Why The Jezreel Journey To Israel

Moses: The holy book of my faith is the Torah, and contains the Old Testament. The Old Testament is also used in the Christian’s Bible, making the Torah the foundation for the Bible.

Christians have the Holy Bible and Jews have what is known as the Tanakh. In relation to the Christian Bible, the Tanakh is only the Old Testament, while the Holy Bible is both the Old Testament and the New Testament. This means that stories like Creation, Original Sin, and Ten Commandments are the same for both religions. While the Tanakh is the Jews’ form of Jewish scripture, the Torah is what they believe to be the most sacred (Fisher, pg. 248). The Torah consists of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (Fisher, pg. 278). This is why the sacred text amongst these religions are alike, yet so different.

The Old Testament is the largest part of the bible nestled behind the leather binding in the front of the book. Unlike most books, told from one-person or even two this is comprised of multiple, some stories even having two different versions in another point of view; over time it has become a large collection of ancient texts written and re-written by different authors and editors over the many years. The stories show the ancient Israelites, they show the laws, and rituals, which make up their religion and the small embers, which will one day, turn to a flame that is Christianity. The Jewish people view these stories as collected in what they call the Torah, is the collection for what makes up their history and the promise that God gave to them, as well as their laws and what they worship today. For the Christians the Old Testament is still seen as sacred, but most place a stronger importance to the New Testament.

     The Gospels can also help us to interpret what the Old Testament is directing us to do because Jesus helps us to

The most memorable one was the Western wall. I had never experienced anything like it. I was surrounded by people who were part of all different cultures and religions, coming together at this one place all for the same reason. This landmark was packed full of people. But not in the usual way like when walking around New York City. People were still pushing and shoving but it was not because they were in a hurry it was because they were eager to be apart of their religion and heritage and to feel close to their family and ancestors. All around the western wall people sing and dance together. Even if you do not know the person next to you, for those next few minutes it certainly feels as though you do. The other students and I who traveled to Israel spent the next few hours at the wall observing and taking part in the religious events. My favorite part of being at the wall was coming together with everyone and dancing. For a solid twenty minutes everyone one the women’s half of the wall sings and dances together. I am not one to sing and dance in front of people I do not know but in this instance I did not feel uncomfortable about it at all. The emotions of everyone around you at the wall are overwhelming. Many people cry because they have never felt so close to their heritage. Visiting the western wall not only taught me but showed me that there are certain places in the world and certain times in life were everyone can be unified. This improved my literacy and was a sponsor to me because of the different types of people I got to see and also by physically getting to be at the wall and experiencing the history and culture that it signifies and

The Hebrew bible was extremely influencial in the Christian religion; it made up the Old Testament of the Christian bible. The people in the New Testament were of the Hebrew religion.

The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament, contains many of the religious beliefs and practices as well as the origins of the Israelites. This document may not be perfectly accurate with the history of the Israelites, but it provides a foundation for the events that happened.

All three religions contain sacred texts that all contain “laws” or teachings. The Hebrew Bible (known as the Old Testament to Christians) is the foundation of Judaism. The first five books are called the Torah. The Torah means “the law” and the religious law, Halakhah, is taught in a separate book. However, the Torah, contains the teachings god has provided about himself, his purposes, and how people should obey him in every aspect of their life. The Bible is the sacred text of Christianity. It consists of the Old and New Testament.

The Bible is a collection of texts sacred to Jews and Christians. Judaism and Christianity may both use the word Bible, however the texts included in their respective collections differ.

Although it is argued that rabbis began work on compiling the oral histories prior to the fall of the Second Temple, there was a definite resurgence in documentation of the important history and moral laws of Judaism after the fall. The most important of these written documents in the Jewish faith is the Hebrew Bible. This bible is comprised of the Torah, Nevi’im and Ketuvim, these three components combine to make up the Tanakh. The Torah is the core of the Hebrew Bible and contains the story of creation, as well as directions on daily conduct and religious rituals. The Nevi’im contains the stories of prophets. The prophets were people that spoke on behalf of God to the Jewish people. Lastly, the Ketuvim is comprised of mostly imaginative literature such as psalms, proverbs and poetry (Molloy, 294). Shifting the focus from priests and temple to a written work that is accessible to all regardless of location was the main adaptation of Judaism and certainly saved the faith. Although the historical accuracy of the Hebrew Bible is debatable, as some stories may have morphed from their origination to when they were assembled in writing, the bible still remains at the core of Judaism today.

2. The Hebrew Bible is the TNK, which, in Christianity, is known as the Old Testament. The term TNK stands for the Torah, the law; Neviim, the prophets; and Ketuvim, the writings. The Protestant Old Testament is the same as the TNK, but they are divided differently. That's why the Protestant Old Testament has 39 books and the TNK includes 24. The Catholic and Orthodox editions of the Old Testament include the Apocrypha, because it was written in Greek, which was the major language in those religious denominations. The TNK, on the other hand, does not include the seven books of the

Thus, Christians should read the Old Testament because the Old

Before the gospels and Pauline epistles, early church Christians related to the Old Testament as Scripture and viewed their Christian walk as the fulfillment of the promises made to Israel from the Old Testament, which foretold of the coming age of the Messiah. The first New Testament Christians understood the importance of the Old Testament; it was their “Bible” they preached from. Just as in the early church, Christians today need the Old Testament for preaching and in which to reference and understand Christ’s purpose for why he came.

Christians see Jesus as continuous with the God of Judaism. A collection of Christian writings was added to the Jewish scriptures known as the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible. The Christian writings, called the New Testament, record the life and teachings of Jesus. They also describe the development of the early church and explain what faith in Jesus means. The Christian Bible includes both the Old and New Testaments. Some Christian groups also accept as part of the Bible a collection of writings called the Apocrypha.

To speak of the Hebrew Scripture is to speak of story, a story stretching from the very beginning of time to only a few centuries before the beginning of the Common Era. It is to speak of richness of content, of purpose and of reality and to engross oneself in an overarching narrative that, depending on your personal convictions, continues to the present day. Within this richness is found a wide variety of different events and experience, told through a series of genre ranging from foundational myth to apocalypse, law giving to poetry, genealogy to wisdom and many more. Within this diversity however, three broad sections can be discerned that speak to a shared purpose and content, these are the sections of Law, Prophecy and Writings. It