Ark of the Covenant

Solomon had learned to respect and fear Yahweh from David’s first attempt to transport the Ark. Along the way, Solomon sacrificed “so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered” (1 Kings 8.5). This verse indicates that Solomon was wary not to anger Yahweh as David had. Solomon’s performance obviously pleased Yahweh, as the…

and keep all my commandments by walking in them, then I will establish my promise with you, which I made to your father David. I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.” (1 King 6:12-13 NRSV) Once the Ark of the Covenant was transferred to the temple in Jerusalem, the city was showered with God’s blessings. The presence of the Holy Temple transformed the empty Jebusite area into the Jerusalem we know today. Jerusalem’s evolution from being a Jebusite city…

In the book of Genesis and Exodus God makes covenants with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses in return for obedience of his commands. God promised blessings that consisted of acquiring Promised Land, building a great nation and having children to fulfill his perfect plan. The Abrahamic and Mosaic Covenants are affirmed and re-affirmed on a continued basis but the promises take years to be executed. While Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses obey God’s commands, they are almost never enriched with…

2/10/16 Forms of the Covenant Judaism is a religion with rich history and strong Jewish cultural followings. Many of which are recorded in the Hebrew bible. In Michael Molloy’s book, Experiencing the World’s Religions, he defines covenant as “a contract,” but more specifically as a contract “between the Hebrews and their God, Yahwheh” (340). The beliefs in Judaism hold firmly on one God, and they circle the covenant made between God and the Jewish people. The importance of the covenant is made…

Today Jerusalem is considered a holy site for three of the world's foremost religions. In all stages of the Hebrew Bible Jerusalem and its surrounding features are repeatedly mentioned as the establishing it as the holy center for Judaism, Islam and Christianity. I intend to give three main examples of Jerusalem in the Old Testament and illustrate through these examples why Jerusalem is so important to the people of these three faiths. The first mention of something relating to Jerusalem in…

(Parsons) So with that coupled with the Meaning in the Bible means that Jesus 's resurrection is a symbol of the Hebrew alphabet incorporated in the Bible, as well as the Ark of the Covenant being with man. The overall context in which the number three has been used shows the meaning behind it. In which time three represents completeness and God revealing himself to his people. This is the symbol of justice. The three places in…

for creation and flood stories. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an adaptation of the flood story from Atrahasis and holds a strong similarity to the Genesis flood stories. The J and P stories contain two flood stories that explains the theme of Noah and the ark. The purpose of the flood stories in each text differs from one another in a literary, social, and geographical context. To begin with, the malleability of the flood stories in a literary context can be observed by viewing the cause of the…

have been the Israelites and Judahites. Israelites are an ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac; the nation whom God chose to receive His revelation and with whom God made a covenant. A Judahite is of the tribe of Judah; a Jew. One possible historical setting is the removal of the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem (2 Sam. 6:12-19). The “holy place” (v. 3) would…

The film, Noah, directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Ari Handel was released recently in March 2014 and is based on the biblical event of Noah’s ark. Several historical books contain the story of Noah and early civilizations have flood stories recorded at around the same time period. It is hard to pin down what actually happened in the flood account because it happened in a very early time period and there are several different versions of the story. The film portrays the story of Noah in a…

Noah’s Covenant, also referred to as the Perpetual or Everlasting Covenant, is the third in Genesis, the first book of the Pentateuch at the beginning of the Hebrew Scriptures. Historically speaking, Genesis is a representation of the creation and this exegesis seeks to decipher the literal truths from symbolic statements. The three primary methods of exegesis, namely historical, literal and rhetorical (Collins, 2014a) with some others including reader-response, have been intentionally…