When Abraham was 86 years old, Sarah had not yet given him a child, so she told him to go to bed with her slave Hagar. The age of Abraham was pluralistic, it was much more common to have multiple wives and carnally involved with one’s slaves. After their dalliance, Hagar gave birth to Abraham’s first child, Ishmael, who’s name means God Hears. They lived together as a family until 13 years later, when God prophesized that Sarah would give birth to her own son . Isaac’s birth created a divide within their patchwork family, the two mothers were at odds over their places in Abraham’s household. Isaac, who’s name means He Laughs , evokes Sarah’s reaction when God told her she would have a son. When Isaac was born, Ishmael caused trouble by insulting and mocking him. With a son by his wife, Abraham was now more willing to cast off his fist born son Ishmael. Because Sarah realized he would have been a bad influence on Isaac, she proclaimed to Abraham “Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.” Abraham feared that casting out his first born son would create an even worse situation; but God told Abraham to do what Sarah had requested, and he sent Hagar and Ishmael away with only food and water for their journey.
During their journey, Hagar and Ishmael got lost in the wild of Beer Sheba, and ran out of supplies. An angel approached them and said that God had seen Ishmael’s suffering. The angel expressed that God had proclaimed that Ishmael would become the father of a great nation. God blessed Ishmael because he was Abraham’s son, and Ishmael’s children became a great nation—known as the Ishmaelites, or the modern Arabic people.
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... battle. During this war, Israeli forces captured the Sinai, Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights after Arab forces. These territorial advances gave Israeli a buffer zone against their Arab neighbors and enemies. Later, in October of 1973, the Yom Kippur War took place, with human losses on both sides but no changes in Israel’s borders.
Then, in 1978, President Carter brought Egyptian and Israeli leaders together at Camp David. They discussed a treaty where Egypt would regain full control of the Sinai Peninsula. As a result, the three nations signed the Camp David Accords on March 26, 1979; Egypt recognized the State of Israel and lent the world hope there would be one day be peace in the Middle East. Beginning with the Oslo Accords in 1993, several peace summits and proposals have attempted to broker a broader peace plan, with limited success
Carter is decidedly recollected, be that as it may, for the noteworthy 1978 Camp David Accords, where he intervened a memorable peace understanding between Israel's Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat. This key summit resuscitated a long-lethargic routine of presidential peacemaking, something each succeeding CEO has copied to shifting degrees. In any case, due to saw shortcomings as a residential and
Shem, the son of Noah. He was born on the southern tip of the Tigris and
Abraham obeyed God by preparing wood and loading his donkey and took away Isaac and two servants with him. On reaching the place ordered by God, Abraham built an Alter and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on altar, on top of the wood and picked up the knife to kill him. Abraham was stopped by the Lord’s voice from heaven telling him, he was an obedient man who honored God. The angel of God confirmed to him how God would richly bless him and give him many descendants as there are stars in the sky or grains of sand along the seashore.
The Israeli-Palestine conflict is an event that has been well documented throughout the course of Middle-Eastern history. The conflict dates back as far as the nineteenth century where Palestine and Zionist, will later be known as Israel, are two communities each with different ideologies had the same overwhelming desire to acquire land. However, what makes this clash what it is, is the fact that both of these up and coming communities are after the same piece of land. The lengths that both sides went to in order obtain they believed was theirs has shaped the current relationship between the two nations today.
Judaism is a religion with an excess of 13 million believers located mainly within the United States and Israel. Of all the religions practiced today, Judaism is one of the oldest. The roots of Judaism can be traced back over 3500 years to the Middle East with a lineage that descends from Abraham as a patriarch. With Abraham as a common ancestor, Judaism is considered one of the Abrahamic faiths alongside Christianity and Islam. The historical events within the Bible of Judaism’s past, all the way back to Abraham, have molded the beliefs and traditions practiced by Jewish adherents today.
A covenant has been defined as an agreement by two groups of people, one more powerful than the other, and the inferior group held accountable until the agreement or bond has been fulfilled or satisfied by the lesser of the two. The lesser of the two also agrees to remain loyal to the powerful or dominant and by the same token the powerful has the obligation to provide protection. In Abrahams late age God came to him with a covenant making him fertile and is to become the father and ancestor of many nations and which will bear many kings from generation to generation. The covenant included the circumcision of every man and child that was 8 days and older which gave everyone including God sign of acceptance of the covenant and those who did not accept the circumcision will be considered as not in agreement and will be cut from the covenant. God needed a figurehead and a strong willed person to lead his chosen people of Israel. Abraham was a strong authoritative figure in his family and had the qualities of a leader and teacher of good character. Abraham set the tone in the household and never let his children take control of any situation that demanded his attention. God was seeking for a man who would embrace the responsibilities of what God willed and would be faithful to the end.
One day, Abram had a vision. In the vision God tells Abram to leave his father’s house which is today’s Iraq, and travel to a place that God will show him. God said that if Abram who becomes Abraham obeyed this command, his descendants would become a great nation, and that he will bless thee,...
One of the major issues between Palestinians and the Israelis is the unresolved issue of Palestinians not having an independent homeland. The Palestinians will continue to resist Israel until they have obtained a land of their own separate from Israel. In 1947, the United Nation proposed a Partition Plan that would separate the land between the Jews and the Arabs. The Arabs turned the United Nation down, even though that would have resulted in them gaining their own land. In return the Jews decided to declare their own independent state, Israel. After declaring its self an independent state a war broke out between Israel and Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Palestinian, and Iraq. During the...
...nt Carter tried to establish peace among Israel and other Arab nations. He brought Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat together at the Camp David Retreat Center where an agreement was made between the men and U.S. Troops were to be stationed in the Sinai Peninsula to keep watch.
Since the Arabs were living in Palestine when the Ottoman Empire control it. Since the Arabs defeated the Ottoman Empire with the help of from Germany, “Just short of 6 months the Palestinians were crushed, militarily and psychologically” (document 8) On the other hand, Israel grew beyond the partition lines, gained more defensible borders and they destroyed Arab homes reducing their population. The Palestinians rightly felt that the Israelis were taking over the area and were pushing out of lands promised to them in both the Balfour Declaration and the UN 1947 Partition.
The first problem, “Is there a teleological suspension of the ethical?” begins by declaring that the ethical is the universe which applies to everyone. However, our purpose in the universe, is to act ethically. “As soon as the single individual wants to assert himself in his particularity, in direct opposition to the universe, he sins, and only by recognizing this can he again reconcile himself with the universe” (Kierkegaard, 1985, p. 83). I think that this statement makes sense because we cannot move forward in life unless we acknowledge the mistakes that we have made.
The War of 1948, also known as the War of Independence, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The war began May 15, 1948 when units from the armies of Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq invaded Israel launching a war that lasted until December 1948.# The war resulted in the defeat of the Arab forces and the success of Israel as a newly established state. It is evident that the Arab forces were not successful in the first Arab-Israeli war because the Arab army lacked motivation, education, and proper equipment.# Despite the support from Arab states outside of Palestine, the Arabs were unable to gain enough strength to overcome the Israeli forces. In contrast, the Israeli army was able to succeed because they had unconditional support from the Jewish community, efficient infrastructures, and modern equipment. Israel also used significant strategies that proved lethal against the competing Arab forces. With the Arab communities unorganized attempt to go to war in 1948, it was inevitable that Israel would come out of the war as the victor.
The religion known as Islam has a rich history beginning with Ishmael’s birth in 1911 BC. Ishmael is the figure known in Christianity and Islam as Abraham and Hagar’s son. Hagar was a slave to Sarah and Abraham, but since Sarah had trouble conceieving a baby Abrham had a baby with Hagar. Sarah eventually realized she did not like that Hagar and Ismael were living with her and her family so she asked for them to be sent away. As a result, Ishmael and Hagar journied to Mecca. Later Abraham returned to Mecca and built the Ka’bah, or a holy building. The Ka’bah became a refuge and place of pilgrimage. Abraham and Ishmael prayed that God would send a messenger to tell their descendants about God and holy revelations. In Islam, Ishmael is known as a prophet and ancestor to Muhammad.
... Abraham’s call because his descendants were destined to receive God’s divine purpose. However, Isaac, the child of faith in God’s promise, was to be the progenitor of the spiritual birthright: “for in Isaac shall thy seed be called” (Genesis 21:12, KJV). The New Testament contrasts Ishmael to Isaac, “But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.” (Galatians 4:23, KJV) The principle of faith in God’s promise as the means of election is established in Abraham’s progeny as it was introduced by his response to God’s call. The reliance of anything other than God Almighty for the fulfilment of the promise is eradicated in Abraham’s test of faith concerning the sacrifice of Isaac. Faith in God Almighty is the only means for Israel’s existence and election in history to fulfill its divine destiny and divine purpose.