The Lands
Bible geography for people who've never set foot in the Holy Land. Where it happened, why it mattered, what the land actually looks like.
Why geography matters at Mass
TODO: Short intro — every Mass references real places (Bethlehem, Galilee, Jerusalem, Mount Sinai, the Red Sea, Calvary). Knowing the geography turns "ancient story words" into "actual places you could fly to today."
The Old Testament map
TODO: Eden · Ur · Canaan · Egypt · Sinai · Promised Land · the Twelve Tribes · Jerusalem · Babylon. Short paragraph each, source: Hurlbut (public domain) + short attributed pulls from Schlegel for terrain.
The land Jesus walked
TODO: Bethlehem · Nazareth · Galilee (Sea of, towns: Capernaum, Bethsaida, Magdala) · Samaria · Judea · Jerusalem · Calvary · the Mount of Olives · the road to Emmaus. Map of Galilee + Judea side by side.
The journeys
TODO: The Exodus route · Jesus' Passion week movements · Paul's missionary journeys (1, 2, 3) · Paul to Rome. Each as its own simple map with stops listed in order.
The Mass & the Lands — cross-references
TODO: When the Mass says "Lamb of God," it points to Egypt + Passover (Exodus). When it says "Holy, Holy, Holy," it points to Isaiah in the Temple in Jerusalem. When it says "fruit of the vine," it points to the vineyards of Galilee. A table linking Mass moments to the geographic events they invoke.
Map (interactive — later)
TODO: An interactive map (Leaflet or similar) pinning the major biblical locations. Click a pin → short blurb + verses + Mass connection. This is the long-term centerpiece of /lands. Note: prior prototype exists at
~/_GOD_/__Project_Purple_/BibleMap_Project/ — review that code before rebuilding.