Land and Inheritance
The land, its boundaries, tribal inheritance and ownership.
11 articles- Why Did Rachel Steal the Teraphim?From the book “In Search of Lost Meaning”About 13 min readExtended studyPodcast (Hebrew)
- Land for Peace?Lot, who accompanied Abraham, deserves an inheritance in the land the LORD designated for AbrahamFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- Jacob’s Burial JourneyFrom the book “In Search of Lost Meaning”
- Abraham’s and Isaac’s AgreementsGenesis and Deuteronomy present two approaches to foreign peoples in the land of IsraelFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- Jacob’s Burial Journey – The Fathers’ Deeds Foreshadow Their Children’sJacob’s funeral journey sets out the pattern of the future exodusFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- “The Land Shall Not Be Sold in Perpetuity; for the Land Is Mine”The land and fields belong to the LORD and therefore return at the Jubilee – the city is human property, so its houses are not redeemedFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- The Heroines of ManassehTheir names in Samaria inscriptions and Israelite cities testify to Zelophehad’s daughters’ prominent and revolutionary standingFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- The Inheritance East of the JordanNumbers describes settlement across the Jordan as the tribes seizing an opportunity; Deuteronomy presents it as the purpose of the divine command to conquer the territoryFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- “Begin to Possess It, and Contend with Him in Battle”Ostensibly words of peace – in practice, provocationFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- “Him That Is Not Here”Moses emphasized that the Transjordanian tribes were included in the covenant although physically absent from the ceremony on Moab’s plainsFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
- The Watered and the ThirstyThe sinner’s formerly fertile land will join the thirsty land and become like it – he alone will sufferFrom the book “Peshat in Brief (working title)”
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