Israelites

The time of authorship is vague as well. Joshua was likely first written during the 2nd millennium BC, Judges at least after the mid-11th century BC, and Ruth after 1010 BC (ESV Study Bible). Joshua describes how the titular character leads the Israelites in a campaign to take Canaan. The beginning of this book starts with God promising Joshua that he will be with him, and that Joshua must be strong and courageous. Joshua begins to take and the land and much of the contents are about this,…

separate Christians from the bible. With all of the translations and different versions of the bible, it is very easy to become distant from the bible. A few of the things that create this distance for modern day Christians is the language that the Israelites used and the culture that they had. Over the years, culture has changed so much, and if one were to look at how culture has changed over the last few thousand years, they could see the hundreds of differences in modern day culture to their…

Throughout the book of Judges, the Israelites went through many hard times. They created this cycle that they could not get rid of. The Israelites had many “judges” to help them get onto the right track with God but it never really worked out. After each “judge” would die then they would just go back into the sin they had started. I believe the Hebrews were very disappointed reading the book of Judges seeing how their ancestors acted instead of putting their trust in God. The book of Judges…

because it is the rememberance of the israelites' freedom from the Egyptians. “Israelites were forced into slavery by the Pharoh and God gave Moses the power to give plagues to convince the Pharoah to free the Israelites. The last plague God sent out to scare the Pharoh enough free the Israelites was that the Angel of Death would kill all of the firstborn children, both livestock and human. So the Angel of Death would know which houses had Israelites in them, they were told by God to…

appear that there are two cases of resistance. First, Pharaoh resists God directly, and second, the Israelites resist the Egyptians who enslave them. However, upon further inspection it is apparent that neither is truly resistance. In the final cases of Pharaoh not obeying God’s commands, God hardens his heart, essentially creating “resistance” by taking away Pharaoh’s agency. As for the Israelites’ case, there is no mention of what they are thinking or doing throughout the entire narrative of…

successful leader. The Israelites…

while God is stilled explained using anthropomorphism, the Israelites develop a less individual relationship with God but more of a respectful, fearful association. They must have this perspective as well as an intermediary, often Moses or sacrifice, because of God’s overwhelming glory. His magnificence is depicted as too great, so otherworldly, and beyond human grasp that to even see Him is dangerous. When Exodus 16 describes the Israelites being supplied with manna in the mornings and…

lies between Mount Hermon and the Dead Sea. Moses had died, in turn, leaving Joshua in full command of the Israelites. After forty years of wandering through the desert, the Israelites finally have their opportunity to enter into the promise land. Canaan is a land consisting of many hostile groups that really seem to have it out for the Israelites. Jericho was the first city that the Israelites destroyed in order to start their conquest of Canaan. J.D Douglas states that Jericho’s “strategic…

control of the conversation by professing his thoughts on the Israelites and how they should be lead. This shift extends to the fact that Moses is not just God’s hand picked spokesman to the people, but is now his faithful companion. In the beginning of this excerpt, Moses straightforwardly expresses his discomfort with the idea that God has not told him who else He “will send with [Moses]”, showing that Moses acknowledges that the Israelites will not follow him or obey him if he is leading…

Through symbolism, vivid imagery and comforting emotional appeals, Psalm 23 allows Israelites to trust in God and be able to follow Him without a second thought. The use of the first person in the psalm can be from a singular individual such as King David, who the Psalm is of, but can also be used as a representative of the population of Israel in a singular whole. The key theme of Psalm 23 is the trust of the Israelite people…