Hebrew

Genesis could be broken down into two sections: Chapters 1-11 (God & the World) and 12-50 (God & Abraham’s Family). What hinges the two parts together is contained in chapter 12, assisting us in understanding the message as a whole and introducing to the rest of the bible. Genesis 1-4:16: Here we begin where everything is darkness and disordered, however; God puts everything into order, creating a world where life can thrive. He finally creates Adam and Eve (A&E) in His image, which He meant

1 Samuel picks up the theme of war, disobedience and provision from Judges and carries them forward through God’s use of Samuel and Saul. God used them to bring Israel victory over their oppressors despite Israel’s continued disobedience. Through his provision of the judges, victories and kings, God displayed his omnipotence over the Israelites. Since these themes are carried over throughout Judges and 1 Samuel, God is shown to be the same God over his people. From the start of Judges, war is a prevalent

The Book of Ezekiel contains three different sections in which all three address a subject matter. There’s almost nothing mentioned about Ezekiel in the book, his name is only mentioned twice surprisingly. Ezekiel was one of the more youthful men taken to Babylon in the first captivity, which happened in 597 B.C. In spite of the fact that Ezekiel existed amid a period when the Babylonians consistently crushed Israel his confidence stayed solid with one God, Yahweh. Not at all like Ezekiel, countless

By being the chosen people, to the Hebrews it meant that they had reasons to serve God. When God first appeared before them and annihilated the Egyptian army, Moses explained that god “put the fear of him” (Exodus 20, line 20) upon the Hebrews so that they would not sin. The Hebrews out of fear would then serve God. God then made a contract-like condition, where if they obeyed his rules “blessings shall come upon you and overtake you” (Deuteronomy 28, line 2). On the other hand, if they disobeyed

love has no one than this: to lay down one 's life for one 's friends” (John 15:13). This belief is shared by the tribes of Israel featured in the Hebrew Bible. This small nation requires each Israelite to be willing to die for the moral code and religious statutes handed down by their god, Yahweh. This ideal of selflessness is evident throughout the Hebrew Bible, but especially so in the stories of two midwives, the mother of Moses, and a prophet called Amos. Here, Israelites show the importance of

(1) What events lead to the exile of the Hebrews in Babylonia? To the Hebrew people, their exile to Babylonia and the destruction of the First Temple was brought on because they had displeased Yahweh by not following his laws and by not living a lifestyle devoted to him. Once the Hebrews reached the land of Canaan, division splintered them into eleven tribes, but with war constantly occurring in the neighboring nations, the Israelites soon realized they had to unite if the Jewish people and religion

Hebrew Wisdom on Diligence and Laziness Bible 105-B27 LUO: Old Testament Survey 201320 Spring 2013 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx L33333333 Liberty University February 24, 2013 Hebrew Wisdom on Diligence and Laziness There is a great deal of Hebrew wisdom in the Bible in regards to the subjects of diligence and laziness. Throughout the book of Proverbs the words of lazy and diligence can be found in many different forms. Sluggish, sluggard, and idle describe laziness. The word diligence can also be

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has provided me with a critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible and introduced a wide variety of interpretive strategies, including African American, anthropological, feminist, historical-critical, Jewish, and literary perspectives. These approaches were presented by our author’s, L. Juliana M. Claassens, Peter Enns, Walter Brueggemann, and John L. Collins. Each author provides a unique interpretation to help us comprehend how the text is an expression of one’s interpretive

The Hebrew epistle is addressed to the Hebrew Christians living in Rome (Jensen, 408, Heb. 5:11-12). The intense warnings contained in the epistle indicate that the Hebrew Christians were in a backslidden state, in danger of apostatizing from Christ and returning to Judaism (Jensen, p. 408). Specifically, the Hebrew Christians’ faith, enthusiasm, and convictions were fading and they neglected prayer, public worship, and the Scriptures (Heb. 3:6, Jensen, p. 408). The Hebrew epistle is addressed to

In the course of human history, few books have fascinated scholars to the extent of the Hebrew Bible. This is not to say that biblical scholarship has been static. Instead, it has evolved over the course of many centuries of scrutiny, both of preceding scholarship and the Bible itself. Scholarship relating to the Hebrew Bible, then, is often grouped into two categories: the work of the ancient interpreters and that of modern scholarship. Operating from two very different sets of assumptions, there