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    The Hebrews and the Assyrians have some things in common and some differences. Hebrews were more of a religious society‚ as to Assyrians were more of a society that’s more worried about conquering the world and ruling over everybody. The Hebrews stuck to more of just worrying about themselves and to not go to war unless they had to. The Assyrians were always out fighting and conquering new places to expand their kingdom. Their tactics were gruesome and they made the enemies fear them to where they

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    Hebrew Parallelism

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    The three types of Hebrew parallelism: “synonymous‚ antithetical‚ and synthetic”. Parallelisms are ideas that don’t always interact with other words but they are repetition of words in structure form. One of the three forms of parallelism is synonymous‚ which can be defined as “closed similarity between line structures of the writing (Tullock & McEntire‚ 2006 p. 189).” Secondly‚ the antithetical form of parallelism is when the “second line contrast with the first line (Tullock & McEntire‚ 2006 p

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    The hebrew bible

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    Hebrew Bible as Literature Instructions: Identify the following passages‚ providing their full contexts and their significance and meaning. 1. So Bathsheba went to the king in his chamber.—The king was very old‚ and Abishag the Shunammite was waiting on the king.—Bathsheba bowed low in homage to the king‚ and the king asked‚ “What troubles you?” -The following passage is found in 1 Kings 1:15‚ in which it entails how Bathsheba is troubled to know that her son will be the next king of Israel

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    Outline of Hebrew history

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    Outline of Hebrew History The Hebrews originated in Mesopotamia and migrated to Canaan Some Hebrews journeyed to Egypt and became forced laborers In the early thirteenth century‚ Moses led the Hebrews in the Exodus from Egypt Wandering in Sinai‚ the Hebrews were uplifted by belief in one God‚ Yahweh The Israelite Kingdom Wandering Israelites returned to Canaan and joined other Hebrew tribes Israelites were loosely organized into a confederation of 12 tribes under Yahweh Philistines invade

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    compiled of poems and ideas which became a sacred book called “Avesta”. These followers believed that if you did good in this life; you will go over a bridge in the afterlife to a good place. Now‚ if you did wrong and or bad in this life; you will go over a bridge in the afterlife into a terrible life. The Hebrews was the 1st consistent monotheistic people from poly to mono. Yahweh is the name of their God. While Moses was leading the Hebrews out of Egypt and making a covenant with the people;

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    and the Hebrews Their development from the 3rd millennium to 2nd C.E. When the canonization of the Hebrew Holy ("TaNaKh") took place. Frank Mancini irg@ix.netcom.com MESOPOTAMIA Mesopotamia was the land of four primary civilizations: the Sumerian‚ the Akkadians‚ the Babylonian and the Assyrians. The Hebrews‚ like the Akkadians‚ belong to a group of people known as Semites and from there we can see the influence of Mesopotamian culture in some of the Hebrews traditions

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    Hebrew Word Hayah

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    The second difference in the Hebrew wording that gap theorist use to defend their view is the use of “hayah” and the phrase “tohu wabohu” in verse 2. The word “hayah” is translated “was” but according to gap theorists can also be translated “become” or “to be.” “If this verb is translated “became” or “to be” it would suggest a change from the original creation to a state of ruin.” However‚ the verb “hayah” (was) is a verb of being and to translate as anything else would be an incorrect translation

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    Babylonians vs. Hebrews.

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    Babylonians vs. Hebrews The Hebrew creation story‚ found in Genesis from the Hebrew Bible‚ was based upon the story of one creator‚ God‚ the order of how things were created and the lives of the first man and woman. The Babylonian creation story‚ Enuma Elish‚ instead of having one god‚ had two god in the beginning‚ Tiamat and Apsu‚ and was the story of how several gods were born‚ thus creating different elements of earth‚ as well as the creation of the different features of the world after the

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    Hebrew God Essay

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    Theology was to the Hebrews a new endeavor‚ as their religion was simply that there was only one God‚ a concept that most other people at the time did not consider. The task that the Hebrews had to accomplish was figuring out who their God was‚ how he relates to his creation‚ and essentially defining their religion as a whole. This in itself is Theology; the study of God and religious belief. The God they describe in Genesis is creative and all powerful God‚ drawing his creation from nothingness

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    Hebrew Bible Exegesis

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    The translation and exegesis of the Hebrew Bible ‚ have led to many versions of stories that we thought we knew‚ especially the book of Genesis and the first fall story . Hebrew words such as adam‚ and other significant words in Hebrew language will be the main focus on in this paper. These words can have very different meanings according to the exegetes and also of a person ’s belief system that is translating them. Thorough critical analysis of postexilic writings will cast doubt into believers

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