If you picked up an ancient book without any knowledge of that era, customs, or language, you could understand some of it due to common experiences with your own life. But you could comprehend it much better by learning about the author, the place, the audience, the country, etc. Likewise, we can learn much from the Old Testament without the background. Still, the 43 presentations below can give added insights about these ancient peoples and other pertinent information from the OT era. After downloading a presentation, click on the audio after the final image to hear Dr. Rick Griffith narrate the slides. Finally, access over 600 pages of handouts at the end of this page.
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Syllabus1 • Syllabus2 • ANEPeoples • Amorites • Arabs&Islam • Arameans • Assyrians • Babylonians • Canaanites • Egyptians • Nabateans • Persians • Philistines • Phoenicians • Sumerians • Archaeology • Biblical_Theology • CanonOfTheOT • Chronology • Covenants • Creation • DeadSeaScrolls • Education • Feasts • ANEGeography • IsraelGeography • JerusalemGeography • PaganLiterature • Monotheism • NewCovenant • Priesthood • Prophecy • PaganReligions • Sacrifices • Salvation • Slavery • Temples • TheisticEvolutionCritiqued • WomenInTheANE
OT Backgrounds Class Notes
OT Backgrounds (High Res)-587.pdf (v.1.0.0)
OT Backgrounds (Low Res)-587.pdf (v.1.0.0)
OT_Backgrounds_eng_ob_7869_v11.doc
OTB_Gen_5_&_11_Genealogies_No_Gaps_(Tanner)_eng_ob_v2.pdf
OF 2019 Syllabus-ed3.docx
Hebrew Roots Movement Critique by Dr. J. Paul Tanner