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Topic: Patriarchal period

	Abram’s transformation to Abraham - continued the Dating of Patriarchal Age
		The Middle Bronze Age (2000-1500 B.C.) is in agreement with the semi-nomadic life of the patriarchs as pictured in the Genesis narratives.
		Since the Egyptian royal residences was in the eastern Nile delta for most of the period between 2000 and 200 B.C. such that Abram and Sarai in Genesis 12:10-20 and Joseph in Genesis 47 visited the residences.
		Israel was in Egypt during the Hyksos period of foreign domination (1780-1546 B.C.) and was oppressed by Thutmose III (1482-1450 B.C.) of the New Kingdom (eighteenth dynasty) and left under Amenhotep II (1450-1425 B.C.).
	www.mazzaroth.com /ChapterFour/DatingThePatriarchalAge.htm (1777 words)

	A Brief Summary of the Russian Patriarchal Period (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Patriarch Hermogenes acted practically as Tsar after the death of Tsar Basil (Shuisky) (1610-1612), and Tsar Michael (Romanov) greatly influenced Church policy in the period between Hermogenes and Patriarch Philaret (1612-1620), as the questions of caesaropapism of the Second Rome became increasingly relevant in the Third.
		The patriarchal period in Russia began at the request of Tsar Theodore [2] to the Antiochian Patriarch Joachim to elevate the autocephalous Russian Church [3] to a Patriarchate.
		The patriarchate of Pitirim, Joasaph’s successor was not terribly noteworthy.
	www.orthodoxtheologicalschool.org /journal/VanOpstall_Ruspat.html (3968 words)

	Religion
		A patriarchal throne in Moscow was instituted in 1589, with the first Russian patriarch, Tova, enthroned on January 26.
		Nikon, the Patriarch of Moscow and Russia (1652-1658), stands out among the hierarchs of the patriarchal period for his vigorous attempts to modify church rites and amend the church service books in line with the service practised in Greek churches.
		Patriarch Aiexis II described its rebirth as "a sublime act of piety and penitence."
	www.russianembassy.org /RUSSIA/religion.htm (889 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Patriarch
		The earlier account (Genesis 4:17-18) gives only the names of the patriarchs there mentioned, with the incidental indication that the city built by Cain was called after his son Henoch.
		Thus the first seven Egyptian kings are said to have reigned for a period of 12,300 years, making an average of about 1757 years for each, and Josephus, who is preoccupied with a desire to justify the Biblical narrative, quotes Ephorus and Nicolaus as relating "that the ancients lived a thousand years".
		Thus for instance, with regard to the antediluvian patriarchs, while the Samaritan version agrees in the main with the Massoretic text, the age at which Jared begot his first-born is set down as 62 instead of the Hebrew 162.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11548a.htm (1293 words)

	Patriarch - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are referred to as the three patriarchs of Judaism, and the period in which they lived is called the patriarchal period.
		In particular, the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Communion, and the Assyrian Church of the East are called patriarchs.
		Assyrian Church of the East: The Catholicos Patriarch of Babylon
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /p/pa/patriarch.html (128 words)

	"Archaeology and the Patriarchs" by Robert I Bradshaw
		He argues that the length of the Patriarchal age is sufficient to span the major changes in settlement patterns that occurred during the transition between these periods.
		Discoveries at Nuzi, Mari(70) and Ebla have proved to be the most significant as far as the archaeological study of the patriarchal period is concerned.
		In many areas the archaeological study of the patriarchal period it has to be conceded that we simply do not have the evidence to make any statement as to the historicity of events one way or the other.
	www.biblicalstudies.org.uk /article_archaeology.html (6795 words)

	Patriarchal Age Biblical archeology (Archaeology ) Truthnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Though the beginning of Israel’s history as a nation is usually placed at the time of her departure from Egypt, an account of her history must start with Abraham and the patriarchs.
		Critics of the biblical account of the patriarchs are forced to accept the historicity of these accounts on the basis of finds at such places as Mari and Nuzi.
		Its voluminous surviving temple archive, of the Neo-Babylonian period, documents the social function of the temple as a redistribution center.
	www.truthnet.org /biblicalarcheology/2/Patriarchalperiod.htm (5009 words)

	Rightly Dividing Truth
		The first time period is commonly called the patriarchal period.
		The period between the ending of the Law of Moses and the beginning of the Christian Period on Pentecost was a period of reassurance.
		This is the most important period for us because this is the period in which we live.
	westmainchurchofchrist.org /shared/articles/divide.htm (505 words)

	BGCT: DSM: Old Testament Text: Lecture 10: Joseph
		Pharaoh's dreams indicated a 7-year period of plenty followed by a 7-year drought.
		The patriarchal narrative in Genesis prepares readers for the book of Exodus as the descendants of Abraham end up in Egypt.
		The patriarchal period sets the stage for Exodus experience and Mosaic covenant.
	www.ministryserver.com /dsmtext/ottext10.htm (606 words)

	The People of God: An Orthodox Perspective
		It is not my intention here to restate and interpret the history of Israel and its relation to God but to have one understand the people in relation to God in the patriarchal period and later, when God liberated this people from the bondage of Egypt and guided them to the Promised Land.
		The contemporary theological interpretation of the Sinai Covenant is clearly stated as a fulfillment in Christ but not necessarily as a rejection of the Jewish people.
		In response to the West, an encyclical from the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the last century firmly stated, "the guardian of religion is the very body of the Church, that is, the people (laos) itself.
	www.goarch.org /en/ourfaith/articles/article9285.asp (5613 words)

	Continuing Education
		Tuesday 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Tour with Text: The History of Jerusalem Neima Novetsky /Shulie Mishkin
		This class combines traditional text study with monthly tours, as we explore Jerusalem from its beginnings in the Patriarchal period through to its destruction in the Second Temple era.
		In weekly classes we will look at a variety of sources to try and unravel the rich history, politics and religion of this holiest of cities.
	www2.pardes.org.il /programs/continuing (1074 words)

	The Egyptian Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The eye is a well known symbol of ancient Egypt - however, surface material credit the eye to Horus or Ra.
		Yet, even in that patriarchal period, that specific eye, so important a part of Egyptian symbolism was specifically described as a female judge, the Goddess Sekhmet, "I am the all-seeing Eye of Horus, whose appearance strikes terror, Lady of Slaughter, Mighty One".
		If there seems to be an incongruity, in that the eye symbol of this Lioness of Slaughter is also the symbol for Egyptian medicine, the answer lies in the fact that the Egyptian symbol for the Priesthood of Sekhmet and the Egyptian symbol for doctor were interchangeable.
	home.earthlink.net /~pleiadesx/egypt.htm (3142 words)

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