were treated unequally and due their lack of national identity‚ it was difficult for the Jewish people to obtain the equality rights. It was during these times that two very influential poems‚ “Awake My People!” and “The City of Slaughter” wrote by Judah Leib Gordon (1831-1892) and Haim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) respectively contributed to modern Jewish history; obtaining equality rights for Jews and eradicating anti-semitism. The former empowered Jews to enlighten themselves by integrating in other
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A little history: This story actually began some years prior when Naomi and her husband Elimelech‚ fled their hometown in Judah to escape famine. They also had 2 sons which fled with them. They moved to Moab‚ which was a town that was polytheistic and did not serve the same God that Naomi’s family served. One day‚ Naomi’s husband died and she was left with only her 2 sons. Well Naomi’s 2 sons eventually married 2 women of Moab named Orpah and Ruth and they lived there for about 10 years until
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In our history‚ the Bible is a contribution to history that roots in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. It focuses on Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam. The Old Testament is the original Bible written by many different people with composite text. The Bible is a Monotheistic faith and is also impossible to date in time. This religion changed many people’s beliefs and traditions. To begin with‚ the Bible changed previous practices and was different from other religions. It has Hebrew lineage and origin
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DBS 620 Encountering the Old Testament A Christian Survey Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer Baker Books Caron M. Allen Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies This paper is prepared for Newburgh Theological Seminary and College of the Bible March 16‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION I continued my study in pursuit of the doctoral degree in Biblical Studies by reading the text‚ Encountering the Old Testament. Little did I know when I began reading this text that it would so completely
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Ashurbanipal Ashurbanipal was king of Assyria (669-631 BCE)‚ and counted as the last great ruler of the country. When his father Esarhaddon died‚ he left Ashurbanipal a kingdom that stretched from northern Egyp to Persia‚ but he laso made his brother king of babylonia. Ashurbanipal ruled his country from Nineveh. Ashurbanipal is remembered as one of the most cultured rulers in the Mesopotamian Region: He was literate in both Sumerian and old Akkadian scripts- uncommon for rulers
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married Asenath the daughter of Potiphera. Joseph travelled throughout the land of Egypt. He stored up huge quantities of grains during the years of abundance. Before the famine came‚ two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath. He named his firstborn Manasseh and the second he named Ephraim. The seven years of plenty came to an end‚ and the years of famine began‚ as Joseph said. There was famine in all the other lands‚ but there was food in Egypt. When Egypt began to feel the famine‚ the people cried
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Elohim of Yisra’el than all the sovereigns of Yisra’el before him. 33. And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. Here Hezekiah‚ who ruled the Kingdom of Judah from 716 to 687BC‚ makes a command to remove Asherah’s pillars from the high places of worship‚ in 2nd Kings 18:4. 4. He took away the high places and broke the pillars‚ and cut down the Asherah‚ and broke in pieces the bronze serpent which Mosheh
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Week 3 Essay By: Week 3 Essay “Jeremiah’s message was a mixture of judgment on the sinful nation of Judah; and hope‚ after judgment and exile‚ of a new covenant relationship. Comparing the parallels between Judah and the spiritually low tide of our nation today‚ what message and teaching could be drawn from Jeremiah’s portrayal of God as the Divine Potter? In a world fractured by religious‚ social‚ political‚ and culture tensions‚ how might we Christ Followers relate Paul’s concept of "When
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Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Sondra T Course: BIBL 104 Date: 7/28/2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Isaiah: The book of Isaiah was written between 740-680 B.C. It was written by Isaiah. It has been argued that Chapters 40-66 were written after Isaiah. He is the main character in the book. The Lord commissioned Isaiah as a prophet in the year of King Uzziah’s death which was a long period of prosperity and stability. (Hindson & Towns‚ 2013) The writing style combines
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Performance Assessment - End of Year Jeremiah was an Old Testament Prophet. He was around during sometime in 600 B.C. His home could be found in the Southern Kingdom of Judah. The Israelites were not acknowledging the laws of God in their hearts. In addition they were boasting about their wealth and power and tormenting the poor and weak. Jeremiah came to them and told them to start treating each other with kindness and to stop worshiping false Gods. The people did not listen to Jeremiah and were
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