Old and New Testament 2

Tell me what a typical tell is

It is a coned shaped mound containing successive layers of past civilizations

Tell me what a strata is

It is a single layer of rock

Tell me what stratum is

It is multiple layers

Tell me what a balk is

It is a grid strip of stratum

Tell me what early archaeology did to discover and analyze things.

They bulldozed through a single strip then figured out the grid system to analyze artifacts

Tell me what ostraca/potsherd is

It is broken pottery or broken pottery used for groceries or whatever else they needed it for

Tell me what the Gezer calendar is

It is a limestone tablet found in 1908 by RA Macalister

Dates to the 10 Century BC, divided kingdom

It is an early Hebrew lad’s memory and writing excercise

Tell me what a Mesha Stele or Moabite Stone is

Found in 1868 by an Anglican Missionary (Fred Klein) to Jordan

King Mesha of Moab commissioned the stele

Chemosh was angry with the people but later fought for them

Tell me who Sir Flinders Petrie is

He is the father of scientific archeology and introduced systematic excavation methods

Tell me who Dame Kathleen Kenyon is

She is a UK archeologist who figured out how to use pottery to figure out date periods

Tell me who the Essenes were and what was discovered because of them

They were a people group who were kicked out of the main group and buried the scrolls in caves in 870BC

Tell me what the period of beginnings were

The time of Genesis 1-11 pre 2000 BCT

Tell me what the Hebrew Patriarchs were

They were from Abraham to the time of Moses (2000 - 1250 B.C.)Tel

Tell me who the Egyptian Slavery and Deliverance were

1250 - 1100 B.C. from Moses to deliverance from Egypt

Tell me who the Conquest and organization in Canaan are

1100 - 1000 BC.) — Joshua’s work as leader in crossing the Jordan River to the capture of Jericho and the threefold conquestsTe

Tell me who the Hebrew Kingdom were

They were the (Preexilic Period) — anointing of Saul to the fall of the Souther Kingdom (1000 - 587/6 _B.C.)

Tell me what the Captivity or (Exilic Period ) and Restoration (Post Exilic Period ) is

It is from Babylonian captivity to the close of the Old Testament (587/6 — 350 B.C.)T

Tell me what the Intertestamental / Interbiblical Period is

It is not recorded in the Protestant Bible (250-5 B.C.)