Session 5 Study Questions Flashcards
If Tibni, a competitor to Omri, were listed as a king, there would be how many kings and how many dynasties for Northern Israel?
20 kings and 10 dynasties
Map of the Egyptian Empire
Note the relative locations of Persepolis, Susa, and Ecbatana.
About how large was the area of the Egyptian Emipire in comaprison to the Hittite Empire?
about equal
The Lydian empire was taken over by whom, and when?
By Cyrus of Medo-Persia, about 546 BC
According to Merrill, what was a central and indispensable element of the promise of Yahweh to the patriarchal fathers?
Eternal occupation of the land of Canaan
According to Merrill, the traditional date of the conquest is when?
1406-1399 BC (about 7 years)
True/False: The SA.GAZ/‘Apiru outside central Palestine are to be distinguished from the SA.GAZ/’Apiru who operated inside central Palestine.
True
What major city, heavily fortified and defended, poised the greatest problem to Joshua as he began his central capmaign to pentrate the interior of Canaan?
Jericho
What was the condition of the Jordan River at the time Joshua wanted to lead the people of Israel across it?
Flood Stage
After Israel crossed the Jordan River and were circumcised, what feast did they celebrate?
Passover
About how far was Jericho from Israel’s first encampment in Canaan at Gilgal?
2 miles
What were the three Canaanite cities that were destroyed by fire in Israel’s conquest?
Jericho, Ai, Hazor
True/False: The redating of the fallen walls at Jericho by Kathleen Kenyon has caused a problem for both the early date (1406) and the later date (1250) proposed for the beginning of Israel’s conquest.
True
About how many men and women were killed at Ai (which may have included some men pursuing also from Bethel? (Joshua 8:17)
Joshua 8:25 - including all the men of Ai
12,000 men and women
Where was the covenant renewal ceremony, commanded by Moses and accomplished by Joshua, performed?
Shechem
What people group disguised their delegation to deceive Israel into singin a nonagression treaty?
The Gibeonites
How did God, Yahweh the Warrior, kill more of the Canaanite forces than did the pursuing Israelites?
God cast down great hailstones upon them. This was a miracle.
What six cities were taken in the Southern Campaign, their inhabitants slain, but their urban structures left intact?
Makkedah, Libnah, Lachish, Eglon, Hebron, and Debir
Jabin, king of what city, led the Northern attack against Israel?
Hazor
In your own words, explain how the proposed date of ca. 1400 BC for the burning of Hazor in northern Canaan, would relate to dating the Conquest under Joshua?
All three phases of Joshua’s conquest have minimal damage to towns and cities. Early, Jericho and Ai were burned, and near the end Hazor was deliberately burned. Other cities were “taken” with the inhabitants killed, but no mention of destruction of their houses and other urban structures. The date of Jericho’s fallen walls is debated; the location of Ai is unsure; but the burning of Hazor supports an early date of the Conquest.
In your own words, explain why Joshua mentioned the Anakim so much in his Conquest narrative?
The Anakim were a cause of the unbelief of the Israelites at Kadesh Barnea. Joshua and Caleb argued that with God’s help, Israel was well able to take the land. And now that the conquest was taking place, Caleb wanted the very place where these giant Anakim lived.
In your own words, what are the three unbelieving “alternative ways” of viewing the Conquest of Canaan?
- Tradition Historical Model - the Bible account is untrustworthy and has alleged contradictions and “doubtlets” (Martin Noth).
- The Sociological Model - a peasant revolt against oppression by the wealthy, especially in cities, motivated the rebelling people groups to invent a common myth of oppression in their background (Norman Gottwald).
- The “Emergence” Model - There was no Exodus or Contquest, but Canaanite people broke from their existing power structures to create a newfound and ideological commonality - traditions with no basis in actual fact (Israel Finkelstein and others).
In the period 1250-1150 BC, Central Palestine was wracked by pervasive, chaotic upheaval and dislocation. What does Merrill believe is the best explanation for this situation?
The chaotic times of the Judges.
In the distribution of the land, what tribes were alloted territory by Moses east of the Jordan River?
Reuben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh.
