Tribe of Judah

After the exile of the Northern Israelite Kingdom in 721 B.C.E, the only remaining tribe of the original 12 tribes was the tribe of Judah. When the kingdom of Judah was then exiled again in 586 B.C.E., the people became known as “yehudim” or Jews. The name “Judah” in Hebrew literally translates to “praise.” The name originates from Leah, Judah’s mother, praising god after giving birth to four healthy boys. She says in Genesis 29, “this time I will praise God.” This idea of “praise” has carried through for centuries. To be a Jew is to live with a constant attitude of gratitude, for God has been their to secure our safety and our vitality when generations of people attempt to extinguish us from existence. As Mark Twain writes in his short essay titled, “concerning the Jew”, “The Egyptians, the Babylonians and the Persians rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away;…

Nehemiah rebuked the nobles for their usury of the Jews. He made them give back the vineyards, and everything else they took from the people. They also took an oath and said that they won’t do it again. Nehemiah asked the Lord that he will shake out the ones that aren’t truthful in their promise. Not only in these instances during the story of Nehemiah, but there were also many other ones where the people would show weakness but then bounce back with great faith. The two stories of Nehemiah…

The book of Nehemiah was authored by Ezra between 445 and 420 B.C. It records the events of the Jews returning to Jerusalem and rebuilding the wall that once stood strong and protected them from their enemies. Nehemiah started out as the king of Persia’s cup bearer and was eventually commissioned as a governor. Before entering into the leadership of Nehemiah the Jewish people had been exiled for over seventy years, Jerusalem had been completely destroyed, and the temple had been burned in 586…

Tribal communities, in the Amazon Basin, are rooted in tradition. These traditions may seem very foreign to Western cultures, but these tribal societies are now changing rapidly to defend the place they call home through use of technology and languages familiar to our culture. The advancement attempts made the the communities may not be enough; specific communities have been forced to take aggressive measures. The Amazon Basin and its forests are said to be in danger from ventures such as…

The arts and sciences are what causes inequality, Rousseau believes, because their advancement produces superiority in some. Thus, the inferior in others strive for perfection to gain superiority, leading them to progress more in the arts and sciences. This progress deviates a man farther from his natural state which furthers his corruption. Though he gave up everything to live amongst his equals, the Hottentot has elevation over them due to his upbringing, pendant, and sword. Tribespeople would…

allow a mask to open and close it~s mouth or eyes. The transformation mask is the most complex kind of mask. It consists of an outer mask that opens up to reveal an inner mask form, which might also open up to reveal a third mask form! Transformations masks are difficult to make and difficult to wear, for the different layers make the mask extremely heavy. Only a strong member of the tribe could wear the transformation mask. The Native Americans formed animal masks to communicate a certain…

MY CULTURAL NARRATIVE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MY LEADERSHIP WORK. “The big man” leader As consequences of living in a tribal society, where the man in authority position is the only one who should give decisions, no one can object nor question these decisions. The work inside this tribe centered on the head of the tribe instructions. Based on that the terms of teamwork, task force, and the making decision based on studies and consultation, these terms are absents inside the tribe. This kind of…

tribe represented about 400,000 people in eastern Afghanistan. The Shinwari tribe also pledged to send at least one military-age male in each family to the Afghan Army or the police in the event of a Taliban attack. The American commanders agreed to channel one million dollars in development projects directly to the tribal leaders and bypass the local Afghan government, believe to be corrupt. “The Taliban have been trying to destroy our tribe, and they are taking money from us, and they are…

five, and later six tribes, (or nations), the Iroquois lived in the eastern woodlands as far back as 1000 A.D. The Iroquois lived in the Eastern Woodlands, in what is now New York. Their land was comprised of large forests located just south of Lake Ontario. The land was east of the Finger-Lakes along the Mohawk River (among other rivers). The Iroquois land was bordered by Algonquin land, resulting in much fighting over hunting lands. The Iroquois lived in Long-Houses and Wigwams, (large…

the reader to assume that Pauline is willingly rejecting her Chippewa heritage so that she may assimilate into the white culture surrounding her, I do not find this to be the case. Instead, I find the members of Chippewa tribe to be guilty of rejecting of Pauline due to her mixed-blood heritage, resulting in her disconnection…