Moses Montefiore

Abraham and Jacob are alike in many ways. Both men are looked upon with favor by God. Both men had families, are portrayed as heroes in the Book of Genesis, and have entered into covenants with God. God promised them that they would be fruitful and multiply implying that they would have many descendants. In the Book of Genesis there are verses where God says their descendants will be like “the dust ” of the earth, or as the “number of stars in the sky”. When Abram was 99 years old the Lord…

2 Kings 18-25 – The story of 2 Kings continues with the introduction of King Hezekiah of Judah, who is like a breath of fresh air when compared to his predecessors. This is because he does what is right in the eyes of God and tries his best to obey His commandments. YHWH also alters the rhythm of the story a little because He takes a more active role in Judah’s history. When Judah is threatened by foreign invaders, YHWH acts as the defender of His people and does not allow the enemy to…

The flood stories of Noah and Utanapishtim have many similarities throughout the stories. Noah was a man who found great favor in God's eyes. The entire population of mankind had become evil and wicked and God decided to bring a flood to the earth to destroy everyone but Noah and his family. God told Noah to prepare an ark big enough to hold one male and one female from every kind of animal and creature. When it started raining, Noah brought his wife and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth and…

Winstanley only references the Diggers that had “begun to dig Upon George Hill in Surrey.” Later in his defense of the Diggers against Ranterism, he makes reference to “we that are called Diggers,” an inclusive phrase with no geographic limiter. One of the most revealing documents, though, about the development of this network is the manifesto of the Digger community in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The community of Iver Diggers were aware that other Diggers had “begun mannuring the Commons in…

society. The story of Noah and his ark has been around for centuries as a children’s story, however, in today’s society, no one suspects the true meaning it hides within its pages. It is important to remember that the story of Noah was written by Moses as a sacred science and lesson for the following generations that would roam the…

through the leadership of Moses, but they make an important stop at Sinai, where they received the Law. To Canaan’s period took around 40 years (1290-1250) and it is described in Exodus 12-40, the books of Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, and Joshua. During this period, we can see the exodus of Israel through the leadership of Moses, the covenant, the pilgrimage of Israel through the desert, the leadership of Joshua and the conquest of Canaan by the twelve tribes. Moses was an Israelite, but he…

the people of God, like Moses, have always left room for doubt. You must leave room for the Lord, not for our certainties; we must be humble. Moses was the greatest prophets in Jewish religion. He was born in 1400 BCE, and his father was Amram, his mother is Yocheved. After his birth, his mother left him on the Nile and a princess found him and raised him up. He was one of the most important people in Jewish religion who gave the Hebrews a nation, a leader and religion. Moses was very…

The biblical passages Exodus 23:23-33 and Deuteronomy 20:10-20 illustrates God’s plan for the Israelites. These two passages share an overall purpose of emphasizing what is to be done with the non-Israelites who inhabit the land of Canaan (Exod 23:33 and Deut 10:20). This paper will discuss the various similarities and differences between these two passages by exploring how God is depicted and the immerging themes that are present throughout both these passages. To begin with, the language…

Moshe Pearlman vividly whisks the reader away in a literary time machine, titled In the Footsteps of Moses. This literary time machine is achieved through placing us, the reader right into the years that came before, the years throughout and the time that passed after Moses lifetime including the standing impact that is echoed in Jewish culture today. I especially find that Pearlman’s decision to present the history and vast amount of information upon his subject in the form of a story being…

God speaks to Abram again while they are in this vicinity in the next verse, giving more insight into what God's plans are for Abram and his family. "Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and said, 'To your offspring I will give this land.' So he built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him" (NRSV). There is a theophany indicated by this verse, however, there is not answer to in what form did God appear in to deliver these messages. His message here of land is already following up…