Jean-Pierre Isbouts is a humanities scholar and professor whose work delves into the origins of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. His writing is marked by a deep interest in the historical roots of these religions and their interconnections. Isbouts explores the key figures and events that shaped these faiths, seeking to illuminate their complex development. His approach blends academic rigor with engaging narrative, offering readers fresh perspectives on religious history.
Exploring the intricate relationship between cartography and pilgrimage, this book chronicles the mapping of the Holy Land from the Roman Empire to contemporary conflicts. It highlights the spiritual journeys of Jews, Christians, and Muslims, showcasing how their aspirations shaped the creation of rare maps and prints. The narrative is enriched with stunning illustrations and offers a historical perspective on the significance of these sacred sites, revealing how faith has driven exploration despite numerous challenges throughout the ages.
Bestselling biblical historian, Jean-Pierre Isbouts, weaves the origin stories
of Christianity and the Lord's Prayer into a reinvigorating and urgent
rallying cry for unity in the modern church
Delve into the intricate tapestry of human history presented in this monumental volume, which features a wealth of illustrations, including maps, archival images, and insightful photographs. The book offers a captivating exploration of historical events and themes, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the past through visually engaging content.
The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and hand-colored maps that brought home the thrill of undiscovered lands and the possibilities of exploration, while guiding armies on all sides through the Indian Wars and the clashes of the American Revolution. Only by looking through the prism of these maps, can we truly understand how and why America developed the way it did. Mapping America illuminates with scene-setting text and more than 150 color images—from the exotic and fanciful maps of Renaissance explorers to the magnificent maps of the Golden Age and the thrilling battle-maps and charts of the American Revolutionary War, in addition to paintings from the masters of eighteenth century art, scores of photographs, and detailed diagrams. In total, this informative and lushly illustrated volume developed by rare maps collector Neal Asbury, host of “Neal Asbury’s Made in America,” and National Geographic historian Jean-Pierre Isbouts offers a new and immersive look at the ambition, the struggle, and the glory that attended and defined the exploration and making of America.
Art historians Jean-Pierre Isbouts and Christopher Heath Brown discuss the historical, social, and political conditions that shaped Dalí's work, identify the impact of Modern as well as Old Master art, and present a view of the master's personal relationships and motivations. They examine how Dalí still impacts fashion, literature, and art, from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga, and seeks to answer why, in an age of shock and awe, Dalí's art still manages to distress, perplex, and entertain
In "The Search for Heaven," historian and social scientist Dr. Jean-Pierre Isbouts sets out to create an operational model of the afterlife, drawing from electromagnetic energy, quantum physics, neuroscience, philosophy, Asian health practices, near-death experiences, ancient traditions, and psychic observations. Written in the highly accessible style that made him a bestselling National Geographic author, and with a near-encyclopedic command of the material, Dr. Isbouts guides the reader step by step through the evidence, culminating in an actual tour through the "spiritual universe"-which, he argues, is actually our home base from where we came, and to which we will return. In the last chapter, he compares this afterlife model to Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Buddhists concepts of heaven. His conclusion is that religious concepts have much more in common than we realize, including the belief in the "proximity to the Source of all life." Immersive, witty, and illustrated with astonishing observations by the renowned British psychic Susan Dunderdale Jones, "The Search for Heaven" is the first modern attempt to produce a scientific reconstruction of the afterlife that may sway even the staunchest reductionist skeptics.
In this revised and updated biography of Jesus of Nazareth, best-selling
author Jean-Pierre Isbouts examines the man behind the legend by marrying
biblical accounts with archaeological and historical documentation in a
compelling and comprehensive reference.
From ancient holy sites, to buried relics and treasures, National Geographic uncovers the history and the archaeological discoveries from Scripture and the biblical world. Richly illustrated and written from an objective and nondenominational perspective, author Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses the latest scientific and archaeological discoveries to place biblical stories in the framework of human history. Chapters, beginning with the dawn of human civilization and ending with present day and the future of archaeology, chronicle hundreds of sites and artifacts found in Sumer, Babylon, the Second Temple, along the route of the Exodus, and in many other regions across the Middle East. Timelines bridge hundreds of years and several empires, maps give readers a visual sense of location, while hundreds of photos and illustrations of rare artifacts and ancient places add to the visual splendor. lt concludes with details of what remains to be found and the evolving dynamic of biblical faith in an increasingly scientific world in which archaeologists make daily breakthroughs.
