Israel vs Judah

[kudzu]

Israel vs Judah

Israelites had a single kingdom during the reigns of Solomon and David. After the death of Solomon, the country was divided into two independent kingdoms. The southern region came to be called Judah which consisted of the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. Jerusalem was their capital. The northern region was called Israel which comprised the remaining ten tribes. They had the capital at Samaria.


1. The Israelites had a single kingdom during the reigns of Solomon and David, but the region was divided into Judah and Israel after the death of Solomon.

2. The southern region came to be called Judah which consisted of the tribes of Benjamin and Judah. The northern region was called Israel which comprised the remaining ten tribes.

3. Israel was a larger region than Judah. It was also more prosperous than the southern region of Judah.

4. Jerusalem, which was once the capital of Judah, is now the capital of Israel.

5. Samaria was the capital of the earlier kingdom of Israel.

6. In the original Greek text of the New Testament, one cannot see any differences in the names ‘Judah, Jude’ and ‘Judas.’

7. According to the Bible, Israel was the name conferred on the patriarch Jacob after he wrestled with an angel of God.

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[kudzu]

Hatred Between Jews and Samaritans

Hatred between Jews and Samaritans was fierce and long-standing. It dated back to the days of the patriarchs. Jacob (or Israel) had twelve sons, whose descendants became twelve tribes. Joseph, his favorite, was despised by the other brothers (Gen. 37:3-4), and they attempted to do away with him.

But God intervened and not only preserved Joseph’s life, but used him to preserve the lives of the entire clan.

Before his death, Jacob gave Joseph a blessing in which he called him a “fruitful bough by a well” (Gen. 49:22).

The blessing was fulfilled, as the territory allotted to the tribes of Joseph’s two sons, Ephraim (“doubly fruitful”) and Manasseh, was the fertile land that eventually became Samaria.

Later, Israel divided into two kingdoms. The northern kingdom, called Israel, established its capital first at Shechem, a revered site in Jewish history, and later at the hilltop city of Samaria.

In 722 B.C. Assyria conquered Israel and took most of its people into captivity. The invaders then brought in Gentile colonists “from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim” (2 Kin. 17:24) to resettle the land.

The foreigners brought with them their pagan idols, which the remaining Jews began to worship alongside the God of Israel (2 Kin. 17:29-41). Intermarriages also took place (Ezra 9:1-10:44;Neh. 13:23-28 ).

Meanwhile, the southern kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon in 600 B.C. Its people, too, were carried off into captivity. But 70 years later, a remnant of 43,000 was permitted to return and rebuild Jerusalem. The people who now inhabited the former northern kingdom—the Samaritans—vigorously opposed the repatriation and tried to undermine the attempt to reestablish the nation.

For their part, the full-blooded, monotheistic Jews detested the mixed marriages and worship of their northern cousins. So walls of bitterness were erected on both sides and did nothing but harden for the next 550 years.

There are countless modern parallels to the Jewish-Samaritan enmity—indeed, wherever peoples are divided by racial and ethnic barriers. Perhaps that’s why the Gospels and Acts provide so many instances of Samaritans coming into contact with the message of Jesus.

It is not the person from the radically different culture on the other side of the world that is hardest to love, but the nearby neighbor whose skin color, language, rituals, values, ancestry, history, and customs are different from one’s own.

Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.

 

[kudzu]

FYI........... This is the reason there were TWO creation stories.

 

[Cypress]

Nice work.
The history of western civilization, as traditionally taught, begins with the Athenian democracy and the Roman republic.

But I am starting to get a greater appreciation that the western tradition really owes a lot more the Middle East than it is given credit for, including obviously the Hebrew nation-states, but also the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Lydians, et al. History begins at Sumer, as I once heard Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble say.

 

[kudzu]

Nice work.
The history of western civilization, as traditionally taught, begins with the Athenian democracy and the Roman republic.

But I am starting to get a greater appreciation that the western tradition really owes a lot more the Middle East than it is given credit for, including obviously the Hebrew nation-states, but also the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Lydians, et al. History begins at Sumer, as I once heard Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble say.

Those civilizations have always fascinated me... obviously.

 

[Cypress]

Those civilizations have always fascinated me... obviously.

Ditto.

It really is amazing how much we take for granted in the western, Christian tradition that really goes back to the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor.

 

[PostmodernProphet]

FYI........... This is the reason there were TWO creation stories.

FYI, Kudzu is an Episcopalian atheist who is completely ignorant of theology......she makes shit up........

 

[jimmymccready]

The west is a composite of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and Greco-Roman culture.

 

[Phantasmal]

The west is a composite of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and Greco-Roman culture.

You can’t overlook the Enlightenment

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Nice work.
The history of western civilization, as traditionally taught, begins with the Athenian democracy and the Roman republic.

But I am starting to get a greater appreciation that the western tradition really owes a lot more the Middle East than it is given credit for, including obviously the Hebrew nation-states, but also the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Lydians, et al. History begins at Sumer, as I once heard Dr. Thomas F. X. Noble say.

My degree minor will be anthropology; I hope that some of this is included.

If you are a James Michener fan, you might enjoy reading "The Source." Yes, it's a paean to the State of Israel.... but it also is a fascinating history of the development of all three Western religions, centered on a fictional tel in Israel called Tel Makor.

Of course knowing you, you've already read it. Twice. lol

 

[Cypress]

The west is a composite of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and Greco-Roman culture.

Yes, as it is taught in high school history, and it is a fair statement as a broad generalization.

The thing is, some of things we attribute to Greek, Roman, Hebrew, or Judeo-Christian, often have older roots and influences from southwest Asia and Asia Minor. Zoroastriansim, Epic of Gilgamesh, Hammurabi, writing, mathematics, the technological and economic attributes of the Phoenicians and Lydians are a few that come to my mind.

 

[Cypress]

My degree minor will be anthropology; I hope that some of this is included.

If you are a James Michener fan, you might enjoy reading "The Source." Yes, it's a paean to the State of Israel.... but it also is a fascinating history of the development of all three Western religions, centered on a fictional tel in Israel called Tel Makor.

Of course knowing you, you've already read it. Twice. lol

Thanks for the intel! and the kind sentiments....
You are too generous and over-estimate me, because I have a lot to learn!

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Thanks for the intel! and the kind sentiments....
You are too generous and over-estimate me, because I have a lot to learn!

“We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.” - Leo Tolstoy

As a young person I was frustrated with learning, esp. the stuff forced on us as students, that seemed to be useless. (algebra cough cough) As an old person, I'm delighted that the world contains a vast trove of knowledge that I have yet to dive into. If only we could have much longer lives so that we could learn more! Oh, and more book cases too, please.

 

[Cypress]

You can’t overlook the Enlightenment

A very good call.

Where would we be without Voltaire, Newton, Hume, Decartes, Locke, and Kant?

Up the creek without a paddle, I say!

 

[Cypress]

As a young person I was frustrated with learning, esp. the stuff forced on us as students, that seemed to be useless. (algebra cough cough) As an old person, I'm delighted that the world contains a vast trove of knowledge that I have yet to dive into. If only we could have much longer lives so that we could learn more! Oh, and more book cases too, please.

100 percent concur

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

“Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.” - Anton Chekhov

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

100 percent concur

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

“Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.” - Anton Chekhov

Wish I knew how to do those heart things here, 'cause I heart-thing this a lot.

Oh, and for the record, it turns out that algebra *is* actually useful for non-math/non-science ppl!

 

[jimmymccready]

The west is a composite of the Judeo-Christian religious tradition and Greco-Roman culture.

You can’t overlook the Enlightenment

Of course not.

 

[Cypress]

Wish I knew how to do those heart things here, 'cause I heart-thing this a lot.

Oh, and for the record, it turns out that algebra *is* actually useful for non-math/non-science ppl!

Keep up the good work on your scholarly endeavors!

I recently took a video class on ancient civilizations of North America, so I got a little taste of what you are studying. Suffice it to say, my mind was blown, because I knew hardly anything about Cohokia, Poverty Point, and the Missiissippian civilization.

 

[ThatOwlWoman]

Keep up the good work on your scholarly endeavors!

I recently took a video class on ancient civilizations of North America, so I got a little taste of what you are studying. Suffice it to say, my mind was blown, because I knew hardly anything about Cohokia, Poverty Point, and the Missiissippian civilization.

Thanks. Yeah, our education in true American history is really lacking. For 45 years of my life I lived within the sphere of influence of the Cahokians.... yet other than the mounds left behind, we were never taught about this amazing civilization in school. I educated myself as a kid about them, but it wasn't touched upon in formal education.

Question: Have you ever heard anything about the residential schools?

 

[Cypress]

Thanks. Yeah, our education in true American history is really lacking. For 45 years of my life I lived within the sphere of influence of the Cahokians.... yet other than the mounds left behind, we were never taught about this amazing civilization in school. I educated myself as a kid about them, but it wasn't touched upon in formal education.

Question: Have you ever heard anything about the residential schools?

NIce work taking it upon yourself to learn about the Cohokians and Mississipians.

I do not have a clue what you mean by residential schools. Lay it on me.