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In the Hebrew Bible, Israel first appears in Genesis 32:29, where an angel gives the name to Jacob after the latter fought with him. [ 31 ] [ 32 ] [ 33 ] The folk etymology given in the text derives Israel from yisra , "to prevail over" or "to struggle with", and El , a Canaanite- Mesopotamian creator god that is tenuously identified with Yahweh.
The process was gradual [23] and a strong Egyptian presence continued into the 12th century BCE, and, while some Canaanite cities were destroyed, others continued to exist in Iron Age I. [24] The name "Israel" first appears in the Merneptah Stele c. 1208 BCE: "Israel is laid waste and his seed is no more."
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (February 2025) Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk, 1948 Part of a series on the History of ...
Shelah HaKadosh writes his most famous work after emigrating to the Land of Israel. 1623 First time separate (Va'ad) Jewish Sejm for Grand Duchy of Lithuania. 1626–1676 False Messiah Sabbatai Zevi. 1627 Kingdom of Beta Israel in what is now modern day Ethiopia collapses and loses autonomy. 1633
Evangelical scholar Richard Hess praised Dever for his defence of the historicity of the Bible from the Book of Judges onward and for rejecting Israel Finkelstein's Low Chronology theories, but criticized him for his denial of the historical value of the Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua. Despite this, Hess stated that readers "will benefit by ...
The problem is that the books contain numerous contradictions: to take just one example, since Rehoboam of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel began to rule at the same time , and since Ahaziah of Judah and Joram of Israel were killed at the same time (2 Kings 9:24, 27), the same amount of time should have elapsed in both kingdoms, but the count shows ...
The first sermons of Peter, which Luke edited, reflect the basic ideas of the early Christian mission: for them, Jesus was the bringer of salvation for God's people announced throughout Israel's entire biblical history, whose death on the cross as the final judgment fulfilled the promises of blessing to the patriarchs, whose resurrection ...
[25] [note 3] Jews at that time were expecting a military leader as a Messiah, such as Bar Kokhba. Psalm 2 was another source of Jewish messianism, which was prompted by Pompey's conquest of Jerusalem in 63 BC. Early Christians cited this chapter to claim that Jesus was the Messiah and the son of god and negate Caesar's claim to the latter. [26]