Monthly Archives: November 2009
The first feminist precedent in the Bible Daughters of Zelophehad-part 2
Moses did not know what to tell them, because that was the first time that a request like this brought to his attention. He brought their request before God. God agreed and asked Moses to tell it to the daughters. Because of the daughter’s initiative, God establish a new inheritance law in Israel for men [...]
The first feminist precedent in the Bible Daughters of Zelophehad-part 1
In the Book Of Numbers we can find a very unique story in the ancient time: the story of Zelophehad ‘s daughters. Zelophehad was a man of the tribe of Manasseh. He had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah, but no sons. Zelophehad followed Moses out of Egypt and died in the wilderness [...]
The tenth commandment- an improvement in the women status?
As we saw last time in our journey to understand the biblical Hebrew, the ten commandments appear two times in The Scriptures- the first in the book of Exodus; the second in Deuteronomy. A question that always rises is why Moses needed to say the Ten Commandments twice? One time isn’t good enough? Though those [...]
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, or the Decalogue (10 words), are ten mitzvoth in Holly Scriptures that God has command the people of Israel just after The Exodus. God himself wrote the Ten Commandments on two stone tables (luchot Ha’brit) and gave them to Moses on Mount Sinai to serve as principles of moral behavior for all [...]
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