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| Introduction | |
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| Luke: the man behind the message | |
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| Luke's perspective on Jesus | |
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| Key dates around the time of Jesus | |
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| Josephus on John the Baptist and Jesus | |
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| Key dates in the Holy Land | |
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| Bethelem | |
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| Map of Palestine in Jesus' day | |
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| Humble beginnings | |
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| The star of Bethlehem | |
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| Key dates: Bethlehem | |
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| Bethlehem Today | |
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| Jerome in Bethlehem | |
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| Nazareth | |
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| Map of Galilee | |
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| Childhood locations | |
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| Ancient Sepphoris | |
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| Locating Cana | |
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| Key dates: Nazareth | |
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| Nazareth Today | |
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| The Nazareth Decree | |
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| Life in Jesus' day | |
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| The River Jordan | |
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| Baptism and renewal | |
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| Qumran, the Essenes and John the Baptist | |
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| Key dates: the River Jordan | |
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| The River Jordan Today | |
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| Baptism in the Jordan | |
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| The Judean Desert | |
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| Testing in the wilderness | |
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| Geological features of the Desert | |
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| Key dates: the Judean Desert | |
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| The Judean Desert Today | |
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| Map of monasteries in the Judean Desert | |
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| The Desert Fathers | |
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| Galilee and its villages | |
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| Scenes of public ministry | |
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| Josephus' description of Lake Galilee | |
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| The locations of Jesus' ministry in Galilee | |
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| Map of Lake Galilee | |
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| Galilean imagery in Jesus' teaching | |
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| Key dates: Galilee and its villages | |
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| Galilee Today | |
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| Visiting Galilee | |
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| Samaria | |
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| The enemy within | |
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| Samaria in the fourth century | |
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| The Samaritans according to Josephus | |
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| Samaria Today | |
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| Key dates: Samaria | |
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| The Crusades | |
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| Caesarea Philippi | |
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| Time for a decision | |
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| The scene of the transfiguration: Tabor or Hermon? | |
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| Key dates: Caesarea Philippi | |
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| Caesarea Philippi Today | |
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| Jericho | |
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| The lowest city in the world | |
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| The Dead Sea | |
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| The seige of Masada | |
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| Key dates: Jericho | |
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| Jericho Today | |
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| The Bordeaux Pilgrim's visit to Jericho and Jerusalem | |
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| Bethany | |
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| A quiet haven | |
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| Key dates: Bethany | |
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| Bethany Today | |
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| Egeria's visit to Bethany | |
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| The Mount of Olive's | |
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| Jesus' favoured location | |
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| Map of the Mount of Olives | |
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| Key dates: The Mount of Olives | |
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| The Mount of Olives Today | |
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| Eusebius and the Mount of Olives | |
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| A weekend in modem Jerusalem | |
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| The Temple | |
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| The heart of the nation | |
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| The Herodian Temple | |
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| The destruction of the Temple | |
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| Key dates: The Temple | |
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| The Temple Today | |
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| Jerusalem | |
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| The 'holy city'? | |
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| Celebrating Passover in Jesus' day | |
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| Map of Jerusalem in Jesus' day | |
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| Pontius Pilate | |
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| Simon of Cyrene and John Mark | |
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| Key dates: Jerusalem | |
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| Jerusalem Today | |
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| Jerusalem's moving walls | |
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| Jerusalem in the book of Acts | |
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| Visitors to Jerusalem in the nineteenth century | |
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| Golgotha and the tomb | |
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| From death to life | |
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| Crucifixion in the ancient world | |
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| First-century burial practices | |
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| Key dates: Golgotha and the tomb | |
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| Golgotha Today | |
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| Eusebius' description of Christ's tomb and Constantine's buildings | |
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| Christian celebration in Byzantine Jerusalem | |
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| Emmaus | |
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| Travelling along the way | |
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| Key dates: Emmaus | |
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| Emmaus Today | |
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| Emmaus: the continuing journey | |
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| Index | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Picture Acknowledgments | |