Archaeology and the Old Testament

 

 

Mesopotamian idol

 

 

 

 

The "House of David" inscription from Tel Dan

(http://www.allaboutarchaeology.org/the-house-of-david-inscription-faq.htm, Nov. 11, 2006; © 2005 The Foundation for Biblical Archaeology)

 

Gregg teaches this class through California State University Bakersfield, Extension. The topics include:

 

 

CHAPTERS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: EDITORS AND CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
CHAPTER 3: TEXTURAL CRITICISM
CHAPTER 4: SCRIPTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
CHAPTER 5: EARLY JUDAISM
CHAPTER 6: SYNCRETISM IN ISRAELITE RELIGION
CHAPTER 7: CREATION AND/OR EVOLUTION
CHAPTER 8: ADAM AND EVE
CHAPTER 9: MESOPOTAMIA, PALESTINE AND EGYPT BEFORE THE PATRIARCHS
CHAPTER 10: THE GREAT FLOOD AND TOWER OF BABEL
CHAPTER 11: THE PATRIARCHAL NARRATIVES
CHAPTER 12: EBLA
CHAPTER 13: THE EXODUS
CHAPTER 14: THE CONQUEST
CHAPTER 15: THE JUDGES
CHAPTER 16: SAUL, DAVID, AND SOLOMON OF THE GOLDEN AGE
CHAPTER 17: THE PSALMS AND PROVERBS
CHAPTER 18: EARLY DIVIDED KINGDOM
CHAPTER 19: LATE DIVIDED KINGDOM
CHAPTER 20: JUDAH ALONE
CHAPTER 21: THE EXILE
CHAPTER 22: RETURN FROM EXILE AND THE PERSIANS

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