Moses Montefiore

It is not surprising that there are differences between the biblical tribes and Greek warriors when it comes to how they live their life and show respect and honor; after all they lived in a different time period and in separate parts of the world. In the Book of Joshua, deceit is shown in both good and bad forms when Rahab, the prostitute, helps protect the messengers from not being killed by lying to the King of Jericho. Being a prostitute is considered unholy so Rahab is showing that she can…

of imagery given by Edward P. Jones in the passage. For example, “When he, Moses, finally freed himself of the ancient and brittle harness that connected him to the oldest mule his master owned, all that was left of the sun was a five inch- long memory of red orange laid out in still waves across the horizon between the two mountains on left and one on the right.” This quote gives us information on what kind of job Moses has. He was to guide the mule to plow the field. It also gives us…

Challenging Destiny “He knew he was a tithe from the time he was little. ‘You're special,’ his parents had always told him. ‘Your life will be to serve God, and mankind,’” (Shusterman 31). From the very beginning, this has been Lev’s destiny. He is the star student and athlete of his family of twelve, and he has always known that his supreme purpose is to sacrifice himself for God through unwinding, a process where his body parts and organs are separated to be used as replacements for others,…

God is teaching the Israelites a lesson through allowing them to go against his wishes and having a king of his choice. This lesson can be seen through the two kings in the books, Saul and David. These kings are very different and their lives teach a lesson about Israel’s relation with God. God knows his people are rejecting him as their ruler, therefore he decides to teach them a lesson through allowing them to have a secular king. He tells Samuel to forewarn the people about having a king…

There is no question that the ancient Israelites were easily distracted and worshiped deities other than Yahweh. However, how they got to the point of idolism and the consequences of it are a less know fact in today’s world. Also, the general understanding of the specific practices and who all was a part of this idolism in ancient Israel has become more clear with recent discoveries. Unfortunately, because this is of ancient Israel’s culture not everything is obvious and many artifacts and much…

1. The book of Deuteronomy began at the end of when Moses had passed on which has him “giving the law.” It was introduced twice in two different parts of the book. There are two major keywords – Listen and Love. In Hebrew listen means more than just listening to what you hear it also means responding. In other words, for Israel, it means responding to God’s grace and obeying the laws of the covenant. While love is the true motivation for listening and obeying the laws. Israel will not obey…

My Amazing Grandma Most people could say that the perfect grandmother does not exist. I actually disagree. What I know for a fact is that my grandmother is perfect. My grandmother is perfect in every way; the way she dresses, the way she moves, the way she behaves, the way she speaks, etcetera. Sometimes, I just think that it could be great, if I could be a little bit of what she is. Her great personality is full of other amazing qualities. I’m going to start by describing the way my grandma…

In this short story written by Flannery O’Connor, a family sets off for Florida only to be murdered by an escaped convict. Throughout their journey they encounter many people and places that let you in on the family’s morals and attitudes. The family has six people traveling with them, this including; the grandmother, a couple, and their three children. Bailey is the father and accompanying him is his wife. They have three children, two older children and a baby. John Wesley and June Star, being…

subject matter for artists, Alexandre Hogue and Anna Robertson Mary Moses. Each artist created a unique vision of the American rural farm that illuminated the emotions that were abundant during a particular time frame. Alexandre Hogue depicted rural farming through the lense of the Dust Bowl, a natural disaster that affected the Midwestern states in the 1930’s. In contrast to tragedy, Anna Mary Robertson Moses, known as Grandma Moses since she started her career at age 78, portrayed…

Have you ever read two different books and had characters that were similar but different? Well, in the two books The Gravesavers and The Tuesday Cafe, the two main characters Minn and Harper are similar and different in many ways. For one they both are very sarcastic and they get angry easily. They are also totally different in some ways. A big difference between them is that Minn likes to read books, and is very athletic. On the other hand Harper is very lazy, and doesn't like exercise. Harper…