The Geography of New Testament Palestine #2 Sunday Morning Introduction and Background Class #8 The Geography of New Testament Palestine #2 (Plus other “social studies")

Palestine

South end and Jordan River

North end

Galilee and Mt. Hermon Range

earth_moon view from Voyager 1_1977_7million miles away

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Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months) Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months) Period of Retirement (~6 months) Close of Ministry (~6 months) Last Week Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, & Burial Resurrection and Appearances Ascension

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth

Aerial View of Bethlehem

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)

nazareth

NAZARETH_AERIAL_FROM_EAST

mount-tabor

Sepphoris_with_theater_aerial_from_northeast

sepphoris-view-from

Sepphoris_Roman_cardo_overview._Rebuilding_Begun 4BC

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)

river-jordan

Looking east towards mount-nebo across Dead Sea

jerusalem-01

Mt. Gerizim (left) and Mt. Ebal with Schechem in between

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months) Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)

Capernaum “Mt. of Beatitudes” Bethsaida Tabigha Plain of Genesseret NW End of Sea of Galilee Plain of Genesseret

Arbel_cliff_and_Plain_of_Genesseret

mount-arbel-01

Mt_of_Beatitudes_view_to_Plain_of_Genesseret

Mt_of_Beatitudes_and_Sea_of_Galilee_in_spring

CAPERNAUM_AERIAL_FROM_SOUTHEAST

Capernaum_from_boat2

Capernaum_synagogue_interior

synagogue-at-capernaum

COVE_OF_THE_SOWER_AERIAL

Cove_of_the_Sower_from_top

Mt_of_Beatitudes_hillside_in_spring

Mt_of_Beatitudes_from_lake

Tabgha_from_lake

Tiberias_view

CityofTiberius

BETHSAIDA_PLAIN_AERIAL_FROM_NORTHWEST

bethsaida-israel

EastShore

EasternShoreLookingWest

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months) Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months) Period of Retirement (~6 months)

caesarea-philippi-4

caesarea-philippi-cave

banias-waterfall

Mt. Hermon Range

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months) Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months) Period of Retirement (~6 months) Close of Ministry (~6 months)

jericho-hills

jerusalem-01

Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years) Beginning Ministry (3-6 months) Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months) Period of Retirement (~6 months) Close of Ministry (~6 months) Last Week Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, & Burial Resurrection and Appearances Ascension

mount-arbel-02

Roman Era boat

En_Gev_first_century_boat_model

Sea of galilee ports

casting-of-nets

shepherd-in-wilderness

800NazarethCarpenter

westbankgrain

wheatfield

lilies-of-the-field

Major Language Streams In New Testament Times Indo-European Semitic Others Hebrew Aramaic Others Greek “Universal” Language Latin

The Greek Language Koine Greek Modern Greek Ionic Doric Aeolic Attic Formative Period Homer 900 B.C. Ionic Doric Aeolic Socrates Classical Period Plato Attic Exterior Lang. Aristotle Koine Greek 300 B.C. Koine Period Septuagint O.T. New Testament Literary Non-Literary “Church Fathers” Byzantine Period 300 A.D. Byzantine Greek Byzantine Empire Modern Period Modern Greek 1453 A.D.

Greek Alphabet - from Edward Goodrick’s Do It Yourself Hebrew and Greek

I Wonder What that Word is In Greek? Three Methods to Find the Greek Word: Use Interlinear Greek-English N.T. Find exact Greek word in inflected form Usually need to simplify to root or lexical form Need to know Greek alphabet Look Up English Word in Exh. Concordance Strong’s gives Greek word as a number, and actual words are listed in back by number Young’s gives actual Grk. word in lexical form in concordance entry Use Computer Program

Excerpts from The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible by James Strong