RELIGST 2AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tel Hazor, Tel Megiddo, Castra

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2AB3
• Professor: Dan Machiela

Document Summary

Last class talking about situation of canaan, palestine, israel, judea, etc. Israel in fertile crescent and is in land that serves as a land bridge. The levant (rising) french word for the rising sun and in israel because sun rises in direction israel, this term is free of political bearings. The north of israel is galilee (hebrew word galal and means circle), central feature is. Sea of galilee, jesus and his disciples were very active around this sea. Two regions in galilee, upper and lower galilee (upper is higher in elevation and lower galilee is a valley where sea of galilee is placed), tel dan and tel hazor> two major sites in. Galilee common and prominent in old testament, a new testament site in galilee is. Mary magdalene comes from mandala, tel huqoq in galilee mosaic found of samson defeating philistines and shows that philistines and israel fought a lot in shepholah, buffer zone.