PART I: THE BIBLICAL SETTING |
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Set 1 | The Face of the Ancient Near East |
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| The Ancient Near East | 001 |
| Biblical Regions | 001a |
| Modern States and the Ancient Near East | 002 |
| Mesopotamia: Homeland of Abraham | 003 |
| Egypt: Land of Bondage | 004 |
| Syria and Lebanon | 005 |
| International Routes, The King's Highway | 006 |
| Geography and Trade Routes of the Middle East | 006a |
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Set 2 | Natural Regions of Palestine |
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| National Regions of Ancient Palestine | 007 |
| Physical Geography of Palestine | 007a |
| Topography of Palestine | 007b |
| Cross Sectional Views of Longitudinal Zones | 008 |
| Northern Coastal Plains | 009 |
| Plain of Dor, Plain of Sharon, Samaria, et al. | 010 |
| Philistine Plain, Shephelah, Judah, and the Dead Sea | 011 |
| Arabah, Negeb, Wildernesses of Zin and Paran | 012 |
| The Old City of Jerusalem Today | 012a |
| Modern Political Divisions of Ancient Palestine | 013 |
| Climate Patterns of Ancient Palestine | 014 |
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PART II: THE HEBREW BIBLE PERIOD |
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Set 3 | Before Abraham |
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| Selected Neolithic and Chalcolithic Settlements | 015 |
| The Table of Nations (1) | 016 |
| The Table of Nations (2) | 016a |
| Ancient Near East in the 3rd Millennium | 017 |
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Set 4 | The World of the Patriarchs |
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| Ancient Near East in the Time of the Patriarchs | 018 |
| The Land of Canaan from Abraham to Moses | 018a |
| Palestine in the Middle Bronze Age | 019 |
| The Migration of Abraham | 020 |
| Abraham in Canaan | 021 |
| Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob | 021a |
| Travels of Jacob | 022 |
| The Journeys of Joseph | 023 |
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Set 5 | The Egyptian Experience |
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| Expulsion of the Hyksos | 024 |
| Egypt and Palestine in the Late Bronze Age | 025 |
| Sites in the Amarna Archive (Akhetaton; Tell el-Amarna) | 025a |
| Campaigns of Thutmose III and Amenhotep II | 026 |
| Canaan in the 14th Century: The Tell el-Amarna Tablets | 027 |
| The Egyptian Empire and the Hittites | 028 |
| Egyptian Empire and Balance of Power, ca. 1400 BCE | 028a |
| The Route of the Exodus | 029 |
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Set 6 | The Exodus |
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| Events during the Sojourn at Kadesh-Barnea | 030 |
| Journey of the Spies | 031 |
| The Journey from Kadesh-Barnea to the Plains of Moab | 032 |
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Set 7 | Conquest and Settlement |
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| Ancient Near East from 1200-100 BCE | 033 |
| The Conquest of Canaan | 033a |
| The Sea Peoples | 034 |
| The Levant from 1200-1000 BCE | 035 |
| The Conquest by Joshua | 035a |
| Joshua's Central and Southern Campaigns | 036 |
| Joshua's Northern Campaign | 037 |
| The Limits of Israelite Settlement | 038 |
| Israel in Canaan from Joshua to Samuel to Saul | 038a |
| The Tribal Allotments of Israel | 039 |
| The Division of the Land Among the Tribes | 039a |
| Levitical Cities and Cities of Refuge (1) | 040 |
| The Levitical Cities (2) | 040a |
| The Judges of Israel | 041 |
| The Period of the Judges | 041a |
| Ehud and the Oppression of the Moabites | 042 |
| Deborah's Victory over the Canaanites | 043 |
| Gideon's Battles with the Amalekites | 044 |
| Jephthah and the Ammonites | 045 |
| Samson and the Philistines | 046 |
| The Battle at Ebenezer and the Loss of the Ark | 047 |
| The Ministry of Samuel and Anointment of Saul | 048 |
| The Kingdom of Saul and His Wars | 049 |
| Saul, 1000 BCE | 049a |
| David's Flight from Saul | 050 |
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Set 8 | The Kingdom of David and Solomon |
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| David's Rise to Power | 051 |
| David in Conquest of Canaan | 051a |
| David's Wars of Conquest | 052 |
| Kingdom of David and Solomon | 053 |
| The United Monarchy under Solomon (1) | 053a |
| The United Monarchy under Solomon (2) | 053b |
| Solomon's Economic Enterprises | 054 |
| Solomon's Building Activities | 055 |
| Solomon's Temple | 055a |
| Jerusalem in the Time of David and Solomon | 056 |
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Set 9 | The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah |
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| The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (1) | 057 |
| The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (2) | 057a |
| The Kingdoms of Israel and Judah (3) | 057b |
| The Campaign of Shishak | 058 |
| Conflicts between Israel and Aram-Damascus | 059 |
| The Omride Dynasty | 060 |
| The Golden Ages of the 9th & 8th centuries BCE | 60a |
| Phoenician Trade and Civilization | 061 |
| Trade Routes throughout the Middle East | 061a |
| Travel Routes throughout Palestine | 061b |
| Elijah and Elisha | 062 |
| The Revolt of Jehu | 063 |
| The Rise of Assyria | 064 |
| Israel & Judah in the days of Jeroboam II and Uzziah | 065 |
| The Assyrian Empire under Tiglath-Pileser III | 066 |
| The Syro-Ephraimite War | 067 |
| Tiglath-Pileser III's Campaigns | 068 |
| Fall of Samaria and Deportation of Israelites | 069 |
| The Fall of the Kingdom of Israel | 069a |
| Assyrian Districts after the Fall of Samaria | 070 |
| Prophets of the 8th Century BCE | 071 |
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Set 10 | Judah Alone amid International Powers |
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| Hezekiah's Preparation for Revolt | 072 |
| Judah under King Hezekiah | 072a |
| Hezekiah's Jerusalem | 073 |
| Sennacherib's Campaign against Judah | 074 |
| Assyria in the 7th century BCE | 075 |
| The Rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire | 076 |
| The Reign of Josiah | 077 |
| The Districts of Judah under King Josiah | 077a |
| The Golden Age of King Josiah | 077b |
| Nebuchadnezzar's Campaigns against Judah | 078 |
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Set 11 | The Babylonian Exile |
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| Judah during the Exile | 079 |
| The Kingdom of Judah | 079a |
| Exile; Palestine in the Post-Exilic Period | 079b |
| Jewish Exiles in Babylon | 080 |
| Jewish Refugees in Egypt | 081 |
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Set 12 | The Persian Period |
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| World Powers of the 6th century BCE | 082 |
| The Conquests of Cyrus the Great | 083 |
| The Persian Empire | 084 |
| The Return of the Jewish Exiles to Judah | 085 |
| Judah in the 5th century BCE | 086 |
| Palestine after the Exile | 086a |
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Set 13 | The Hellenistic Period |
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| Alexander the Great's Empire | 087 |
| The Division of Alexander's Empire ca. 275 BCE | 088 |
| Palestine under the Ptolemies | 089 |
| The Seleucid Empire and Antiochus III | 090 |
| Campaigns of Antiochus IV against Egypt | 091 |
| The Maccabees in 168 BCE | 091a |
| Selected Events in the Maccabean Revolt | 092 |
| Jewish Expansion under the Hasmonean Dynasty | 093 |
| Pompey's Campaign against Jerusalem | 094 |
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PART III: THE NEW TESTAMENT ERA |
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Set 14 | Rome's Emergence as a World Power |
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| Early Rome | 095 |
| Roman Expansion in the 3rd & 2nd centuries BCE | 096 |
| Civil Wars amidst Roman Expansion in 1st century BCE | 097 |
| Roman Empire in the Age of Augustus | 098 |
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Set 15 | The Romans, Palestine, and Herod the Great |
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| Roman Rule in Palestine 63-40 BCE | 099 |
| The Kingdom of Herod the Great | 100 |
| Herod's Building Program | 101 |
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Set 16 | The World of Jesus |
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| The Division of Herod's Kingdom | 102 |
| Palestine under the Herods | 102a |
| Palestine in the Time of Jesus (1) | 103 |
| Palestine in the Time of Jesus (2) | 103a |
| Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls | 104 |
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Set 17 | The Life and Ministry of Jesus |
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| Jesus' Birth and Early Childhood | 105 |
| The Birth, Childhood, and Baptism of Jesus | 105a |
| John the Baptist | 106 |
| Galilee in the Time of Jesus | 107 |
| Jesus' Ministry in Galilee and Journey to Jerusalem | 107a |
| The Ministry of Jesus around the Sea of Galilee | 108 |
| The Ministry of Jesus beyond Galilee | 109 |
| Jesus' Ministry according to John | 109a |
| Jesus' Journeys from Galilee to Judea | 110 |
| Jesus in Judea and Jerusalem | 111 |
| Jerusalem in the New Testament Period | 112 |
| The Passion Week in Jerusalem | 113 |
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Set 18 | Early Expansion of the Church |
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| The Kingdom of Herod Agrippa I | 114 |
| The Kingdom of Agrippa II | 115 |
| Pentecost and the Jewish Diaspora | 116 |
| Expansion of the Early Church in Palestine | 117 |
| Paul's Conversion and Early Ministry | 118 |
| Paul's Journeys | 118a |
| The First Missionary Journey of Paul | 119 |
| The Second Missionary Journey of Paul | 120 |
| The Third Missionary Journey of Paul | 121 |
| Paul's Arrest and Imprisonment | 122 |
| Paul's Voyage to Rome | 123 |
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Set 19 | The First Jewish Revolt |
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| Distribution of Roman Legions under Tiberius | 124 |
| The First Jewish Revolt | 125 |
| Titus's Campaigns | 126 |
| Herod's Temple | 126a |
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Set 20 | The Early Christian Church |
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| Churches of the Revelation | 127 |
| The Roman Empire ca. 117 CE | 128 |
| Palestine from 73-135 CE | 129 |
| The Bar Kokhba Revolt, 132-135 CE | 130 |
| Hadrian's Jerusalem | 131 |
| Christian Expansion in the 2nd & 3rd Century | 132 |
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