REL 1004 Lecture : REL 1004 NOTES
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Canon- set list of books in the bible. The canon of the bible was the decision of real human beings in post-biblical times. There are 3 major canons of the bible because the jewish catholic, and protestant communities disagree on the selection and order of books in the bible. We follow the jewish canon, i. e. , the hebrew bible (in rel 1004) Israel is about the size of vermont 20 or 30 miles in width, length is probably 100-150. Fertile crescent- a band of cultivable land starting at the persian gulf and into the tigre"s and. Euphranes moves in a south westward into palestine. Babylonia political state at southern end of mesopotamia. Classical times ( 332 bce-640 ce: israelites = late-comers in the ancient near east, israel = a minor state, not a superpower, israel"s location in palestine, the narrow land bridge between the superpower egypt and.
