Hebrew Bible

Canaan, a small piece of land barely larger than the state of New Jersey, has been fought over for thousands of years. What made this tiny strip of land so valuable was its military strategic value, for it was the gateway to the continents of Asia and Africa. Not only that, whoever controlled Canaan also had control of the lucrative trade routes that crisscrossed the terrain, making the land of Canaan a vital land bridge for crossing armies and goods. While Canaan attracted many major powers,…

After reading chapter VI to chapter XII of Child’s story of the Bible, I found some sentences strange but interesting. For example, in chapter VI, Joseph was robbed and cast into a pit by his brothers, then without being known by any other brothers of Joseph, Judah went to save Joseph, but he found nobody there. He was so sad that he cried out “The child is not”. He might mean that his brother was not there any longer, while in our modern English, we may think it refers to that Joseph is dead.…

The authors in the Hebrew…

The Bible is commonly referred to as the most read book in the entire world, which is quite a feat especially considering how old the Bible actually is. However, if you consider that the Bible is one of the key foundations of Christianity and add that to the fact that there are Christians on every continent, then the wide spread influence of the Bible makes more sense. What is interesting is that the Old Testament of the Christian Bible includes Hebrew Scriptures that make up some of Jewish law…

And how were the Psalms used by God's people in the Old Testament? The Psalms are collections of the writings of several different authors. However, there is general consensus in conservatives circles that King David of Israel was the major source and collector of the Psalms. I also learned that Moses gave Israel the five books of the Torah, and correspondingly David gave the five books of the Psalms. Learning that The Psalms are divided into five major section: Psalms 1-41 (Book 1) Psalms…

about the feminist exists in the Hebrew Scripture. He states that since people are born and bred in the times of patriarchy for a long time, Bible “abounds” in male imagery and language (Phyllis 1). Because of this, interpreters shape the contours, articulate theology, content of the church, and instruct human beings with this male language. However, with the influence of feminism in the past decades, people start to notice what role the female plays in the Bible. Such that, new understanding of…

name called Babylonian Creation Myth, Babylon was a city-state in what is now Iraq; its history goes back at least five thousand years ("Babylonian Creation Myth - Fairy Tales of the World", 2013). While reading this story I directly related to the bible, because the dependence of at least part of the creation account fund in Genesis on a common ancient Near Eastern “creation by combat” myth are “not gains payable. From some information, understanding world was a flat circular disc surrounded by…

are many differences between the Exodus described in the Bible and the Exodus shown in the 2007 film The Ten Commandments. From how Moses found out that he was a Hebrew to the one responsible of making the Golden Calf, the stories within the movie accommodate to its audience; the children. In addition to the difference in names for the LORD, the film focuses on portraying Moses and Aaron as exceptional men in the eyes of God, while the Bible has a more bitter, realistic feeling to it. The…

religion who gave the Hebrews a nation, a leader and religion. Moses was very essential by founding a nation. During the time that the Hebrews were enslaved by Egyptians, God appeared before him and announced to him the main idea of covenant, which said that if Moses obey the god and keep his covenant. He will be God’s special possession and have a holy nation. Moses accepted the agreement and promised “All the Lord has…

would be freed. The work, Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, exhibits a Biblical imagery scene of deliverance in various ways. The work is excellent at revealing the parallels of the life of slavery as it’s compared to multiple struggles of those in the Bible. The chorus is chanted throughout the song, (Gates & McKay, pg. 15). “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel, Deliver Daniel, deliver Daniel? Didn’t my Lord deliver Daniel? An’ why not every man?” The lyrics make reference to the Biblical story of…