Bethlehem

It is commonly thought the star of Bethlehem rose in the east and continued brightly as the wise men followed the star to Bethlehem. Recent evidence has shown this is not the case. Key evidence shown in the Bible reveals nine specific characteristics this ‘star’ needs for it to be the true star of Bethlehem. Beyond these, there are questions about the star and those who witnessed the event that need to be answered. These questions include: Who were the wise men? How did they know what the star meant

signaling the dawn of the apocalypse. In the essay, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” Didion highlights how the failure of society is brought about by a family’s inability to fulfill traditional roles and a lack of education as exemplified during the Hippie movement. While poet Muske-Dukes utilizes gothic language and allusion to illustrate the notion of an apocalypse in the poem “Like This”. In the essay “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, the author parallels the destruction of society to the weakening of

events such as revolutions and wars. As seen in “Slouching towards Bethlehem” where you see the effects of the Vietnam war in the 60’s movement, hippy movement, and how war changed the beliefs of the American people Because of change it leads to a conflict between generations. In nonfiction, the tone and hidden meaning shown in the story are heavily influenced by major events at that time. In Joan Didion’s essay, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem,” she uses descriptive imagery, structure and references to WB

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion is not what one would call a “feel-good” read. It is for all those people who have lost their sense of place or sense of time or sense of self. Didion opens the book with an epigraph, a W. B. Yeats poem stating, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” The narratives are so poetic, they seem to be myths, stories conjured from the potential lack of excitement in 1960s California. But, alas, the reports are true. It is because, in the news, one does not

preview screening for his Israel travel special. The special highlighted both Israeli and Palestinian culture and life through Conan's adventures across the country. Scenes show Conan having a mini Bar Mitzvah in Tel Aviv, haggling for a hookah in Bethlehem, floating in the Dead Sea, and many more activities of daily life across all of Israel. The audiences fell in love with the TV host's jokes and experiences in Israeli and Arab daily life. But, they were troubled when footage of a Palestinian

The true people of the now Roman occupied provinces of Palestine are now but almost destroyed of their independence, their loyalties now lie with the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire’s overview of Palestine. The Hebrew descendants of Abraham himself are in pandemonium of where their beliefs in God lie now as the Roman’s slowly but constantly squeeze the religions of the hebrews. Many of the hebrews are too afraid to confront the Romans once again in a revolution, as the present revolutions only resulted

If one leaves, one no longer receives an adequate fill. Most of where the Book of Ruth occurs is the town of Bethlehem. ‘Bethlehem’ is the Hebrew term meaning ‘House of Bread’. Thus one would believe it would be very odd for there to be a famine in the House of Bread, as it is stated in the beginning of the Book. Now here is where the initial plot begins to unravel. On one hand, Bethlehem is on the west side of the Jordan River, where the LORD considers the ‘Promised Land’ to be throughout the Bible

Chilion from living in a town known as “the house of bread” in Bethlehem to the land of Moab on his own will to escape death. Here the two sons married unequally yoked Moab women by the names of Orpah and Ruth. All within a decade Naomi loses her husband and two sons to death. One day Naomi hears that God’s favor has returned to Bethlehem and that food is available so Naomi decides to return. Not too far into the journey back to Bethlehem, accompanied by Orpah and Ruth, Naomi tells Orpah and Ruth

The triptych Melencolia I (1514), St. Jerome in his Study (1514) and Knight, Death and the Devil (1513) by Albrecht Dürer are allegoric copperplate engravings, known as the old master prints, which embody the three spheres of human activity: the “intellectual”, “theological” and “active”1. Whereas the latter focused on the strengths of humanity through the figure of the ‘knight’, who perseveres despite the threat ‘death’ and immorality pose to the mind, the former highlighted man’s hamartia in this

Estrangement is felt outside of Palestine, but even the return of the exiled Palestinians proves to hurt their connection towards a Palestinian identity because the reality sinks in that the occupation has caused them to still be strangers even in their homeland. El-Hassan , who was born outside of Palestine and then as an adult was finally given a permit to go to her family’s homeland stated “So when I returned to Palestine I thought that finally the theme of exile would be replaced by the theme