Palestine finally by BALANSAG Maybel .A. Bsbio 3

1. Palestine BALANSAG, Maybel A. BS Biology III

2. ADD A FOOTER -Palestine in the ancient world was part of the region known as Canaan where the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah were located.(Canaan Mesopotamia) formerly known as the Canaan as the land of the Philistines, or “Palestine” was and was replaced by Herodotus in the 5th century. -It is also known as the Holy Land, the site of the ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

3. It had a tumultuous history :Religion ,Culture, Commerce ,Politics • Birthplace of Judaism and Christianity. • Part of the fertile crescent and traced back before 10,000 BCE ADD A FOOTER

4. Palestine” originally comes from the word “Philistia,” which refers to the Philistines who occupied part of the region in the 12th century B.C Other names Judea (kingdom of Judah ) Syria Palaestrina (Corresponding to the people of Syria and as a punishment in Jew people ADD A FOOTER

5. Controlled and conquered by many kingdoms and powers, including ; Assyrians Babylonian Persian Ancient Egypt, Persia, Alexander the Great and his successors, the Roman Empire ( as become the center of Christianity ) several Muslim dynasties and the Crusaders. Ottoman empire ruled much the Palestine(1517-1917) and dissolved in the end world war I ADD A FOOTER

6. Mandate Period • 1917 Great Britain issued the Boulfour Declaration as the establishment in Palestine , a national home for the Jewish People. • The declaration was enthusiastically received by many Jews worldwide, but was opposed by Palestinian and Arab leaders, who later claimed that the objective was a breach of promises made to the Sharif of Mecca in 1915, in exchange for Arab help fighting the Ottoman Empire during World War I. • Jordan Covers the majority of the Arab in the land under British mandate . ADD A FOOTER

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8. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s longest-running and most controversial conflicts. At its heart, it is a conflict between two self-determination movements — the Jewish Zionist project and the Palestinian nationalist project — that lay claim to the same territory. ADD A FOOTER

9. Form of Government Variations of governmmet was establish due to its multiplicity of conquerors . • The Palestinian Authority (also called the Palestinian National Authority) is the semi-official, self-governing Palestinian body established in May 1994 in accordance with the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). ADD A FOOTER

10. Currency Pre-monetary Period-Transactions before then were done by bartering or by paying a predetermined weight of a precious metal, usually silver. Started using coins for transactions in the 5th century BCE, with the Persian conquest of Palestinian lands. Three of the most common weights were the shekel (weight)and three thousand shekels equaled one talent- the heaviest and largest unit of measurement for weight and value in Scripture. Gerah -the smallest was the , identified in Exodus 30:13 as 1/20 of a shekel (Ezekiel 45:12) and weighed around .571 grams. ADD A FOOTER

11. Pound in the time of British mandate 1920. • The Palestine pound was also the currency of Transjordan until 1949 when it was replaced by the Jordanian dinar, and remained in usage in the West Bank of Jordan until 1950. • In the Gaza Strip, the Palestine pound continued to circulate until April 1951, when it was replaced by the Egyptian pound. Shekel Pound Shekel ADD A FOOTER

12. Types of Money • There were many different types of coins used in Ancient Palestine however there were three main sources: • Rome • Greece • Israel ADD A FOOTER

13. Greek Stater The greekstater was the provincial coin of Palestine. Just like roman coins, greekstaters were usually coined in gold, silver,copper, or bronze. Jewish Shekal The local type of coin of the Jews was the shekal. Each coin in Palestine had a different value and the shekel was worth the lowest. • Roman Denarii • The Roman denarius (plural denarii) was a little silver coin which was the imperial coin of Palestine. • Meaning it was the most common form of currency among the Jews. This Roman coin was used in Palestine because of King Herod's rule over the Jews. ADD A FOOTER

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15. Modern Currency • Egyptian pound (EGP) • Israeli new shekel (ILS) • Jordanian dinar (JOD) • Palestinian currency ADD A FOOTER

16. Literary • Hebrew Scriptures -the great literary achievement of Ancient Israel • Egyptian Book of the Dead - is a collection of spells which enable the soulof the deceased to navigate the afterlife. -It was written in hieroglyphics between 1550BC and 1069 BC, the central figure of Christianity. ADD A FOOTER

17. Bible of the Hebrews Said to be the world’s most widely -read book. -It contains a wide assortment of literature, songs, parables, riddles, exalted poetry,proverbs, history, drama, war, biography, philosophy, and short stories all imbued with the moral of living. For Christians, the Bible is the word of God. ADD A FOOTER

18. Psalm A Latin translation of Hebrew “Tehillim”.-“song or poem”. -Psalm 1 is called a wisdom psalm ADD A FOOTER

19. Psalm 1 True Happiness 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. ADD A FOOTER

20. Psalm 1 True Happiness 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. ADD A FOOTER

21. Emphasizes the; The Righteous are Blessed and the Wicked are Judged.” ADD A FOOTER

22. 1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. Living with RIGHTEOUSNESS 1 Corinthians 15:33, NASB: "Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'“ To walk ,stand , and sit in the holiness. ADD A FOOTER

23. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. ADD A FOOTER

24. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. ADD A FOOTER

25. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. ADD A FOOTER

26. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. ADD A FOOTER

27. 6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. ADD A FOOTER

28. Jesus is the ultimate blessed man , the man who fulfilled the psalm. He delight us as the word of God and meets us in his words. “We need to study the bible and be onto the word of God and learned the God to meet God again and again. ADD A FOOTER

29. HE ASKETH ABSOLUTION OF GOD(From the Egyptian book of Dead O Thou who speedest Time's advancing wing. Thou dweller in all mysteries of Life, Thou guardian of every word I speak- Behold thou art ashamed of me, thy son; Thy heart is full of sorow and of shame, For that my sins were grievous in the world, And proud my wickedness and my transgression ADD A FOOTER

30. O be at peace with me, O be at peace- And break the barriers that loom between us! Let all my sins be washed away, and fall Forgotten to the right and left of thee, Yea, do away with all my wickedness, And put away the shame that fills thy heart, That thou and I henceforth may be at peace! ADD A FOOTER

31. “Asking Forgiveness” • Theme: 1 John 1:9 if we confess sins , he is faithful and just forgive us from our sin sand to clean us from all unrighteousness Psalm 5:4-5 Was my guilt and cleanse me for my sins I acknowledge my offense; my sin is always before. Daniel 9:9 For the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving , even though we rebelled against him ADD A FOOTER

32. Thank You!