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Overview of the Biblical Family Tree
Sep 1, 2024
Biblical Family Tree Lecture Notes
Introduction
Speaker: Matt Baker
Topic: Entire family tree of the Bible from Adam and Eve to Jesus.
Mention of the new biblical family tree chart available as a poster on usefulcharts.com.
Adam and Eve
First two humans created by God.
Children: Cain and Abel (Cain kills Abel), followed by Seth.
Question about Seth's spouse: Assumed to be a sister due to unnamed siblings.
Early Generations
Seth’s lineage continues with son Enosh.
Noah appears seven generations later.
Noah's family survives the great flood: Noah, his wife, three sons (Shem, Ham, Jepheth) and their wives.
Total survivors: 8.
Noah’s grandsons: 16 total (e.g., Asher = Assyria, Mizraim = Egypt).
Shem's Lineage
Focus on Shem's son Arphashad, then Selah, and Eber (possible origin of 'Hebrew').
Terah (in Mesopotamia) has three sons: Abraham, Nahor, Haran.
Haran dies; Terah dies in Syria.
Abraham moves to Canaan with Lot, promised land.
Abraham's Family
Abraham's wife: Sarah (also his half-sister).
Children issues lead to Hagar giving birth to Ishmael.
Miraculously, Sarah bears Isaac at 90.
After Sarah's death, Abraham marries Keturah.
Isaac marries Rebekah (granddaughter of Nahor); they have two sons: Jacob and Esau.
Descendants and Neighboring Nations
Moabites and Ammonites descended from Lot; Edomites from Esau; Midianites from Midian; Arabs from Ishmael.
Relation of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to Abraham.
Job's uncertain position in the family tree.
Jacob and the Tribes of Israel
Jacob marries sisters Leah and Rachel (daughters of Laban), plus their servants Bilhah and Zilpah.
12 sons become progenitors of the 12 tribes of Israel.
Significant tribes: Levi (red), Judah (blue), others (yellow).
Notable story of Joseph: Sold into Egypt, becomes second-in-command.
Egypt and Exodus
Jacob's family migrates to Egypt during famine.
Israelites grow in number and become enslaved; Moses (of Levi tribe) leads Exodus.
Key events: Parting of the Red Sea, receiving the Ten Commandments.
Wandering in the desert for 40 years; Moses dies before entering Canaan.
Leadership of Israel
Joshua (of Ephraim tribe) leads Israelites into Canaan.
Judges arise as leaders (e.g., Gideon, Deborah, Samson).
Merneptah stele: oldest reference to Israel outside the Bible.
Establishment of Kings
Samuel anoints Saul (first king), later David (from Judah).
David defeats Goliath, ultimately becomes king of all tribes.
David's son Solomon: builds the first temple, credited with wisdom.
Division of Kingdoms
After Solomon's reign, Israel divides into two kingdoms: Judah (south) and Israel (north). Kings with reign dates included.
Important dates: 930 BCE (start of division), 966 BCE (temple construction).
Kings and Historical Context
Kings of Israel: Jeroboam, Nadab, Basha, etc. until Assyrian conquest (722 BCE).
Kings of Judah: Rehoboam, Jehoram (intermarriage with Ahab), Hezekiah (defeated Assyrians), Josiah (flourishing period).
Jerusalem destroyed by Babylon in 586 BCE.
Babylonian Exile and Return
Exiles include prominent figures (Ezekiel, Daniel). Return led by Sheshbazar, Joshua, Zerubbabel, Ezra, Nehemiah.
Hebrew Bible mostly written during the Babylonian and Persian periods.
Intertestamental Period
Alexander the Great’s conquests; Maccabean Revolt against Seleucid rule.
Hasmoneans rise to power, establish a legislative body (Sanhedrin).
Civil war leads to Roman intervention; Judea becomes a client state of Rome.
Life of Jesus
Birth during Herod the Great's reign.
Jesus related to John the Baptist; genealogy through Joseph and Mary.
Distinctions in genealogies between Matthew and Luke.
Herod Antipas involved in the beheading of John the Baptist.
Destruction of Jerusalem
70 CE: destruction of Jerusalem and Second Temple under Simon, son of Gamaliel.
Transition of Jewish law leadership to Yohanan ben Zakkai.
Babylonian Exilarchs trace descent from David.
Conclusion
Differences in Jewish and Christian traditional dates explained (e.g., Creation at 3761 BCE for Jews).
Invitation to purchase the family tree chart at usefulcharts.com.
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