This week the blog is sponsored by BiblePlaces.com. This post features a Q&A with Dr. Todd Bolen, professor of Biblical Studies at The Master’s University and the founder of BiblePlaces.com.
How do photographs help in studying and teaching the Bible?
First of all, the Bible is a record of real history, of God working in the lives of real people and real places. Photos immediately reduce the distance between here and there, now and then. Second, photographs help us to understand God’s Word more accurately, instead of relying on our imaginations to fill in the details. What does the Mount of Olives look like? How big were the synagogues Jesus taught in? What is the terrain like where the Good Samaritan loved his beaten-up Jewish neighbor? A picture can often answer these questions more effectively than a thousand words.
How did you get involved in creating photo collections to illustrate the Bible?
I lived and taught at our university’s campus in Israel for more than a decade. Traveling to the biblical sites again and again gave me the opportunity to take tens of thousands of photos. I rented airplanes so I could fly
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