1. The conquest of Canaan as described in these two sources has a lot in common. First off both of the accounts show that the people of Israel were invading all kinds of foreign people. They had received instructions from God on how to go about obtaining this land. In both of the two accounts the people are commanded to invade‚ conquer‚ and then exterminate all the people living in these cities. There are exceptions to this though; Rehab and the man who showed the spies where to enter are two exceptions
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When looking at Judges 3 and the story of Ehud‚ the deliverer of Israel‚ what can we conclude about the deeper meaning of this story? Throughout the story we see several references which could have profound spiritual connotations. One might say this may be metaphoric as to the state in which Israel was and God awaited their cry for help to set them free. Let us take a look at the points of this story and their deeper meaning. God’s people were again sinning against God and so God allowed them to
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Paraphrase and Summary of Genesis 41 When the two full years had passed‚ pharaoh the King of Egypt had a dream. He was himself standing by the Nile River. When out of the river‚ there came up seven cows‚ sleek and fat. Seven ugly and gaunt bulls ate up the fat and smoothie ones. Pharaoh woke up. He slept and had a second dream. He saw seven ears of healthy and good wheat grown up on a single stalk. Seven ears of corn scorched by the East wind. The thin barley swallows up the healthy ears. Then‚
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The second difference in the Hebrew wording that gap theorist use to defend their view is the use of “hayah” and the phrase “tohu wabohu” in verse 2. The word “hayah” is translated “was” but according to gap theorists can also be translated “become” or “to be.” “If this verb is translated “became” or “to be” it would suggest a change from the original creation to a state of ruin.” However‚ the verb “hayah” (was) is a verb of being and to translate as anything else would be an incorrect translation
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Though Noah‚ Daniel and Job were in it as I live‚ says the Lord God‚ they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.Ezekiel 14:14 Through Ezekiel‚ God commends three Old Testament ‘worthies’ to us: Noah‚ Daniel and Job. Three saints who were not contemporaries – for their lives on earth were passed in distant centuries and different circumstances. Why did God single out these three? What doNoah‚ Daniel and Job have in common? We read that
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Sanctifying the new moon is one of 613 mitzvot found in the Torah‚ and has become the basis for the monthly Jewish holiday of Rosh Chodesh as well as the creation of the Jewish calendar. This mitzvah is derived from a biblical passage from Exodus: “This month shall mark for you the beginning of the months; it shall be the first of the months of the year for you” (Exodus 12:2). A passage from Leviticus relates to calendar division: “These are the appointed seasons of the Lord‚ which ye shall proclaim
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1. From the perspective of biblical authors‚ what was the central religious crisis facing ancient Israel‚ and how did this crisis affect the development of monotheism? Jewish scriptures are referred to in Hebrew as Tanakh‚ however‚ for many Christians‚ these books are referred to as the “Old Testament”. For the authors of the Hebrew Bible‚ the central conflict was over one issue: Would Israelites remain loyal to their one God(YHWH)‚ or would they worship the deities of the nations that surrounded
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Rabbi Judah the Prince is one of the remarkable personalities in the Jewish history. He emerged as the leader of the Jewish community and the Sanhedrin during late second century C.E. Through the cordial relations he established with Rome‚ Rabbi Judah embarked one of the major milestones in Jewish law and religion‚ the Mishnah‚ which refers to the codification of a previously existing law. Later on‚ Mishnah evolved as one of the three significant legal codes of Jewish law. According to Aggadah‚ the
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The Prophets by Abraham Heschel is a fascinating book which aims to understand the prophet by studying and evaluating the totality of his consciousness‚ in his relation not only to God‚ but also to man. According to Heschel the prophets purpose was to convey the very pathos of God‚ yet throughout each prophetic book the imprint or voice of the author is still felt (p. xxii). For these men prophecy was not just something that they did from time to time‚ it was a way of life and part of their very
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Explain the relevance of the ministry of the prophet Amos‚ a prophet of social justice to our present day setting. "Writing at a time of prosperity‚ when a sharp contrast existed between the luxurious life of the nation’s leaders and the oppression of the poor was the prophet Amos" (John W. Ritenbaugh) During the reign of Jeroboam II Israel had become a wealthy and prosperous nation. It was a golden age for Israel‚ a time of political stability and economic growth. This wealth however was not enjoyed
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