Jehoram of Israel

kingdom of Judah and it is the oldest source and J describes a human-like God and J has an eloquent style . The Elohist source ( E ) was written between the years of 850 – 750 BC in the northern kingdom of Israel where E parallels J, and E focuses on the Shiloh priesthood in the kingdom of Israel ( north )and has a moderately eloquent style and a strong prophetic influence, a great ethic character . the Deuteronomist ( D ) in the year of 622 BC under the kingdom of Josiah, appeared in…

nation for the Jewish people as prophesized in a vision from God to Isaiah. In this vision, God promises to create not only a new heaven and earth, but they believe God will create a new Jerusalem for the Jewish people. This new Jerusalem is known as Israel and before that it was known as Palestine. Zionism was originally founded on a secular basis due to the anti-Semitism many Jews experienced in Europe. Originally Zionism focused on the political, cultural and socialist views therefore making…

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Real or Fake? Would you read a counterfeit bible? “A few of these fragments have been proven real, and a few have been proven fake,” Lawerence Schiffman, professor of Hebrew Judaic Studies. Many people believe when the Dead Sea Scrolls were first discovered they were forged. The Dead Sea Scrolls include fragments from every book of the Old Testament, but many people say some of the Dead Sea Scrolls could be unreal. Specifically, this ancient collection of text, The Dead…

to the middle east with no definitive solution passing, Professor Kurtzer still remains optimistic about the chances of peace between Palestine and Israel. That’s not to say he did not acknowledge the difficulties that exist in solving the middle east crisis. Destabilization has existed within the middle east for decades, and hostility between Israel and the Arabic nations has always prevented real solutions of peace. Further detriments to peace between these two nations comes from mutual…

home they encountered 1.2 million Palestinians who were now calling the same land home. In 1948 the United Nations and the United stated supported the Israelis in establishing the state of Israel. Many Palestinians were forced out of their homes by Israeli military force however; some were able to say in Israel. Both groups have fought and continue to fight each other using any means necessary including guns, knives, bombs, blockades and assassinations. There has been a two-state solution…

The fourth wave is based on the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the beginning of the 15th century in the Islamic Calender (Hijri) and the USSR invasion of Afghanistan simultaneously.5,7 This wave targeted and opposed western regions such as the US, Israel and Secular regimes within Islamic communities.4,8 Additional features of this wave include the use of suicide bombers and casualty escalation especially among civilians.4The fourth wave was significantly different to the first wave because the…

The success of Operation Diamond, regarded as one of the most brazen operations conducted by Israel, was directly related to the thorough intelligence gathered by the Mossad and timely manner in which it was executed. “Operation Diamond was one of the most complex and sensitive operations ever conducted by Israel. An exceptional [example of] cooperation between the air force, and the intelligence and special task organization (the Mossad) brought to the landing of an Iraqi MiG-21 at an Israeli…

The Israeli/Palestinian conflict is between two nations who claim the same land. The conflict began when Palestine became the land where Jews wanted to construct a sovereign Jew state. Before Jews began migrating to this land it was a multicultural land with a population of approximately "86 percent Muslim, 10 percent Christian and 4 percent Jewish-living in peace"(If America knew). As Jews continued to arrive the indigenous population which was Arabs became alarmed that their land was being…

capital of Israel. The diplomatic Israel-US relationship over the past century has consisted of emphatic one-sided US support towards Israel. The US has and continues to provide Israel with military and financial support, sympathy, and defense in the United Nations (Walt & Mersheimer 39). Why the US continues to unconditionally provide Israel with such support is blurred among varying constructed rationales. The most prominent rationale, as argued by Schechter, is that US relations with Israel…

In the beginning of the Common Era, a new anti-Roman group called the Zealots arose among the Jews. For more than six decades these anti-Roman rebels were active. As a result, the Great Revolt was instigated. The rebels believed that any means necessary were justified to attain political and religious liberty. The leadership of emperor Caligula, the Jews' anti-Roman feelings were seriously challenged. He declared himself to be a goddess and demanded his statue to be set up at every temple in the…