Torah

Deuteronomy is the last volume of the Chumash. The English derivative comes from the name that the book was given in the Septuagint (Δευτερουόμιου) and in the Vulgate (Deuteronomium). It is based on the inaccurate Septuagint translation of “mishnah ha-torah ha-zot" (Deut. 17:18), which according to traditional Hebrew grammatical rules should mean "a repetition [i.e. a copy] of this law." The Septuagint refers to it thus – τὸ Δευτερουόμιου τοῦτο – as though the expression meant "this repetition of the

Studying the religion of the Ancient Israelite People must be done in a careful manner. The ways in which biblical scholars frame significant ideas can have a major effect on how their point is received. Today’s ideas about the religious lives of Canaanites have been drawn on primarily from The Hebrew Bible and archaeological evidence. In their respective works, biblical scholars Benjamin Sommer and Carol Meyers choose to interpret these pieces of religious evidence is varying ways; Meyers takes

When humans were in their primal state, before they could even comprehend calculus or geometry, they looked at the trees, bushes and plants and grabbed the fruit from their branches. They then looked to the stars and were fascinated the way we are today. Neanderthals reconciled the fact they could not reach these stars with the theory that they were a fruit for a much more powerful and an encompassing being. The point being humanity has a habit of explaining what we cannot fathom, by creating a construct

Shabbat shalom and chag sameach. Thank you for joining my family and I on this important occasion in recognition of my becoming a bar mitzvah. I hope that you know that having you all here means the world to me. Today, as transition into a Jewish young adult, I feel it is important to acknowledge the people who have guided me, supported me, and loved me unconditionally and needless to say, I consider myself fortunate to have such an enthusiastic team that includes my family, my friends, and my community

The Book of Exodus, known in Hebrew as Sefer Shemot (“Book of Names”), is the second book of the Torah (Pentateuch) and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. Exodus recounts the events of the Egyptian enslavement of the Israelites, their subsequent liberation by their god, Yahweh, and the Deliverer, Moses, and their journey to the Promised Land. To facilitate the comprehension of Exodus—or to make hundreds of millions of dollars—film studios have produced many film adaptations of Exodus—two in

Hammurabi and Moses When reflecting on significant members of ancient times, Hammurabi and Moses symbolize substantial advancement in the creation of laws. Hammurabi of Babylon introduced his code centuries apart from Moses and his laws for the Hebrews; however, there are similarities shared between the two. Several reasons can be distinguished as to what accounts for the comparison within each set of laws. Along with having an abundance of similarities, the differences shared between the two

The origin of the Hebrew Bible is unknown, but scholars believe the earliest collections of writings- first five books- date back to nearly 3,500 years ago. The Pentateuch consist of these first five books. The Old Testament, which it is also known as, influenced its time period and still continues to do so today. The exile of the Judean people led their scholars to preserve their cultural identity through the Hebrew Bible’s usage of chiasm, repetition, and kinesthetic imagery. Each literary device

The first book that I will discuss is the book of Ezra. Ezra lived during the time several hundred years after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian exile, which would be around 400 BC. Ezra was a priest, who was an expert in the law of the Torah. The first six chapters of the Book of Ezra describe the return of the Jews from the exile in Babylon, which actually happened before Ezra was actually living. The last 6 chapters deal with the restoration of Jewish life in Israel after the exile

(Ben-Sasson 458-465) Due to immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Ashkenazi Jews also make up the majority of Jews in the United States as well and are therefore the focus of Krieger's study. The principle texts of Jewish law are the Torah, (sometimes called the five books of

How does the Church interpret the Bible or Scripture generally speaking? A partial answer to that question is hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is the science of interpretation and it functions alongside exegesis which is the process of understanding what a particular text meant in its original context. Exegesis would most likely be compared to the hashtag speak in today’s society. While some Catholics believe that exegesis is not as important as simplistic, devotional reading, it is quite significant in