Documentary hypothesis says that there were several authors who wrote first five books of the Bible. In my essay I will try to discuss J, P, and E - authors of Genesis, Exodus and Numbers. I must admit that all these authors had lived after the division of the kingdom. AUTHOR J This author was identified as J for using word Yahweh or Jehovah for the name of God. Also there is an interesting theory that author J was a woman. Of course, there are statements that prove it. First of all I want pay your
For this, it is important to understand who Amos was and the context of his book that put forth the message of Yahweh. To start off, the prophet Amos is believed to have been prophesizing around the time when Jeroboam II was the leader of Israel and Uzziah was the king of Judah. Jeroboam died in 747 BCE and Uzziah in 733 BCE. Beyond this, to better understand the time frame of Amos, he is said to have preached 2 years prior to the earthquake, based off of archeological evidence. Thus, Amos was most
Israel were the chosen people. Amos goes on to list some of the sins of Israel. The underlying theme behind many of the sins was that the wealthy and powerful were alienating the poor and the weak. Amos lived during the long and prosperous reign of Jeroboam II. During this time many people became very wealthy. There were, however, some who remained poor. The wealthy exploited the weakness and vulnerability of the poor.... ... middle of paper ... ...ust society. In our interactions with our families
the Pequod; a Nantucket whaler, hunts in the Pacific Ocean. In Herman Melville’s’ Moby Dick, the Pequod meets nine ships, as three are named the Jeroboam, the Samuel Enderby, and the Rachel are filled with biblical allusions and foreshadow the end of Ahab’s life while showing his increasing distance between him and humanity. The captain of the Jeroboam, who tells Ahab of his first mate’s death upon attacking the white whale, is accompanied by Gabriel, an insane sailor who believes himself to be the
I. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a background for the book of Amos. The author, audience, date, place of writing, occasion and purpose, and the literary genre of the book of Amos will be explored. The study is conducted using internal evidence from the book of Amos and other respected external sources. II. Author Verse one of the book of Amos may yield confusion concerning the author – “The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa—the vision he saw
throughout the years. Never going out of date and teaching every generation to come to trust god. According to jeremy myers “Jonah lived and ministered in Israel during the 8th century BC, during the reign of King Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:23-29). Second Kings 14:25 says that King Jeroboam II “restored the territory of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the Sea of the Arabah, according to
David and Solomon King David proved to be a wise and effective leader for Israel. However, it can be said that his son, Solomon, made several mistakes during his reign. Many of his problems originated from his Temple, a stucture that was conceptualized by his father to be a deterrent against the paganism, which infested the land. Yet, it seemed as if several of Solomon’s policies actually encouraged paganism rather than deter it. King David, a member of the tribe of Judah was chosen by God to lead
armies if Frodo gave him the Ring. When he realized that he would not receive the Ring, he ended up cursing hobbits. This kind of thing happens in reality. In 1 Kings 12, it tells about Rehoboam. Jeroboam led Israel and asked Rehoboam to lighten their load of work. Rehoboam, after three days, told Jeroboam and
teaching that Abraham sacrificed Isaac on Mt. Gerizim, not Mt. Moriah (i.e. Jerusalem). So Mt. Gerizim became the "Holy Mountain" Hodges 3 of the Samaritans after 538 BC, which was nothing more than a continuation of the ideas Jeroboam had introduced in 931 BC. Just like the Muslims tried rewrite history the Samaritans did also by saying what is stated above to bring importance of historical figures of importance to have supposedly done what they were famous for on their particular
The book of Jonah is an adventurous story of a prophet chosen by God to go preach denouncement to a heathen nation. With the exception of stating that Jonah is the son of Amittai, the book itself fails to reveal any background information. Nevertheless, a plorthea of scholars have attempted to provide us with some insight to the, who, when, where, and what of the book. This paper will utilize four scholarly commentaries in a quest to determine the author or authors of the book, the time when it
As David aged, the urgency was to appoint the next king. In accordance to the Davidic covenant, the throne had to be passed on to the son of David. This matter had to be settled swiftly and decisively when David was still alive to avoid a civil war when his sons battled for the throne. Eventually, Solomon the son of Bathsheba was appointed king of Israel. This section discusses the Solomon’s succession, wisdom and reign. 1. Solomon's Succession (1 Kings 1-2) The transition of the kingship from
The initial ship that the Pequod comes into contact with in Moby-Dick is with a whale ship named “The Goney” (Melville 194). Although the two whaling ships pass by each other in close proximity, the men aboard the Goney, a Nantucket ship named for the Albatross, remain silent until monomaniac Ahab presents the captain with the familiar question “Have ye seen the White Whale?” disregarding any Gam etiquette of a friendly introduction and invitation to board the Pequod. (195). In response to Ahab,
instructed by God to give to his children, symbolized God’s judgment. The first son was to be named Jezreel. This name referred to the Valley of Jezreel, where the founder of a dynasty by the name Jehu massacred all the descendants of Ahab putting Jeroboam II on the throne (2 Kings 10:11). Israel did not learn from this massacre and therefore God was going to put an end to its kingdom in the valley of Jezreel. The next child born was a girl and was to be named as per ... ... middle of paper ...
Studying the Old Testament is not as straightforward as some may think. Being able to recall stories of the Bible does not necessarily mean you have a thorough grasp on the history of Israel and the surrounding nations. Some people read and discuss the Bible without a solid understanding of the history and social issues that were going on at the time. Being able to relate to the stories in the Bible and struggle with some of the same problems faced by the people in the Bible gives you a greater
Solomon’s Temple in regards to Israelite worship “I intend, therefore, to build a temple for the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord told my father David, when he said, ‘Your son whom I will put on the throne in your place will build the temple for my Name,” (1 Kings 5:5 NIV). After the death of David, around 970 BCE, his son Solomon wanted to expand Jerusalem, the religious capital of the world (Freedman 355). David was dearly loved by God, so much so that God described David as “a man after
“The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge discusses the superstitions of sailors and the consequences of ignoring those superstitions. Ahab, as a Quaker, leans more towards Christian beliefs, and therefore does not subscribe to the same superstitions as his men. These Christian beliefs, however, do not show up on the page. In the place of those beliefs, a black hole exists, one that Ahab believes restoration can only come with the death of Moby Dick. Moby Dick is more than a
Exodus through Deuteronomy demonstrate the relationship that God desires to reestablish with man through promises to Abraham and his descendants. As the reader ventures through Exodus, the words are fulfilled that “Abrams descendants will be enslaved for four hundred years.” God’s spares Abraham’s descendants from a great famine and lead them to Egypt during the time of crisis by Jacob’s son Joseph. Exodus tells the tale of Abraham’s descendant, Moses, whom God uses to deliver the children of
tenth century BCE. The name, Yahwist, was used because God was named Yahweh in its writings. Secondly, the Elohist, was a source that was founded in Israel, which was also called the northern kingdom. It was written during the time of the rule of Jeroboam. in the ninth century BCE, after the Yahwist. The name, Elohist came from writings interpreting the Hebrew God as
prophet that he became. Amos translates “to carry the burden,” and the burden that he carried were the sins of the Israelites at the time. Their sins had an impact on his life. Amos lived during “the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake(ESV. Amos, Intro),” and worked as a shepherd in the town of Tekoa in Judah, suggesting that he was from the lower ranks of society, “I was neither a prop... ... middle of paper
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick Herman Melville began working on his epic novel Moby-Dick in 1850, writing it primarily as a report on the whaling voyages he undertook in the 1830s and early 1840s. Many critics suppose that his initial book did not contain characters such as Ahab, Starbuck, or even Moby Dick, but the summer of 1850 changed Melville’s writing and his masterpiece. He became friends with author Nathaniel Hawthorne and was greatly influenced by him. He also read Shakespeare and