by hadassah | Dec 10, 2008 | Exodus, Kingdoms of Israel and Judah
The Annals of Sargon II, c. 722 BCE “I besieged and conquered Samaria and led away as booty 27,290 inhabitants of it. I formed from among them a contingent of 50 chariots and made those remaining assume their (present) statuses.”- Khorsabad Annals The king of...
by hadassah | Dec 10, 2008 | Exodus
Nathan before King David, Rembrandt (1606-1669). David, king of Israel, had committed egregious crimes. He had coveted the wife of his loyal servant Uriah the Hittite, taken her to his royal chambers, impregnated her and sent her beloved husband to his...
by hadassah | Dec 10, 2008 | Exodus
Bronze Scepters and Incense Burner, 13th or 12th century BCE Two bronze scepters and a bronze incense burner that all employ representations of either pomegranates or of poppy seed pods, found at Tel Nami in 1989. They date to the 13th century B.C.E. or perhaps...
by hadassah | Dec 9, 2008 | Exodus
Mummy of Merneptah, 1213 – 1203 BCE The mummy of Merneptah was discovered in 1898 along with eighteen other mummies in the tomb of Amenhotep II, although it is believed that Merneptah was originally buried in the Valley of the Kings. The mummy was unwrapped and...
by hadassah | Nov 23, 2008 | Exodus, What Abraham Jacob and Joseph Might Have Known
The Code of Hammurabi, c. 1760 BCE “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” The Code of Hammurabi treats only a small portion of the legal material; it is a collection of reform laws that were probably appended to long-established legal cases. In this...
by hadassah | Nov 23, 2008 | Exodus
Exodus Overview From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 5-24, 32; Numbers), Christine Hayes, Open Yale Courses (Transcription), 2006. Biblical History- From Abraham to Moses, c. 1850-1200 BCE, Steven Feldman, COJS. Primary sources Exodus 5-24 Exodus 32 Exodus 19-20- The...
