1.What was the tribe of the only Queen of Israel (Athaliah)?
2.What was the tribe of the only female Judge of Israel?
3.Jesus chose Capernaum as His base of operation. What tribal area?
4.Jesus grew up in Nazareth. What tribal area?
5.Modern day geography. What tribe is associated with Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramala, Masada, Quamran, Serdodt(the area that is under daily rocket attack), and Tel Aviv?
6.What two tribes are not mentioned in the list in Revelation as part of the 144,000?
7.What are the tribes that made up the Southern (Judah) during the Divided Kingdom?
8.What tribe was split in half geographically?
9.What tribe lost most of it’s men in battle. The women had to find other husbands?
10.From what tribe did all the priests come ( and will be priests in the next Temple?)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Friday, July 4, 2008
TWELVE TRIBES - PRE QUIZ PART I
(When speaking of the tribes of the women of Scripture, if the bloodline is not mentioned, think “tribe by marriage” or “tribe by primary geographical area.)The answers will be given in later postings
1.Why study the Tribes? (Think about why you might want to study your own “tribe” (genealogy.)
2.List the fathers and mothers of the tribes (14 tribes). Why are there fourteen tribes?
3.Name the grandfather and grandmother of the tribes.
4.Name the great-grandparents of the tribes.
5.What was the tribe of Jesus? Moses? David? Paul?
6.Give the general location of each tribe, i.e. “central, north, south,” etc…
7.What was the northernmost and southernmost tribe?
8.What was the only tribe that was not given an allotment of land? Why?
9.What was the tribe of Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary and Martha, Rahab and Hannah.
10.What is the tribe of the two books named after women? Ruth and Esther.
1.Why study the Tribes? (Think about why you might want to study your own “tribe” (genealogy.)
2.List the fathers and mothers of the tribes (14 tribes). Why are there fourteen tribes?
3.Name the grandfather and grandmother of the tribes.
4.Name the great-grandparents of the tribes.
5.What was the tribe of Jesus? Moses? David? Paul?
6.Give the general location of each tribe, i.e. “central, north, south,” etc…
7.What was the northernmost and southernmost tribe?
8.What was the only tribe that was not given an allotment of land? Why?
9.What was the tribe of Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary and Martha, Rahab and Hannah.
10.What is the tribe of the two books named after women? Ruth and Esther.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Coming Soon!
Please return to this site to see the new series: Women of the Holyland: The Tribes and Geography. This series will examine each of the Tribes of Israel with focus on the geographical location, and the women associated with the family group.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Dedication Poem
As I wrote my book "Women of the Holyland: Walk Where They Walked" I thought about all the wonderful people that I had traveled with over the years.
This book is dedicated to the pastors and friends that I have traveled with to Israel.
We have traveled the Holy Land together many times.
In heat and cold, sun and rain.
Even in the snow!
We have traveled by plane, bus, boat, by foot.
Even by camel!
We have been from Dan to Beersheba,
from the blue Mediterranean, to the red clay of Petra.
From the bunkers cut in the Golan,
to a tomb cut in Mt. Moriah.
From the Temple Mount, to the top of Masada.
From Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
to Engedi on the shores of the Dead Sea.
From Bethlehem where it all began,
to Megiddo, where it will all end.
From the Eastern Gate, to the Western Wall.
From where the waters of Mt. Hermon join the Jordan River, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
From the horrors of the Holocaust Museum, to the quiet place where baby Jesus was born.
We have explored the ruins of cities, synagogues, homes, prisons, steps, pools, bunkers, theaters, stables, and even an ancient boat.
We are always amazed and in wonderment, as our lives are changed with each trip. We have been truly blessed!
This book is dedicated to the pastors and friends that I have traveled with to Israel.
We have traveled the Holy Land together many times.
In heat and cold, sun and rain.
Even in the snow!
We have traveled by plane, bus, boat, by foot.
Even by camel!
We have been from Dan to Beersheba,
from the blue Mediterranean, to the red clay of Petra.
From the bunkers cut in the Golan,
to a tomb cut in Mt. Moriah.
From the Temple Mount, to the top of Masada.
From Capernaum on the shores of the Sea of Galilee,
to Engedi on the shores of the Dead Sea.
From Bethlehem where it all began,
to Megiddo, where it will all end.
From the Eastern Gate, to the Western Wall.
From where the waters of Mt. Hermon join the Jordan River, to the Red Sea at Eilat.
From the horrors of the Holocaust Museum, to the quiet place where baby Jesus was born.
We have explored the ruins of cities, synagogues, homes, prisons, steps, pools, bunkers, theaters, stables, and even an ancient boat.
We are always amazed and in wonderment, as our lives are changed with each trip. We have been truly blessed!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Your Trip to Israel
Something to Think About:
Just this week an economic genius on a major news program predicted that if the cost of jet fuel continues to rise, that within a few years, overseas travel by plane will be cost prohibitive for the average person. My grandparents came to this country in 1904 by ship. Trans global travel by ship my make a resurrection.
How does this affect you? If you have dreamed about travel to the Holy Land, but for a variety of reasons have postponed it, don’t put it off! If that economic genius is correct, in a few years the average person may not be able to travel to Israel. I usually advise my senior adult friends to make that trip to Israel soon –before their health gives out – now my speech will be different: travel while you can still afford it!!
I will be traveling to Israel in September with a group of 40. I will get the blessing of teaching in the evenings. My theme will be the women from the sites that we will visit. Let me know if you are interested to go along. jpsant@netzero.net
Just this week an economic genius on a major news program predicted that if the cost of jet fuel continues to rise, that within a few years, overseas travel by plane will be cost prohibitive for the average person. My grandparents came to this country in 1904 by ship. Trans global travel by ship my make a resurrection.
How does this affect you? If you have dreamed about travel to the Holy Land, but for a variety of reasons have postponed it, don’t put it off! If that economic genius is correct, in a few years the average person may not be able to travel to Israel. I usually advise my senior adult friends to make that trip to Israel soon –before their health gives out – now my speech will be different: travel while you can still afford it!!
I will be traveling to Israel in September with a group of 40. I will get the blessing of teaching in the evenings. My theme will be the women from the sites that we will visit. Let me know if you are interested to go along. jpsant@netzero.net
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Land - W-Z
Yotvata, Jotbathah. The Israelites stopped here for water on their wilderness wanderings. Twenty eight miles north of Eliat, this modern city and active archaeological site may be the oasis of Deut. 10:7. Where there is water there are men, women and children.
Zareph Area north of Tyre. Here a widow assisted the prophet Elijah with food and water in a time of drought. A stranger, Elijah, called to the widow to provide him with water. He said “do not fear” and she trusted him when he said the God would provide. When her son died, Elijah raised him to life. Jesus mentioned her faith. (1 Kin. 17; Lu.4: 24-26).
Zion Ancient name for the ridge on which the City of David and the First Temple were established. Zion also applied to the entire city of Jerusalem. In the writing of the prophets the name Zion is synonymous with Jerusalem or the Temple Mount (Amos 1:2; Isaiah 2:3).
Zoar Near the area of the Dead Sea where Lot and his daughters lived in a cave after destruction of Sodom. Lots daughters led their father into incest to have children. From these two daughters come the lines of the Moabites and Amonites.(Gen. 19:30). Southern tip of Dead Sea. Several ancient sources connect Zoar with the Jordanian city of Safi.
Zorah Unnamed woman, wife of Manoah, gave birth to Sampson in Zorah (and he was buried in Zorah.) She was told by the Angel of the Lord to raise him as set apart and holy to the Lord, a Nazarite. Manoah and his wife “saw God” (Judg. 13). Southwest of Jerusalem and above the Sorek River. City fortified and maintained by Rehoboam during the Divided Kingdom (Josh. 15:33; 2 Chr.n. 11:10).
Zareph Area north of Tyre. Here a widow assisted the prophet Elijah with food and water in a time of drought. A stranger, Elijah, called to the widow to provide him with water. He said “do not fear” and she trusted him when he said the God would provide. When her son died, Elijah raised him to life. Jesus mentioned her faith. (1 Kin. 17; Lu.4: 24-26).
Zion Ancient name for the ridge on which the City of David and the First Temple were established. Zion also applied to the entire city of Jerusalem. In the writing of the prophets the name Zion is synonymous with Jerusalem or the Temple Mount (Amos 1:2; Isaiah 2:3).
Zoar Near the area of the Dead Sea where Lot and his daughters lived in a cave after destruction of Sodom. Lots daughters led their father into incest to have children. From these two daughters come the lines of the Moabites and Amonites.(Gen. 19:30). Southern tip of Dead Sea. Several ancient sources connect Zoar with the Jordanian city of Safi.
Zorah Unnamed woman, wife of Manoah, gave birth to Sampson in Zorah (and he was buried in Zorah.) She was told by the Angel of the Lord to raise him as set apart and holy to the Lord, a Nazarite. Manoah and his wife “saw God” (Judg. 13). Southwest of Jerusalem and above the Sorek River. City fortified and maintained by Rehoboam during the Divided Kingdom (Josh. 15:33; 2 Chr.n. 11:10).
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Land- W
Western Hill of Jerusalem. The north-south hill spur west of the Tyropoeon Valley, parallel to the Temple Mount and the City of David. Hezekiah incorporated part of this area when he extended the city walls in the late eighth century B.C. Many families lived on this hill in elegant homes. The southern part of this hill is called “Zion Hill” by some.
Western Wall, Wailing Wall Remnant of part of the retaining wall that held the Second Temple. One of the most sacred sites in the Jewish world. Men and women pray in separate prayer courts. To the north is the Kotel Tunell or Rabbi’s Tunnel, that travels underground, parallel to the Wall for 1650 feet. This would have been a well traveled path for men and women entering the Temple. Visitors to both the Western Wall and the Kotel Tunnel sometimes write prayers on small scraps of paper to place in the cracks between the large stones of the wall. The object is to get their prayer as close to what might have been the site of the Holy of Holies of the Temple.
Wildernes, Southern. Southern desert area of Israel, and border with Egypt. After crossing the Red Sea from Egypt, into the wilderness, Moses led the people in a song of praise, while Miriam led the women with timbrels and dance (Ex.14:31-15:21). See Miriam’s song (Ex. 15:21). The people wandered in the wilderness for forty years. Before going into the Promise Land the daughters of Zelophehad were granted the right to inherit the land allotted of their dead father. The custom was to pass on all property and family rights to the sons. Zelophehad had no sons. God directed Moses to allow the daughters to retain the property with the stipulations that they had to marry within the tribe of their father. This was first recorded instance of women having property rights(Num. 26:33; 27:1; 36:3-11: Josh. 17:3-10).
Yotvata, Jotbathah. The Israelites stopped here for water on their wilderness wanderings. Twenty eight miles north of Eliat, this modern city and active archaeological site may be the oasis of Deut. 10:7. Where there is water there are men, women and children.
Western Wall, Wailing Wall Remnant of part of the retaining wall that held the Second Temple. One of the most sacred sites in the Jewish world. Men and women pray in separate prayer courts. To the north is the Kotel Tunell or Rabbi’s Tunnel, that travels underground, parallel to the Wall for 1650 feet. This would have been a well traveled path for men and women entering the Temple. Visitors to both the Western Wall and the Kotel Tunnel sometimes write prayers on small scraps of paper to place in the cracks between the large stones of the wall. The object is to get their prayer as close to what might have been the site of the Holy of Holies of the Temple.
Wildernes, Southern. Southern desert area of Israel, and border with Egypt. After crossing the Red Sea from Egypt, into the wilderness, Moses led the people in a song of praise, while Miriam led the women with timbrels and dance (Ex.14:31-15:21). See Miriam’s song (Ex. 15:21). The people wandered in the wilderness for forty years. Before going into the Promise Land the daughters of Zelophehad were granted the right to inherit the land allotted of their dead father. The custom was to pass on all property and family rights to the sons. Zelophehad had no sons. God directed Moses to allow the daughters to retain the property with the stipulations that they had to marry within the tribe of their father. This was first recorded instance of women having property rights(Num. 26:33; 27:1; 36:3-11: Josh. 17:3-10).
Yotvata, Jotbathah. The Israelites stopped here for water on their wilderness wanderings. Twenty eight miles north of Eliat, this modern city and active archaeological site may be the oasis of Deut. 10:7. Where there is water there are men, women and children.
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