AN N EA 10W Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Akkadian Language, Ophel, Kidron Valley
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Jerusalem: appeared around 1800 bce, no trace from 1700-1500. Rest of canaan flourished from 1700-1500 when there was a lack of. When egypt again appeared in canaan (cid:894)1486(cid:895) pharaoh thut(cid:373)ose iii do(cid:373)i(cid:374)ated (cid:862)reti(cid:374)u(cid:863) a(cid:374)d di(cid:448)ided. Ophel (settlement: close to gihon river, highlands, judaean desert, valleys gave protection. Shalem = syrian god of the setting sun or the evening star. Syria influenced cultural and religious affairs in canaan: hazor, megiddo, shechem (all temples) built on a syrian model (cid:862)rushali(cid:373)u(cid:373)(cid:863) tra(cid:374)slated as (cid:862) hale(cid:373) has fou(cid:374)ded(cid:863) Before: people map the world as a sacred geography, defining places emotionally and spiritually. Now: mapped scientifically and without religious meaning. Mount zion in the hebrew psalms: people settle in sacred places to contact deities and spiritual exp. We seek and live for meaning, and losing our orientation leaves us in dismay. Found in modern life through art, drugs, sex. Found in ancient life by living in a sacred place.
