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| | spring 00 |
 | | Content: This course deals with everyday life in ancient Israel in the period between the settlement in the land (1200 BCE) and the destruction of the First Temple (586BCE), covering the time of the Judges and the time of the Israelite monarchy under the kings of Judah and Israel. |
 | | Topics will include religion of Israel and its neighbors, customs, city planning, the Israelite kitchen, agriculture, herding and the use of other animals, burials and cemeteries, warfare, status of women, music, the rich and powerful, and more. |
 | | Content: The Exodus from Egypt and the Settlement of the Land of Canaan are two highly important themes which are repeated in the Bible in many different ways (in the Prophets, Psalms) and later became the foundation of Jewish theology. |
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