1. The Geography of New Testament Palestine #2
Sunday Morning Introduction and Background Class #8
The Geography of New Testament Palestine #2
(Plus other “social studies")

2. Palestine

8. South end and Jordan River

9. North end

11. Galilee and Mt. Hermon Range

13. earth_moon view from Voyager 1_1977_7million miles away

14. ngc253SculptorGalaxy.jpg

16. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)
Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)
Period of Retirement (~6 months)
Close of Ministry (~6 months)
Last Week
Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, & Burial
Resurrection and Appearances
Ascension

17. Outline of Jesus' Life
Birth

19. Aerial View of Bethlehem

20. Outline of Jesus' Life
Birth
Years of Preparation (30 Years)

22. nazareth

23. NAZARETH_AERIAL_FROM_EAST

24. mount-tabor

25. Sepphoris_with_theater_aerial_from_northeast

26. sepphoris-view-from

27. Sepphoris_Roman_cardo_overview._Rebuilding_Begun 4BC

28. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)

30. river-jordan

31. Looking east towards mount-nebo across Dead Sea

32. jerusalem-01

33. Mt. Gerizim (left) and Mt. Ebal with Schechem in between

34. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)
Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)

37. Capernaum “Mt. of Beatitudes” Bethsaida Tabigha Plain of Genesseret
NW End of Sea of Galilee
Plain of Genesseret

38. Arbel_cliff_and_Plain_of_Genesseret

39. mount-arbel-01

40. Mt_of_Beatitudes_view_to_Plain_of_Genesseret

41. Mt_of_Beatitudes_and_Sea_of_Galilee_in_spring

42. CAPERNAUM_AERIAL_FROM_SOUTHEAST

43. Capernaum_from_boat2

44. Capernaum_synagogue_interior

45. synagogue-at-capernaum

46. COVE_OF_THE_SOWER_AERIAL

47. Cove_of_the_Sower_from_top

48. Mt_of_Beatitudes_hillside_in_spring

49. Mt_of_Beatitudes_from_lake

50. Tabgha_from_lake

51. Tiberias_view

52. CityofTiberius

53. BETHSAIDA_PLAIN_AERIAL_FROM_NORTHWEST

54. bethsaida-israel

55. EastShore

56. EasternShoreLookingWest

57. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)
Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)
Period of Retirement (~6 months)

59. caesarea-philippi-4

60. caesarea-philippi-cave

61. banias-waterfall

62. Mt. Hermon Range

63. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)
Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)
Period of Retirement (~6 months)
Close of Ministry (~6 months)

66. jericho-hills

68. jerusalem-01

69. Outline of Jesus' Life Birth Years of Preparation (30 Years)
Beginning Ministry (3-6 months)
Great Galilean Ministry (18-21 months)
Period of Retirement (~6 months)
Close of Ministry (~6 months)
Last Week
Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, & Burial
Resurrection and Appearances
Ascension

70. mount-arbel-02

71. Roman Era boat

72. En_Gev_first_century_boat_model

73. Sea of galilee ports

74. casting-of-nets

75. shepherd-in-wilderness

76. 800NazarethCarpenter

77. westbankgrain

78. wheatfield

79. lilies-of-the-field

80. Major Language Streams In New Testament Times
Indo-European
Semitic
Others
Hebrew
Aramaic
Others
Greek
“Universal”
Language
Latin

81. The Greek Language Koine Greek Modern Greek Ionic Doric Aeolic Attic
Formative
Period
Homer
900 B.C.
Ionic
Doric
Aeolic
Socrates
Classical
Period
Plato
Attic
Exterior
Lang.
Aristotle
Koine Greek
300 B.C.
Koine
Period
Septuagint O.T.
New
Testament
Literary
Non-Literary
“Church
Fathers”
Byzantine
Period
300 A.D.
Byzantine Greek
Byzantine
Empire
Modern
Period
Modern Greek
1453 A.D.

82. Greek Alphabet - from Edward Goodrick’s Do It Yourself Hebrew and Greek

83. I Wonder What that Word is In Greek?
Three Methods to Find the Greek Word:
Use Interlinear Greek-English N.T.
Find exact Greek word in inflected form
Usually need to simplify to root or lexical form
Need to know Greek alphabet
Look Up English Word in Exh. Concordance
Strong’s gives Greek word as a number, and actual words are listed in back by number
Young’s gives actual Grk. word in lexical form in concordance entry
Use Computer Program

84. Excerpts from The Exhaustive Concordance
of the Bible by James Strong