First Reading Review: The Sacred BridgeAnson Rainey and R. Steven Notley are the authors of The Sacred Land Bridge, which is an atlas of the biblical world and includes maps , images and historical cementing of the importance of this region. The biblical world that this atlas focuses on is defined as the eastern Mediterranean coastline, or more commonly referred to as the Levant in modern archaeological discussions. In my review of this book, I will focus on pages 30-34 which will define the borders and explain the importance of the Levant. One of the first points made by the author is that the Levant region is often called the “Promised Land”. ", yet this term is not found in biblical texts. He then goes on to explain that this term was simply assigned to the area based on the events of Genesis 15:18-19, where God made a covenant with Abram in him giving the land. The area described in this biblical text is that extending from the River of Egypt (Nile) to the great river, the Euphrates. Rainey and Notley then divide the Levant region into three parts, viz. Egypt, the Northern Levant (Syria/Lebanon), and the Southern Levant (the Land of Canaan/which became Israel). The authors then explain each of these areas both by the people who live there, by their geographic location, and by their geographic location. through their topographical descriptions Additionally, the authors further expand on the region in their description of Israel by including the regions of the Rift Valley and the Transjordan Mountain Range Using the explanations above, the authors explained. the location of major cities, travel routes and area accessibility limitations. When it comes to traveling, the basic rule to follow is the easiest and quickest path to get from one place to another, as well as accessibility to water. These factors also came into play in the placement of towns, which were positioned in locations of easy area defense and roads, while being as close to water as possible. The authors also go into detail to uncover the meaning of some of these elements. the best, but sometimes difficult to define, descriptions of boundaries in the Bible. The authors attribute part of the difficulty in defining these limits to the fact that the authors of the texts in which they find themselves use popular terms of their time..