tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post3824229108644596144..comments2024-03-29T03:44:12.622+11:00Comments on A peaceful day: Integrating the Bible with historyJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-65512220940617905772015-05-13T04:31:09.400+10:002015-05-13T04:31:09.400+10:00thank you for this! And please, I'd liked to a...thank you for this! And please, I'd liked to ask you what have you used on term 3 with the Romans then...Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15477564643897728044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-3834401495708641452013-09-20T14:20:54.553+10:002013-09-20T14:20:54.553+10:00ps. That was me, Jeanne @ www.wheretheblacktopends...ps. That was me, Jeanne @ www.wheretheblacktopends.weebly.com<br />I have such a time leaving comments for you... sigh :)bjocarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163327291753275409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-48692002238393759632013-09-20T14:19:10.785+10:002013-09-20T14:19:10.785+10:00This is so fascinating to read. I love how it all ...This is so fascinating to read. I love how it all fits together and we even have the gifts such as the tablet pictures above that have been left here for us to have the pleasure of showing our children as we walk alongside them learning Biblical history together. I am waaay behind you on my learning/homeschool journey, but this post makes me excited to keep going! I can't wait to get there!! bjocarlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13163327291753275409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-80028179574780865542013-09-07T08:57:17.958+10:002013-09-07T08:57:17.958+10:00That's a great idea, Claire. We could put all...That's a great idea, Claire. We could put all controversial characters and dates in like that. I like it - especially in the upper years. I don't like muddying the waters with smalls.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-73290861266685597892013-09-07T08:18:24.510+10:002013-09-07T08:18:24.510+10:00wow! so cool! Thank you Jeanne :) (now I have to w...wow! so cool! Thank you Jeanne :) (now I have to wait 5.5 years before we get to do this :pout)<br /><br />We have a bit of an interest in archeology here, so we may have to make a Summer project of comparing/contrasting various theories of the earlier years - including differing opinions of the Egyptian dynasties (are there generations - or whole dynasties - missing?) and then guesses about which pharoahs are in the Exodus story, etc - then perhaps we'll each choose our favourite theory and put it in our individual BoC in pencil... maybe in y12, if we have time...Claire and Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08725795369231317999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-17672987073429942822013-09-06T11:24:13.629+10:002013-09-06T11:24:13.629+10:00Extremely interesting post and I enjoyed reading o...Extremely interesting post and I enjoyed reading of your enjoyable reading and I'm sure the seeds that were planted in your hearts and minds will bear oh so much blessed fruit. We did integrate the ancients with our Bible reading and, having not been raised in a Christian home, I was enamored with seeing God's economy throughout history. <br /><br />Ganeida's comment has also thrilled me to no end - I love the symbolism she spoke of. I well remember my sister telling me while we were reading Judges years back that Deborah means "bee" and Jael means "mountain goat." Striking when you think of the promised land of milk and honey.<br /><br />Jeanne, you also got me thinking about Plutarch who wrote of Artaxerxes' grandson (also Artaxerxes) in his Parallel Lives but he starts with this interesting tidbit, "The first Artaxerxes, preeminent among the kings of Persia for gentleness and magnanimity, was surnamed Longimanus, because his right hand was longer than his left, and was the son of Xerxes."<br /><br />x<br />RRichelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040133815286428699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-73164516879490011042013-09-05T17:13:41.203+10:002013-09-05T17:13:41.203+10:00So glad it was of use. I always laugh at how I re...So glad it was of use. I always laugh at how I read my bible more as great lit than theology because I'm always rootling after the symbolism. This is particularly good. There is more to do with the names ~ *sigh* I should not start. Enjoy your historical ramblings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570697333076967654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-30091596119630794172013-09-05T16:55:53.328+10:002013-09-05T16:55:53.328+10:00This is fascinating, Ganeida. I will google the pi...This is fascinating, Ganeida. I will google the pics with Jemimah later. It will be great!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09573473465011631325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-16290863582322126262013-09-05T15:55:02.813+10:002013-09-05T15:55:02.813+10:00Jeanne, I've posted below a couple of points y...Jeanne, I've posted below a couple of points you may find fascinating if you haven't already dug them up yourself from Daniel's story. I know of 2 reconstructions of the Babylonian wall & the Gate of Ishtar. You can find them on~line. They are incredibly beautiful.<br /><br />At this time Babylon was considered the most beautiful city of the known world & famous for its hanging gardens, built by king Nebuchadnezzar for his Medean wife, Amytis. It was a walled city neatly divided in 2 by the Euphrates River. So what, you’re probably thinking. Who cares? What has Amytis to do with anything? Quite a lot actually, from a spiritual point of view. Even the very name of Babylon from Babilu means ‘gateway of the gods’ & it was considered a holy city.The marriage of Nebuchadnezzar & Amytis united the Median & Babylonian kingdoms, a move that freed Babylon from dependence on Assyria, who’s capital, Ninevah, Babylon laid waste.<br /><br />Remember Jonah? What was he preaching against when he went to Ninevah? The deity Istar, goddess of fertility, sex & war, personified in the planet Venus & whose worship included sacred prostitution.<br /><br />Now the wall around Babylon was 90m high, 24m wide, buried 10m into the ground & 97K in circumference ~ think a small great wall of China. The biggest & most impressive of its 12 gates was the Istar Gate, dedicated to the Assyerian goddess. It was exceeding beautiful & very impressive as can be seen from the various reconstructions. It was the main gateway into Babylon & it was probably through this gateway that the Israeli hostages were led. I will discuss the symbolism of this a little later...The last part of this story is very familiar to us. Daniel is thrown to the lions. Now this is fascinating for 2 reasons. Firstly kings collected lions as symbols of their own majesty & the Hebrew word seems to indicate they were neither young, nor old nor female so these would have been mature male lions forming an artificial coalition. Typically males will not tolerate outsiders so this will have been a family group. A fully grown lion weighs as much as 225 kilos. If you looked closely at the picture of the gate of Istar you will have seen that one of the mosaics is of a lion. This is the ‘striding lion’ of Babylon. More to the point it is the emblem of Istar. Daniel is literally being thrown to the pagan goddess.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570697333076967654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143485269626703118.post-46069209922026083522013-09-04T21:15:21.932+10:002013-09-04T21:15:21.932+10:00Thanks for sharing - I'm always looking for wa...Thanks for sharing - I'm always looking for ways to make this kind of Biblical Integration work without totally re-inventing the wheel since I like AO History the way that it is. Definitely bookmarking this for when we hit Year 6!!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17576009644971020668noreply@blogger.com