Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Chapter Three – Genesis

Chapter Three CREATION ACCOUNT (GEN 1–3)    p. 108
Fig 38 Sumerian statue from ancient Mesopotamia (5300–2000 BC).
DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION (GEN 4)    p. 108

GENEALOGIES (GEN 5, 11)    p. 108
Sumerian King List   p. 109
Fig 39 Weld-Blundell Prism (Sumerian King List ca. 1827–1817 BC)
THE FLOOD AND NOAH    p. 111
Durupinar    p. 112
Fig 40 Durupinar which some claim is Noah’s ark
Takht-e Soleyman    p. 112
Mount Ararat    p. 113
Fig 41 Larger and lesser Ararat, Turkey
Eyewitness Accounts    p. 113
Ancient Flood Texts    p. 114
Epic of Gilgamesh 1600 BC    p. 114
TOWER OF BABEL (GEN 10–11)    p. 116
Ziggurat of Ur    117
Fig 42 Great Ziggurat of Ur
ABRAHAM AND UR (GEN 12–25)    118
Excavation of Ur    p. 118
UNDERSTANDING ABRAHAM    p. 119
Nuzi Tablets    p. 119
Adoption    p. 120
Household Gods    p. 120
Fig 43 Household gods (Heb. Teraphim)
Sisterhood    p. 120
Hittite Law    p. 121
Separation of Abraham and Lot    p. 121
SODOM AND GOMORRAH    p. 121
Criteria for Locating Sodom    p. 122
Search for the Cities of the Plain    p. 124
Fig 44 View of Israel from Mt. Nebo
Fig 45 Sizes of major cities in the Levant during the IB2 periods, ca. 4000–2000 BC
Southern Theory    p. 126
Fig 46 Bâb edh-Dhrâʿ
Northern Theory    p. 129
Fig 47 Tall el-Ḥammâm
Fig 48 Sizes of major cities in the Levant during the MB1-2 (MB IIA-B-C), ca. 2000–1540 BC
Evidence of Destruction    p. 131
Fig 49 Human remains at Tall el- Ḥammâm
Fig 51 Reconstruction of the Tall el-Ḥammâm MB gate complex
Mysterious Clinkers, Identified as Trinitite    p. 131
Fig 50 Klinker of melted pottery or trinitite
Does Zoar Help Identify Sodom?    p. 132
Conclusion    p. 132
CHART 3: CRITERIA FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF SODOM FOR THE SOUTHERN SODOM THEORY AND NORTHERN SODOM THEORY

Bonus Material

CHART 2: BRONZE AGE DISCOVERIES

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