Moses Montefiore

choose, but by forcing another person to abide by your religious beliefs, you are interfering with the foundation of the First Amendment. The Ten Commandments are, in general, a list of rules that Christians believe God himself created and handed to Moses, so he could spread the will of the Lord. As the question stated, those who are in…

Anisfeld, Moshe. “Why was Moses barred from leading the people into the promised land?: a psycho theological answer” Jewish Bible Quarterly 39, no.4 (October 2011): 211-220. Anisfeld’s article is a, psycho-theological answer about Moses. He believes that the reason Moses was barred from leading the Israelites into the promise land was not that Moses committed sin however because he “failed to counteract the peoples slide into blasphemy”, about God. The traditional view is that Moses was…

Just as God elected the Israelites, He has also elected me to be one of His children and disciples. I have never considered myself important enough for God’s attention. However, I now realize that God chooses the imperfect people to be his disciples. God chose people such as Abraham, Jacob, and Gideon to carry out his will and be influential characters in ancient times. God has also chosen me to carry out his will and to influence the people in my life. Gideon was a young man who freed the…

Honesty derives from the Old French (h)oneste, which is derived from the Latin honestas. The Latin noun was formed from the adjective honestus from honos, meaning “honor,” .In todays world honesty is interpreted as fairness and straightforwardness of conduct or in more general terms the adherence to facts. HONESTY AND ISLAM: Islam has greatly emphasized the importance of honesty in all walks of life for a Muslim. It has recurrently commanded the believers to be honest to themselves and to…

Since the ancient days up until the present day, writing has taken place. Writing was and is a way for people to express certain emotions and give others the opportunity to live moments that have occurred. Writing also serves as a record. Without it, many issues and ways of living of past cultures would not be as apparent as they are today. Two major pieces of writing that serve as great tools to examine and reflect upon two particular cultures are The Epic of Gilgamesh and the book of Exodus.…

is an image of the promised land… (769).” However, this reaffirmation of the basis for the Decalogue, and the subsequent expansion found throughout the Deuteronomic Code, may be a subtle hint towards the universality of the Code. In introduction of Moses’ speech in Deuteronomy, he proclaims, “Hear, O Israel, the laws and rules that I proclaim to you this day […] The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb […] with us, the living, every one of us who is here today (Deuteronomy 5: 1-4).”…

response to the narrative: I think there are a few parts of this passage that I find strange. I think it is strange how God favors Moses more than anyone else. Just because Moses is a good, humble man should not make him the more favorable human being the Lord should express himself through. I feel like the Lord is saying to Miriam and Aaron that they will never get the gifts Moses receives because they will never be as good as him. I also find it disturbing how just Miriam is punished for what…

God had prepared the life of Moses in order for him to guide the children of Israel out of bondage in Egypt. The first forty years of Moses’s life was spent living as Pharaoh’s son, which gave him the finest training as a leader at that time. He later became a shepherd living in Midian so that he may become the guide to the children of Israel. Lastly, he used his modules learned to stear the children of Israel out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. God chose Moses for a reason, to mold him…

the story of Exodus was an especially popular book of the Bible to study. The Bible book, Exodus, was a story told in which God directed the prophet Moses to deliver the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, and the African Americans had faith that God was…

be? How does God choose who is a prophet, and how does God communicate with them? One aspect I did not know was that there are many different kinds of prophets. Growing up I assumed that the only prophets were the ones listed in the Bible, such as Moses, Elijah, and Joseph. However, this is not the case, according to Carvalho, there were hundreds of prophets just around Samaria alone but much more in the county of Israel. I thought it was interesting to read about the “frenzy”. A “frenzy” is…