Whether or not you believe in the Bible, it’s undeniable that it affects you today. That’s true even for the most ardent atheist out there – and according to a new study from Nathan MacDonald, Professor of the Interpretation of the Old Testament at the University of Cambridge, that’s because of one frankly slightly janky Bible map from 500 years ago. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

“This is simultaneously one of publishing’s greatest failures and triumphs,” MacDonald said in a statement about his work on Lucas Cranach the Elder’s map, printed in Zurich in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament and the first cartographical work to be included in a Bible.

“They printed the map backwards,” he pointed out, “so the M

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