Grandma Moses

In 722 B.C.E. Israel was taken over by the Assyrians, a group of people greatly influenced by the Mesopotamian culture of Babylon, but there were about forty thousand survivors. These survivors were sent into exile in Babylonia, which is a time commonly known as the Babylonian Captivity. After the Persians defeated the Babylonians, in 538 B.C.E., King Cyrus the Great allowed the exiled people to return to Jerusalem. At this time, the exiles started redefining their beliefs and practices. This…

Describe the structure of a covenant, and use God’s covenant with Moses as an example (Page 84, #2; 3 Marks) The covenant structure consists of the preamble, the historical prologue, the submission, the witness as well as the blessings and curses. The following traits is displayed in the covenant made by God and Moses at Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19:3-8). A treaty usually begins with the name, titles and attributes of both parties making the agreement (the preamble). The relationship between the two…

public speaking Aaron was always ready to talk to a crowd. In fact Aaron was practically born for the spotlight. God used Aaron in big ways, one of them being that Aaron was the very first High Priest of Israel. (Mandel 1)Although he was brother to Moses, a much more famous and well known name, Aaron was a key person in God’s plan. We see the major impact Aaron’s life made on others through Aaron talking to Pharaoh and the people of Israel, talking to God on Mount Sinai, and making the golden…

The Book of Ruth is often times treated as a book of history for Christians since its setting is around the time of the Book of Judges and gives linage to the Messiah, Jesus Christ, in the Old Testament. But the fundamental meaning of the Book of Ruth is to show a contrast between itself and the book of Judges. In the Book of Judges, the love of God and holding obedience to God’s covenant are taking a backseat to the Hebrews own wants, needs and struggles. But the book of Ruth restores that…

chose to write about Moses is because of his Impact in the Jewish community. In all honesty, he is so great that he expands way beyond Judaism, and reaches into many other religions also. As a child Moses had probably one of the worst child hood stories I have ever heard but still he doesn’t loose faith in his God. Some may argue that he may have been chosen at birth to carry out the word of God. “One traditional story tells that when he was a child, sitting on Pharaoh's knee, Moses took the…

Narrative ethics is the idea that a person is within a story that he or she should follow (Wilkens, 2011). Christian narrative ethics hold this same idea; however, it follows the story of God and Christianity. The narrative of Christianity is the point of ethics and therefore, cannot be separated. Stanley Hauweras believes strongly in Christian ethics as the main narrative ethics. He claims that ethics cannot be separated from the theology and points to new ideas as proof. Precis Hauerwas…

Anastasia Jakub Mr. Snader Old Testament Bible April 6 2017 In this essay I will be explaining what the Ten Commandments meant to the Israelites when they first received them, how we interpret the Ten Commandments today, I will also be giving several examples of how we interpret them today. The Ten Commandments were ten beneficial laws that were given to show us how to create a better life and please God. God gave to the israelites to help them live a better life and please God…

Why God not gods? The great prophets of the Old Testament are particular lucid and ironical in exposing the intrinsic illogicality of idolatry. And everybody, reasonable or exaggerate from the Hebrew to the Greek Iconoclasts, and from the Moslem Caliphs to the English Roundheads , has always applied, rightly or wrongly, what I may call this a joke of the Old Testament; that mere idolatry is idiotic in itself. Why is idolatry wrong? Above all, why is idolatry funny? The Hebrew Prophet saw the…

The book of Hebrews is a letter written by an anonymous author offering guidance in God’s ways. Similar to the letter’s of Paul, such as that to the Galatians where he offered explanation to God’s ways, therefore delineating their flaws, this letter serves to delineate not only guidance but also to point out flaws and the results of inequity. As distinction can be made between these to letters as the letter to the Galatians is directed to group of people residing in one same city; in the…

honor it must have been to be chosen by God to lead God's chosen people out of bondage, and into the Promised Land. Moses must have been very brave, and commanding in order to carry out such an enourmeous task as that. What a priveledge! If God were not the Great and powerful Being that He is. He would have needed someone very brave and commanding, but since He is; He chose Moses. Moses; a middle-aged shephard, slow in speech, and a runaway from Egypt because of a murder he commited in his…