Hebrews

The concept of God in the religions of the ancient Hebrews, early Christians and Muslims have many similarities but also many differences. All three of these religions believe that one God is the creator of all that exist, in life after death death, and that divine acts earn humankind their ticket into heaven however each religion approach these concepts differently. One similarity I noticed when reading about these three religions is they all are monotheistic religions which mean they all…

the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, or giving particular seasonal information. Not all calendars are arranged identically, as events and holidays can fall on different days each year, and time can be measured by different means. The Hebrew Calendar, also known as the Jewish Calendar, is connected to elements like the sun, moon and stars in various ways. It is important to remember that all three of these elements do not have a direct correlation with one another, as…

Hebrews was traditionally thought to be a letter, authored by Paul, and addressed to “the Hebrews.” This is unlikely, however. Hebrews read far more like sermon than a letter, and may be an example of early Christian preaching. The author is entirely unknown, but appears to be very knowledgable about Christianity and about the culture of his time. The author shows familiarity with Pauline theology, but is probably not Paul. The author of Hebrews writes in extremely sophisticated language which…

statement stands true due to the numerous amounts of instances in the Hebrew Bible; the concept that seems to be emphasized most strongly throughout the Hebrew Bible is that God wants his followers to devote themselves to Him and Him alone. Before the concept of a single god appeared, when people needed luck, good fertility, rain, or any other form of help, they would worship a certain god for a certain necessity. But according to the Hebrew Bible, God would often show great power in certain…

Known as the mother language, Yiddish was common and a symbol of traditional life in the household. Speakers considered it to be rather feminine due to its prevalence in usage of non-scholarly individuals. But because most people were not scholarly, the language connected most Jews together and kept them from assimilating to the new world. Language is a basis for culture and culture creates connections in societies. Yiddish helped Jews keep their traditional culture by giving them a way to…

Social Groups of the Reformation Corry Arnold, Connor DiMarco, Mason El-Habr, John Martin, and Jack O’Connell Jewish Group in the Reformation Two Groups of Jews: Ashkenazim (Yiddish speaking Jews in Germany and eastern Europe) and Sephardic (Spanish/Portuguese Jews) Martin Luther thought that the Jews would convert to Protestantism, but many Jews thought of him as an Anti-Semitist German princes feared growth of Jewish communities “Ghetto”- Gated Districts where Jewish communities were placed.…

Traces of religious messages can be found just about everywhere in life. Sometimes it requires a finely tuned ear to fully grasp or understand them; however, this is not the case with The Muppet Christmas Carol. There are explicit references and plot lines that directly relate to biblical themes. Two very prominent themes in this movie that can be found in all four New Testament Gospels are: help those in need when possible (stewardship), and forgiveness. Stewardship is seen when Scrooge is…

important to study the hebrew bible today and there is multiple reasons to suggest that it is still relevant today. One of the reasons that it is important to study the hebrew bible today is to get a grasp of how God hasn 't changed over the years. Another reason to study the hebrew bible today is to see how much the humans have changed through the times and how we have relied/not on God and his everlasting power. There is lots of things that we can pull away from the hebrew bible that relate to…

Depicted in The Book of Genesis, the first of the five books that makes up the Hebrew bible, is the story of Noah’s entering a covenant with god to save life on Earth. Earth is no longer the creation that God intended it to be, so with plans of destroying mankind; he gave one man the responsibility of all life on Earth, as God prepared to send great floods to wipe out all the evil that had built up. As with many ancient texts it is difficult to know the exact heritage and author of even the…

Mesopotamian cultural has a large influence on Hebrew Bible. By comparing Mesopotamian art and literature with Hebrew Bible, It is easy to see that there are many Mesopotamian cultural elements embedded in the Old Testimony, and one of them are the human-head animal-body guardian figure. It is a common phenomenon that each ancient civilization has its own mythical protector(s): the dragon and Tao tie in ancient China, the sphinx in Egypt, the cherubim in Israel, and the Lamasu in Mesopotamia.…