THE BIBLE AS HISTORY

FIRST WEEK OF CLASS, 2011HY 235

Jewish Background to Christianity

Is the Bible True?

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1 Introduction 1.1 Conservative religious views

1.2 Liberal/Progressive religious views and secular views 1.3 Overview of academic views

1.4 Critique of the Maximalist - Minimalist Dichotomy 2 Old Testament/Hebrew Bible

2.1 Genesis 2.2 Problems with conventional Biblical chronology

2.3 Exodus 2.4 Joshua

2.5 United Monarchy 2.6 Later kings

2.7 The Exile and after 3 New Testament/Greek Bible

3.1 Historicity 3.1.1 Pontius Pilate

3.1.2 Historicity of Christian beliefs 3.1.3 Historicity of Christian traditions

4 Marginal views 5 Schools of archaeological and historical thought

5.1 Biblical minimalism 5.2 Biblical maximalism

5.3 Increasing conflict between the maximalist and minimalist schools

6 Archaeology and modern Israeli politics

7 Mid-Eastern Analogies 8 Conclusion 9 Footnotes

10 References 11 See also

12 External links

Adam and Eve, 3rd Century, catacombs, Rome

The Ten Commandments

The 1956 version of the Commandments starring Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter

The Judges, Saul, David, and Solomon

DavidSolomon

The Prophets

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Isaiah and the Dead Sea Scrolls

Assyrian Empire (746-609 BCE)

Babylonian Empire (809-539 BCE)

Persian Empire (550-330 BCE)

Empire of Alexander the Great (336-323 BCE)

Hellenized Jews

The SeptuagintGreek language and culturePreservation of the faith

Sadduccees Pharisees Scribes Essenes