Hebrews希伯来书.ppt

The Hebrews:
A New View of God and the Individual
I. Outline of Hebrew History
Mesopotamia----Canaan (Palestine)
some journeyed to Egypt, became forced laborers for the Egyptians
Hebrew Exodus from Egypt
Mount Sinai: tablet of the Ten Commandments
a loosely organized tribal confederation, bound by a commitment to Yahweh
11th century ., a threat by the Philistines
12 tribes, united under Saul, the first king
David, Saul’s successor, defeated Philistine power and subdued neighboring peoples
10th century ., Israelite Kingdom under David & his son Solomon
----extensive construction in Jerusalem
----erected a royal palace, a magnificent temple
honoring God
----disparity between the rich and the poor, the
aristocrats and the common people
Solomon’s tax policies and his favored treatment of the region
of Judah
Ritmeyer Archaeological Design
Strategically located in the middle of lands occupied by the Israelite tribes and on a high plateau overlooking the central hills and the Judaean desert, Jerusalem was captured around 1000 . by King David, who made it his capital. The next king, Solomon, built the First Temple to serve as the center of worship of the Israelite god, Yahweh. Solomon's Temple (at upper right) was destroyed during the Neo-Babylonian sack of the city in 587 . The modest structure soon built to take its place was replaced by the magnificent Second Temple, erected by King Herod in the last decades of the first century . and destroyed by the Romans in 70 .
Jerusalem at time of Solomon
The First Temple
Wall-cry
The Second Temple
The Israelites settled in the Canaanite hill country west of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea after 1200 . (left map). Control of Israelite territory after 928 . was shared between two monarchies (right map): the kingdoms of Israel (conquered by the Assyrians in 722 .) and Judah (conquered by the Babylonians in