SB 00 Bible Survey

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SB 00 Bible Survey
SB 00 Bible Survey The Pentateuch Christian
Commitment and Excellence in Learning

• Spring 2001
• Erskine Theological Seminary

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OT Books Law (Torah)

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Leviticus
• Numbers
• Deuteronomy

• Beginning(s)
• The way out
• (Rules for) Levites
• Take a census (12)
• Second Law (1718)

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Genesis(50 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 5)

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Days of Creation (Gen. 1)
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Patriarchs and their Families

• Hagar Abraham Sarah
• Ishmael Isaac Rebekah
• Esau Jacob
• Arabs Edomites Israel

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Jacobs Sons (Gen. 29-30)

• Leah

• Bilhah

• Rachel

• 1. Reuben
• 2. Simeon
• 3. Levi
• 4. Judah

5. Dan 6. Naphtali
11. Joseph 12. Benjamin
7. Gad 8. Asher

• Zilpah

9. Issachar 10. Zebulun
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Exodus(40 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 6)

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The Ten Plagues (Ex. 7-11)

• The Nile turned to blood
• Frogs
• Gnats
• Flies
• Livestock died
• Boils
• Hail
• Locusts
• Darkness
• Firstborn died

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The Ten Commandments (Ex. 20, Deut. 5)

• 1. Thou Shalt Have No Gods Before Me
• 2. Make No Graven Image
• 3. Do Not Take The Name of Yahweh In Vain
• 4. Remember the Sabbath to Keep it Holy
• 5. Honor Thy Father And Thy Mother
• 6. Thou Shalt Not Murder
• 7. Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
• 8. Thou Shalt Not Steal
• 9. Thou Shalt Not Lie Against Thy Neighbor
• 10. Thou Shalt Not Covet

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Leviticus(27 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 7)

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The Five Sacrifices
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The Feasts
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Numbers(36 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 8)

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Rebellion and Response in Numbers

• Chapter Rebellion Response
• 12 Miriam rejects Leprosy
• Moses leadership.
• 13-14 Fear of the people in 40 years of
  wandering
• the land. in the wilderness
• 16 Korah challenges Swallowed up by the
• Moses authority. earth
• 20 Moses strikes the He does not lead people
• rock. into the land.
• 22-3 Balak longs to curse God turns curse into
  a
• Israel. blessing.

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Deuteronomy(34 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 9)

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SB 00 Bible Survey
SB 00 Bible Survey Historical
Books Christian Commitment and Excellence in
Learning

• Spring 2001
• Erskine Theological Seminary

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OT Historical Books

• Joshua
• Judges
• Ruth
• 1, 2 Samuel
• 1, 2 Kings
• 1, 2 Chronicles
• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Esther

• Hebrew Bible classifications
• Redformer prophets
• Blackwritings

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Joshua(24 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 9)

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Mediterranean Sea
Moab
Succoth
Edom
Sinai
Ezion Geber
Midian
Mt. Sinai
Red Sea
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Conquest of Canaan

• Crossing the Jordan River into the land (Get
  your feet wet)
• Jericho The key base of operations
• The Central Campaign
• Ai
• The Five Kings in the Valley of Aijalon
• The Southern Campaign
• Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, Debir, etc.
• The Northern Campaign
• Hazor, Kedesh, Acshaph

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Division of the LandThe 12 Tribes

• Note Carefully
• Joseph is split into two half-tribes, headed by
  his sons Ephraim and Manasseh.
• The Levites have no land, for the Lord is their
  inheritance (Josh. 1333).
• Simeon is later absorbed into Judah.
• Dan later moves north to escape opposition.

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Judges(21 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 10)

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Cycle of Oppression and Redemption
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Major Judges of Israel
Cushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia
Othniel
Eglon king of Moab
Ehud
Jabin king of Canaan, Sisera his general
Deborah, Barak, Jael
Midianites
Gideon
Philistines and Ammonites
Jephthah
Philistines
Samson
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Ruth(4 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 10)

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Ruths Family

• Elimelech and Naomi (From Bethlehem in Judah)
• Moved to Moab during a famine in time of Judges
• Two sons, Mahlon and Kilion
• Mahlon and Kilion married Orpah and Ruth, both
  Moabitesses
• Ruth married Boaz, from Bethlehem
• Obed
• Jesse
• David and the Messianic line

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1 Samuel(31 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 11)

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The End of the Period of Judges

• Elkanah, Hannah, and Samuel contrasted with Elis
  Sons, Phinehas and Hophni (chs. 1-3)
• Faithfulness in the midst of the lawlessness of
  Judges
• The loss of the ark (ch. 4)
• Gods judgment on lawlessness (Ichabod)
• The Philistines and the ark (chs. 5-6)
• The awful seriousness of Gods presence
• The peoples desire for a king (ch. 8)
• A longing to be like other nations
• A rejection of Gods kingship

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Saul and David

• The Peoples King
• Looks the part (1023)
• Has a semblance of humility (1022)
• Oppresses the people (810-18)
• Looks at the situation rather than at God (108
  and 137-12)
• Is rejected by God (1313-14 151-29)

• Gods King
• The youngest of his
  family does not look the part (1611-12)
• Values the honor of God (1745-7)
• Values his enemy Saul because God has
  anointed him king (chs. 24, 26)
• Intensely loyal to his friend Jonathan (181,
  20)

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2 Samuel(24 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 11)

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Davids Family, Davids Downfall

• Wife Children
• Michal (Sauls daughter) ----
• Ahinoam Amnon
• Abigail (Nabals widow) Kileab
• Maacah Absalom, Tamar
• Haggith Adonijah
• Abitail Shephatiah
• Eglah Ithream
• Bathsheba (Uriahs widow) X, Solomon

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The Kings and Kingdoms

• Overview

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Overview of the Kingdom(s)

• United Kingdom (Saul, David, Solomon)
• Ca. 1050 930 B.C.
• Northern Kingdom (Israel)
• 930-722 B.C.
• 20 kings
• None who did right in the sight of the Lord
• Southern Kingdom (Judah)
• 930-586 B.C.
• 20 kings
• 8 who did right in the sight of the Lord

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Overview of the Kings

• Doing right in the sight of the Lord meant
  remaining faithful to the covenant.
• Principally Hezekiah and Josiah
• To a lesser degree Asa, Jehoshaphat, Jehoash,
  Amaziah, Azariah, and Jotham
• Doing evil in the sight of the Lord meant
• violating the second commandment by making
  images.
• (Jeroboam and all of Israels kings)
• violating the first commandment by worshiping
  Baal.
• (Ahab, Manasseh, and others)

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Kings of the Divided Kingdom

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Samuel/Kings vs. Chronicles

• Samuel/ Kings Chronicles
• More events described More extended speeches
• Postive and negative por- Positive portrayal of
  David
• trait of David/Solomon and Solomon
• Focus on Israel Focus on Judah
• Written for exilic commun- Written for the
  post-exilic com-
• ity to explain why the munity to explain
  that God
• exiles took place was still faithful to
  covenant

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1 and 2 Kings(22 and 25 chapters)

• (Meek, pp. 12-13)

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Why did God allow the exiles?

• The people did not consolidate worship of the one
  God in the one place commanded (Deut. 12).
• Notice the prominence of the Temple (1 Kings 8).
• But the kings did not remove the high places.
• Jeroboam even set up new centers of worship aside
  from the Temple, at Dan and Bethel (1 Kings 12).

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Why did God allow the exiles?

• The people did not consolidate worship of the one
  God in the one place commanded (Deut. 12).
• The kings did not obey Gods law for the king.
  (Deut. 1714-20)
• Not to have dealings with Egypt
• Not to take many wives
• Not to seek wealth
• To revere the Lord and his Law
• Solomon broke all of these laws (1 Kings 10-11)
• The crucial book of Deuteronomy was actually lost
  for several hundred years (2 Kings 22).

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Why did God allow the exiles?

• The people did not consolidate worship of the one
  God in the one place commanded (Deut. 12).
• The kings did not obey Gods law for the king.
  (Deut. 1714-20)
• In fulfillment of prophecy dealing with Gods
  anger at sin (Deut. 13, 18)
• Elijah and Elisha (See esp. 1 Kings 18.)
• Foreigners often recognize the presence of God
  more than Israel does. (See 2 Kings 5.)

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Why did God allow the exiles?

• The people did not consolidate worship of the one
  God in the one place commanded (Deut. 12).
• The kings did not obey Gods law for the king.
  (Deut. 1714-20)
• In fulfillment of prophecy dealing with Gods
  anger at sin (Deut. 13, 18)
• In fulfillment of covenant curses (Deut. 27-8)
• See 2 Kings 177-13.

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Is there hope for the exiles?

• Yes!
• The Davidic line continues, even though the
  Davidic kingship has ended (2 Kings 2527-30).
• God did not fail we did.
• But we can be faithful to the covenant now.

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1 and 2 Chronicles(29 and 36 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 14)

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Has God been unfaithful to his covenant people?

• No!
• God has given the Ark and the priesthood (1
  Chron. 13, 15-16).
• God has given the Davidic line (1 Chron. 1-9,
  17).
• God has given the Temple (1 Chron. 29, 2 Chron.
  2-7).
• God has given the Law, with blessings and curses
  (2 Chron. 713-22).
• God has given good kings as types of the coming
  Davidide, the Messiah.

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Major Empires in the Ancient World

• Assyria (ca. 900 B.C. 612 B.C.)
• Babylon (612 B.C. 539 B.C.)
• Defeated Assyrians in 612 B.C.
• Defeated Egyptians in 605 B.C.
• Persia (539 B.C. 331 B.C.)
• Gained control of Media in 549 B.C.
• Conquered Babylon in 539 B.C.
• Allowed nations captured by Babylon to return to
  their homelands in 538 B.C.
• Struggled with Greece for control of Asia Minor
  for most of the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., and
  finally fell to Greece in 331 B.C.

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Tigris
Nineveh
Euphrates
Damascus
Susa
Babylon
Samaria
Ur
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Rebuilders after the Exile

• Zerubbabel rebuilt the Temple.
• Ezra restored the worship and practice according
  the the Law.
• Nehemiah rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem.

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Ezra(10 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 15)

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The Book of Ezra
Second Wave
First Wave

• Cyrus King of Persia
• Zerubbabel and Jeshua (Joshua in Haggai)
• Sons of Asaph
• Xerxes
• Darius

• Ezra
• Artexerxes
• The people were intermarrying!!!
• Divorced their foreign wives

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Nehemiah(13 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 15)

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The Book of Nehemiah

• Susa
• Artexerxes

• Sanballat the Horonite

• Tobiah the Ammonite

• Geshem the Arab

• Eliashib

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Esther(10 chapters)

• (Meek, p. 15)

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The Book of Esther

• Xerxes
• Vashti
• Esther
• Mordecai
• Haman
• Purim