AN N EA M50A Final: History of Near East Ancient Civilization Total Lecture Notes.docx
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What is the hebrew bible or old testament. We will look closely at torah and prophets. These books give a good account of the origins of israel and judah. How do we relate what is found in the bible with the findings of archeologists. The hebrew bible is a tricky subject for our class, because it is sacred to jews and christians. Discussion tomorrow: use of the bible as a historical source genesis- Two readings: (cw) for thursday the origins and affinities of ancient. And bible. oremus. org psalm 74, genesis 1, 1 kings 18, isiah 51. Better yet, print them and bring them to class. The rise of ancient israel and the territorial polities of the early iron age. Iron age i early iron age (1200 1000) Iron age iii (539 332) persian empire. Most scholars marginalize the bible because they are afraid.