Israelites

Introduction One can scarcely go through a day without coming into contact with some issue of social justice. Newspapers, television, and the internet seem to be constantly abuzz with the latest stories of injustice, racism, or the occasional story of socio-economic barriers that are finally crossed. As the Race Together campaign at Starbucks proves, a person cannot even get their morning cup of coffee without being confronted with such issues. It should come as no surprise then that if the…

of the Bible, the "popular" reading of the bible and Indigenous hermeneutics. In this first treatment, the Biblical narrative from Exodus is used to justify the conquest and genocide of non-Christians throughout history. Stating that just as the Israelites took the land of Canaan, so should the conquerors take other land, said to be theirs by the Pope. The second treatment is rejection, tells the response of the Indigenous people of South America. These people rejected the Bible, associating it…

The three periods of Moses’s life were as follows, Moses, born a son of a Hebrew slave rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter and later adopted by her. Moses, became a prince in Pharaoh’s palace, he later escaped to the desert of Midian as a result of killing an Egyptian. Moses married, became a shepherd and disconnected from his home and family in Egypt. While Moses tended the flock God called Moses from a burning bush and commissioned him to lead the people of Israel out of bondage. In Exodus 3:2…

In order to understand the true meaning of the Bible, it is necessary for one understands the overall contextual story of the bible. The story of the Bible consists of God's promises to a man named Abraham, and the process through which God fulfills those three promises. The story begins when God made the universe. He created the Heavens and the Earth and then he filled the Earth with his creations. These included the sun and the stars, and the flora and the fauna, but most importantly, God…

Mikayla Titus THL 217 A Social Justice-Old Testament Word count: Unit 3: The D-History As we continue this rigorous journey of understanding the Old Testament, we come to the Deuteronomic or Deuteronomistic History. The D-History, for short, is the section of the bible that focuses on the history of Israel entering the promise land until the exile and shows the exile was caused by the unfaithfulness towards what was laid out in the book of Deuteronomy (“Meta”). Unit Three focuses on five main…

“HADAD AND TAHPENES SISTER” Hadad was a biracial great grandson of Esau who was married to the black Hamitic Canaanites and Egyptian women and also Esau was the founder of the kingdom of Edom, and his great grandson, Hadad was of the royal lineage of kings and dukes of Edomite kingdom (Genesis 36:1-19, 35-36, 43; 1 kings 11:14). When David became the king of Israel, he invaded the kingdom of Edom with his captain named Joab, and they smote every male in Edom. At that time, the young king Hadad…

In the Bible, the story Baby Moses is about an Israelite mother who loved her son very much but had to hide him because Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt, was scared that the Israelites would take over his kingdom. In order to make sure this didn’t happen, he wanted to kill every baby boy that was born to the Israelites. Once the mother’s son got too big to hide, she made a basket and put her son in it. Then she put the basket in the Nile river. The baby’s older sister kept an eye on the basket and…

his sandals in light of the Lord’s direction to Moses at the burning bush. Those residing in Jericho have fear of the Israelites, not because they would be battling the Israelite army, but because they would be battling…

The next segment of this narrative is characterized by God directly commanding Moses to take up a fundamental role in freeing the Israelites from captivity by approaching Pharaoh. God begins this by telling Moses that he has heard the suffering of his people and that he wants to bring them out of the oppression. The Psalms relate a similar message confirming this thought: “The righteous cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles” (Psalms 34:17). God often appears in the…

Hendel wrote a journal article titled, “The Exodus in Biblical Memory.” Exodus is a huge focal point for the religion of the Israelites. Their religious rituals, laws to abide by, and ethics are grounded in the foundation of the experiences and memory of the Exodus (Hendel, 2001). This one event historically provided evidence for the tie and bond between Yahweh and the Israelites (Hendel, 2001). The historical accuracy of the great Exodus has been questioned considerably due to the oral and…