History of ancient Israel 3600-7-HE1-DSI1

The lecture covers the following topics in chronological order:

Sem. I
1) General introduction to source texts: the Bible, apocrypha, epigraphic documents and rabbinic literature.
2) Peoples and lands of biblical history.
3) Biblical geography and archeology.
4) Methods of critical reading of source texts.
5) Pentateuch
6) Biblical prehistory (Genesis 1-11).
7) History of the Patriarchs (Genesis 12-50)
8) Exodus from Egypt
9) The covenant and the way to Canaan.
10) Israeli settlement in Canaan (Josh - Jud.)
11) Canaanite religion and culture.
12) The kingdom (1-2 Samuel 1 Kings)
13) Daily Life in Ancient Israel.
14) Public and private religious worship in ancient Israel.

Sem. II
15) The division of the Kingdom.
16) Great Prophets of the 8th century B.C.E.
17) Fall of the Northern Kingdom.
18) The decline of the kingdom of Judah.
19) Deuteronomic history.
20) The Babylonian captivity.
21) Literature of the Babylonian captivity.
22) Return and reconstruction - Persian period
23) Post-exile Jewish community.
24) Religious education and formation.
25) Hellenization.
26) Roman period.