1. The Ancient
Middle East

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

3. 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

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

5. Abraham’s Journeys

6. 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

7. Ancient Palestine

8. Land of Goshen, Egypt

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

10. The Exodus

11. Route of the Exodus

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

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

14. Mount Sinai

15. St. Catherine’s Monastery at Mount Sinai

16. King David’s Empire

17. 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

18. Solomon’s
Kingdom

19. Recreation of Ancient Jerusalem

20. King Solomon’s Temple Floor Plan
The First Temple

21. Inside the Temple Tabernacle
The Arc of the Covenant

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

23. Kingdoms of
Judah
&
Israel

24. Israelites in Captivity

25. Alexander the Great & the Hellenization of the Near East

26. The Great Library at Alexandria. Egypt

27. Herod the Great’s Kingdom