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Biblical Place-Names in America



Map of "Biblical Place-Names in America." Moshe Davis, "America and the Holy Land: With Eyes Toward Zion-IV, Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1995. Hundreds of towns in the United States have taken their names from sites mentioned in the Bible, demonstrating Americans' sense of their country's special relationship with the Holy Land. (From the collection of the Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania)

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