Israelites

The Torah, also known as the “Pentateuch,” consists of the first five books of the Bible to show their relations as one coherent storyline. The word, Torah, comes from Hebrew meaning “father’s law.” Though the books of the Torah are usually referred as law, it may actually be represented as the Gospel, or God’s salvation for his fallen creation. The laws that Moses has written does not save the people from their sin but the Seed of the Woman, a child born of Eve who is without sin, would take…

We’re running away again, in the middle of the nigh, this time accompanied by Daniel, in an aged truck loaded with hens and rabbits for sale at the Issoire’s market. We made our journey, hidden together with Prince between the rabbit cages covered by a canvas. Before the dawn arrived at a bridge at Issoire’s entry, and the truck driver left us there. Daniel told to us that would need to walk at least two hours up to come to our refuge, a castle lost in this remote area. It did not dawn yet when…

Exodus 12:12, all the gods of Egypt would be judged through the tenth and final plague (www.delanceyplace.com). Researchers believe they have found evidence of real natural disasters on which the ten plagues of Egypt, which led to Moses freeing the Israelites from slavery in the Book of Exodus in the Bible, were based. But rather than them explaining them as a wrathful act of vengeful God, the scientists claim the plagues can be attributed to a chain of natural phenomena triggered by changes in…

Before Saul's reign Samuel, was told by God that a Benjamite was to come to Israel, was ordered to anoint him king of Israel by the lord himself for he was the one who destined to defeat the Phillistines, the Israelites' greatest enemy. When anointed King he led his army of 3,000 strong to defeat an encampment, and was victorious this king was Saul. During one of his battles he was desperately outnumbered, out armed and outflanked and his troops were scattering. So he disobeyed Samuel and God…

attacking the Danes. Similarly, in the story of “David and Goliath,” King Saul sends David to fight Goliath because David is brave and has no fear to attack Goliath. Goliath is also a giant who is trying to take over the kingdom of Israel. All the Israelites are scared of Goliath besides David, who ends up defeating the giant. David not only kills Goliath, but has three total victories which are against a lion, a bear, and Goliath. While he fights, he does not wear any armor. After his defeats,…

Israel. As a nation with different background and religion, Palestinians wanted a state for its nation. In the film, the protagonists seek to satisfy their nationalistic ideas of a state for Palestine conducted a suicide bomb in Tel Aviv to anger the Israelites. This action in the film sent the message that Palestinians were ready to take even more agrression measures to regain their terriroties. In “Once Brothers” the struggle for nationalism and two seperate states is viewed as the two nations…

returned to evil. God decided to discipline them out of love and let King Jabin of Canaan rule Israel for 20 years. In verses four and five of chapter four in the book of Judges the passage introduces Deborah, who is a courageous women, to give the Israelites judgment. She is sent to summon Barak to remind him of God’s command to travel to Mount Tarbor with 10,000 men to fight Sisera. Barak seems powerless and afraid and acts as a coward. In verse eight, he tells Deborah he will only go if she…

worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth.” God purposely calls and uses the unrighteous, the weak, and the least pedigreed. God used Rahab, who was a harlot, to help the Israelites capture the City of Jericho. Likewise, God chose Gideon, a nobody, to save the Israelites from the Midianites. Gideon who knew he was weak responded to God by essentially asking, “Why me?” Gideon said, “Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is…

with an important man named Abraham. Abraham is sometimes called the father of monotheism, God promised Abraham to give him many descendants. Another important man in the Judaica religion was Moses. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, received the Ten Commandments, and led the Israelites in the desert for 40 years and eventually into the Promised Land. The Jewish view of Jesus of Nazareth is that he was an ordinary Jewish man and, most likely a preacher who lived during the Roman occupation…

ger, he reminds us that the Tanakh never precisely defines this word. Other words used in the Bible such as zar or nochri convey a stronger sense of the ‘alien,’ whereas ger comes to signify “one who is not an Israelite by birth but who has come to live, on a long term basis, within Israelite society.” Rabbi Sacks clarifies that the oral tradition designates two types of ger: the ger tzedek, or convert, and the ger toshav, someone who agrees to keep the seven Noahide laws upon coming to live in…