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Peoples of the Bible: The Assyrians
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When the biblical authors recorded Israel’s history, they presumed their audience was familiar with the Assyrians, Babylonians, Philistines, Amorites, Edomites, and the list goes on. I am sure that was a safe assumption at the time they wrote their story. However, most modern readers see the names of foreign people groups in the Bible as mere names on a page.
Unless you are well-versed in ancient Near Eastern history, you are unlikely to know the distinction between Edomites and Ammonites or what led to the domination of the extensive empires, like the Assyrians and Babylonians. Thankfully, the grand theological and ethical lessons of the Bible do not require believers to also be students of history. The most Christ-like people in my life are not history nerds. However, I believe learning more about all the characters and peoples in the Bible is helpful for going deeper into the narratives and prophecies.
For the next seven or eight episodes of Bible Fiber, I will debrief you on the major Peoples of the Bible: the Canaanites, Philistines, Assyrians, Babylonians, Arameans, and Hittites. We will do an overview of their history, language, politics, and religion. And I will outline how, when, and why each group interacted with biblical Israel. We are going to start with the Assyrians, because they are the empire in the Bible that gets the most textual real-estate, especially in the prophets.
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