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Introduction © John Stevenson, 2011 Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission

Dr. John T. Stevenson Family Life Academic Life

Family Life Academic Life Professional Life Dr. John T. Stevenson

Family Life Academic Life Professional Life Ministry Life Spiritual Life Dr. John T. Stevenson

Family Life Academic Life Professional Life Spiritual Life Ministry Life Archaeology and Ancient History Dr. John T. Stevenson

Group Introductions Your nameYour name Your home churchYour home church Where are you in the SFBC process?Where are you in the SFBC process? What is your current ministry within the Kingdom?What is your current ministry within the Kingdom?

Textbook The Archaeology of the Bible. The Archaeology of the Bible. James K. Hoffmeier. Lion Publisher, UK: 2008

Textbook The Historical Books of the Old Testament: One God, One People, One Land The Historical Books of the Old Testament: One God, One People, One Land John Stevenson. Redeemer: 2010

Mesopotamia Egypt Hatti

Mesopotamia Egypt Hatti Land Bridge DESERT

Israel Hittites Assyria Egypt  Babylon

Assyria  Babylon Egypt Hittites Aram Phoenicia Israel

Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley Trans Jordan

The Valley of Jezreel

The Yarmuk River Gilead

The Valley of Jezreel The Yarmuk River The Jabbok River Gilead

The Valley of Jezreel The Yarmuk River The Jabbok River Gilead The Arnon River Moab

The King’s Highway The Way of the Sea (the Way of the Philistines) Jericho   Megiddo

Climate of Canaan Mediterranean ClimateMediterranean Climate Dependent upon winter rainsDependent upon winter rains –Early Rains: October –Later Rains: April

Creation Genesis FallFlood Tower of Babel

Historical Books Period of the Patriarchs Exodus and Sinai JudgesKings of Israel and Judah Return Poetic Books Torah Prophetic Books

Historical Books Period of the Patriarchs Exodus and Sinai JudgesKings of Israel and Judah Return Torah

Egypt 1798

Rosetta

HieroglyphsHieroglyphs DemoticDemotic GreekGreek Three types of Writing

Jean Francois Champollion

Persia1842

Old PersianOld Persian ElamiteElamite AkkadianAkkadian

“Mesha Stele” Jordan1868.

Jordan1868.

Israel 1908 Gezer

Heinrich Schliemann

Ugarit

Ras Shamrah (Ugarit) Discovered in 1928 Ruins date from around 1450 to 1200 B.C.

Ras Shamrah (Ugarit) Ebla Excavations began in ,000 tablets discovered 1 st city from B.C. 2 nd city from B.C.

Upper Galilee 1994

Dan

Bth Dwd “House of David”

Egypt 1887

Giza Amarna Discovered in Cuneiform tablets

Palestine 1947

Qumran

Isaiah ScrollIsaiah Scroll Second copy of IsaiahSecond copy of Isaiah Community RuleCommunity Rule Pesher on HabakkukPesher on Habakkuk War ScrollWar Scroll Thanksgiving HymnsThanksgiving Hymns Genesis ApocryphonGenesis Apocryphon

ISAIAH SCROLL

Jerusalem Bethlehem Qumran

Qumran Jerusalem Bethlehem

Qumran Jerusalem Bethlehem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Incomplete manuscript of Isaiah reflecting old HebrewIncomplete manuscript of Isaiah reflecting old Hebrew Thanksgiving HymnsThanksgiving Hymns War ScrollWar Scroll

Metropolitan of the Syrian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Isaiah Scroll reflecting editorial changesIsaiah Scroll reflecting editorial changes Community RuleCommunity Rule Pesher HabakkukPesher Habakkuk Genesis ApocryphonGenesis Apocryphon

Moved to the United StatesMoved to the United States Put the scrolls up for sale in a newspaper advertisementPut the scrolls up for sale in a newspaper advertisement

Son of Eleazar Sukenik General in Israeli army Purchased through an intermediary the four scrolls for the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Languages RepresentedLanguages Represented –Mostly Hebrew text –Few Aramaic –Even fewer Greek

Languages RepresentedLanguages Represented Writing MaterialsWriting Materials –Mostly Parchment –Few Papyri –One Copper Scroll

Languages RepresentedLanguages Represented Writing MaterialsWriting Materials Subject MatterSubject Matter –Biblical texts (Old Testament) –Jewish books –Books used in a unique Jewish sect

The Forming of Ancient Tels

Unexcavated Tel at Colossae

Methods of Excavations Complete Excavation Pit Method Trench Method Grid Method

Types of Writing MonumentalMonumental ProfessionalProfessional OccasionalOccasional

Monumental

Professional Berach, son of Beriah

Occasional

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