SBS Content
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In this past year alone I have taught many books/topics: Church history and heresies, Introduction to the Prophets and Amos, Gospel of Matthew, Revelation. Every time I receive lots of feedback: “Are you recording the teachings”, “I wish I could do the SBS”, “I would love to hear more about those books!” BUT I have…
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Prophet Seminar 1 Prophet Seminar 2 with Amos Prophet Seminar 3 with Amos Hosea Micah Isaiah 1 Isaiah 2 Isaiah 3 Isaiah 4 Nahum Habakkuk 1 Habakkuk 2 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah Jeremiah 1 Jeremiah 2 Jeremiah 3 Ezekiel 1 Ezekiel 2 Ezekiel 3 Ezekiel 4 Ezekiel 5 Daniel 1 Daniel 2 Daniel 3 Obadiah 1…
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SBS (School of Biblical Studies) is a very intense 9-month program that takes students through all 66 books of the Bible, reading the whole Bible at least 5 times. Its not for the faint of heart but with such a challenge comes a depth of understanding of God’s Word. This is one of the most…
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The Assyrian Empire Unknown author Israel’s Enemies and the Great Empires During the monarchy, Israel’s enemies were mainly those in surrounding nations. The enemies within the promised land are not mentioned much after King David. It is recorded that Solomon put the people who remained in the land to forced labour (1 Kings 9:20-22). The…
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Dates of Kings of Judah / Israel and nations Julian Spriggs, M.A. This is a helpful reference giving suggested dates for the reigns of the kings of the nations from the reign of Saul, through the time of the divided monarchy in Israel and Judah, and into the inter-testamental period. Setting dates for the kings…
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Israel’s Enemies at the Time of the Conquest of the Promised Land Julian Spriggs, M.A. God promised Abraham that he would be given the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaim, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and the Jebusites (Gen 15:17-21). There are several lists of the peoples Israel will drive out of the land.…
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Canaanite Religion Unknown author At the time of the conquest under Joshua, Canaan was a land of city-states, each king owned the land and distributed it as he wished. It was a feudal system, with each king independent and fighting each other. These once influential kingdoms were considerably decadent when Joshua began his campaign.…
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The Jewish Calendar The Jewish calendar was arranged around the different religious festivals which were commanded in the law of Moses. Each of these was linked to various stages in the agricultural year. This chart lists each of the months of the Jewish year and the western equivalent, together with the agricultural seasons and Jewish…
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Introduction to the Book of Genesis Julian Spriggs, M.A. Title of the book Genesis, meaning “origin” or “beginning”, was the name given by the translators of the Greek. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the title is “In the beginning”, from the first word of the Hebrew text. Authorship Within biblical scholarship, there is a great debate…
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Antiochus IV – Epiphanes The “Contemptible Person” predicted by Daniel (Dan 11:21) Julian Spriggs, M.A. Antiochus IV Epiphanes ruled in Antioch in Syria over the Seleucid kingdom. After the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, there was civil war, until his empire was divided between four of his generals. Seleucus I established a…
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The Persian Empire Unknown author The Medes The area of Media was south of the Caspian Sea, and north-east of the Tigris River, north and east of the Babylonian empire. In 745-727, Assyria attacked some of the tribes of the Medes as they were a threat to them. Before this, in the 8th cent, Media…
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Babylon and its history Unknown author The City of Babylon Babylon was situated about fifty miles south of present day Baghdad in Iraq. During the time of Nabopolassar, Babylon became most important city in the world. It was a huge city on both sides of the Euphrates, with the river dividing the city into two…
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Sennacherib’s Invasion of Judah – 701 BC (2 Kg 18-19, 2 Chr 32 and Is 36-37). Julian Spriggs, M.A. After the death of Tiglath-pileser III in 727, rebellions broke out in the Assyrian empire. During the period of Hezekiah’s reign, Judah made several attempts to rebel against Assyrian domination, including religious reforms – returning to…
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