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Joshua and Jericho

Having determined the historical context surrounding Israel from ‑1500 to ‑1000, we are now finally ready to tell the story of the same period from a Biblical perspective. We left Moses... Read more

From Genesis 12 until the book of Joshua, Egypt figures prominently in the Bible’s story (mentioned 268 times by name). From then until the time of David, present-tense references to Egypt or... Read more

Aftermath of the Exodus

The ten plagues in Egypt were the archetypal example of God’s wrath. I’d like you to imagine a country that relies on farming and agriculture going through these plagues, and think about what... Read more

The Rising of Sothis

Before we continue with Egyptian history, we need to pause to inspect the foundations of traditional history. So far we’ve strictly avoided correcting Egyptian chronology directly, merely aligning... Read more

Assyria and the Mitanni

To tell the next story, we need to know the Mitanni. But to tell their story, we need to back up to the time of Abraham and introduce a culture we have not yet discussed – the Hurrians.... Read more

Old Assyria

We have said that the Assyrian nation, at least as it existed in the time of Moses, was descended from Abraham, via his grandson Dedan: “And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and... Read more

The Captivity of Bel-Marduk

Ancient cultures took their idols very seriously. They believed that God literally dwelt in their idol, and so the idol was treated in every way as if it was the god itself; it was treated as a... Read more

Elamites

We’ve introduced some Elamites to our Kassite story already, but now we need to get the big picture. Last time we really talked about the Elamites – they were invading Sumer in the... Read more

Kurigalzu and the Berlin Letter

Using Chronicle P we have told the story of Assuruballit, the rise of Kurigalzu I and his war with Adad-nirari II; but winning a battle is not conquering a nation; we don’t believe the Kassites... Read more

Asshuruballit, Key To Chronology

We come finally to the crux of chronology, which is effectively two massive blocks of interconnected kingdoms and dates which must be fit together somewhere around the year ‑1000. The question... Read more

The Kassites

We’ve established that the Kassites were ruling at least parts of Babylon beginning during the reign of Samsu-ditana around the ‑1330’s, and dominant over all of it by the end of the 1st... Read more

Hammurabi and the Dynasties of Babylon

We left Babylon in the capable hands of Hammurabi, of the 1st dynasty of Babylon. He was, as has been mentioned, an Amorite and therefore likely a descendant of Abraham through one of the children of... Read more