– Parashah 16 B’Shalach (After he had let go) –
(All references from The Complete Jewish Bible)
Copyright exists in all the material on this website and is owned by Messianic Education Australia Ltd. unless otherwise explicitly stated. This copyright extends to the images, logos, layout and presentation styles as well as the text material.
+Israel © MEA-20180124 (V101) Historical Icons of Israel -King David’s Harp
Historical Icons of Israel -King David’s Harp
In this picture we see two dedicated musicians playing their harps in two different places in Jerusalem. The musician on the left is playing within the City of David, currently an archaeological site, while the other musician is playing her harp in an alcove within the walls of the ancient Old City.
The most famous harp in history is the Harp of David. There is much speculation as to the actual shape of this harp. However, what is generally accepted is that it was symmetrical with perhaps 10 strings and known as the Kinnor Harp. What we know from the sages, is that David was not only an expert harpist and psalms composer, who used harp therapy in the royal court of King Saul, but also a recognized musicologist and builder of classical harp designs.
Mention of the harp goes back to about 4004 BC, where in Genesis 2:40, the Bible credits the House of Jubal as the maker and players of harps and flutes. The oldest physical harp to be discovered comes from ancient Sumerian and Egyptian societies. The kinnor is mentioned 42 times in the Old Testament, in relation to “divine worship… prophecy… secular festivals.” Sages record that a minimum number of nine kinnor were to be played in the Temple at any one time.
The Bible says that David also made 1,000 lyres and 7,000 harps to atone for the sins of Israel. As well, cymbals and other instruments were used for singing and praising the God of Israel, of which some were even handed down from the time of Moses with the inscription, “Under his feet was something like a sapphire stone pavement in the essence of heaven’s clarity” from Exodus 24:10. Interestingly, one etymology viewpoint of the Hebrew word ‘Kinneret’, as in Lake Kinneret’ (Sea of Galilee), is that the shape of the lake resembled that of the kinnor harp, as its name implies.
Copyright exists in all the material on this website and is owned by Messianic Education Australia Ltd. unless otherwise explicitly stated. This copyright extends to the images, logos, layout and presentation styles as well as the text material.
This Saturday , 20th January 2018 we will have a gifted Bible Teacher with us. Yosef Rachamin Danieli (Rami) and his wife Gabriela will draw out fresh and unique insights to the Bible. Don’t miss them! 9:30 am for a coffee and a 10am start. Take a look at their website Tour Your Roots
– Parashah 15 Bo (Go) –
(All references from The Complete Jewish Bible)
Copyright exists in all the material on this website and is owned by Messianic Education Australia Ltd. unless otherwise explicitly stated. This copyright extends to the images, logos, layout and presentation styles as well as the text material.
+Israel © MEA-20180124 (PF319) Historical Israel -Herod’s Temple
Historical Israel -Herod’s Temple
On the eastern edge of Jerusalem, just west of Gethsemane and northwest of the Kidron Valley, sat the Temple of Herod. Literature states that the outer walls formed a rough rectangle, 500 feet long by 100 feet wide, slightly narrower on the south than the north, and slightly tilted to the northwest. Archaeological evidence has the dimensions closer to 1,550 feet by 1000 feet. On the far northwest corner sat Antonia Fortress, the home of the temple garrison that stayed alert for disturbances in the temple—disturbances that could gain the governor unwanted attention from Rome.
This 50:1 scale model, covering nearly one acre, shows ancient Jerusalem and the Temple at its peak, meticulously recreating its topography and architectural character in 66 CE, the year in which the Great Revolt against the Romans broke out, leading to the destruction of the Temple and the city in the year 70 CE. The model, a Jerusalem cultural landmark, was originally built at the initiative of Holyland Hotel owner Hans Kroch in memory of his son Jacob, who fell in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948. The model includes a replica of the Herodian Temple. [To get an aerial view of this picture, cover over the man at the top of the picture with your thumb and look at the picture again.]
The model was opened to the public in 1966, immediately becoming a popular attraction and educational site for Israelis and tourists alike. In 2006 the model was transferred to the Israel Museum campus, where it offers a concrete illustration of the period documented in the Dead Sea Scrolls, when Rabbinic Judaism took shape and Christianity was born. Providing a vivid context for the Shrine of the Book and the Dead Sea Scrolls and for many contemporaneous archaeological artefacts displayed throughout the Museum, the Model Illustrates one of the most formative periods in the history of the Jewish people, and bears a deep connection to the symbols of modern statehood that surround the Museum campus. In preparation for the move, the model was sawn into 1,000 pieces and later reassembled. The Holyland Hotel spent $3.5 million on the move.
Copyright exists in all the material on this website and is owned by Messianic Education Australia Ltd. unless otherwise explicitly stated. This copyright extends to the images, logos, layout and presentation styles as well as the text material.