TTC Video - The World of Biblical Israel

English | mp4 | MPEG4 570x320 | AAC 2 ch 88 kbps | 12 hrs 15 min | 6.08 GB

eLearning | Course No. 6325

We all have associations with the word “Israel”—a modern-day nation in the Middle East that makes up part of the biblical Holy Land. But how did ancient Israel emerge? Who were the Israelites and where did they come from? What was it like to live in biblical Israel? Before unpacking these questions, it might help to consider how the very meaning of the word “Israel” evolved throughout the Hebrew Bible:

- “Israel” first referred to a person, Jacob, the founding ancestor of the Israelites.

Jacob had twelve sons whose descendants became the “twelve tribes of Israel.”

- Later, “Israel” became the name of the monarchy headed by King David and his son Solomon.

- When the monarchy divided, the northern kingdom was called “Israel” and the southern kingdom, “Judah.”

- Finally, “Israel” came to refer to the Judeans who survived as a nation in exile during the Babylonian captivity.

24 Lectures

1 Biblical Israel—The Story of a People

2 By the Rivers of Babylon—Exile

3 Ancestor Narratives in Genesis

4 Moses—The Torah’s Central Hero

5 Becoming the Nation of Israel

6 Kinship and Economics in Highland Villages

7 Three Weddings and a Funeral

8 Political Power Bases in Early Israel

9 Kingdoms and King Making

10 Politics and Economy of a Centralized Cult

11 Worshipping Locally

12 Lives of the Rich, Lives of the Poor

13 Assyrian Incursion into Israel and Judah

14 Life under Siege

15 Religious Debates and Preserved Text

16 Ezekiel—Exilic Informant

17 Life in Exile, Life in Judah

18 Literacy and Education

19 Religious Developments of the Exile

20 The New Israel—Resettling the Land

21 Food and the Family Meal—Boundaries

22 National Identity—Intermarriage

23 National Identity—Twins and Enemies

24 Loss and Restoration—Two Biblical Stories