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History and Geography

History and Geography. What You Need to Know to Understand the Tanakh. Genesis 12:1-7.

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History and Geography

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  1. History and Geography What You Need to Know to Understand the Tanakh

  2. Genesis 12:1-7 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you, I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 years old when he departed from Haran. Abram took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go into the land of Canaan. When they had come to the land of Canaan. Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oal of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.”

  3. Abram’s Journey

  4. Canaan Israel Israel for the Northern Kingdom (922-722/21 BCE) and Judah for the Southern Kingdom (922-587/86 BCE) Yehud when it was a Persian outpost (538 BCE to the Greek period). Also Judea Palestine (Palaistino) in the Greek period (late 4th to 2nd centuries BCE) What to call this land

  5. Approximately 150 miles long and 70 miles wide 10,000 square miles or the size of Vermont Roughly the same latitude as the state of Georgia, southern Spain, or the Shanghai-Nanking area of China The Land – Some Facts

  6. Coastal Plain Shephelah Central Hill Country Rift Valley Transjordan Plateau desert Six Major Regions of the Land

  7. Coastal Plain

  8. Shephelah

  9. “ Central Hill Country

  10. Valley of Jezreel

  11. Arabah (“Plain”) or The Rift Valley

  12. Some Fun Photos

  13. Transjordan Plateau

  14. Desert • Uninhabitable region that extends eventually into what is now Saudi Arabia

  15. Two Seasons Wet or horef (November to February) Dry (mid-June to mid-September) Two Transitional periods April to mid-June Mid-September through October Sub-tropical climate Generally temperate Can get quite cold at elevation Agricultural season starts with the rain Wet ground is softer and so can be plowed Spring rain ripens crops Rain comes from the west or the sea and so the west-facing slopes get most of the rain Seasons

  16. Rainfall • Rainfall Averages • Acco and Jerusalem -- 24 to 26” (comparable to London, but all in one season) • Upper Galilee hills – 47” (NYC 41” average) • Megiddo – 16” • Hebron 12”

  17. Climate • Temperatures • Overall temperate, but with hot summers along the coast and around the Dead Sea toward the desert • Winters can be chilly at elevation and some snow is typical in the upper Galilee and even in places like Jerusalem (elevation approximate 2500 ft)

  18. Abraham and Hagar Ishmael Abraham and Sarah Isaac Isaac and Rebekkah Esau Jacob Jacob Leah Reuben (1) Simeon (2) Levi (3) Judah (4) Issachar (9) Zebulun (10) Dinah Rachel Joseph (11) Benjamin (12) Bilhah Dan (5) Naphtali (6) Zilpah Gad (7) Asher (8) Genesis – The Family

  19. Exodus • Israel enslaved in Egypt • Moses lifted up to deliver the people • Brings them to Mt. Sinai where God makes a covenant with them • Wander in the Wilderness 40 years

  20. Joshua Story told in Joshua 1-12 Three points of attack: North, Central, and South Archaeological record does not fully support this picture Judges More of a gradual settlement of the land Some battles Perhaps a combination of external force coming in, a settling of non-disputed areas and internal revolt Conquest and/or Settlement

  21. Saul the first king David takes over c. 1000 BCE Solomon succeeds his father Monarchy splits after Solomon’s death in 922 BCE (Divided Monarchy) Northern Kingdom or Israel lasts until 722/21 BCE Assyrian Empire takes over 10 lost tribes of Israel Southern Kingdom or Judah lasts until 587/86 BCE Babylonian Empire takes over Jerusalem and the Temple built by Solomon are destroyed Monarchy

  22. The people go into exile in 587/86 BCE Persian leader Cyrus defeats Babylonians; allows people to return to their land Not many Israelites want to go; Darius takes over and sponsors a new return Zerubbabel and Joshua lead it Second Temple built and dedicated Yehud is a Persian satrapy Persian Period

  23. Alexander the Great conquers the land c. 333 BCE Hellenization spreads through region Division of the kingdom by the diadochi Seleucid rule c. 198 BCE Antiochus IV 175 – starts movement that prohibits Judaism Maccabean Revolt 164 BCE Greek Period

  24. Brief Period of Independence from 142-63 BCE. Hasmonean Dynasty Pompey – Roman general – starts his campaign around 64 BCE Herod the Great 37-4 BCE Final Notes

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