Located along the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba is Israel. Lebanon borders to the north‚ Syria in the northeast‚ Jordan to the east‚ Palestinian to the west and Egypt to the southwest. Upon independence in 1948‚ the country formally adopted the name "State of Israel" after other proposed historical and religious names including "the Land of Israel‚ Zion‚ and Judea were considered and rejected. The original Canaanites were a civilized culture
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Name: Morgan Perry Student ID: L26846215 Course: BIBL 104-D21 Date: April 17‚ 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Proverbs The book of Proverbs is a collection of experiences and observations that is put in the simplest form. According to Hindson and Towns a proverb is a short poetic sentence passing on intelligence in a vital structure (2013‚ p. 193). Proverbs focus more on earth than heaven‚ even though it holds God in the highest light. The majority of these proverbs are ascribed to
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Dead Sea Scroll The settlement of Qumran is one kilometer inland from the northwest shore of the Dead Sea. The scrolls were found in eleven caves nearby‚ between 125 meters (e.g.‚ Cave 4) and one kilometer (e.g.‚ Cave 1) away. None were found within the settlement‚ unless it originally encompassed the caves. In the winter of 1946–47‚ Palestinian Muhammed edh-Dhib and his cousin discovered the caves‚ and soon afterwards the scrolls. John C. Trever reconstructed the story of the scrolls from several
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Dome of the Rock located in a part of Old Jerusalem is a vital structure to three major monotheistic world religions. With Dome of the Rock’s religious and historical importance in location‚ it has been a site of past supernatural events and prophesied to be the site of future events. The design of the building itself is also an example of harmonious proportion. Dome of the Rock has had much activity since the beginning of time. Dome of the Rock has many names for its key roles in religious histories
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applies the lines to the southern kingdom of Judah‚ probably after the destruction of the Northern Kingdom in 721BCE. The verse re-affirms the promises to the Davidic dynasty at Jerusalem. This promise extends to the last days (3:5); and is also a phrase found among the southern prophets in their speeches of new Jerusalem of peace (Isa 2:2-5‚ Mic 4:1-5‚ Jer 23:5-6‚ 20‚ Ezek 38:16) It is most likely that the phrases ‘and David their king’ v.5 (Cf. Jer 30:9; Ezek 37:22) and ‘in the latter days’ v.5
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What caused the first Arab-Israeli War? All throughout the early decades of the 20th century there had been tension between rival Jews and Arabs as they both believed the land of Palestine belonged to them. But on 14th May 1948 Ben Gurion announced the newly formed state of Israel and that is the main reason to what was the cause of the ‘War on Independence’. After the First World War Britain was given mandatory powers over Palestine as the countries of the Western World believed the
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to Judaism because it represented in essence God’s home in the human world. Located in the Holy of the Holies of Solomon temple‚ the Ark not only was the spiritual connection for all the Jewish religion‚ but the Ark also helped create the city of Jerusalem by creating at the time a permanent home for God causing people to migrate near the city and forming the first united monarchy for Israel. Today due to the tensions between Jews and Muslims‚ the Jews are not permitted to pray at the hilltop site
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incorporeal and eternal‚ wants people to do what is just and merciful‚ be faithful Religion in Country – 75.5% Jewish‚ 16.9% Muslim‚ 2% Christian‚ 1.7% Druze‚ 3% Other Holy Cities – Jerusalem‚ Safed‚ Hebron‚ Tiberia (burial place of Jewish Patriarch‚ 2nd holiest city) Old City Jerusalem - .9 Km₂ w/in modern day Jerusalem. Home to Temple Mount‚ Western Wall (Jews)‚ the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christians)‚ Dome of Rock (Muslims). Divided into 4 quarters – Muslim‚ Christian‚ Jewish & Armenian
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BC. In spite of them enjoying freedom there still had to suffer a certain amount of restrictions. Racism on Jews was predominant during that era and was also prevalent during the reign of Augustus Caesar which eventually led to the destruction of Jerusalem. [The Legend of Augustus] As early as 6 AD‚ there was the annexation of Judea which meant the nation of Judea of Jews was seized as an imperial province by Emperor Augustus though it was a peaceful affair resulting in both the parties benefiting
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arch in Spain and used them as one of their main architectural features‚ After the Moorish invasion of Spain in 711 AD the form was taken by the Umayyads who accentuated the curvature of the horseshoe.[3] The Dome of the Rock (Qubbat al-Sakhrah) in Jerusalem (691) is one of the most important buildings in all of Islamic architecture‚ marked by a strong Byzantine influence (mosaic against a gold background‚ and a central plan that resembles that of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre‚ although the church
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