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The Experience of Israelite Refugees

… paper examines the textual and archaeological evidence for Israelite refugees in the kingdom of Judah in the eighth … festivals honoring that foundational event focus on the Israelites being refugees. The book of Ruth relates the story … labor. [46] Rather, it is more likely that the northern Israelites who initially fled to Judah in anticipation of …

Disability and Social Justice in Ancient Israelite Culture

… what follows, I will discuss some aspects of the ancient Israelite cultural context that are important for an accurate … to disabilities may contribute to our knowledge of ancient Israelite society. Cultural and Social Context People with … his soldiers to slay people who are lame or blind in the Israelites’ conquest of the city of Jerusalem. Here, …

Darkness, Light, and the Lord: Elements of Israelite Theophanies

… ideas seem to be somehow tied together in the ancient Israelite concept of the presence of God. While the … [5] It is only after the Exodus from Egypt that the Israelites record a high degree of luminous terms in … cultural milieu was changed significantly while the Israelites were in Egypt, thus producing Egypt-like …

"Let Me Take Another Wife": Israelite, Jewish, and Latter-day Saint Polygamy in Historical and Literary Perspective

… During biblical times, Israelites and Jews [1] practiced polygamy, often called … in this paper we will summarize what is known about Israelite and Jewish polygamy in the Old Testament, the New … of the population lives in polygamous households. [7] The Israelites of the Old Testament lived in a geographical and …

Balaam in the Book of Numbers

… The latter portion of the book of Numbers recounts that the Israelites, toward the end of their forty years of dwelling … relates a unique episode in the Old Testament when the Israelites finally encamped on the eastern side of the Jordan … of Balaam. From a talking donkey to a prophesying non-Israelite, the fascinating account of Balaam is explored in …

Israel's Conquest and Settlement

… How We Know What We Know The account of the Israelite conquest of Canaan is recorded in portions of the … hill country, a people identified in the Bible as the Israelites. Prior to their confrontation with the … the Old Testament narrative indicates that the Israelites had already fought with Canaanite groups in the …

Early Israel in Canaan

… Know The Bible presents contradictory descriptions of the Israelite settlement in the land of Canaan. By combining and … Gezer, and Beth-shemesh, were not at all controlled by the Israelites for many years (Judges 1:21, 27–33). Judges 1–3 … Others among the Canaanites were put under tribute by the Israelites. When they were strong and could have driven out …

The Sabbath in the Old Testament

… And theories on Sabbath origins range from proposing the Israelites adopted and adapted a monthly full-moon festival … theories regarding the Sabbath’s origins and Israelite practices relating to it are at variance with what … day until the time of Moses, when the Lord gave the Israelites the Sabbath command at Mount Sinai (Exodus 20). …

The Exodus

… the Egyptians encountered Moabites, Edomites, and even Israelites. Linguistic evidence can help guide us in plotting … refers to the change of rulers. The enslavement of the Israelites generations before Moses’s day is not surprising. … do not last, and we cannot hope to find remains of Israelite settlements in an area with a high water table such …

Trust in the Lord

… Everyone knows that the experience of the Israelites both before and during the Exodus formed a major … recitative formulae which constitute some of the earliest Israelite devotional celebrations, we find a clear, ringing … And then turning despotic, he decided to crush the Israelite’s unrest by requiring them to gather their own …