REL 464 - The Inter-Testamental Era

 

Module 1 - The last years of the Kingdom of Judah

Key Topics

1. The Assyrian Empire
2. The Babylonian Empire
3. Shalmaneser V
4. Samaria / Samaritans (their origins)
5. Lachish - the siege of Lachish and the Lachish Ostraca
6. Hezekiah
7. Hezekiah's Tunnel, and the Siloam inscription
8. Hezekiah's wall - the Broad Wall in Jerusalem
9. Sennacherib, including Sennacherib's Prism
10. King Manasseh
11. Pharaoh Necho
12. Battle of Megiddo (Josiah against Pharaoh Necho)
13. Battle of Carchemish (Pharaoh Necho against Babylon)
14. Fall of Nineveh to Babylon
15. Nebuchadnezzar/Nebuchadrezzar
16. Jehoiachin (captivity in Babylon - archaeological evidence)
17. Daniel - taken into captivity
18. Ezekiel - taken into captivity
19. Jeremiah - including the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem
20. Baruch, student of Jeremiah

Scripture and Apocrypha Readings

• II Kings, chapters 17 - 21 and 23:26 to end of II Kings
• II Chronicles, chapters 32 - 36
• The Prayer of Manasseh
• Jeremiah, chapters 1, 5-6, 21, 22:24-30, 24, 25:1-14, 28, 29:1-20, 32:1-15, 34, 36-43, 51:59-64, 52
• Lamentations, chapter 1
• Ezekiel 1:1-3
• Daniel, chapter 1
• Baruch
• The Letter or Epistle of Jeremiah

Textbook Readings

The text book does not show Page numbers very well - they are inside the logo on the top of the page - but the Maps are numbered clearly. It is easier to find sections by following the Map numbers

• The Rise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire - the Fall of Samaria, pages 131-139, maps 63-69
• Judah alone amid International Powers - pages 142-156, maps 72-78

Course Notes

• Map of the Assyrian Empire
• Time-Line leading up to this period

Useful Links to get you started

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Discussion Board 1

Thread : Whom would you most like to have been : Hezekiah, Josiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Shalmaneser V, or Sennacherib ?
Choose whom you would most like to have been, write an account of his life, 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.
What are your thoughts about the people chosen, and their influence on the history of the period?

Report for this Module

Write a descriptive paragraph on each of the 20 Key Topics.
Use MSWord or a text editor such as Notepad to prepare and save your work, then submit it to the relevant SafeAssign box on the BlackBoard site for the course.

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Last Updated : February 10, 2019

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