Sunday, September 27, 2015

The Land of Canaan Study Guide

Rivers of the Fertile Crescent Compare the Israelites with their neighbors
Moses  
priests 
Solomon,   
Who built the temple at Jerusalem built
the law 
The most important social unit in Israel   Abraham’s home Father of Israel’s history The first king of Israel  
Saul
Jerusalem     
Samaria                                                                                                   
The year Assyria capture the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel?                                                                                                   
Diasapor
Cyrus  
Hammurabi                                                                                 
Moses                       
Prophets                                                                                    
Theocracy
Judges                                                             
David                                                                                                                            
Saul                                                                                                                    
Patriarchs                                                                     
Phoenician cities                                                                               
The first to use iron                                                                                
famous for their trade 
Famous for traveling long distances by ship                                                           
purple dye                                                                                                    
Epic of Gilgamesh                                                                                                            
Assyrian capital was                                                                                           
The King of the Chaldea                                                         
The Babylonians/ Chaldeans were overthrown by                                                 
the Lord’s anointed                                                   
The “Royal Road,”

Essays  

Explain why Israel in spite of its small size was a very important nation and still is today?

Identify three laws found in Hammurabi’s law code.  What can these laws teach us about what the Amorites thought were important.  How do they differ from our own values? 


What three lessons did God want the Israelites to learn during their stay in the wilderness?

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