Essays Tagged: "Judea"
Hebrews and Yom Kippur
38 B.C.-400 B.C. The Jews return to the Holy Land. Joshua and Zerubbabel are the religious heads of Judea. Haggai adn Zechariah are the prophets in Judea.332 B.C. Alexander the Great conquers Jerusale ... re persecuted and the cult of Zeus is established in their temples.104 B.C.-37 B.C. Hasmoneans rule Judea.63 B.C. Pompey captures Jerusalem stretching the Roman power to the Holy Land.26 A.D.-36 A.D. ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Major events in Jewish history to the first century AD
t copy of that of the Qumrans/Essenes.SamaritansSamaritans originated from the area located between Judea and Galilee, when the Assyrian settlers intermarried with the Jews that lived there. The popul ... eves that light and darkness are entwined in a constant battle of cosmic realms.First Century Roman JudeaSummary of major New Testament Christian LeadersPeterPeter was one of the first, and major disc ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Arab-Isralie conflict
Then they marched through Egypt until he captured the Suez Canal. Soon Israel also took Jerusalem ,Judea and Samaria. Within six days the Israelis also took their nearest threat, Syria. In Syria they ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
Prophet Ezekiel.
lon was a leading political power as a nationand one action of theirs was to exile the people of Judea in order to keep a tighter grip on their power. As the exile went on, Jerusalem and the Temple ... on their power. As the exile went on, Jerusalem and the Temple in the city were destroyed with the Judean people still in exile with little hope or thought of redemption left.Ezekiel himself was ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
The Creation of a Jewish Homeland: A Two Thousand Year Struggle
d can be traced as far back as two thousand years ago. During this period, AD 47, Israel was called Judea and it was governed by a Roman governor, who was concerned strictly with Roman interests, as i ... nd were allowed to freely worship at local synagogues. Following the Roman conquest of AD 70 Judea, present day Israel, existed only as a providence of Rome. Its name was changed shortly there ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a novel by: Lew Wallace
had been of the desert a part.The Arab has impressed his language upon everything south andeast of Judea, so, in his tongue, the old Jebel is the parent ofnumberless wadies which, intersecting the Ro ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Compare and contrasting religions
re all from the same geographic origin, which is in the Middle East. Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea the prophet of Islam Mohamed, was born in a city in western Saudi Arabia and Judaism originate ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Chanukah
ar of 3622. This holiday celebrates the events which took place over 2,300 years ago in the land of Judea, which is now Israel. In order to remember this miracle, we light a Menorah for the eight days ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The story of Jesus Christ and his actions before his crucifiction. The Sermon on the Mount is also included.
governor Pilate, Joseph and his wife Mary had to travel back to Joseph's home town of Bethlehem in Judea. When they arrived there, the inns were full and Mary's time had come. The only available lodg ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History
Christianity Outline: Historical Background, Key Principle and doctrines, Current followers, Intolerance, and Key ceremonial practices.
he Son of God.b) Jesus, also called Jesus of Galilee or Jesus of Nazareth, was born in Bethlehem of Judea, about 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) from Jerusalem.c) Guided by the words of an angel, shepherds c ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
What can be learnt from the Acts of the Apostles about life and society in the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean in the 1st century A.D?
that Luke recounts within Caesarea are mainly concerned with Paul's trial before two proconsuls of Judea (Acts 24.2-3, 25.1-2). The two proconsuls of Judea were Felix and his predecessor, Porcius Fes ... was wrong in his thoughts. F.F Bruce's comments support this. " It is doubtful if the procurator of Judea (Felix) had any competence to take up general complaints, which were probably designed to prej ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Why did Christianity succeed in the Roman empire? Why didn't it just disappear? Does persecution make a group stronger?
and worshipped idols. After some time, a new religion called Christianity rose among the people of Judea. However, as soon as it appeared the Romans started to persecute Christians for not worshippin ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Jesus
zareth, and his followers, a ragtag bunch of fishermen, tax collectors and others.Jesus was born in Judea. He was of the lineage of David, his father was Joseph and his mother was Mary .The family liv ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Jews
"˜Jew' originally meant a member of the Hebrew tribe of Judah or a member of the Hebrew state, Judea. Both the Old Testament and historical theory trace the ancestors of the Jews to the an ... st Tribes of Israel.' In 597B.C. the kingdom of Judah was attacked by the Babylonians. Most Judeans were taken to Babylon where they lived in exile. When the Persian Empire conquered Babylon a ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Matthew 2 verses 1-12 - Epiphany of Christ
dates of Herod's reign 37BC-4BC. Matthew simply tells us that Christ had been born in Bethlehem in Judea - a fact confirmed by the chief priests and teachers of the law - verses 4-6, as being prophes ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Jewish Military
esponsible for the destruction of the holy city of Jerusalem including the Temple while ruling over Judea. In the later centuries of Roman rule, the empire forced Jewish conversion to Christianity and ... ighly symbolic and historic coincidence. In 1953 a series of ancient letters were discovered in the Judean dessert. They were the letter of the last commander of ancient Judea, Simon Bar Kokhba, who l ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Compare Lenn E. Goodman's article "In Some Moral Minima" with Relativism theory.
d group. Terrorism can be found in history as far back as 1st Century A.D.; known as the Zealots of Judea. Hostages are often used to gain leverage in negotiations, inflict fear, ransoms, and trade ha ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
christianity vs hinduism
and has the largest number of adherents"(smith, 317). Christianity started about 2000 years ago in Judea. Christianity is founded on the ministry and teaching of Jesus Christ ('Jesus the Messiah') wh ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity