THE EGYPTIAN PERIOD Freshman Cornerstone Experience Old Testament Survey Dr. Joe Harvey Johnson University Florida (06)
Historical Periods Flood Pre-flood Post-flood Patriarchal OLD TESTAMENT OVERVIEW Joe Harvey, DMin 09 877 7 07 80 0 9 7 86 6 Egyptian Wilderness Conquest Judges United Kingdom Divided Kingdom Judean Exilic Reflection Years 0 0 7 09 6 0 06 Genesis 07 Genesis 07 Books by Category: Law () History () Poetry () Major Prophets () Minor Prophets () Key: Book Title (author if different from title) approximate date of writing Genesis 07 Job? Exodus - 07 Exodus 6-0 Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy 07 Psalm 90 07 Joshua 07-7 Judges (Samuel) 7-07 Ruth? Samuel - 07-0 Samuel - Samuel (Nathan) 0-97 Chronicles (Ezra) 00 Song of Solomon 97 st & nd Kings (Jeremiah) 97-6 Jonah 790 Amos 760 Hosea 7 Isaiah 70-700 Micah 7 Chronicles (Ezra) 00 Nahum 6 Jeremiah 6-8 Obadiah 86 Lamentations (Jeremiah) 86-0 Zephaniah 66 Ezekiel 7 Daniel Psalms (David, Asaph, descendants of Koran, Solomon, Heman, Ethan) 000-00 Ezra Nehemiah 0 Esther (Mordecai) 0 Haggai 0 Zechariah 0-8 Joel Proverbs (Solomon) 9 Habakkuk 6 Malachi 0 Ecclesiastes (Solomon) 90 Synagogues People, Events, & Institutions: Tabernacle Solomon s Temple Second Temple Adam Eve Cain Seth Noah Creation The Fall Nimrod Tower of Babel Abraham Isaac Jacob Joseph Circumcision Joseph Moses Aaron Ten Plagues Exodus Moses Aaron Miriam Joshua Caleb Ten Commandments Joshua Caleb Achan Settlements in Palestine Fall of Jericho Twelve Judges: Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar, Deborah, Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, Jair, Jephthah, Ibzan, Abdon, and Samson Saul David Solomon Wars Temple Jeroboam Asa Jehoshaphat Ahab Jezebel Elijah Elisha Hostility Judean Kings: Hezekiah Manasseh Amon Josiah Jehoahaz Jehoiakim Jehoiachin Zedekiah Nebuchadnezzar Belshazzar Darius the Mede Jews begin to speak Aramaic in place of Hebrew Zerubbabel End of idol worship among the returning Jews Temple rebuilt
Egyptian Period (Overview). Describes the means and process by which the descendants of Abraham, through Jacob (renamed Israel ), who had gathered in Egypt became an independent nation.. The Period is presented in Exodus - ( Exodus means going out ). Written by Moses ( one who draws out ). Picks up where the Book of Genesis ends (some overlap). The duration of the Egyptian Period was 0 years (from the Death of Joseph to the exodus from slavery). Focuses on the leadership of Moses (began exodus role at the age of 80). Centers around the Ten Plagues that God brought upon the Egyptian leaders and people. 6. Ends with the crossing of the Red Sea and a song of praise.
The Book of Exodus (Peter Enns) I. Departure from Egypt (:-:) A. Prelude (:-7:7). Pharaoh s Solution to a Growing Problem (:-). A Savior Is Born (:-0). Moses Finds a New Home (:-). Moses Meets His Maker (:-:7). Moses Returns to Egypt (:8-) 6. Prelude to Disaster (:-7:7) B. Plagues -9: Prelude to Israel s Release and Egypt s Destruction (7:8-0:9) C. Departure (:-:)
Ten Plagues of Egypt Flies Disease on Cattle Boils Hail Lice Locusts Frogs Darkness Water to Blood Plagues Death of Firstborn
Crossed the Red Sea ( Reed Sea ) We don t know exactly where the Red Sea crossing took place. What is clear, however, is that it involved enough water to drown the Egyptian Pharaoh s army.
Moses a Reluctant/Wounded Hero Who am I? Anyone but me! Responses Who are you? Will they believe?