Torah

This primary source, which is a letter written by Thomas Garrett, titled “Moses Arrives with Six Passengers” is from the book Harriet Tubman: The Life and the Life Stories, published in 2004. This letter describes the success of Harriet Tubman, a fugitive slave who escaped and helped other slaves escape using The Underground Railroad. The first part of the letter begins to describe how Harriet was considered to be “Moses” because she was so brave and daring to help these six slaves escape. It…

When just glancing at these few books in the Bible; Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, they are found to be, and even after reading are found to be, very depressing. The books are filled with anger, judgement and many other negative things. Even though these books were written so long ago; the situations in these books will fit so perfectly in today’s society. These books all have major themes; which some are pretty negative. Those themes are idolatry, which is the worshiping of idols, or social…

In his fourth answer, to the objection of Abraham having purchased slaves, Sewall is probably the most contradictory. He used Leviticus 25: 39 to support “that the Israelites were strictly forbidden the buying, or selling one another for Slaves.” (Sewall 224) Now Sewall isn’t wrong in his statement above without context. Leviticus 25:39 states “If any of your fellow Israelites become poor and sell themselves to you, do not make them work as slaves.” Yes, the Israelites weren’t allowed to buy or…

The beginning of Jewish history traced to the start of Bible. Bible long time ago was oral and then turned into text. Adam and Eva ate the apple and they knew the shame. God punished Eva to let her experiences the pain of having baby through the ten months pregnant and Adam to get food by let him working in the field. Eva born children and their children married and also born children. Then the family multiplied. Noah, one of the Adam and Eva’s offspring, had a son called Abram. He was chosen by…

After studying a passage of Scripture, it’s important that we connect what we learned to the rest of Scripture. Which is when the correlation study comes in. This is an important step when you are studying a specific passage of the bible. There are 66 books in the Bible and over 30 different authors all writing about the same scenario . Because of this there is bound to be some overlap in content. Sometimes there are entire sections that are repeated in different places, and other times there…

Introduction This verse is found in the book of Genesis, which was written by Moses. This is the first of the five books that make up the ‘Pentateuch’. It is believed that Moses compiled the Pentateuch while in the Wilderness of Sinai in approximately 15th Century BC. The book of Genesis is written as a narrative, and is a compilation of testimonies of ancient Israel about their origins. The law had not yet been established at this point, however, God had established a covenant with Abraham…

Map of the Holy Land (see attached sheet) All the parts are labeled according to the required colors. Most of the information for it came from pages 49, 54, and 224 in Halley’s Handbook, as well as some notes from class. The rest was found on the “Canaan – The 12 Tribes” map page and was confirmed by yet other maps. Important Cities and Physical Features Beer-Sheba was a location in Genesis in which Abraham had a disagreement with Abimalek. There was an important well nearby, and though Abraham…

The author of Ezra is most likely himself, an educated scribe who came out of Babylonia to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple. Nehemiah, a cupbearer to King Artaxerxes I of Persia, also wrote most of the book called by his name. He came to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls. The events in Ezra happened from 538 to 457 B.C., with about a sixty year gap in the middle (during which Esther takes place). From 444 to 425 B.C., Nehemiah worked to rebuild the walls and realign the hearts of the people of…

I had to adapt and embrace a culturally different environment when I attended my friends bat mitzvah. Jewish people have their own unique traditions that are shown at different levels. Some choose to embrace Judaism more than others. One way to embrace the Jewish culture is by having a bat mitzvah (girls) or bar mitzvah (boys). This celebration is intended to celebrate the becoming of a teenager. The child gets to have one when they are turning thirteen years old. When I took part in attending…

The author begins this chapter by writing about the usage of the book of Esther. How it it is read at the Feast of Purim in the twelfth month. It is interesting how Ruth is mentioned in the New Testament but there is no further mention of Esther neither are there any quotation from Esther used in the N.T. The author immediately highlights that the early church struggled to find value in the book of Esther. Quoting Martin Luther, the author writes, I am so hostile to the book [2 Maccabees] and to…