the bible always mentions countries and the people in the middle east and egypt , jews and egyptians , but never the rest of the world , the word "world" is used but never any specific region except maybe rome in the new testament , why is that.
2007-10-07 16:04:22 · 16 answers · asked by EL-JEFE 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why doesent GOD mention other parts of the world not the writers.
2007-10-07 16:08:33 · update #1
Yes, in the book of Acts, Paul was in Europe, in Rome and Athens to name a few places.
2007-10-07 16:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably the only present-day country outside of the Mediterranean and Middle East region that existed in Jesus' time was China. This is not mentioned by name. Some people claim that Russia was mentioned, but of course there *was* no Russia at that time. As mentioned by other answers, Ethiopia, as well as other (unknown) African regions, were mentioned by name.
In general - yes:
Job 34:13
"Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?
Psa 19:4
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their utterances to the end of the world.
In them He has placed a tent for the sun,
Psa 24:1
The earth is the Lord's, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.
Psa 33:8
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
etc. etc.
Naturally, the Jews were concerned with their own relationship with God and their own problems. The bible is not intended to be an atlas. Why would they write about a place that they did not know and that did not concern them? For example, when's the last time *you* wrote about Sulawesi?
Of course, prophecy mentions several countries, many of which are claimed to be modern nations, but that is pure unfounded speculation.
Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/
2007-10-08 17:01:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prophec mentions the kings of the east with an army of 200 million. Paul mentions Spain. Several african countries are mentioned such as Etheopia. Russia is mentioned under the name of Rosh.
2007-10-07 16:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the people who wrote the Bible came up with the stories in it, that was the only area they knew about. Judaism and Christianity started in the Middle East.
2007-10-07 16:08:19 · answer #4 · answered by Dan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they mentioned Ephesus in Turkey, Greece.. corinthion.. Spain and Lebanon.. there is no references about china or another regions of the world.. maybe the authors of the bible didnt recieve a revelation about another parts of the world
2007-10-07 16:08:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they had no clue about the rest of the world in those days so it was natural to mention only what was local.
2007-10-07 16:07:32 · answer #6 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rome, Asia Minor (Turkey), Greece, and Jonah was going to Tarshish, which is in what is now Spain.
2007-10-07 16:08:26 · answer #7 · answered by charliehorse1967 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
These areas were the world to the writers of the scriptures. Jesus did say "Other sheep I have that are not of this fold..." eluding to peoples elsewhere in the world.
2007-10-07 16:07:09 · answer #8 · answered by Nora Explora 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Ethiopia is mentioned in the old Testament.
2015-07-19 10:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by Schacie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody had left the Eastern Hemisphere at this point, Asia was even barely known.
2007-10-07 16:06:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋