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Joshua Chapter 13

Lands not yet conquered
The Inheritances east of Jordan
Balaam is slain

Joshua Chapter 10

Conspiracy against Gibeon
Joshua defeats the kings
The sun stands still

Joshua Chapter 4

The twelve stones of Jordan
Jordan crossing of the people
Camp at Gilgal

Joshua Chapter 3

At the Jordan
Directions for crossing Jordan
The Jordan waters divided
The crossing of Jordan

Joshua Chapter 2

Spies sent to Jericho
Rahab conceals spies
Rahab’s Covenant with spies

Joshua Chapter 1

Joshua ordered to cross Jordan
Joshua Prepares the people to cross Jordan

Nevi’im Prophets

Nevi’im (the Prophets section of the Bible) presents Israel’s history as a nation on its land.

Penitence

n: the quality of state of being penitent: sorrow for sins or faults

Penitential

adj: of or relating to penitence or penance

Prerequisite

Prerequisite n: something that is necessary to end or to the carrying out of a function – prerequisite adj.

Idioms for Repentance

“incline the heart to YAHWEH יְהֹוָה‎Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info […]

Repentance

From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 14:73 Repentance is a Prerequisite n: something that is necessary to end or to the carrying out of a function – prerequisite adj. for divine forgiveness: God will not pardon man unconditionally but waits for him to repent. In repentance man must experience genuine remorse for the wrong he has committed […]

Zealots

From the Ency. Judaica 16:947 The name, recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus, by which some Jewish resistance fighters were known in the Jewish War, 66-73 C.E. This name is important in view of it’s portable origin.Meaning of the Name. Josephus provides a clue to it’s real meaning both by his apparent reluctance to use […]

The Goal Of Time

When a Jew Celebrates by Harry Gersh Pages 9-11 According to the Jewish idea, time has a goal, a reason. Time exists so we can grow better, and in growing better, make the world better. Time will reach it’s goal when everyone in the world is absolutely good, when every person will do only that […]

Tithe

The rendering of the tithes of property for sacral purposes was common all over the ancient near east, though well documented and first hand evidence concerning tithes comes mainly from Mesopotamia. Although these Mesoptoamin documents come from the neo-Babylonian period (sixth century B.C.E.) there is no doubt that the institution as such is much older. […]

Proselytes (law of conversion)

From The Encylopaedia Judacia 13:1183-1184 The procedure, established by the tannaim, according to which a non-Jew may be into the Jewish faith, was elucided as follows: “in our days, when a proselyte came to be converted we say to him: ‘What is your objective? Is it not known to you that the people of Israel […]

Proselytes

The Encyclopaedia Judaica 13:1182 contains a fascinating analysis that provides extensive evidence of an increasingly common trend towards the conversion to Judaism during the Second Temple period. This period, especially in its later stages, witnessed a marked rise in the use of the term “ger”, previously reserved for referring to strangers or aliens, to denote […]

Kidron

From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 10:988 The first biblical reference to the “brook” Kidron occurs in connection with Davids ABsalm (II Sam. 15:23) In the time of divided monarchy, the reforming Kings of Judah, Asa, Hezekiah, and Josiah, cast away and burnt the various idols which defiled Jerusalem there (I Kings 15:13 ; II Kings 23:4, […]

Ru’ah ha-Kodesh (name for God)

From the Encyclopaedia Judaica 14:365 רוח הקודש A more problematical use of the term Ru’ah ha-Kodesh is when in some way hypothesized, or used as a synonym for God. This tendency toward hypostatization is already apparent in such expressions as “Ru’ah ha-Kodesh resting” on a person or place, or someone “receiving Ru’ah ha-Kodesh”. But it […]

Ru’ah Ha-Kodesh

רוח הקודש lit. “the Holy Spirit” Although the phrase Ru’ah ha-Kodesh occurs in the Bible (cf. Ps 51:13 ; Isa 63:10), it’s specific connotation as divine inspiration is wholly post-biblical.In rabbinic thought it is the spirit of prophecy which comes from G-d, a divine inspiration giving man an insight into the future and will of […]

ger toshav

גר תושב Lit. ” proselyte settler” i.e., a Gentile who renounces idolatry to become a settler in Palestine. ger: “foreigner” or “alien” + toshav: “resident”,”resident alien” is a halakhic term used in Judaism to designate the legal status of a Gentile (non-Jew) living in the Land of Israel who does not want to convert to […]

Exegesis

To explain, interpret, fr. ex-the geisthai to lead – more at SEEK  an explanation or critical inter operation of a text.

Casuistry

A method or doctrine dealing with cases of conscience and the resolution of questions of right or wrong in conduct.

Dialectic

a: discussion and reasoning by dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation. b: the Platonic investigation of eternal ideals

“Heaven” (name for God)

In Christian Gospels this usage is especially common in the Judaeo-Christian Gospel of Matthew, where e.g. “the Kingdom of Heaven” corresponds to the “Kingdom of God”