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Religion: The Old Testament
- 2. Significance of Conquering Canaan Theologically signifies the Fulfilment of God’s promise to the people of Israel Therefore, it is seen as an act of God’s grace towards the people of Israel.
- 3. Historical-Sociological Approach External Factor •Geopolitics of the Fertile Cresent Internal Factor •Socio-political Context of Canaan
- 4. Geopolitics of the Fertile Crescent Page 90-92
- 5. Geopolitics of the Fertile Crescent
- 6. Rạmesses II Reign: 1279-1213 BC Pharaoh during Exodus Seti I Reign: 1394-1279 BC Pharaoh before Exodus Amenhṓtep IV Reign: 1353-1336 BC
- 7. Seti I Reign: 1394-1279 BC Pharaoh before Exodus
- 9. The Campaign of Jericho (Joshua 2-6) • Joshua sends spies to Jericho • Rahab hides and help the spies escape • God is with Israel at Jericho • Israelites marches around the city seven times • The walls of Jericho falls • Israel successfully conquers the city of Jericho • Rahab and her family • Saved from destruction • Joins the Israelites
- 10. The Campaign of Ai (Joshua 7-8) • God angry with Israel • Sin of Achan • God is not with Israel • First attempt fails • Small army sent to Ai • 36 Israelites die and remaining army chased off • God is no longer angry • Achan faces sin’s consequence • God is with Israel again • Second attempt succeeds
- 11. Jericho and Ai echoes Biblical truth “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
- 12. Juxtaposition of Rahab and Achan • Acted Selflessly • Hiding the 2 spies • Saved • Her family (Josh 2:12) • The 2 spies (Josh 2:3-6) • Insured the success of Israel’s campaign • Acted Selfishly • Stole plunder from Jericho • Endangered • The Israelites • Those that sojourned with them • Compromised the success of Israel’s campaign
Editor's Notes
- Main focus of Chapter 9: Book of Joshua Conquest of Canaan Approach of Chapter 9: Historical-Sociological Textual-Literary
- Focus Question: How did God fulfil His promise? God Creative Guide questions: what circumstances did he allow to occur so that his promise can be fullfilled
- Focus Question: How did God fulfil His promise? God Creative Guide questions: what circumstances did he allow to occur so that his promise can be fullfilled
- Earlier we mentioned that Fertile Crescent Was caught between Egypt and Mesopotamia, 2 major empires Canaan is located within this Desired by both empires for it’s wealth Wealth = Natural resources (Gold, Silver, Water, Agriculture) The more fertile the land, the more crops it will yield, the more money the can get
- Now even though the conquering of Canaan took place after the Exodus, to understand the Geopolitcal state of the fertile crescent we need to go back into history to before exodus as far back as 7 generations before Moses even born. What do we already know about the political situation in Egypt? Ramesses II Seti I (6 other pharaohs) Amenhotep IV
- From these 3 verses we can see that Pharaoh was afraid of an uprising from the people of Israel. Now the question is, why was he afraid? (let students answer) Answer: There has been a history of uprisings from local inhabitants in the cities that Egypt controls in Canaan. This goes all the way back to 6 generations before Seti I, to a Pharaoh
- Talk about how Egypt controlled the cities Political control Military control Taxes in exchange for peace and order
- God angry with Israel Sin of Achan (vs. 20-21) Small army sent to battle at Ai (vs. 3-4) 36 Israelites die and remaining army chased off (v.5) God is no longer angry (vs. 13-15, 25-26)
- How many are you are English Majors? Who can tell me what a Juxtab Juxtaposition: the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.