education, political participation, and economic empowerment with equality for women as a primary focus. This essay focuses on four projects that UN Women have implemented in order to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal three. The projects covers the HeForShe solidarity campaign that promotes gender equality by…
of the link among lines of operation, decisive points, operational reach, culmination, and risk directly contributed to overall success of the Guadalcanal campaign. Analysis of their actions through a lens of current doctrine benefits current practitioners by providing historical examples of operational art in action. This paper will discuss doctrinal concepts displayed during the planning and execution of Operation Watchtower. The current joint definition of operational art will provide the…
His son and successor Solomon is most noted for advancing David’s kingdom and for building the First Temple. In fact, according to Abba Eban (1999), author of over half a dozen historical reference books on Jewish history as well as the PBS television series “Civilization and the Jews,” “Solomon’s Temple was the crowning glory of a building program that rivaled those of the Pharaohs” (p. 50). Archaeologists claim to have found remnants of Solomon’s Temple as well in the form of a tablet dated…
between the fifth and third centuries BCE in Persia. Scholars have placed emphasis on the fifth century BCE period because it was a time where commercialization thrived and the standardization of currency occurred. Introducing the problem of unequal wealth distribution which is why it’s been considered the “dark age” in the history of Israel. However, it wasn’t the first time money was introduced and the Persians introducing this coinage caused a drastic change in the economy of Levant. It…
trumpets. So Athaliah tore her clothes and cried out, “Treason! Treason!” 2 Kings 11:13 (NKJV) Point 3: When God reveals the plan he doesn’t come quiet he comes LOUD! He gives the anointed person a celebration party. He allows witnesses to see his victory. He also exalts you before your enemies. Athaliah had reigned for 6 years. She thought that all of David’s heirs were dead. Her executioners just like her mother and father put her to death. Jehoiada renewed the people’s dedication to God and…
Text Review: The Wisdom Literature In “The Wisdom Literature” Kathleen O’ Connor explores the six wisdom books of the Old Testament: Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, the Song of Songs, Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon. Although some of these might seem familiar, others might feel foreign, and this is because they are books typically found in different versions of the bible. Through her volume, she breaks down the spiritualties, implicit or explicit, of the wisdom books of the Old Testament. She also…
A prophet is a person regarded as an inspired teacher, or proclaimer of the will of G-d. “The English word “prophet” comes from Greek and literally means “spokesperson.” This further provides meaning since the prophets were “messengers of G-d”. In Hebrew the name עמוס (Amos) means laden, burdened, carried, and brave. In the Old Testament, a person named “Amos” besides the prophet is never mentioned. Out of all of the prophets, “Amos is the first of the “writing prophets,” that is prophets whose…
audience that Jesus was a suffering Messiah and the Son of God who encompassed the characteristics of history’s diverse expectations. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the Messiah was described as being three different types of people: kings, prophets, and priests. Each of these three different types of people were thought to be the one who would establish the Jewish independence. God promised David that there would always be a descendant of David on the throne in Israel. (2 Samuel 7:36) This is a…
The construction of the First Temple is interrelated to the economic power of the United Monarchy. Solomon conscripted seventy thousand laborers and eighty thousand stonecutters, and they “quarried out great, costly stones” to build the foundation of the temple. He traded King Hiram of Tyre twenty thousand cors of wheat and twenty cors of fine oil for cedar and cypress, and then used boards of cedar to line the walls of the temple and overlaid the whole house with gold “in order that the whole…
After reaching the summit of its greatness during the reigns of David and Solomon in X b.C, the ancient kingdom of Israel was increasingly more vulnerable to the will of its powerful neighbors and internal struggles. Divided its royal lineage in two main branches, north and south, the Assyrians took advantage of the situation to conquer the northern kingdom. The South with capital in Jerusalem, tried to maintain their independence making strongholds between Egypt and Babylon, the latter, at the…