1. People of the Land © John Stevenson, 2015 Maps by David P. Barrett, used by permission

2. Dr. John Stevenson http://JohnStevenson.net JohnStevenson@Bellsouth.net

6. Mesopotamia Egypt Land Bridge DESERT

7. Mesopotamia Egypt Levirate Marriage lawsLevirate Marriage laws Wives and sistersWives and sisters Household godsHousehold gods ! Nuzi

8. Mesopotamia Egypt ! Nuzi

9. Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

10. Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

11. Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley

12. Central Mountain Range The Coastal Plain Jordan Rift Valley Trans Jordan

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

14. January Winter Summer Spring Fall Early Rains Latter Rains

15. September English Month Septem Latin Month “Seven” Meaning OctoberOcto“Eight” NovemberNovem“Nine” DecemberDecem“Ten”

16. Religious Calendar Civil Calendar Year begins in the Spring Year begins in the Fall

17. Leviticus 23:1-2 The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations-- My appointed times are these:’”

18. Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings. tB' v;  Shabbath !AtB' v;  Shabbathon

19. Passover Unleavened Bread Pentecost Trumpets Atonement Booths First Fruits Spring Feasts Fall Feasts Deliverance from Egypt Removal of impurities of old life Holy Spirit (giving of the Covenant) New Civil Year Atonement for the Nation God dwelling with His people Promise of new life to come

20. Nisan/Abib Iyyar Sivan Tammuz Ab Elul Tishri Marchesvan Kislev Tebet Shebat Adar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 March-April April-May May-June June-July July-Aug. Aug-Sept. Sept-Oct. Oct-Nov. Nov-Dec. Dec-Jan. Jan-Feb. Feb-March Passover Pentecost Fall of Temple Kippur/Booths Chanukah Purim Rain Dry Season Rainy Season

21. Eastern Thinking Western Thinking CollectivismIndividualism Honor / Shame Right / Wrong Timeliness Oriented Time Oriented RelationshipRules

22. Cursing Slave KingdomBlessingKing Naked Crucified Gentile Home Right hand Left hand Free Holy Unclean Sick Impure Defiled Humiliation WeakStrongHeirPower Father Son Pleased Childless Barren Fruitful

23. Eastern Thinking Western Thinking Expresses truth in concrete terms Expresses truth in propositional terms What is God?

24. The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:2).

25. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. 6 The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. (Psalm 121:5-6).

26. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1).

27. He leads me beside quiet waters (Psalm 23:2).

28. Eastern Thinking Western Thinking Expresses truth in concrete terms Expresses truth in propositional terms Expresses truth in generalities Expresses truth in absolute categories

29. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet (1 Timothy 2:12). Woman praying & prophesying (1 Corinthians 11). Old Testament examples of Deborah & Huldah

30. And He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; 12 and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery.” (Mark 10:11-12). Matthew 9:9 gives the exception of the innocent party

31. “Audacity”

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34. And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from that region, and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon- possessed.” (Matthew 15:22).

35. But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came to Him and kept asking Him, saying, “Send her away, for she is shouting out after us.” (Matthew 15:23).

36. But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” 26 And He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” (Matthew 15:24-26).

37. But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.” 28 Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, your faith is great; be it done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed at once (Matthew 15:27-28).