Archaeological Mysteries of the Hebrew Bible
Sundays, February 12, 26; March 18, 10:30 a.m.-Noonat Mount Zion Temple
Taught by Steven Derfler, Ph.D.
Tuition for the Series: $25/member; $40/public.
Tuition for single sessions: $10/member; $15/public.
Viewed by the Jewish community as “a letter written to us by our parent”, the Tanach/Bible is a “people-making instrument” that gives us a roadmap of faith and national identity. But it is full of mystery as well. How accurate are the accounts of Joseph and his amazing Technicolor dream coat? Who were the Philistines, and when did they arrive in the Biblical Near East? Did the famed walls of Jericho really come crashing down with the onslaught of Joshua’s priestly trumpeters? The literary and archaeological record of the ancient Near East helps explain some of the enigmas that have confronted scholars for millennia with these three episodes in mind.
Sunday, February 12, 10:30 a.m.
Did Joseph have a special coat? Israel in Egypt, as slaves, or something else?
Sunday, February 26, 10:30 a.m.
Who were the Philistines? Israel and her Biblical neighbor, were they given a “bum rap”?
Sunday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.
Did the walls of Jericho come a’ tumbling down? Israel enters Canaan, but how many times?
