Moses Montefiore

Tiglathpileser- 744-727 B.C.E., created a core army of professional soldiers and most formidable subject peoples, at it’s peak the Assyrian state could have mobilized half a million troops, with bowmen, slingers, armored spearmen, cavalry with spears or bows and four person chariots (76) Significance- Tiglathpileser created a radical new military strategy for the time that helped bring the empire to it’s peak. Instead of farmers or joining the army for land compensation or slaves that were…

After the passing of one of Israel’s greatest leaders Joshua, Moses predecessor took charge as chief in command of the Israelites. God used Moses not only to lead Israel in his ways and commands, but to also transform Joshua into an extraordinary leader and a spokesman for God. For forty years Joshua followed Mosses as his predecessor. Joshua was a brilliant military leader and strong spiritual influence in training. Joshua’s first experience as a military general came in the battle with Amalek…

The Mosaic Covenant was referred to as the Sinai Covenant, but because Moses was the divine leader of Israel at the time, it is commonly referred to as the Mosaic Covenant. The Covenant is similar to other ancient covenants, such as the one God made with Abraham, in that the agreement is between a superiority figure (God) and a subject(s) or people (the people of Israel at Mount Sinai). However, the Mosaic Covenant was different from other ancient covenants, because it was conditional, in which…

‘’ The Black Stone of Ka’abah ’’ by Ivan Bunin Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine for hearing the words of the Lord. And the people shall wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord inquiring for and requiring it as one requires food, but shall not find it. Prophet Amos 8: 11…

The retelling of the tale of Rama According to A.K. Ramanujan’s schema, the retelling is a mix of both iconic as well as indexical; however not symbolic. An iconic retelling is one that has the same or similar structure to the main story as well as a similar plot. we can see that in the video that the Rama story is extremely similar in structure and plot to the story of the American couple. Indexical retelling applies as well, seeing that the structure and plot are similar between the two…

Introduction The Ten Commandments or Decalogue refers to an arrangement of rules where the Jewish Bible depicts that they were offered to the people of Israel by the Lord at scriptural Mt. Sinai (Bendis & Maleev, 2010). The Decalogue are recorded in three versions, first is Exodus 20 version, second is Exodus 34 version and third is Deuteronomy 5 version (Bendis & Maleev, 2010). How the commandments shaped the community? The Decalogue turned into the real instrumental thing through which the…

Aaron the Mountain of Strength He was the son of Amram & Jochebed, but he was most known for being the eldest brother of the Egyptian prince, Moses. Aaron was a powerful speaker; his name rightly fit him as a mountain of strength, or teacher in some interpretations; Aaron was both. Even though Moses got the credit for freeing the Hebrews from bondage, Aaron was actually the spokesman during the rescue of God’s chosen people. Aaron was a godly man who became a high priest but like all, faltered…

know God it leaves man to depend on Moses, as he was the vessel for God’s demands during this time, and why Moses was so important for the Israelite people . With these laws innately comes the covenant between YHWH and Israel. It is a binding covenant, where YHWH and Israel are devoutly committed to each other purely based…

princess and Moses’ revelation about the circumstances surrounding his birth. In the bible the Egyptian princess finds Moses in a wicker basket while bathing in Nile. Saran writes that “this suggests that the mother deliberately selected the spot after observing the character and habits of this particular princess.” Moses’ sister Miriam, stood watch as the wicker basket journey down the river until it rest near the bathing princess. Then once the princess opened the basket and “took pity on”…

(Deffinbaugh, 2004). Also, after reading the story of Egypt bondage and exodus, and how the Lord used Moses in Egypt to speak to Pharaoh concerning the children of Israel (Fisher, 2014, p. 253). After doing some comparison and contrast concerning this story. Moses was sent to deliver the Israelites from bondage. Pharaoh wanted to keep the children of Israel…