Sunday, July 11, 2010

Chapter 1 -- Overview

pages 16-18

fear of death as unnatural
no other answer besides monotheism -- materialism, reincarnation, etc
(talk about definitions for these things)
read Genesis
start Shamon book

Read the whole Darkling Plain -- pages 21-33

Discuss first impressions

read pp 21 to top of 24

Stone Age -- hunters
Flood --> Mesopotamia
Deserts
Neolithic Revolution -- agriculture
Civlization's primary attributes
3 things about cities -- temples, forts, markets?

pages 24 - mid 26

Jericho -- first city -- 8000 BC
Divine planning -- locus point
challenge of rapid change vs need for preserving essentials
Palestine a hub -- conquered many times
Promised Land
Jericho -- a shrine

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