The Tribe Of Judah

The history of Jews in host cities often depict a story of success or of failure when it comes to relations between the Jews and the Christians in Europe. Historian Jonathan Elukin, author of Living Together, Living Apart, presents the integration as a success process with rare, and special cases, of failure. On the other side of the spectrum is historian Raymond P. Scheindlin. Scheindlin’s novel, A Short History of the Jewish People, presents many cases of integration between the Christians and Jews that led to massacres and brutal endings for the Jewish community. There are many monumental events that take place during the long span of time that oversees European Jewish history, and both historians study and evaluate the events, however, they do so through different lenses.

For ages the Jewish population did not have a place to call home. They had been wandering around deserts, were once slaves in Egypt, but didn’t have any land to their name. Following the Holocaust, after many Jews had been persecuted by Hitler and the Nazis, a good portion of the overall amount of Jews in the world let alone Europe had been exterminated. As a result, Harry Truman and the UN suggested Israel, a homeland for the Jews. Tensions had been growing throughout the beginning of the 20th Century regarding the Palestinian area in the Middle East. This area was off to the side of Asia, near Africa. When the Jews and Arabs were offered part of this land, war broke out and still continues today. Even though a war happened as a result

The Israelite civilization dates back to between 1300 and 1200 BCE when they settled in Canaan from Mesopotamia. This was considered their homeland. The Israelites developed from the Cannanites, since their civilizations began together along with the Jebusites. They faced a lot of struggles, but after migrating to Egypt, and being separated into two kingdoms, they kept the faith that they would someday return to their homeland. The greatest achievements of the Israelites was their architecture, monotheistic religion, Ten Commandments, and their military. However, they were not enough to save the civilization. They fell due to the decline in leadership within the civilization, and attacks and conquest from the Assyrians and Babylonians.

Liberation Theologian, Gustavo Gutiérrez linked creation with the exodus as one continual event to explain God’s salvific nature. The link reveals God’s continual involvement in human history, not a God outside of human history. Gutiérrez argues that God sets the Israelites free from their oppression because God desires a more just world. Similarly, James Cone links God’s election of the Israelites with the exodus to explain liberation from oppression. According to Cone the link between election and the exodus is inseparable and serves as a major consideration in Cone’s definition of theology. Cone argues God continues active involvement in human history through the prophets in the Old Testament. The major difference between Gutiérrez and

Arab and Jew Wounded Spirits in a Promise Land by David Shipler gives an in-depth looked in his time and experience in the Middle East. He is able to show how both Arabs and Jews have found themselves in the midst of an ongoing battle for power and control over land. They both found themselves, not being to live among one another. During this time in the 1980s some were trying to find peace during a time of hardship and gloom, but many were still caught in the normal life many lived filled with hatred towards one another.

The Anasazi are the “ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians” and they are from the four corners region, the corners of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah (Witze). They were able to produce a lot of crops even though they lived in an area of little rainfall. They learned to farm in barren lands. They were very artistic people. They are known for “their baskets and pottery and are highly admired by collectors” (“The Anasazi”). Most people know them because of their cliff dwellings. They built homes on mountainsides as a defense mechanism. They also are known for their pits, kivas, that were temples of worship for their ancestors. More recently, they have been come to known for possibly partaking in cannibalism between 1150 and 1175 AD. This has caused a huge debate between archaeologists and the Puebloan people.

The Jewish religion makes Israel’s culture in 722 B.C. - 540 B.C. distinctive. Israel’s religion is important in the fact that it started the Catholic culture. Though most Christians do not do the same things the Jews did back then, the bases for their beliefs and ideas came from the Jews. The Israelites’ way of life was influenced by their religion. They maintained their faith even when they were being exiled. Their work, customs, laws, and other things were all influenced by their Jewish religion. The geography of Southern Israel was also important in the way that the location affected their way of life and work. These folkways and work are important since their religion influenced them. Religion was their structure of life.

During the time of the holocaust, Resistances all throughout germany took a stand against the Nazi Germans. The Holocaust, also referred to as Shoah, was a mass genocide taking place during WWII taking the lives of six million jewish citizens under the rule of Adolf Hitler. As these tragic events continued to occur, Jews used armed and unarmed forms of resistance to retain their humanity.

The Hebrews are a Covenant oriented demographic. Their holy book is the Torah and as defined by God for the Torah there are six Covenants to follow these would include: Abrahamic, Mosaic, Priestly, Davidic, and the New Covenant. The main question pertains to the fact of how faithful were the Hebrews And God to these Covenants. Another thought is to how did these Covenants separate the Hebrews from their surrounding neighbors? Can these covenants be applied to daily life and resound on a personal level in 2016 as well?I firmly believe that the covenants can provide a peace of mind for those that are willing to accept the Scriptures and apply them to be a more ethical and morally sound person.

This paper is on the book Ben-Hur and Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ. This is a wonderful story of a man named Judah as he goes through struggles with his best friend Messala. Judah must do what must be done to protect his family. Judah goes through many trials in the story while trying to rival with Messala. Judah's mother and sister who have gone missing after they were taken prisoners. This paper is on the differences between the movie and the book.

There were several factors that caused the church to conflict with the Roman officials and with its Jewish forbearers. The Christian community fellowshipped with the Jewish community; therefore, they both worshiped in the same temple and synagogues. That didn’t last long, conflict and tensions among communities began.: “death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr” (Fant437). Many apostles were arrested or suffered a great persecution for preaching the Christian faith. The Jews didn’t believe in Jesus, but the Christians viewed Jesus as: “Jesus of Nazareth, and the messiah” (Fant441). Both communities have different perspectives pertaining to the beliefs, the values and the traditions.

Israel and Judah survived the collapse of the united monarchy for 50 years after it fell. This was due mostly to the fact that there was no state that had achieved dominance around them (cite book pg. 158). After Omri was able to reform his alliance with Phoenicia Israel’s relations with Judah changed for the better. To symbolize the union between the two kingdoms, Ahab’s daughter was married to Jehoram of

1.What had happened earlier in Israel’s history at this place?  How might that explain why Elijah went there?  Why do you think it took forty days and nights for Elijah to reach Horeb?

The Jews have a 5,750 year history, tracing their origins to Biblical times. Evolving out of a common religion, the Jewish people developed customs, culture, and an ethical system which identified them as Jews regardless of their individual religious attitudes. The ancient Jews were both conquerors and the conquered. But they were among only a handful of ancient peoples to survive, despite centuries of persecution, massacres, and their dispersion amongst all of the world’s nations. Where other peoples assimilated, the Jews adopted some local customs and folkways, but held onto the basic tenets of their religion and culture.

In the chapter “the legal position of Jews in Christendom,” Mark Cohen argues that the Jews did not have rights under the Jewry law which was enacted by Christians. The Jewry law was complex because it was enacted from different sources and changed over time. The Jewry Law was part of the Theodosian Code, which mixed the tolerations and restrictions. Some laws in the Theodosian code showed that the Jewish people were protected against the wanton assault. Later, under the Pope Gregory’s regulation, the Jews got more toleration. However, this period of toleration did not last long. In the thirteenth century, Christians began to enhance the restrictions and exclusion to the Jews and the protection to the Jews attenuated accordingly. The Conon Law and Secular Jewry Law also indicated the negative attitude toward the Jewish people. The serfdom of Jewish people showed that they did not have freedom, but they could earn freedom by unchallenging the authorities. The laws sometimes gave protection to the Jews, but overall it was not fair to the Jews.