RELG 433 - Biblical Archaeology
Study Topics and Assignments
Module 13
The Persian Period
Module Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this module, you will be able to :
- Describe and discuss some of the archaeological findings for the Persian period in the Middle East (CLO C)
- Describe and discuss the cultural settings of the Persian period (CLO D)
Textbook and Bible Readings
The Bible readings are quite long. It is not necessary to study them in depth, but do try to read through them (as if you were reading a newspaper or a book) to get the sequence of events and to fill in some of the things you did not learn in Sunday School.
- Textbook, chapter 19, "From the Restoration to the Close of the Old Testament"
- Bible : Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
Illustrations
- Go here for illustrations for Chapter 19
Course Notes
- Go here for notes on the Jews in Persia
- Go here for notes on the Persian Empire
- Go here for a map of the Persian Empire
- Go here for a map of Greece at the time of the Persian Wars
InterNet Resources
- Go here for Page of Links to InterNet Resources
Reading Report
Prepare a Reading Report, in which you write a paragraph (ca. 300-500 words) on each of these topics.
- Persian rule as compared to Assyrian and Babylonian rule
- Palestine and the "Land Beyond the River" as part of the Persian Empire
- Relations between the Samaritans and the returning Jews in Palestine
- The ministry of the Prophet Haggai
- The Royal Road, and the communication system in Persia at the time of Darius the Great
- The Greek-Persian Wars
- Xerxes and Esther
- Persepolis
- Ezra
- Nehemiah
Discussion Board 13
Thread : Whom would you have liked to have been?
- Themistocles
- Cyrus II (The Great) of Persia
- Nehemiah
- Mordecai
Choose whom you would most like to have been, describe his life and relevance to the Biblical record, and say why you chose him rather than any of the others.
Replies to 2 of your classmates' threads : If possible, choose Threads which deal with different people.
Reading Report on Module 13
Submit your Reading Report to the correct box in Canvas by the due date
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