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After some more work on producing a map of Jerusalem in the time of King Josiah and the prophet Jeremiah, here is the latest result with extra information that relates specifically to "Terror on Every Side!".
Next week, God willing, another micro-tale will be included in the newsletter. It is a story that started from a well and explores where subsequent events may have led. With this very vague hint, can guess who this story is about? If you think you can, please send me an email.
Map(s) of Jerusalem about 600BC
The series Terror on Every Side! on the life of Jeremiah has many events that take place in Jerusalem, so I have also created a version of the map of Jerusalem that identifies some of these places. These locations are marked in grey, since I have to admit that they are mostly guesswork.
Roads have also been added based on my guesses of the roads and gates that are important in the story.
There are two versions of the same basic map, one in portrait mode and the other in landscape mode.
I would be happy to hear any feedback about the map and will keep working on it, so I may include an updated version in this newsletter at some time.
The above map includes the Mount of Olives as an anchor to make the scale clear, but this also reduces the amount of detail that can be shown for Jerusalem.
Omitting the Mount of Olives allows the area of Jerusalem to be shown at a larger scale. In general, this will be more useful if it is to be included on a printed page.
Licensing
These maps have been built on a basic SVG map which is available in the public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C%2BB-Jerusalem-Map2-WallsAndContours.svg) and edited based on a large number of other inputs. The contours I replaced using NASA data through Maperative. In the SVG version, I have included OpenStreetMap layers which are © OpenStreetMap contributors, a note which must be included if those layers are ever displayed.
Other sources include Army Map Service 1961, Series K931, Sheet Jerusalem 2, Edition 2-AMS (txu-oclc-36445576-jerusalem-1961.jpg) which is also included in a layer in the SVG file. At some time, I may make the SVG file available on the website, but it is quite large and needs tidying up first!
With the layers included in the maps above, I can make them available in the public domain. If you would like to have them in different resolutions, feel free to ask, but it will probably have to wait until the micro-tale audio serial described below is completed at the end of May (God willing).
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May the Lord bless you and keep you all this week.
Mark Morgan
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