entirely different manners. Confucianism was founded in China by Kong Qiu‚ (later Latinized to Confucius)‚ who did not live to see his ideas become an actual religion. Formed in 500 B.C.E.‚ the faith is much younger than Judaism. Judaism was born in Canaan in 2000 B.C.E.‚ without a real‚ single founder. Instead‚ it is said that the patriarchs (who received God’s laws‚) described in the Torah were the original figures of this religion. While even in the start‚ Confucianism was a universalizing religion;
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Magen David The Magen David or more commonly known as the star of David is the most common symbol associated with Judaism. The star is supposed to represent the shape of king David’s shield. There are many ideas about the symbolic meaning of the Star of David. Some Kabbalists thought that the six points represented God’s absolute rule over the universe in all six directions north‚ south‚ east‚ west‚ up‚ and down. Kabbalists also believed that the two triangles represented humanity’s good and evil
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DEATH COURSE DESCRIPTION The course‚ the formative period of Israelite history deals with the history of Israel from the call of Abraham to the time of the final settlement in Canaan before the monarchy .It deals with the period of sojourn in Egypt ‚the servitude ‚the Exodus and through the period of settlement in Canaan. In this topic THE HISTORICITY OF THE EXODUS EVENT we shall be looking at the exodus which is a very important and significant event that took place in the history of Israel as
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Cornell Note Taking Template Key Words: Notes: Nile river Longest river in world. Supplied life-giving water for the Egyptians civilization. Had an annual cycle of moth long flooding. Hard for farmers but then solved by irrigation and pre- harvesting. Steps toward civilization. Hunter-gatherer groups moved in and formed farming settlements. Neolithic culture developed in 6000 BC Mined
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Outline of Hebrew History The Hebrews originated in Mesopotamia and migrated to Canaan Some Hebrews journeyed to Egypt and became forced laborers In the early thirteenth century‚ Moses led the Hebrews in the Exodus from Egypt Wandering in Sinai‚ the Hebrews were uplifted by belief in one God‚ Yahweh The Israelite Kingdom Wandering Israelites returned to Canaan and joined other Hebrew tribes Israelites were loosely organized into a confederation of 12 tribes under Yahweh Philistines invade
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How is the promise in jeopardy (both 1 and 2) in this section? When Abraham went into Egypt and the pharoh took Sarah and that could have ruined everything from making it to Canaan and Sarah bearing Abraham’s son (Davis‚ 1998‚ p. 175-176). 9. Who is Melchizadek? Be thorough. He was king Salem and “priest of the most high God” and he brought bread and wine to Abraham. He was a historical‚ human person who typified Christ (Davis
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hospitality. * Primordial Waters: Waters that exist at beginning of or even before creation. In many creation myths. Usually precede the sea and other large bodies of water * Ancient Near East: The area encompassing Mesopotamia‚ Canaan‚ Israel‚ Anatolia and Egypt in which many myths were adopted such as the Babylonian Enuma Elish. The Ancient Near East does not include Ancient Greece. * Mesopotamia: Mesopotamia is known as the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
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This time period saw major changes on long held European beliefs. Included among those are ideas about race and its relationship to freedom. With new innovations and the high time of Indian Ocean trade‚ new ideas were spread everywhere. Two factors influenced this change. One was the discovery of the New World and the second was the demand for slaves. With the discovery of the New World‚ explorers were introduced to new civilizations. While they were sophisticated‚ they were still primitive in comparison
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philosophy‚ religion‚ and spiritual practice followed by more than 300 million people. Judaism has been described as a religion‚ a race‚ a culture and a nation. Buddhism formed 5th century B.C.E origin in India. Judaism formed 2000 B.C.E origin in Canaan. Buddhism and Judaism share a few general ideas‚ but are fundamentally different religions and hold beliefs that run counter to one another. In Buddhism‚ Buddha was the teacher. They believed in the four noble truths. They also believed in the eight-fold
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finish‚ Obadiah declares that the people of the Negev will occupy the mountains of Esau‚ and the people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. Obadiah brings a word of hope to the Israelites‚ declaring that the exiles who are in Canaan will possess the land as far as Zarephath‚ and that the exiles from Jerusalem will possess the towns in the Negev. The kingdom Obadiah concludes will be the
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