Patriarchal Era in Canaan Abramham, Isaac, Jacob:

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Patriarchal Era in CanaanAbra(m)ham, Isaac,
Jacob
Founding Fathers of the Nation of Israel In
Canaan for 215 years ca. 1900-1685 B.C. (Middle
Bronze Age in Canaan)
Promises to Abra(m)ham Gen 121-3
God Confirms Covenant Gives Everyone a New
Name Gen 17
Gods Covenant with Abram Gen 15
Sacrifice of Isaac Gen 22
Joseph StoryGen 37, 39-50
Life of Jacob Gen 25- 49
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Jacob Goes to Egypt 1685 B.C. (Egyptian 2nd
Intermediate Era)

• Joseph already 2nd in Power to Pharaoh!

• Just before Hyksos rule (1640-1535 B.C.)

• Jacob dies in Egypt, but buried at Hebron in
  Canaan (Gen 50)

• Josephs brothers remain with him in Egypt
  (Goshen)

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Israels Growth Oppression in Egypt (430
years)1685-1255 B.C.

• Israel prospers first, oppressed later (Exod 1-2)
• Oppression reaches a crisis in 19th Dynasty of
  the Egyptian New Kingdom Era
• Pharaoh of the exodus is probably Rameses II
  (1279-1213)
• Israel was in Egypt for 430 years (cf. Exod
  1240)
• The latest possible placement for Moses
  life-span of 120 years would be ca. 1335-1215
  B.C. (based on the evidence from the Merneptah
  Stele (1209 B.C.)

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Israels Exodus from Egypt in the 19th Dynasty
ca. 1255 B.C.

• Early date for the Exodus (1446 B.C.) places it
  under the rule of Thutmosis III (1479-1425 B.C.)
  in the 18th Dynasty. This dating is based
  primarily on a literal understanding of 1 Kgs
  61. Historically geo-politically, this dating
  is unlikely.
• Late date for the Exodus (ca. 1255 B.C.) would
  have occurred in the 19th Dynasty under the reign
  of Rameses II (1279-1213 B.C.). This date works
  better historically, geo-politically,
  archaeologically.
• Israel observed her 1st Passover in Egypt before
  she leaves, in the shadow of the10th plague (the
  death of all firstborn males)
• Rameses II was succeeded by his 13th-born son,
  Merneptah, who came to the throne at about 60
  years of age.
• Merneptah campaigned in Libya in Canaan in his
  5th year (1209 B.C.). The Merneptah Stele records
  the existence of Israel in Canaan in this year.
  This is the first mention of Israel outside the
  Bible until Neo-Assyrian references in the 9th
  century B.C.

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Wandering Aroundca. 1254-1215 B.C.

• Spent almost 1 year _at_ Sinai (1255-54 B.C.)
• 2nd Passover observed at Sinai
• Num 10-Num 36 (40 years!)
• Most of this time _at_ Kadesh Barnea
• Everyone over 20 dies new generation grows up to
  enter Canaan (exceptions are Joshua Caleb)

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Joshua Successor to Moses-Be strong of good
courage

• Joshuas life-span ca. 1290-1180 B.C. (110 yrs.
  same length as Josephs)
• Conquest begins ca. 1215 B.C. under Joshua
• Jericho, Ai / Bethel, Gibeon, Hazor
• Mt. Ebal site of Joshuas altar (occupied in
  late13th-early 12th centuries B.C. and then
  abandoned see Adam Zertal)
• Merneptah in Canaan ca. 1209 B.C.
• Merneptah Stele mentions Israel as an ethnic
  group not with cities or definable boundaries.
  This supports a late date better than an early
  date of the exodus. No evidence in book of
  Joshua for an encounter in battle with Merneptah

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The Era of the Judges ca. 1180-1030 B.C.(from
the death of Joshua to the Kingship of Saul)(150
years)

• The early years of this era witness the collapse
  of civilizations throughout the eastern
  Mediterranean region
• The Aramean migrations into Western Asia (Syrian
  and Canaan) at this time play a role in this
  collapse / transition
• The Sea Peoples (including the Philistines)
  also play a role in this collapse / transition
• Evidence for this external pressure and
  subsequent collapse of the Eastern Mediterranean
  Cultures
• Mycenaean (mainland Greece) culture including
  Troy
• Last vestiges of Minoan (Crete) culture
• Hittite (central Anatolia modern Turkey)
• Ugarit (northwest Syria)
• Egypt is under severe external pressure at this
  time from the Sea Peoples
• Attested during the reign of Rameses II as his
  mercenaries
• Causing problems for Merneptah in last decade of
  13th century
• Rameses III (1184-1153 B.C.) fights them in the
  Egyptian Delta region by land and by sea
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Major Judges in the 12th-11th Centuries
B.C.(structured as Olympic Rings)

• Israelite Tribes (piece by piece) Are Led in
  Battle by a Variety of Leaders (judges) against a
  Variety of Indigenous Canaanite Populations

Abimelek
Samson
Deborah
Gideon
Jephthah