Kingdom of Israel

The Jewish people recite prayers to God in order to individually show their appreciation and obedience to the Lord. The Shema is possibly the most integral prayer in Judaism. Recited once a day, hung inside the doorway of the entrance to a Jewish home and kept inside tefilla, prayer binding, the Shema is supposed to be remembered and kept sacred. (Fishbane 146) Most Jews, myself included, at one time or another had the Shema memorized. The importance of this prayer in Judaism come from words;…

seventh century, the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel faced the rising empires of Assyria and Babylon. In order to survive possible invasion or annexation, the Kingdom of Judah issued many religious reforms under Kings Hezekiah and Josiah. Religious practices before these threats were much more decentralized and had roots in earlier Yahwistic cultic practices. An example of these practices would be the High Places as areas of worship. With the downfall of the northern Kingdom of Israel, Judah had to…

the southern 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,…

three key crisis of Israel that the prophetic literature reacts to are the Assyrian, Babylonia, and the Restoration Crisis. The Assyrian Crisis: The fall of the Northern Kingdom. This era consisted of the following factors that involve Assyria’s expansion into the region of Israel and Judah. This increase led to a complex series of alliances between the various kingdoms involved, as well as fighting-Syria Ephraimitic war. The war was Assyria attempts to expand, Syria and Israel allies for…

Testament to New Testament. By examining this period, we see many highs and lows for Jewish people. In addition, this period is a lesson of God showing his faithfulness, but also his judgment on Israel based on their obedience. During this time, God hardly spoke to Israel for the lack of prophets that Israel did not have. The Second Temple Period covers three major events such as Return from Exile to Jerusalem, Rededicating of the Temple by Maccabees, Roman Rule, and Destruction of the Second…

of Ephraim and Manasseh). The vast majority of the general population of the Northern Kingdom were extradited to old Assyria (2 Kings 17:6). A significant number of the Jews who stayed in the land intermarried with individuals from Cutha, Ava, Hamath, and Sepharvaim who had been sent by the Assyrian ruler to possess Samaria (2 Kings 17:24; Ezra 4:2– 11). Therefore, the story goes, the ten northern tribes of Israel were "lost" to history and either wiped out or acclimatized into other social…

and Israel had an ongoing rival lasting for almost two hundred years. Bordered North and South, this rivalry would come to blows and both were dealt with invasions; not only from each other but also from foreign empires. It was also at this time Judah and Israel kingdoms were on opposite directions. Judah had begun to maintain a steady growth and prosperity where Israel was on a path to begin a steady downfall of their reign and kingdom. With the rise of religious power of Jerusalem, Israel was…

deeper understanding of who we are and why we are here. The Jews, to me have gone through eight major stages of development up until the middle ages. Below I have listed them and explained their significance. Stage 1 – The Patriarchs of the people of Israel This period was from about 1812 to 1522 BCE. The people…

The word “Diaspora” means Jewish people living outside of their homeland Israel. It is worthy note that the word Diaspora can also apply to anyone residing away from his or her country. Simply put, diaspora of immigrants residing into the Unites States is great example. The Jewish Diaspora started in early 587 B.C, in part, a time when the Kingdom of Judea was occupied by the Babylonians. Besides, “when the Jewish people were conquered by the Babylonians, they were moved into Babylon, which is…

Holocaust, gave a new argument for the Jews to have their own land. “The origins of the problems can be found in imperialism, poverty, government corruption, political repression, and religious fanaticism.” Many Arab countries in the Middle East see Israel as outsiders, in 1968 a bomb in a Jerusalem market killing 14, 1969 a bomb at Hebrew University injuring 28, in 1970 a Swissair plane blown…