I find it interesting in Kirsch's examination of the Midianites. Kirsch seems to display them in a very innocent and unfortunate manner. Even in the Bible, their mention seems to be a sort of lost or unguided description. "The Bible depicts the Midianites as a tribe of camel nomads, wandering the wilderness in search of pasturage for their sheep and goats, and they have long been imagined." This seems to portray them in a way that they have no use for life, and therefore in the angle it is presented seems to be some sort of justification of the slaughter of their people. I believe that a lot of religous books and teachings seem to be one sided and therefore present a very biased view and seem to form an unjust for of justification. I believe that there are many ways to present one kind of story.for example as we talked about this matter during lecture, someone pointed out that when they had read history in different historical books, each one had presented a situation in history differently. These differences were slight, and so are the differences between religions that follow along the same line, such as Judaiism, Christianity and Islam. I believe we basically just have the option to choose which historical book, if you may call it that, we choose to follow.
Some suggest that Moses, if he existed, brought monotheism to the ancient Hebrews, but it is possible that he was still henotheistic or monolatrous. ... From the days of Abraham to the days of Moses and beyond, a lot of local gods still existed. ... Another aspect in the development of theism would have been the observation of powerful forces of nature. ...
This verse and following thirty-three supplementary verses tell the story of creation from the perspective of a man named Moses, which therefore, is the belief of conventional Judaism and Christianity. ... This word however, which by definition means a systematic way to acquire knowledge derived from observation and study would (as inherent to its nature) lead to observations, which may or may not coincide with Moses" account of creation. ...
A literal wasteland is described in the following section, with 'roots that clutch', implying an oppressive and claustrophobic atmosphere, further implied by the observation of the fact that 'There is shadow under this red rock'. ... This stone could have religious inferences as 'Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice and the water came out abundantly'2; this religious interpretation could connote these apparent barren objects as a form of salvation full of fertility, as long as there is faith and spirituality in the world to allow t...
The Jews believe that God gave them the Ten Commandments through Moses, who is called "the Lawgiver-. ... The five books of Moses are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. ... For example, Jesus accepted the Ten Commandments that God had given to the Jews through Moses; He preached new ideas at the same time. ...
He did not learn as much from the tutoring as he did from observation. ... The second level was to be statues of Moses and Saint Paul along with symbolic figures of active contemplative life-representative of the human striving for knowledge. ...
Ancient Egypt Besides Mesopotamia, a second civilization grew up in northeastern Africa, along the Nile River. Egyptian civilization, formed by 3000 B.C., benefited from trade and technological influence from Mesopotamia, but it produced a quite different society and culture. Because its values and ...
