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Questions?????

What do you understand by Bible? Does the creator have any plans through the Bible? What is the background of Bible both Geographically and Historically? Does it have any significance? Is the Bible chronologically correct? Is there anything like Hebrew Bible and English One?

BIBLE
66 BOOKS-biblia-books-39 old testament books2000 years-written by variety of authors-includes many types of literature
GODS truth about HIMSELF and how we relate to HIM

Nation of Israel experience with GOD- Response to HIS word

GEOGRAPHY

MAP1- PROMISED LAND MAP2- MIDDLE EAST

MAP1

FERTILE CRESCENT

THE FERTILE CRESCENT

RIVER NILE IN EGYPT IN THE WEST NORTH EAST THROUGH THE LAND OF ISRAEL SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST TO THE PLAINS SURROUNDING THE RIVERS 1, TIGRIS 2, EUPHRATES MESOPOTAMIA MESO-MIDDLE-POTAMIA-RIVERS

CENTRES OF POWER EGYPT-WEST-ASSYRIA (LATER BABYLON)-EAST TRADE ROUTE-ASIA-AFRICA-EUROPE **A mountainous area of basalt rock to the south-west of the sea of Galilee funneled the travelers through Jezreel and on through to Megiddo
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MAP2

THE PROMISED LAND

THE PROMISED LAND

ISRALE AT CROSSROAD-NORTHERN PART-GALILEE-SOUTHERN PARTJUDAEA(MORE MOUNTAINOUS-ISOLATED JEWISH CULTURE-JERUSALEM -THE CAPITAL) CLIMATE-SCENERY-FLORA-FAUNA RIVER JORDAN-MT HERMON TO DEAD SEA(NORTH TO SOUTH) PINE TRESS NEXT TO PALM TREES-BIBILICAL TIMES LIONS-BEARS-CROCS-CAMELS

SQUEEZED WORLD
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HISTORY
2000 YEARSGENESIS-1-11 (PREHISTORIC PART) Creation of Universe The Fall of man in the Eden of garden The Flood Tower of Babel OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD FOUR EQUAL PARTS-ROUGHLY 500 YEARS

2000 ELECTION ABRAHAM

1500 EXODUS MOSES

1000 EMPIRE DAVID

500 EXILE ISAIAH

PATRIARCHS

PROPHETS

PRINCES

PRIESTS

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HIS STORY MATTERS

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BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE BOOKS

GENESIS 12-50-ISRAELS HISTORY-JOB-BOOKS OF MOSES-CONTINUEJOSHUA-JUDGES RUTH-HISTORY OF THAT PERIOD THIRD QUARTER-SAMUEL-KINGS-CHRONICLES + POETIC BOOKSPSALMS-PROVERBS-ECCLESIATES-SONGS OF SOLOMON AFTER SOLOMONS TIME CIVIL WAR-12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL-10 TIBES-NORTH-ISRAEL-SOUTH JUDAH-2 TRIBES-FALL OF UNITED ISRAEL-PROPHETS DURING THEIR TIME-ELIJAH -ELISHA PROPHETIC BOOKS DURING EXILE-ISRAEL FELL TO ASSYRIANSJUDAH FELL TO BABYLONIANS-LOSS OF THE GOD HAD PROMISED WARNING OF PROPHETS-URGING TO REBUILD THE TEMPLE (EZRA AND NEHEMIAH)-DANIEL AND ESTHER WRTITTEN AT BABYLON
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ORDER OFTHE BOOKS

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