf, and its ruins stand beside the old course of the Euphrates. | Genesis | 10 linked studies |
| Egypt | Scripture names Egypt as a place to leave, a help Judah should not have sought and the place that sheltered the child Jesus. | Exodus | 16 linked studies |
| Sinai, the Mountain of God | Sinai, also called Horeb, is the mountain where God spoke to Moses from the bush, gave Israel the law and met Elijah. | Exodus | 17 linked studies |
| The Brickfields of Egypt | Exodus 1 and 5 tell of the forced labour of Israel under Pharaoh's taskmasters, from the building of the store cities to the order on the straw. | Exodus | 5 linked studies |
| The Nile | The Berean text names the Nile in 33 verses, 15 of them in Exodus, from Pharaoh's dream in Genesis 41 to Zechariah 10. | Exodus | 8 linked studies |
| The Route out of Egypt | Israel marched from Rameses to the Wilderness of Sinai by the third month, and few of its camps can be placed on a map today. | Exodus | 11 linked studies |
| The Tabernacle | The tent God asked Israel to build at Sinai so that He might dwell among them: three zones, eight pieces of furniture, and one veil, carried through the wilderness and pitched at Shiloh and Gibeon. | Exodus | 69 linked studies |
| Cities of Refuge | The law of Numbers 35, Deuteronomy 19 and Joshua 20 that gave a person who killed without intent a trial and a place of safety. | Numbers | 23 linked studies |
| Cush in Scripture | The land of Cush lay up the Nile beyond Egypt, and its people met Israel in war, at court and on the road. | Numbers | 7 linked studies |
| The Wilderness Itinerary | Israel camped forty-one times between Rameses in Egypt and the Jordan across from Jericho. | Numbers | 12 linked studies |
| Midian (also Cushan, Ephah) | Planned in the queue for Exodus. | Exodus | In preparation |
| Wilderness of Sinai | Planned in the queue for Exodus. | Exodus | In preparation |
| Aram | Planned in the queue for Numbers. | Numbers | In preparation |
| Cyprus (also Kittim) | Planned in the queue for Numbers. | Numbers | In preparation |
| Jericho 1 (also City of Palms 1, City of Palms 2) | Planned in the queue for Numbers. | Numbers | In preparation |
| Moab 2 | Planned in the queue for Numbers. | Numbers | In preparation |
| Zin 1 (also Zin 2) | Planned in the queue for Numbers. | Numbers | In preparation |
| Arabah | Planned in the queue for Deuteronomy. | Deuteronomy | In preparation |
| Lebanon | Planned in the queue for Deuteronomy. | Deuteronomy | In preparation |
| Mount Hermon (also Baal-hermon, Mount Baal-hermon, Senir) | Planned in the queue for Deuteronomy. | Deuteronomy | In preparation |
| Shephelah | Planned in the queue for Deuteronomy. | Deuteronomy | In preparation |
History
8 live, 15 in preparation
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilgal | Gilgal, on the eastern border of Jericho, was Israel's first camp west of the Jordan and later a place of assembly and sacrifice under Samuel and Saul. | Joshua | 12 linked studies |
| Hazor | Hazor led the kingdoms of Canaan's north, was built again under Solomon and fell to Assyria in 732 BC. | Joshua | 8 linked studies |
| Hebron | The town in the hill country of Judah where the patriarchs were buried, Caleb took his inheritance and David first reigned. | Joshua | 14 linked studies |
| Jebusite Jerusalem before David | Scripture calls the city Salem in Genesis, Jebus in Judges and the fortress of Zion when David took it. | Joshua | 9 linked studies |
| Shiloh | Shiloh, a town in the hill country of Ephraim, held the Tent of Meeting from Joshua's day to Eli's. | Joshua | 5 linked studies |
| Jabesh-gilead | Jabesh-gilead, a town of Gilead east of the Jordan, is named in Judges, in 1 and 2 Samuel and in 1 Chronicles. | Judges | 13 linked studies |
| Solomon's Temple | The house Solomon built for the LORD in Jerusalem in seven years, which the Babylonians burned in 587 or 586 BC. | 1 Kings | 28 linked studies |
| The Second Temple | The house of the LORD that the returned exiles rebuilt in Jerusalem under Persian rule, on the site of Solomon's. | Ezra | 12 linked studies |
| Gath 1 (also Gath 3) | Planned in the queue for Joshua. | Joshua | In preparation |
| Syria 1 | Planned in the queue for Joshua. | Joshua | In preparation |
| Beersheba 1 | Planned in the queue for Judges. | Judges | In preparation |
| Gibeah 1 | Planned in the queue for Judges. | Judges | In preparation |
| Zobah | Planned in the queue for 1 Samuel. | 1 Samuel | In preparation |
| Ethiopia | Planned in the queue for 2 Samuel. | 2 Samuel | In preparation |
| Geshur | Planned in the queue for 2 Samuel. | 2 Samuel | In preparation |
| Mount of Olives | Planned in the queue for 2 Samuel. | 2 Samuel | In preparation |
| Zion | Planned in the queue for 2 Samuel. | 2 Samuel | In preparation |
| Galilee 1 | Planned in the queue for 1 Kings. | 1 Kings | In preparation |
| Samaria 1 | Planned in the queue for 1 Kings. | 1 Kings | In preparation |
| Sheba 1 (also South 2) | Planned in the queue for 1 Kings. | 1 Kings | In preparation |
| Nineveh | Planned in the queue for 2 Kings. | 2 Kings | In preparation |
| Media | Planned in the queue for Ezra. | Ezra | In preparation |
| Susa | Planned in the queue for Ezra. | Ezra | In preparation |
Prophets
2 live
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel's Temple, Ezekiel 40–48 | The measured temple of Ezekiel 40–48 drawn from its own cubits, the glory returning by the east gate, and a river that heals a dead sea. | Ezekiel | 19 linked studies |
| Babylon | One city from the plain of Shinar to the last book of the Bible: the tower, the empire that burned the temple, and the name John gives every power that trades in souls. | Daniel | 21 linked studies |
Gospels
0 live, 8 in preparation
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany 1 (also Ananiah) | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Capernaum | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Judea 1 | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Nazareth | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Sea of Galilee | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Syria 2 | Planned in the queue for Matthew. | Matthew | In preparation |
| Phoenicia | Planned in the queue for Mark. | Mark | In preparation |
| Samaria 2 | Planned in the queue for Luke. | Luke | In preparation |
Acts and the Letters
1 live, 8 in preparation
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outside the Camp | Where the sin offering was burned, where the leper waited, and where Jesus died: one place in the law that Hebrews turns into a call. | Hebrews | 9 linked studies |
| Achaia | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Antioch 1 | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Asia | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Caesarea | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Cilicia | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Macedonia | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Pamphylia | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
| Philippi | Planned in the queue for Acts. | Acts | In preparation |
Revelation
2 live
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| The New Jerusalem | Scripture's last vision is a city measured with a golden reed — a cube of gold where Eden is restored and God dwells with men. | Revelation | 17 linked studies |
| The Seven Churches of Revelation | Asia Minor, late 1st century. Seven cities along a clockwise postal route — Ephesus to Laodicea — each receiving a letter from the risen Christ. Praises, rebukes, promises. A Matt-13 parallel reading discoverable for those who want it. | Revelation | 11 linked studies |
The Apocrypha
1 live
| The study | In one sentence | Book | Doors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hermon: the Oath | The mountain where the Watchers swore their oath in 1 Enoch, and why the same summit stands behind Caesarea Philippi and the Transfiguration. | Apocrypha | 7 linked studies |
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