Introduction In our previous lesson we saw how the report of the scouts and the reaction of the people delayed the entry into the Land. We mentioned that since the people lacked faith in, and gratitude toward, God, and preferred to head back to Egypt rather than to proceed toward the Promised Land in accordance…
Introduction In the first two lessons of this course we discussed the call and the promise to Abraham who, according to most historians, lived around 1750 BCE (assuming of course that there was such a person). We pointed to the fact that although God blessed Abraham and promised him a land, the blessing and the…
Introduction In our previous lesson we discussed the fears and hopes that accompanied Abraham in responding to the divine call to move to a new land. We read the story and analyzed its significance from the perspective of the one being called upon, namely Abraham. In this lesson we want to shift the focus from…
