the bible as history first week of class, 2011 hy 235 jewish background to christianity
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THE BIBLE AS HISTORY
FIRST WEEK OF CLASS, 2011HY 235
Jewish Background to Christianity
Is the Bible True?
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1 Introduction 1.1 Conservative religious views
1.2 Liberal/Progressive religious views and secular views 1.3 Overview of academic views
1.4 Critique of the Maximalist - Minimalist Dichotomy 2 Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
2.1 Genesis 2.2 Problems with conventional Biblical chronology
2.3 Exodus 2.4 Joshua
2.5 United Monarchy 2.6 Later kings
2.7 The Exile and after 3 New Testament/Greek Bible
3.1 Historicity 3.1.1 Pontius Pilate
3.1.2 Historicity of Christian beliefs 3.1.3 Historicity of Christian traditions
4 Marginal views 5 Schools of archaeological and historical thought
5.1 Biblical minimalism 5.2 Biblical maximalism
5.3 Increasing conflict between the maximalist and minimalist schools
6 Archaeology and modern Israeli politics
7 Mid-Eastern Analogies 8 Conclusion 9 Footnotes
10 References 11 See also
12 External links
Adam and Eve, 3rd Century, catacombs, Rome
The Ten Commandments
The 1956 version of the Commandments starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter
The Judges, Saul, David, and Solomon
DavidSolomon
The Prophets
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Isaiah and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Assyrian Empire (746-609 BCE)
Babylonian Empire (809-539 BCE)
Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)
Empire of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE)
Hellenized Jews
The SeptuagintGreek language and culturePreservation of the faith
Sadduccees Pharisees Scribes Essenes