Original Centre at Jerusalem.--Spread of Christianity Outside Judea.--Philip's Work In the South and West.--Extension and Expansion of Christianity During the First Decade.--Situation and History of Tarsus.--Influence of His Early Home Upon Paul.--Work at Antioch.--Importance of the Pioneer Work of Paul.--Paul and Barnabas in Cyprus.--At Paphos.--Journey to Antioch in Galatia.--Conditions at Antioch.--At Iconium.--At Lystra and Derbe.--Decision of the Great Council at Jerusalem.--Work of Paul and Silas in Asia Minor.--Paul's Vision at Troas.--Paul and Silas at Philippi.--At Thessalonica.--Paul at Berœa.--At Athens.--Importance of Corinth.--Paul's Work at Corinth.--His Third Journey.--Situation and Importance of Ephesus.--Return to Palestine.--Journey to Rome.--The World-wide Conquests of Christianity. APPENDIX I. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 279 APPENDIX II. STEREOGRAPHS AND STEREOPTICON SLIDES ILLUSTRATING BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY 283 INDEX OF NAMES AND PLACES 289 LIST OF MAPS I. MODERN PALESTINE, WITH ANCIENT TOWNS AND HIGHWAYS _Frontispiece_ II. THE OLD TESTAMENT WORLD to face page 3 III. PHOTO-RELIEF MAP OF PALESTINE to face page 13 IV. THE MAIN HIGHWAYS OF THE ANCIENT SEMITIC WORLD to face page 73 V. THE MAIN HIGHWAYS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE SCENES OF PAUL'S WORK to face page 82 VI. PRE-HEBREW CANAAN IN THE LIGHT OF THE EGYPTIAN MONUMENTS AND THE AMARNA LETTERS to face page 97 VII. THE LAND OF THE EXODUS AND WILDERNESS WANDERING to face page 115 VIII. TERRITORIAL DIVISION OF CANAAN AFTER THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE HEBREW TRIBES to face page 127 IX. THE HEBREW EMPIRE UNDER DAVID to face page 147 X. PLAN OF SOLOMON'S PALACE to face page 164 XI. ISRAEL AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE HEBREW EMPIRE to face page 168 XII. BABYLONIAN, PERSIAN, AND GREEK EMPIRES to face page 194 XIII. THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN PALESTINE DURING THE PERSIAN AND GREEK PERIODS to face page 199 XIV. THE JERUSALEM OF NEHEMIAH to face page 203 XV. PALESTINE IN THE MACCABEAN PERIOD to face page 207 XVI. PALESTINE IN THE TIME OF JESUS to face page 236 _PART I_ PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY [Illustration: THE OLD TESTAMENT WORLD.] I THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BIBLICAL WORLD