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    The Role of Women From ancient times to modern times‚ the position of women in Jewish society has often been challenged and reformed. From the first century when women had no rights‚ to recent history where women are granted the right to become ordained rabbis‚ they are in a constant motion to fight for more equality among the men. In early times‚ women had a specific role that was mainly in the home and separate from the heavily spiritual lives that the men had. Their rights were limited‚ barely

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    Distinguishing Between Sexism and Religion INTRODUCTION One of my first assignments after my arrival to Florence was to keep a journal of my direct experience of Italian society and culture‚ with a special focus on gender. Subsequent to receiving the assignment I remember thinking to myself that I had no idea how to do that‚ but figured that I would catch on. On the contrary‚ it took me longer than I thought it would to understand this project. Staring off I did what was easiest and wrote about

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    THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY Theme: Covenant Renewal Setting: The East Side of Jordan River‚ in view of Canaan Purpose: To remind the people of what God had done and encourage them to rededicate their lives to him. Key Verse: Deut. 7:9‚ “Understand‚ therefore‚ that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and constantly loves those who love him and obey his commands.” Outline: A. What God has done for us: Moses first address

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    Joshua spelled Yehoshua in Hebrew‚ meaning "Yahweh is salvation‚" and when translated into Greek is spelled Jesus. Born and raised in Egypt‚ Joshua is frequently referred to as "Joshua the son of Nun." His story begins when Moses‚ after leading the Israelites out of Egypt‚ appoints Joshua to be in charge of choosing and commanding those Israelite men who would be capable of protecting the Israelites against any hostile forces during their journey from Egypt to Canaan. This decision by Moses proved

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    Love and Memory in Deuteronomy‚ is the prompt for this weeks reflection paper. First‚ we must identify what each of those terms means to us in context to Deuteronomy and for me Love does not just mean love in the sense that we all know. Although you could easily write a reflection amount the many ways God displayed his love to his people‚ like when he parted the seas for them and crushed the Egyptians behind them‚ or when he was slow to anger when they chose to worship Baal while Moses was a top

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    Genesis Genesis was written to explain God’s creation of the world and to show his love for all that he created.  In Genesis Moses explains the creation of all things‚ "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". He explains the fall of man in sin and separation from God. God implemented a flood and selected Noah‚ a faithful man‚ and his family‚ to spare. God wipes out humanity and starts again‚ with one secluded family. God begins to carry out his plan of redemption in the beginning

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    The Four Source Theory is a well-known concept among the religious community that attempts to explain how the Pentateuch was written. The plagues in the book of Exodus are great examples of how these sources have come together throughout history. One plague in particular‚ the plague of hail can be attributed to the Elohist (E) source with some additions from the Yahwist (J) source and the Priestly source (P). This text also reveals much about God and his power. Dr. Rabbi Tzemah Yoreh discusses

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    In the Old Testament‚ there are no laws that explicitly call for the punishment of Hebrew masters who murdered their non-Hebrew slaves. Furthermore‚ the Hebrew term for slave (ebed) makes no distinction between Hebrew and non-Hebrew slaves. It is employed to refer to both Hebrew slaves and non-Hebrew slaves. Certainly‚ then‚ the verse could easily be referring to non-Hebrew slaves. These facts‚ coupled with the fact that shed blood could not go unavenged in Israelite society‚ strongly suggest that

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    Israel‚ a relatively young country in the Middle East‚ experiences rich cultural differences among it’s people. Israel has become more diverse over the past 100 years. The three main contributing factors to it’s diversity are it’s people‚ the religions‚ and the languages. Israelis‚ or people of Israel‚ have made their society more diverse. First‚ the different types of people have created diversity. Israel is home to peoples like Jews‚ Arabs‚ and Bedouin Arabs. Tensions have been caused in Israel

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    Written in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis 1:1-31 through to Genesis 2:1-3‚ is the most popular Hebrew and Christian version of the Creation story. To begin with‚ in the first day God creates heaven‚ Earth‚ day and night. Then on the second day the skies and oceans are created followed by the creation of dry land‚ vegetation and fruit trees on the third day. Continuing on the fourth day God creates the sun‚ moon‚ stars and then on the fifth day all creatures that swim along with all creatures

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