Walking the Bible: A Journey By Land Through the Five Books of Moses
Book and PBS Series, by Bruce Feiler
UFDN 2000: The Wilderness Journey
As you listen to this film, record questions which emerge for you.
1. How does this film present both the challenge of the Sinai desert as well as the sharpening of one’s perspective which results from time spent in the wilderness?
2. Sinai is divided into 3 regions. Which route did the Israelites likely take to the Promised Land?
3. According to Exodus 15, what was the first test of Faith?
4. How does this film describe the paradox of the desert?
5. Record some of the treasures of the library at St. Catherine Monastery (built 1500 years ago by Greek Orthodox Monks).
6. How do scholars view the numbers given in the Bible (for the exodus and others, Exodus 38)?
Note about Petra. It is sometimes suggested that Moses and the Israelites inhabited an area near Petra in Jordan. Many years later the Nabateans (tribe of wealthy traders) thrived here during the time of the New Testament. This location is suggested as the place where the Wise Men purchased gifts of golf, frankincense and myrrh for Jesus.
8. The movie ends with a reference to “The Promised Land, Israel, the place where one strives with God.” – To what does this reference allude?
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