Solomon Northup

In the seventh century, the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel faced the rising empires of Assyria and Babylon. In order to survive possible invasion or annexation, the Kingdom of Judah issued many religious reforms under Kings Hezekiah and Josiah. Religious practices before these threats were much more decentralized and had roots in earlier Yahwistic cultic practices. An example of these practices would be the High Places as areas of worship. With the downfall of the northern Kingdom of Israel, Judah…

The story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant has it's similarities and differences when compared to “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. In both of these stories it is apparent that both couples see material things as values because their situation is related to poverty in some way. The endings in each story show what the true importance is in their lives. “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is about a middle class couple that is invited to a fancy ball. The wife sees them as poor compared…

Black Women are constantly being sexualized and abused. Every day through the system of racism and white supremacy a black woman is subjected to the lowest rank in this hierarchy. The Black Woman is looked at as a sex symbol she is not respected by the general population, media and even her black male companions in certain situations. The negative images, alter the mind’s perception of the true reality. It’s like being in a world that has been forgotten. At one time in history the black woman…

curse,” rather than “pointless,” completely changed my understanding of the tone and meaning of the book. In fact, this definition makes the book seem more hopeful than it would if the word truly meant meaningless. It is encouraging to know that Solomon did not write the book to proclaim that our lives are meaningless. Instead, he declares that although we were created for a reason, life is frustrating because the world is broken. My new understanding of the text also gave me a better glimpse of…

King David was an amazing man, but everyone has faults and he is no exception. However, he is arguably better than King Herod. David is the earliest king and prophet of Islam. Yet, as most of us know he is a deeply flawed man. Early in his life he was a mere shepherd boy and at this time, the Philistines were at war with Judea. However, the Philistines had made the king an offer, they had told him if he would send out one of his men to defeat Goliath, they would…

the Solomon to give distinction as to who the character was. Along with the addition of Solomon, as the male character, people of different religious backgrounds made an attempt to translate the poem by allegorizing it in order to make it fit in the Bible canon. For example, the Jewish culture interpreted the song as the love between God and Israel. Christians interpreted it as the love between Christ and the church. With the translation The Song of Songs from Marcia Falk, the Song of Solomon…

to “Proverbs of Solomon son of David, King of Israel.” (Estes 213) This gives the initial impression that King Solomon wrote the book of Proverbs, however, scholars discovered that it was in Jewish tradition that the book was edited by “the men of Hezekiah” (Estes 213). Many academics have come to the conclusion that King Solomon may not have be the sole author of the book of Proverbs. They believe that Proverbs is a collection of stories with many contributions from King Solomon. As for the…

The downfall of Judah was a complex and lengthy political ordeal documented over several books of the Old Testament. Two prophets who give their own detailed reasoning for this downfall are Ezekiel and Jeremiah. Both prophets lived during a tumultuous transitionary period of Judah’s history during which Babylon began a systematic deportation and exile of Judah’s citizens. Where the prophets differ, however, is in their message to the elite of Judah in its waning days and their eventual exile.…

Purpose of life What is the purpose of life? This is the age-old question that all of humanity asks themselves at least once in their lifetime. Are we simply born to attain fame, assets, wisdom, love, or piety? Everyone seems to have some sort of an answer; nonetheless, the answer heavily depends on his or her reality of death. Thus, are we merely born to accomplish all that we cab before we eventually die? On the other hand, is there a great plan to achieve or a goal we are created to strive…

I will be interpreting the article Mother-Child Narratives and the Kingdom of God: Authorial Use of Typology as an Interpretive Device in Samuel-Kings by Christopher Jero. In his article Jero uses three narratives, The Hannah Narrative, Solomons Judgement and the Elisha and the Shunnamite Woman to show how these mother child narratives reveal the history of Samuel-Kings. The Hannah narrative details a woman who longs for a son further representing Israel’s longing for a king. Solomon’s judgement…