Levite

The Gospel of Luke was written in the mid-80’s AD in Corinth. It is the longest of the 4 gospels in the bible, and was possibly written by a woman who attributed it to Luke. Gospels are formed in three main stages. The first stage of the gospel development is the life and teachings of Jesus as he travelled through the country speaking, teaching, performing miracles and healing, which happened in the late 20’s AD. The second stage is about the post-resurrectional teachings by the apostles, and…

Holistic Care: An Integrative Approach to a Sense of Calling Jaelynne Loft Azusa Pacific University Holistic Care: An Integrative Approach to a Sense of Calling Holistic nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal…This practice recognizes the totality of the human being - the interconnectedness of body, mind, emotion, spirit, social/cultural, relationship, context, and environment” (Thornton, 2015). The philosophy of care I want…

Jaeyoung Jeon, “The Visit of Jethro (Exodus 18): Its Composition and Levitical Reworking”, Journal of Biblical Literature, 136.2, 2017, 289-306 According to Jaeyoung Jeon Exodus 18 contains redactions by a Levitical scribe/scribal group. He intends to prove this claim by discussing the narrative of Jethro’s visit and how it connects with Exodus 3-4. After that he plans to look at verses 8-11 of Exodus 18 to look at the possibility of a reworking by comparing its language with that of later…

A lawyer decides to test Jesus and wants to know who exactly is his neighbor. Jesus then describes a story of a man who was robbed and both a Priest and Levite did not help the man. It was not until a Samaritan came along and gave the man food and shelter. In the gospel, Jesus raises the question of, “ Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?”…

The book Leviticus is found in the old testament it is the third out of the five books of the torah. Leviticus means about the Levites. The Leviticus were God’s priest and the book of Levites contains many of the rules they needed to do their work rules for worshipping God and for making sacrifices. In Leviticus 11:45 God says “Be holy because I am holy”. The rules God gave Israel in the book Leviticus helped the people live holy lives. Moses is the author of Leviticus and it was written…

The boundaries of the Promised Land in Joshua showed that a decisive military campaign was envisaged, but the settlement was partial (Wenham 1971:144). The next part of the narrative explained how the conquered land was allocated amongst the twelve tribes of Israel. This was followed by the creation of cities of refuge and the allocation of Levitical cities. Finally, the Book concluded with Joshua’s farewell exhortation to Israel at Shechem. 1. Allocation of the Land (Joshua 13-19) With the…

half Gentile. The Assyrians took over the Northern Kingdoms and intermarried, settling in Samaria. They were pagans and poured pig blood in Jewish temples which made the temples unclean. The Jews hated Samaritans more than they hated the Romans. Levites were members of the hebrew tribe of Levi who assisted the temple priest and were experts on the law of the old testament. Therefore in the parable the good Samaritan, the Samaritan was the least likely person to help out a wounded Jew lying on…

Welcome to our Shabbat morning service and to my Bar Mitzvah! I would like to thank everyone for attending my Bar Mitzvah, especially my family who came here from all over, including Hawaii and the East coast. Becoming a Bar Mitzvah only happens once in a lifetime and I’m glad you (point at a person), and you (point at a person), and all of you (point all around) could be here to celebrate with me! My Torah portion is called Ki Tavo and comes from the book of Deuteronomy. It is from chapter 26…

The Greek term “diasporic”, as it was well- known, was a derivation from the Greek composite verb “dia-’’ and infinitive “speriein”, meaning “to scatter’’ or “to spread” or “to disperse” diasporas and home lands are produced and constructed through narrative. The relationship between diasporic and home lands helps us understand “Not only how Diasporas regard themselves, but how homelands come to be created and defined.” The relationship between home lands and diasporic has always been an area…

The Parable of the Good Samaritan is a story Jesus tells in order to explain the commandment “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.” The story tells of an injured man on the side of the road needing aid. A priest and Levite walk past the man and ignore him. Then a Samaritan walks by and offers aid to the fallen Jew. During this time, Samaritans and Jews were not in the best of relationships. Jesus was making the point that “thy neighbor” is everyone, even enemies. That mankind should treat…