Analysis: The Spoils Of Jerusalem

          In the story, “by the waters of babylon”, the character John is a protagonist. He is the son of a priest and wants john to become a priest too. The reason  that the character  John is a protagonist because his thoughts and emotions are expressed throughout the story. In the story the author states, “so i learned the ways of those houses-and if i saw bones, i was no longer afraid.”

The south panel depicts the spoils taken from the Temple in Jerusalem. The Golden Candelabra or Menorah is the main focus and is carved in deep relief. Other sacred objects being carried in the triumphal procession are the Gold Trumpets and the Table of Shew

Which would you value more-knowledge, or truth? Stephen Vincent Benét explores this question in his short story “By the Waters of Babylon”. However, Benét doesn’t answer this question exactly, instead “By the Waters of Babylon” focuses more on a singular theme that knowledge and truth are intertwined. Benét brings the reader into a post-apocalyptic world where humans have resorted to a more primitive state after the “Great Burning”(310). Now the only humans left with any knowledge are the Priests, and John happens to be the son of one. John has been exposed to the only remaining knowledge that he’s been told his society has at that the time and now quest for more. This burning desire that John has to know more of

The Crusades were a series of wars over the holy lands such as Jerusalem between European Christians and the Ottoman Empire between the 11th and 15th centuries. They fought for many reasons such as control over religious sights, access to trade and protection of fellow christians.

The Crusades, a series of wars, are an extremely important part of history in the 12th century, occurring during the Middle Ages. The Middle East or the Holy Land was always a place that Christians traveled to to make pilgrimages. The Seljuk Turks eventually took control of Jerusalem and all Christians were not allowed in the Holy City. As the Turks power grew, they threatened to take over the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople. The Byzantine Emperor, Alexius I, asked Pope Urban II for help and Pope agreed, hoping to strengthen his own power. He He united the Christians in Europe and In 1095, Pope Urban II waged waged war against muslims in order to “reclaim the holy land.”

In both I Am Legend and “By the Waters of Babylon,” the author and the director have very comparable styles when it comes to certain aspects of their work. The theme of both the film and the story revolve around the idea of humanity destroying itself due to the misuse of power and misunderstanding of the knowledge they had acquired. On the contrary, the mood in I Am Legend and “By the Waters of Babylon” are vastly different. In the film, the viewer feels the pain and loss embodied by Robert Neville himself; while in the story, John didn’t have any personal losses related to the catastrophic event that overtook those before him. Therefore the reader doesn’t connect to John in the same empathetic

The Siege of Jerusalem has been incongruously regarded as anything from a “chocolate covered tarantula” (Hanna 109) to “a work of moderation” (Narin Van Court 169). While these opinions greatly differ and are in immediate conflict with each other, there is no doubt from any critic that an important piece to the study of Siege is discussion of its treatment of Jews. Whether the poem is intended as an allegory for the crusades, or at its heart a piece of anti-Semitic literature as many suspect, there is a need to grapple with the portrayal of the Jews.

attacks, especially since it broke the church code of law (“Jews and the Crusades”). As a result of the Christians hatred, the crusaders began their Crusades with attacks on the Jews. One of the first major attacks on the Jews occurred when Emicho of Flonheim lead an attack against the Jews of Mainz on May 27, 1096 (“Jews and the Crusades”). The Jews fled to the palace of Archbishop Ruothard, but Emicho’s forces were too strong and broke through their gates (“Jews and the Crusades”). When the Jews saw what their fate was, many Jews, “fell upon one another, brother, children, wives, and sisters, and thus they perished at each other's hands.

Although the exact age of the Jewish faith is debatable, one thing is certain, it is a faith with an extensive, and at times tumultuous, history. Throughout the history of Judaism, Jewish people have faced ongoing persecution and discrimination. Despite these conflicts, the faith is alive, strong, and growing. Like many religions faced with adversity, Judaism has had to accommodate the ever-changing world to maintain their faith. One significant moment of change, the falling of the Second Temple, had the opportunity to destroy Judaism for good, but the Jewish people came together and reformulated their religion in order to save their faith.

Today we are looking at Palestine and will bring its history up from the 6th century, until the 6 day war.

Probably the most prevalent concept in the book is a heart at peace vs. a heart at war. A heart at peace sees others as a person causing us to consider their emotions, thoughts, and behavior. While a heart at war views others as objects or obstacles causing us to disregard their emotion and concern. An example provided in the reading about peace of heart talks about Saladin, and how he viewed his enemies as people and not objects. It is fascinating how the Crusaders and Saladin had a common goal of taking Jerusalem. What differed was their method of achieving their goal. On one side, the crusaders heart was at war causing them to have a gruesome behavior when conquering Jerusalem. If you view someone as an obstacle, you most likely have no

Saladin (born in Tikrīt, Iraq) rose to power during the time of the Second and Third Crusades. He gained a reputation as a superior general, and was nicknamed the merciful by Arabic sources because of his merciness and Kindness towards everyone. His name is most widely recognized among Westerners for his military wars with King Richard I during the Third Crusade. Among Muslims, he has often been viewed as a hero of Islam for his efforts to unite the Islamic states and protecting the capture of Jerusalem in 1187. Saladin has also been cast as a man of mercy and this is with particular reference to his refusal to slaughter the Christians in Jerusalem when he won it back in

Information in Chapter 3 about the creation of the First Temple in Jerusalem was very interesting for me. I found it intriguing when the book went more in-depth with segments from the Bible. I never imagined that David from David and Goliath was king and father to King Solomon! Reading the link between the historical documentation of Isreal and the information in the Bible was

This Hercules Victor sculpture is made out of gilded bronze and was excavated from the Forum Boarium.1 This area is close to the Tiber in Rome with a circular and round inspired layout which is also home to many temples.2 The sculpture of Hercules Victor was located within this complex area and stood in front of the impressive Temple of Jupiter Optimus.3 To display the sculpture right there was not just to illustrate Hercules brute strength, but also hints to the significant meaning of the Forum Boarium to the people and Hercules in that period of time of Ancient Rome. In Roman stories Hercules was also known for his bravery who defeated twelve extremely difficult labors.4 While the Forum Boarium used to be seen as the old cattle market, to

The term intifada properly translates as shaking off and in this literal sense the first two uprisings in 1987-1993 and 2000-2003 failed to achieve the goal of Palestinian autonomy or eventual independence.