Canaan

Palestine from east in approximately 1900 BCE Mesopotamian society dominated by polytheism Judaism started when God appeared before Patriarch Abraham at Harran (west of Ephrates) and told him to leave his home and travel until he arrived at Canaan in Palestine. to go and raise a great nation" This began the monotheistic tradition of the Hebrew faith with the establishment of the “Covenant", “Chosen People" and “Promised Land" Jacob (grandson of Abraham) Abraham’s grandson Jacob…

Jews believed that God made a covenant with Abraham which stated that God would make a great nation out of Abraham and his descendants if they remained faithful to God. According to the Jewish tradition, Abraham left his home and moved to the land of Canaan, the present day country of Israel, where God promised…

From Ari Ben Canaan to Karen Clement, everything they do is focused on their families. Ari is so involved in the freedom movement because of his family. He wants to finish what his father, Barack, started and help protect his sister, Jordana. Kitty Fremont joins the…

Esau associated himself with the Canaanites throughout his lifetime, and at the appointed time, he left the land of Canaan because the wealth that he acquired in the land of Canaan with his brother “Jacob” were incredibly large and the land could not contained them both, and Esau left Canaan, and found Edom. Esau was called Edom, and he was the father of the people of Edom which were of mixed Semitic Arab and black Hamitic bloodline (Genesis 25:30; 36:6-9)…

Ever since it’s creation the christian church had an impact on most all communities that it has been apart of, either good or bad. The church has been a launching pad for world changers, revolutionaries, equal rights activist, politicians, and even slave owners. During the time of legalized slavery throughout the United States, slaveowners were frequently christian and used the bible to justify their actions. Although almost every modern branch of christianity believes that slavery is immoral…

Moses was a picture of Christ. Moses was born to Amram and Jochebed. This was during the period when the people of Israel were enslaved to the Egyptians. Pharaoh had commanded all the Israelites to kill all the male children. But when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months. Then, it was too difficult to hide him, so his mother made him an ark of bulrushes and put him into the Nile River. Then he was found by Pharaoh’s daughter and she took him in. Moses was brought up as part of…

The beginning of the history of the Hebrew can be marked by the migration of Abraham and his people from Mesopotamia to Canaan, the promised land. The hebrew people originated from the polytheistic and animistic semitic tribes in Mesopotamia. With the covenant promising Abraham’s people a “promised land” in Canaan, the Hebrews migrated from their homeland in Mesopotamia to Canaan. The second covenant was made hundreds of years later, when Moses lead the jewish people out of slavery in Egypt.…

Introduction Can love and destruction be two faces of the same coin? Can God be ‘holy’ and ‘just’, yet hate and hold vengeance? Perhaps the most pivotal argument between skeptics and Christians today is that of the character of God. Most theologians hold true to the character of God as revealed through the Holy Scriptures. They believe, every jot, letter, and tittle are inspired and meaningful; revealing the character of its author. This, however, is harder in some instances than others. Some…

fought to preserve their identity and culture which was under constant threat from other worldly kingdoms that were more powerful. By the Rivers of Babylon is subdivided into seven sections; The Hebrew Bible, Abraham, Moses, The Ten Commandments, Canaan, Book of Deuteronomy and Jeremiah and the Babylonian Exile. The first section of the documentary (The Hebrew Bible), tells of King Nebuchadnezzar’s attack on Jerusalem and his capture of the Jews. The documentary then gives an account of how the…

Copan, Paul Is God a Moral Monster? Making Sense of The Old Testament God. Grand Rapids: Baker Publishing Group, 2011 Introduction Paul Copan is a Christian theologian, apologist, and an author. He is also a professor in Palm Beach Atlantic University. Copan is a very successful author who has written and edited over 25 in the following areas: science and religion, theology, apologetics, philosophy of religion. Another big accomplishment was when he served six years as the president of the…