A Lesson in Time Today we traveled to Jericho; the ancient Natufian people first settled here over 10,000 years ago, before 8,000 BC. When archaeologist Tessa Wheeler excavated Jericho in the 1950's, she discovered evidence of 23 successive settlements upon this ancient tel. Today’s visit (and much of this journey through Turkey, Greece and Israel) has reminded my-American-self, who tends to think of history in years and decades, much of the world measures history in centuries and millennia. This discussion of time enables me to share a summary of the Biblical timeline we have been studying along the way. Numbers are rough estimates. Setting of Genesis Patriarchs (4,000 years ago) Exodus Event (3,500 years ago) Joshua & Israelites appearance in Canaan (3,200 years ago) Saul, David, Solomon & 1st Jerusalem Temple (3,000 years ago) Dest
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