Father in Faith -- pages 38 - 50 read through the whole thing
read pages 38- mid-40
Ur -- day of splendor
moon-god cult
ziggurats -- were temples
2029 -2006 BC -- King Ibbi-Sin
wall
Elamites sack -- cuneiform lament
(study it)
1830 BC -- Warad-Sin
city of Ur --> town --> village
nomads came to Haran
Terah -- father of Abram -- Abram's wife Sarai
Ebla -- listed same cities as Bible does -- Sodom, Gomorrah, etc
Here the Bible walks on to the historical stage
page 40 - 43
Differences between the One God and the typical gods
Abram's call -- goes to Egypt
Abram -- Bethel
pages 43-mid 45
Melchizedek
bread and wine -- type of Mass
covenant with God
Sodom and Gomorrah, Dead Sea
"nature miracles"
Isaac -- sacrifice
mid-45 to mid 48
Isaac
Jacob and Esau
resting with God
purging of idols
read Genesis
mid -48
story of Akhnaten -- read about him somewhere else
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