The Ancient Middle East

Abraham’s Geneaology HAGAR ABRAHAM SARAH Ishmael Isaac 12 Arabian Tribes Jacob Esau 12 Tribes of Israel

Hebrew The name given by various Sumerian, Egyptian, Akkadian, Hittite, Mitanni, and Ugaritic sources (dated, roughly, from before 2000 BC to around 1200 BC) to a group of people living as nomadic invaders in areas of the Fertile Crescent from Northeastern Mesopotamia and Iran to the borders of Egypt

Abraham’s Journey from Ur Canaan  The “Promised Land”

Abraham’s Journeys

Yahweh’s “Covenant” With His People The first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible. The most sacred text in the Jewish religious tradition. Hebrews believed in one God The Torah

Ancient Palestine

Land of Goshen, Egypt

“Shepherd of His People” Moses “Prince of Egypt” “Shepherd of His People”

The Exodus

Route of the Exodus

In the tiny museum of Isma’ilya, some 125 km northeast of Cairo, is an artifact that corroborates the Biblical Exodus.

Moses and the 10 Commandmets A new “covenant” with Yahweh

Mount Sinai

St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai

King David’s Empire

King David was a man of contrasts King David was a man of contrasts. He was single-mindedly committed to God, yet guilty of some of the most serious sins recorded in the Old Testament Fathered Solomon Killed Goliath

Solomon’s Kingdom

Recreation of Ancient Jerusalem

King Solomon’s Temple Floor Plan The First Temple

Inside the Temple Tabernacle The Arc of the Covenant

The Temple Mount, Jerusalem Today Solomon’s Temple Wall: The “Wailing” Wall

Kingdoms of Judah & Israel

Israelites in Captivity

Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near East

The Great Library at Alexandria. Egypt

Herod the Great’s Kingdom