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Contents

Biblical Backgrounds: Guide to the Cultural and Concepts in which the Bible was Formed ........................ 2

Study Section 1: Ancient Mesopotamia and Abraham - Genesis 11-12 ...................................................... 3
Study Section 2: Canaanite Backgrounds and the Patriarchal Period - Genesis 13-46 ................................ 9

Study Section 3: Egyptian backgrounds to the Pentateuch - Genesis 39-50, Exodus 1-12 ........................ 14
Study Section 4: The Wilderness wanderings as event and conceptual background

(Exodus 13-40, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy) ..................................................................... 21
Study Section 5: Conquering and Settling the Canaan - Joshua, Judges, and Ruth ................................... 28

Study Section 6: The United Monarchy
(1 and 2 Samuel; 1 Kings 1-11; 1 Chronicles; and 2 Chronicles 1-9) ..................................................... 35

Study Section 7: Israel and the Divided Monarchy - I Kings 12-22; 2 Kings; the Prophets ......................... 41
Study Section 8: The Assyrian Background to the Old Testament - 2 Kings 15-19, Isaiah 36-37, Nahum . 48

Study Section 9: Judah and the Divided Monarchy

(I Kings 12-22, 2 Kings 1-17, Chronicles 10-36; the Prophets) .............................................................. 54
Section 10: The Babylonian captivity as background to the Bible

(2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Ezekiel; Daniel) ............................................................................................ 63
Section 11: The Persian Captivity as background to the Bible

(2 Chronicles 36; Ezra; Nehemiah; Esther; Daniel 6; Haggai; Zechariah; Malachi) .............................. 72
Section 12: Pre-Common Era Greek backgrounds to the Bible .................................................................. 85

Section 13: The Intertestamental Period (1-2 Maccabees; Josephus) ....................................................... 94

Study Section 14: The Seven Feasts of Israel ........................................................................................... 105
Study Section 15: Asia Minor and Cyprus and the Expansion of the Early Church (Acts, Ephesians,
Revelation) ................................................................................................................................................ 113
Study Section 16: Greek Backgrounds in Acts and the Epistles

(Acts; 1 and 2 Corinthians; 1-2 Thessalonians; Philippians) .............................................................. 121

Study Section 17: Roman Backgrounds in Acts and the Epistles. ............................................................ 130
Study Section 18: Jewish Backgrounds in Acts and the Epistles. ............................................................. 136

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