REL 252: Study Guide 4

Harris: ch. 3

What does it mean to say that the OT/HB is a canon?

Does knowing about the formation of the OT/HB affect the way you look at it? How or why?

It would help to know the significant places listed below.

 

Water Aegean Sea Black Sea Caspian Dead Sea Euphrates River Jordan River Mediterranean Sea Nile River Persian Gulf Red Sea Sea of Galilee Tigris River

Regions & natural features Ammon Anatolia (Asia Minor) Arabia Bashan Canaan/Israel/Palestine Edom Egypt Fertile Crescent Galilee Gilead Greece Macedonia Mesopotamia Moab Mt. Carmel Mt. Gerizim Negeb Philistia Phoenicia Samaria Sinai Sumeria Syria

Cities & kingdoms/empires Assyria Assyrian Empire Babylonia Babylonian Empire Beersheba Damascus Dan Davidic/Solomonic Empire Egyptian Empire Hebron Israel Jericho Jerusalem Judah Megiddo Shechem Sidon Tyre   All the tribes of Israel NB: there's a catch with Levi (Levites)!