Day: 6. November 2018

Bethlehem of Judah – Bethlehem of Galilee

In this Necklace we will use the three parts of the Covenant found in the Torah, the Prophets, and the Holy Writings. These three parts show well the unity and God’s fidelity to the Covenant with God’s People. In our Necklace we have the different stages in the history of Israel: In Genesis, from the Tora: the Patriarchal period in the earlier Prophets: With Joshua the distribution of the land, in Judges the first settlements, in Samuel the Kingship of David, and in the latter Prophets: Micha written before the Babylonian Exile, Jeremiah during the Exile. In the Holy writings: Nehemiah and Ezra, books written after the Exile, and the Book of Ruth, which gives a basis to the genealogy of David, from whom will come the Messiah. The pagan background of the city of Bethlehem in Judah shows how God can intercultural the history of the covenant into pagan culture: Bethlehem, house of bread, לחם, or house of meat as well as the house of war (since the word for war is milhama מלחמהliterally meaning: the place of …