The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah: Iron Age

A half century later, the state of Israel was

1) Why do you think God allowed the tribes of Benjamin and Judah to fall to the Neo-Babylonians in 587-6 B.C.?

Fugitive Israelites were killed by many enemies or handed over to the conquering Chaldeans (Babylonians). Judea was almost completely depopulated. And yet the people of Israel survived and would fight again, against all odds. 539 BCE. Babylon falls to Persia.

First, the Middle Kingdom begins from 11th Dynasty to the end of the 12th Dynasty (2040-1763 B.C.E.). It can be identified by many events that took place at this time. The names of the kings of the 11th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom were Intef I (2134 - 2117 BC), Intef II 2117 - 2069 BC), Intef III (2069 - 2060 BC), Mentuhotep I (2060 - 2010 (BC), Mentuhotep II (2010 - 1998 BC), Mentuhotep III (2010 BC – 1998 BC) and Mentuhotep IV (1998–1991 BC). Moreover, The Middle Kingdom was a time of achievements for the ancient Egyptians. The Eleventh Dynasty starts with a succession of rulers, Intef I – III, the Middle Kingdom begins with the reunification of Egypt when Nebhepetre Mentuhotep I ousted the kings of Herakleopolis, and The Eleventh Dynasty

Even after the David and Goliath, there was still ongoing conflict. During Solomon’s reign in Israel the war continued. Both the Israelites and the Philistines were devastated by the same Assyrian Kingdom (2 Kings 18:33) The Philistines were not destroyed until the time of the Babylonian and Persian

Hebrews formed a loosely organized confederation after they returned to Canaan to rejoin other Hebrew tribes. They lasted for about two hundred years, until they got closer under a king. David and his son Solomon reign in the tenth century B.C. Israel got to its best moment when the Hebrews were under Solomon’s kingdom. The disintegration of the Jew community started during the first half of the fifth century

The first of the two films we watched was Ben Hur(1959).The director was William Wyler and the cinematographer was Robert Surtees. The major actors in this film were, Charlton Heston(Judah), Stephen Boyd(Messala), Jack Hawkins( Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet( Esther), and Hugh Griffith(Sheik). The second film was the Ben Hur(2016), Directed by Timur Bekmambetov and Cinematography done by Oliver Wood. The major actors in the Movie were, Jack Huston(Judah), Morgan Freeman(Sheik), Toby Kebbel(Messala), Rodrigo Santoro(Jesus), Nazanin Boniadi(Esther), and Moises Arias(Dimas).

The financial statement analysis of Doctors Hospital raises hopes and concerns regarding the financial performance and financial situation of the hospital. A rise in net assets and drop in liabilities will support the financial base of the hospital. Profits from short-term I nvestments should maintain this base, and improve the total assets. There is a concern in regards to cash flow and net income. There is a large reduction in cash flow of $2,222,000, which means there might be a shortage in cash flow to continue the project or purchase capital equipment. The organization should have to find solutions like to borrow from banks, spreading payments in future, etc. to manage the shortage of cash flow (Finkler et al., 2013). Another area

Unlike the other two major religions Judaism evolved form the Israelites who didn't deny the existence of other gods for other nations, though they only worshipped one deity. Its deity was Yahweh, the god of the patriarchs, who was worshipped in a sacrificial cult centered in Jerusalem and later at sanctuaries in the north, where a rival Jewish kingdom was formed. Prophets who warned against the people's reliance on these temple cults saw themselves vindicated when both the northern and southern kingdoms were destroyed by foreign conquerors. The exile of the Judeans to Babylonia in 586 BC was a major turning point in Israelite religion. The prior history of Israel now was reinterpreted

During his lifetime Socrates’ various interactions with his fellow Athenians left his intentions debatable. Popular belief in Athens seemed to be that, “he [Socrates] was an evildoer, and a curious person, who searches into things under the earth and in heaven¸ and makes the worse appear the better cause” (Plato, pg. 5) as stated by the unofficial charges against him in The Apology. After discussions, his interlocutor’s were left confused in a state of aporia, with no conclusion. And so while negative views of Socrates became increasing popular in Athens right up until his death, Socrates was, on the contrary, serving as Athens’s benefactor, opening up their eyes to the truth of world in which they lived in. In Plato’s Laches, Socrates

Aside from conflicting religions, Jewish people also encountered other problems with the monarchy. Hebrews believed that Yahweh was their king and his laws were their laws. In the monarchy, the tribes of Israel appointed a human king and obeyed his laws instead of divine law. This created conflict between the Hebrews that followed the laws of the king, and the Jewish that followed Yahweh and the law of the Torah. The Children of Israel that settled in Palestine between 1250 and 1050 BC found themselves amidst a corrupt monarchy. The monarchy thrived on arbitrary power, large divisions in the economical gap, vast poverty, heavy taxation, slavery, bribery and

After the death of King Solomon, the united tribes of Israel split into 2 kingdoms - the southern kingdom of "Judah," with the capital remaining at Jerusalem, and the northern kingdom of "Israel," with the capital at Samaria. The northern kingdom lasted just over 200 years before they were conquered and taken away into exile by the Assyrians. They never returned, and have become known to history as the "Lost Ten Tribes of Israel."

The Israelite civilization dates back to between 1300 and 1200 BCE when they settled in Canaan from Mesopotamia. This was considered their homeland. The Israelites developed from the Cannanites, since their civilizations began together along with the Jebusites. They faced a lot of struggles, but after migrating to Egypt, and being separated into two kingdoms, they kept the faith that they would someday return to their homeland. The greatest achievements of the Israelites was their architecture, monotheistic religion, Ten Commandments, and their military. However, they were not enough to save the civilization. They fell due to the decline in leadership within the civilization, and attacks and conquest from the Assyrians and Babylonians.

I think there is the author’s certain bias in favor of the Southern Kingdom, Judah, because it lasted longer as an independent kingdom. Judah was more faithful, so the God helped

Warming seas and melting ice are the consequences of global warming which is the heating of Earth caused by greenhouse gasses trapped in Earth’s atmosphere. Global warming causes the heating of Earth’s seas, and when the water molecules in these bodies increase in temperature, they thermally expand which causes the sea to rise. The heat is also causing the melting of Earth’s ice sheets, and when the ice turns to water, it causes the sea to rise as well. Note that the water does not rise evenly. The sea level may increase in some areas as it may decrease in other areas. Sea level rise is inevitable because of the greenhouse gasses that are trapped in the atmosphere, they will always increase sea level to some degree. However, the decisions we