...Hebrew Israelites HUM/130 Dr. John McGinn February 15, 2013 (Your Title Page looks good.) Hebrew Israelites An Israelite is a descendant of the scriptural patriarch Jacob. Jacob was the Grandson of Abraham and the son of Isaac. Jacobs name was changed to Israel (Genesis 32:28) and his descendants were called Israelites which denotes they are the children of Jacob or the Children of Israel. The Suffix “ITE” means a descent from. “ISRAEL-ITE” means a descendant of their father Jacob whose name was changed to Israel, but the question still remains, “Who are the modern day Hebrew Israelites”? How are Christian central beliefs different than an Israelites? (Work on opening paragraph - especially the thesis statement for your paper.) A Hebrew is a Descendant of the scriptural Patriarch Abraham. He is the first to be called Hebrew (Genesis 14:13). The Most High made a Covenant with Abraham and his seed. The Title Hebrew was passed on from Abraham to his Son Isaac and Isaac son Jacob and to Jacobs 12 sons who became the 12 tribes of Israel. The Israelites were known and called Hebrews mainly by outsiders or foreigners. The name means one who crosses over, or wander. It is also derived from Eber, which means "one who emigrates" and "beyond, on the other side." Abraham and his posterity being called Hebrews in order to express a distinction between the races east and west of the Euphrates River. It may also be derived from Heber, one of the ancestors of Abraham...
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...Tower of Babel. The Torah deliberately links these two societies and passes judgment on both. The new pharaoh begins by bringing his cause to the Egyptian people, making the following pitch: 'Look, the Israelite people are much too numerous for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase; otherwise, in the event of war, they may join our enemies in fighting against us and go up from the land' (Ex. 1:9-10). As presented in the text, the pharaoh's logic is hard to discern. His solution to the problem of Israel's burgeoning population is persecution and enslavement, rather than expulsion or genocide (Ex. 1:11). If they are too many, why not just kill them? Pharaoh does eventually order the killing of all the male babies born to the Hebrews, but only after his first policy prescription results in an Israelite population boom (Ex. 1:12, 16). Furthermore, if the Israelites represent a potential fifth column, why is Pharaoh afraid that they will leave the land? He should welcome their departure. Slavery, in and of itself, is not a reliable form of birth control. Nor does it engender the loyalties of the subjected population. Perhaps population control and national security were not Pharaoh's true aims. He was able to justify his subjugation of the Israelites with this pretext, but the lack of logic in his reasoning suggests that his...
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...The fixation by God and the Egyptian Pharaoh over the Hebrew People differ entirely in intention. God yearns to fulfill the covenant he had with Abraham, the forefather of the Hebrew people. The Hebrew people are destined to inhabit the land set aside for them by God, reaping the benefits for generations to come. The Pharaoh on the other hand foresees a much more gloomy future for the Israelites. The Egyptians acknowledge the Hebrews as an inferior race, destined to forever build great Egyptian cities such as Pithom and Raamses. The daily life of a Hebrew would be filled with nothing but hard labor to please the all-powerful Pharaoh and Egyptian gods. God sees the Hebrews as his chosen people. Since the time of Abraham, God had a plan for them to forever live under his watchful eye and be their caring eternal father. However, this plan had gone completely array with the Israelites being enslaved in ancient Egypt for the better part of four centuries. The Hebrews were forced to do hard labor and many began to question whether God still cared for them or if he existed all together. Everything God had done up to that point from choosing Abraham as the father of nations seemed to be all for nothing. God knew he had a covenant with the Hebrews to uphold and entrusted Moses to save his chosen people. This illustrates a glaring difference between how the pharaoh and god treated the Israelites. The Egyptians demeaned the Hebrews as a worthless slave race while God saw them as his own...
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...history book in the Bible's Old Testament. And Exodus is also a law book. The people called Hebrews were slaves in Egypt. God sent Moses to free them (Exodus 3). The people in Egypt did not want to free these slaves. But God caused many terrible troubles in Egypt. These troubles forced the people in Egypt to free their Hebrew slaves. So, the Hebrew people left Egypt. God promised the land called Israel to the Hebrew people. But the journey to Israel was through a desert. God did many wonderful things to help the people through the desert. God provided water (Exodus 17) and food (Exodus 16). Moses met God at a mountain called Sinai (Exodus 19). There, God gave the law to Moses (Exodus chapters 20-30). Moses made a special tent where the priests would serve God (Exodus chapters 35-40). We are writing books and articles to help you to study this Bible book. You can download these books and articles free. Please click on the links below to select our other books and articles. (space) The Book of Exodus begins more than four hundred years after Joseph, his brothers, and the Pharaoh he once served have all died. The new leadership in Egypt—feeling threatened by Jacob’s descendants, who have increased greatly in size—embarks on a campaign to subdue the Israelites, forcing them into slavery and eventually decreeing that all Hebrew boys must be killed at birth in the Nile River. The Hebrew women resist the decree, and one woman opts to save her newborn son by setting him afloat...
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...the departure from Egypt. God’s sovereign and powerful hand is seen in the miracles of the plagues—ending with the plague of death of the firstborn and the institution of the first Passover—the deliverance of the Israelites, the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egyptian army. The suffering of the enslaved Jewish People increased. When Moses was 80 years old and his brother Aaron was 83 years old, they entered the palace of King Pharaoh to deliver a message: "The God of Israel said, 'Let My people go, that they may serve me." Pharaoh did not believe in the God of the Israelites, and he refused to let the Jewish slaves go free. When Pharaoh continued to refuse to liberate the children of Israel, Moses and Aaron warned him that God would punish both him and his people with plagues. According to the book of Exodus, when Pharaoh hardened his heart and refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt, God brought a series of devastating “plagues” upon the people of the Nile. The plagues were intended to be a “smiting blow” of judgment against the “gods” of Egypt, as well as “signs” or “wonders” of divine intervention. Each of the plagues was designed to neutralize confidence in the false deities of Egypt. Egypt was a land of thousands of gods, and the Israelite people were not unaffected by the idolatry of these polytheists. This is reflected in the worship of a golden calf at...
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...documented through the precious Bible that was written in a long period of time. But along with the detailed history of the Israelites, come many ambiguities that need to be further investigated. One of these ambiguities is that of Asherah, “Queen of Heaven” and the consort of the gods. The aim of this report is to dig deeper in this subject, in order to better understand what the folk religion in ancient Israel looked like. The Figurines of the Mother Goddess William G. Dever makes a long study in his book “Did God Have a Wife”, about some figurines that were discovered in the excavations in Palestine which started in the 1920s. “The Iron Age Israelite figurines, never model the genitalia, or even the lower body at all. They emphasize the breasts”. Dever explains: “In the ancient world, breasts were associated with their most basic function: nursing an infant” (Dever, William G., Did God have a wife, page 187). What does these nude female figurines with wide hips and full breasts represent? Dever says that it’s with no doubt “the great Goddess of Canaan, under many guises”. She has several local names: Asherah, `Anat, Astarte, Elath or Ba`alat. There is a principal difference between the Canaanite figurines and the Israelite one discovered in Palestine. “While the Canaanite figurines portray the goddess as a rather lascivious courtesan of the gods, the Israelite ones are much more “chaste”, and portray her simply as a nursing mother”, Dever explains” (Dever, William G., Did God...
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...Damian A. Young L23752807 BIBL104_D75 8/06/2013 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Books Exodus The book of Leviticus is of the law genre containing age-old laws, with a little narrative and it is written in Hebrew. Several small themes have significance: blood, atonement, feasts, rules, uncleanness, and priesthood. Holiness is the major theme though, which all the smaller themes lead to. The key aspect of this book is the forgiving of the Israelites sin, by God thru sacrifices. After the exodus by the Israelites God begins to build his nation by setting order. The basic order is that of living a holy life as God is holy. This book of course was more than likely prompted to be written by the need to preserve the unwritten Word of God eternally. The Israelites were camped out on Mt. Sinai, and this book settled issues of clean and unclean, healthy and unhealthy. This book also contains what Jesus says is the second greatest commandment, which is “love your neighbor as yourself” (Leviticus 19:18). Joshua This book of the bible is a historical narrative, which speaks of conquest, via God’s promises. This book takes a course of revealing God’s promise to Abraham, within the covenant that his descendants would take possession of the land of Canaan. Most key aspects of this book contain various military battles in conquest to take the land of Canaan, by the hand of god. One thing worth mentioning is the story about Rahab, which depict our salvation by “grace through...
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...king's edict." Hebrews 11:23 Revered as a prophet but even more importantly as a teacher and a lawgiver, Moses was the leader of the Israelite people 3,300 years ago during their journey from slavery in Egypt to freedom as a nation in the land of Israel. For 40 years Moses led the people through the desert on their way to Israel and helped shape them into a nation that could live under the laws of God. Moses oversaw the creation and development of the first Israelite systems of worship, the anointing of the family line of his brother Aaron as priests, and the creation of a legal system of governance for the community. Ancient Israel had a long oral tradition of laws and legends, and it is likely that some parts of the story of Moses were written long after his lifetime. Modern scholarship recognizes that while the core of the biblical story of Moses contains real history, there is disagreement as to the accuracy of every action and every word attributed to Moses by the biblical writers. Whether one views the Bible as the revealed word of God or as the writing of inspired people, the figure of Moses towers over the early history of the Jewish people. Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions revere Moses for his central role in communicating the Ten Commandments and the Torah directly from God to the Jewish people soon after their escape from Egypt. Thus, the Torah is also known as the Five Books of Moses. According to Genesis, the first book of the Bible, the Israelite people first...
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...birth and call of Moses, the Israelites leave Egypt, and the Ten Commandments. Moses was born in a time of hardship. Moses was born and delivered to the family of Pharaoh. Moses was raised by the Pharaohs daughter who thought of him as his son. While he was trying to protect a Hebrew person he killed an Egyptian. He then escaped to Midian. While in Midian he met his wife Zipporah. God appeared to him and instructed him that he was the chosen one to free his people from Egypt. Moses and his brother Aaron returned to Egypt and demanded that the Pharaoh let the Israelites go free. Pharaoh refused and God sent plaques. The plaques resulted in death of the firstborn. The only people that were spared were the ones that had the blood of lamb on their doorpost. Finally, the Pharaoh let the Israelites go but then he changed his mind. He decided to attack the Israelites that live near the Red Sea. God parted the water and allowed the Israelites to cross. Then the Egyptians were demolished. While the Israelites while on their journey God presented them with the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments were a list of religious and moral directions that created a covenant between man and God. Numbers The book of Numbers is a narrative genre. The key themes are a census, rebellion, wandering, and Canaan. The key events are that spies were sent into Canaan, Aaron made the high priest, and water from the rock. It begins with a census of the Hebrews. The journey from Mt. Sinai...
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...Exodus / Aaron / Sinai Exodus is the second book of the five books, known as the Pentateuch or Torah of the Old Testament, dating back to 1445 BC. In the Hebrew Bible it is referred to as Shemoth and the English designation was taken from the Septuagint title, Exodus. Jewish and Christian tradition has believed Moses to be the author, however, controversy arose in the 19th century. It is now thought that it could go back as far as the 6th century during Babylonian exile that the first draft occurred known as the Yahwist. Some key themes, purposes, events, and personalities in Exodus is Moses was born, Moses chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery, and the Ten Commandments where written on two tablets by the hand of God himself. At the birth of Moses Pharaoh feared the growth rate of the Hebrews and ordered all male Hebrew children to be thrown into the Nile. Moses’s mother hid him for three months but when she could no longer hide Moses she constructed an ark and placed it by the river bank. Moses was found by Pharaoh’s own daughter, which she had compassion for Moses, and later adopted him. Later when Moses was 40 years of age (40 years in the wilderness) he encountered God through a burning bush. God spoke to Moses through the burning bush telling him that he was chosen to lead his people, the Israelites, out of Egyptian slavery. The center account master piece regarding Moses is the events that took place at Mount Sinai. The Ten Commandments being the...
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...The Israelites were of the Hebrew religion and live around 13th century BCE. They were from Israel and came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household. The Israelites were enslaved by Pharaoh because Pharaoh feared that there were too many Israelites and if they kept multiplying and a war was to fall upon the Egyptians the Israelites could join the enemies of the Egyptians and fight against them and possibly escape from the land. The Egyptians were the people of Egypt and they served under the Egypt King, who was King Pharaoh. Pharaoh was a new King and he did not know Joseph. Pharaoh had great concern about the Israelite people multiplying and possibly taking over Egypt in case on war. Therefore he was a very cruel king and worked the Israelites very hard. He made them serve with rigor and made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and brick, and in all kinds of work in the field; in all their work they were made to serve in rigor. Pharaoh killed the male born children of the Hebrew women out of his on going fear and concern for them growing strong and mighty in numbers. He tried to get the midwives to kill the male babies at birth but the midwives very uniquely disobeyed Pharaoh therefore he ordered the sons to be cast into the Nile. God found favor on the midwives for not following Pharaoh's orders in killing the babies. God came to Moses and told him go back and speck to your people and tell them it's time ...
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...Deuteronomy Deuteronomy is the fifth book of the Hebrew Bible. On the day before the Israelites enter the Promised Land, Canaan, Moses delivered three speeches to the Israelites and reminded them to obey God. Moses emphasized the promises God made to the Israelites and the importance of loyalty to God. Moses warned them not to worship idols and cautioned them the punishments they would get if they disobey God or worship idols. He also told the Israelites that they had to follow God’s commandments in order to take the Promised Land. Whether they would live a good life in the Promised Land depended on whether they followed God and His law. Throughout Deuteronomy, Moses explained to the Israelites why they should obey God. Although some of the commandments are surprisingly harsh from the modern perspective, I argue that the biblical text and the harsh punishments emphasize the overarching theme that obedience to God is obligatory and the importance of covenant, which is a contract between God and the Israelites. Deuteronomy discussed various reasons that Israelites had to obey God, and there was no other option. Moses explained that obedience to God is compulsory. In Deuteronomy 6:4, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.” Moses mandated the Israelites to be loyal to God. The LORD is the only God to obey. That is the rule. Moses stated that obedience to God was...
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...Introduction How exciting it is to open the bible to the book of Exodus and read the narrative of the fulfillment of God’s promise in the rescue of the Israelites from captivity in Egypt—the call of Moses, the plagues, and the dramatic manifestation of God on Mt. Sinai. Though the book of Exodus is most famous for the revelation of the Ten Commandments contained in Chapter 20, it remains vague in terms of where the biblical account actually occurred, and yet we cannot begin to fully understand the Old Testament if we look at it as merely a piece of great literature, or as some have suggested nothing more than interesting legend, or the elaboration of superior ideals. … The Book of Exodus is a narrative of the sacred history of Israel from the sojourn in Egypt to the completion of the Tabernacle in the wilderness. The term Exodus comes from the Greek terminology and literally means “going out,” an appropriate title for the book that narrates how under the leadership of Moses, the Israelites escaped from Egyptian persecution and began their journey back to the Promised Land. To be certain, all human history is the scope of God’s sovereignty. God became especially involved in the lives of a relatively unknown people, culminating a historical event that changed biblical history and altered the course of their lives and culture. When we seek to understand the meaning of our individual life events, we don’t actually begin with birth or infancy, even though a biographical account...
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...Introduction There seem to be some incidents that are difficult to understand in the Bible, so Thomas G. Long questions whether every biblical text can be preached. The mysterious death of the man named Uzzah is one of these incidents, described in 2 Samuel 6:1-10. The passage is about David and his soldiers’ moving the ark to Jerusalem. As the ark processional arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, oxen stumbled, the cart bearing the ark tipped, and the man named Uzzah reached out to steady the ark. Then God struck Uzzah dead. David became angry and named the place Perez-uzzah. On one hand, it is believed that this incident is caused by Uzzah’s violation of the divine directives, which are that the ark should be handled correctly according to God’s instructions. As Ingrid M. Haase, “scholars have always stressed the inherent sacredness of the ark and that it did not need puny man’s attention to survive.” Since the sanctity of the ark was so extreme and its violation so serious, when Uzzah had reached out to the ark, this alone was reason enough to be put to death. On the other hand, David F. Payne analyzes Uzzah’s death in the following manner, providing a somewhat naturalistic cause: “Uzzah, with the best of intentions in the world, instinctively put out a hand to steady the ark, and having done so was horrified at his own action, and overcome by fear suffered a heart attack or something of the sort.” According to Eugene H. Maly, Uzzah slipped and fell on the rocky...
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...Moses’ life Moses is undoubtedly an important figure in Jewish history. Moses was born in Egypt, around 1571 BC. Moses’ name means “drawn from the river”. His story started like this. The Pharaoh ordered sent men to kill the slaves’ baby boys as the Pharaoh thought that the Israelites will overpopulate and then soon overrun the Pharaoh. An Israelite mother – Moses’ mother – After hiding Moses for 3 months, she put Moses in a small basket on the River Nile to save his life as he would have been killed by the Pharaoh’s men. But then, the Pharaoh’s daughter found Moses on the River Nile, adopted him and took care of him and named him ‘Moses’ as he was ‘drawn out of the water’. Moses is Rameses’ adopted brother but they are not blood brother as they don’t come from the same mother. Ramesses becomes the Prince of Egypt but the Pharaoh likes Moses more than Rameses. Rameses appoints Moses as Royal Chief Architect....
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