Slide 1Bereshit (The Book of Genesis) Slide 2 Basic Facts about Genesis Slide 3 Genesis is the first book of a larger literary unit called the Torah (law) or Pentateuch (5…

Slide 1GROWTH AND SPREAD OF CIVILIZATION IN ASIA Slide 2 Han dynasty [206 BCE-220 CE] China’s “classical age” Confucianism became the basis of educational system Confucianism…

Slide 1Hidden Treasures – an exploration of antique maps of Asia & China 16 th -18 th century Vince Ungvary, May 28th RAS Beijing Slide 2 "Old maps have a double…

Slide 1 History of Translation A look at where the Bible came from and other cool stuff along the way… Slide 2 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked…

Slide 1 Monday www.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/TalmudMap/Mishnah. html Slide 2 Overview 70-700 CE Slide 3 Oral Torah Rabbinic Judaism In wake of rebellions to Rise of Islam 70 ce…

Slide 1 Images of Women in Ancient and Medieval History Is Sarah Pomeroy’s title suitable: Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves? Slide 2 Who was she? What do the images…

Slide 1 The Major Religions of the World Slide 2 How Many Do You Know?  List all of the RELIGIONS of the world that you can think of. WORLD RELIGIONS Slide 3 We will study…

Slide 1 The Hebrew Bible An Introduction to the Canon Slide 2 Some Basic Terminology CE (the Common Era)  Use in the place of AD (Anno Domini or ‘In the year of our…

Slide 1 Lord Krishna: The Descent of God (Avatara) Slide 2 ★ ★ Krishna, of the Vrishni family (cousin to the Pandavas and Kauravas) had already established himself as…

Slide 1 History of INDIA : Early Modern Slide 2 Expansion of Mughal Empire 16-17th centuries: further growth display of wealth and grandeur first signs of weakness Slide…