Conquest or Settlement?

This learning activity will investigate whether Israel came about due to conquest or settlement. There are two parts to this activity.

The first part of this activity requires research.

Consider the different 'schools' of thought regarding this issue put forward by Fritz. Write a blog post outlining each of these schools of thought, and the arguments put forward for and against.

Make sure you refer to the specific archaeological, epigraphical and Biblical evidence Fritz has presented in his article.

Readings:
Fritz, V., 'Conquest or Settlement?' in Biblical Archaeologist 50 (1987) pp.84-100 (received in class)
Obituary of Volkmar Fritz

Post a link to your blog post in the comments below.


For the second part of this task you will be put into pairs.

Each pair will be allocated one of the schools of thought put forward by Fritz and will need to put together a presentation using either PowerPoint or Prezi. You will use the blog entries from the rest of your classmates as the basis for the content of your presentation.

The presentation needs to cover:

• An overview of the theory
• Which historians support this view
• What archaeological and epigraphical evidence supports this view
• What Biblical evidence supports this view
• How the theory and support for it has changed over time
• Your pair's evaluation of this theory

Your presentation also needs to be embedded into your blog using either SlideShare or directly embedding via Prezi. The presentation should be between 6 and 8 minutes.


*TEP Assignment notes*
- at least one requiring informed student discussion
- area of debate: Conquest or Settlement