Tiglath – Pileser I was the King of Assyria from 1115 – 1076 BCE. He was also a natural philosopher. Halpern uses this Tiglath – Pileser Principle to show that when a king says something, especially when using exact numbers, the reader must be able to decipher from the context to figure out [...]

Week 4: Readings/Lectures/Discussions Tiglath-Pileser Principle
Halpern’s “Tiglath-Pileser Principle” is a story about an Assyrian king named Tiglath-Pileser I (1115 BC-1076 BC). Basically, this story surrounds a king that is driven by power and a need conquer. During his reign, he was able to occupy Moschi, Kommagene and eastern Cappadovia. During his fifth year as king, [...]

Samuel was born to Hannah and Elkanah. He was his mother’s firstborn. It had been very difficult for her to have children and all the while, according to The Bible for Dummies, she had been ridiculed by her “co-wife,” Peninnah, who could have children. One day while Hannah was praying at the [...]

These are the Ten Commandments in the order that the ancient Israelites would have counted them.
i. No other gods before me
ii. No graven image
iii. No name of the lord in vain
iv. Keep the Sabbath
v. Honor mother and father
vi. No murder
vii. No adultery
viii. Don’t steal
ix. No false witness against neighbor
x. Don’t covet
You shall have no other gods before me – Since God delivered the Israelites from [...]

I feel that this picture best summarizes my project because it expresses the statement mentoring for character, in which is what I am trying to do.
Well, as you can see my picture was not able to download. Anyhow, it was a pretty colorful picture that had the logo “Mentoring for Character!”

The first commandment is that you shall have no other gods before me
The second commandment is that you shall not make for yourself a graven image
The third commandment is that you shall not take the name of the Lord in vain
The fourth commandment is that you shall remember the Sabbath day
The fifth commandment is that [...]

Tiglath-Pileser I was the king of Assyria (1115-1076 BCE). He exaggerated a bit too much for me. For instance, he went on about how great he was, then he said that he defeated 20,000 men and their 5 kings, and that the ranks of the other fighting individuals were beaten down. Then [...]

I submitted comments to the following people…
1.) Matthew Brown
2.) Bradley Cherrie
3.) Hue Danh
4.) Breyanna Grays
5.) Erica Johnson
6.) CharDae Love
7.) Kourtnie Moore
8.) Charan Rice
9.) Zarina Simms
10.) Elisa Thong

I would like to take this time to thank everyone who gave me ideas and motivations toward this project. It really shows how much people are interested in this and how we can help. This project won’t be easy and may take more time than needed, but I will try my best to do what [...]

According to www.webster.com one definition of recycle is: to process (as liquid body waste, glass, or cans) in order to regain material for human use. Even if one didn’t know about any other benefits of recycling I don’t see why they would not agree with just this definition alone. Recycling was a big [...]

Modern Archeology and the Bible
For millions of years, man has had a desire to know what happened before him. He desired to know from where he originated, how did people live or survive during the time before him and what led to change between generations. Our present task is to show how this idea of [...]

“The Bible?”
There has been some controversy concerning the Bible and its relevance to religion. From our lectures in class, it has been concluded that there is no such thing as “the Bible”. To some, this may seem like a bold statement to make, but to those who have spent any time studying religion it [...]

I have posted comments on the following students blogs:
1. Christopher Greene
2. Charan Rice
3. Phi Linh Ho
4. Kourtnie Moore
5. ShaQuanda Sanders
6. Elisa Thong
7. Corey Bozeman
8. Georgia Jennings
9. Ronnie Meeks
10.Erica Johnson

Archaeology is the study of arches where archaeologists study the past and how people used to live including everything about them such as their customs, beliefs, and political practices. The study of archaeology helps the archaeologist to see how other people are different from us and this is important because the archaeologist has to [...]

I would like to thank everyone who left their comments.
Danyetta Thomas:
Homelessness is a significant problem today. This is why I think by helping out with Habitat for Humanity it will help the people a great deal. Before Hurricane Katrina New Orleans was left with a high rate of homeless people, and now after the [...]

During the biblical years Israelites had no monarchy system
( no king or ruler) but instead they were ruled by judges.
Their role is to enforce the laws on them and guide them
in their issues. But as the Israelites were notorious of breaking
the laws, which occurred many times in their history. They
were also notorious [...]

Tiglath-Pileser is derived from a Hebrew name which means “my trust is in the son of Esharra”. He was an Assyrian king (1115 BC – 1076 BC) who carefully cultivated fear among both his subjects and enemies. He was the son of Ashur-resh-ishi [...]

Reading/Lecture
During the time period that Judges was written the Israelites had no ruler or king, but instead they were ruled by judges. The jobs of the judges were to enforce rules and guide the people especially during wartime. But every so often the people would stray from the path. And by that I mean [...]

My project has not kicked off like I would have liked it to be at this point. First, the meeting that I was supposed to go to for the Girl Scouts was scheduled at the same time my vehicle wanted to act a fool! Saturday night was the Coronation Ball at the Hilton and it [...]