Blog 11
1002 words by jesusfreak
This is a thanks to all who commented on my week nine implementation blog concerning the progress of my project.
I would like to thank Tracyd for commenting on my week nine project implementation blog. Thank you for realizing the importance of the wetlands and the importance of the all the work that everyone who loves the wetlands and are passoinate about helping to conserve them. Your comment really means a lot to me, because it shows that people actually do listen if only there are people to present work to be heard. Again thank you Tracyd for your comment of my week nine blog.
Also I would like to thank Jamie Harmon for his comment on my week nine project implementation blog. I would like to say thank you for your positive feedback. This really motivates me to keep forward with my project. I love Louisiana and most of everything in it and I am glad to see that others understand that losing the wetlands would be a great loss that is heartbreaking and harmful to the citizens of Louisiana. So Again thank you for your comment it really means a lot to me.
Another person who I would like to thank for their comment on my week nine project implementation blog is Matara Wright. I would also like to thank you for your positive feedback. Thank you for taking time out of busy schedule to comment and give encouragement. I am glad that you too understand that losing Louisiana’s wetlands in a major problem and seeing that Katrina was a large product of that problem. Also thank you for your advice, I will be sure to take my video beyond Youtube and send it to others who can actually do more than I can.
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The story of Tobit is found in the Book of Tobit which is apart of the Catholic canon. This book is believed to be apocryphal which means its author is unknown, but it is a spirtual text that is related to other Biblical writings and is collected with other spirtual texts. Tobit is about a Jew who was apart of the tweleve tribes of Isreal. Tobit along with the rest of the Jews of Isreal was sent to Assyria under the rule of King Sargon II. After Sargon’s death his son Sennacherib took the place as king. Sennacherib would kill Jews out of acts of cruelty and Tobit would make sure Jews were given proper burials. After finding this out Sennacherib had all Tobit’s riches taken and exiled him from the city of Ninevth. Ninveth was a kingdom inside of the Assyrian empire that Tobit resided. After Sennacherib died Tobit was able to return to the Assyrian kingdom of Ninevth. When Tobit returned he buried a man that had been killed which was still illgeal for him to do. Tobit sleep outside this particular night and had bird poop fall on his eyes. When Tobit awoke he found that he was a blind man. After this Tobit’s marriage, begin to fall apart and he found himself praying for death. In the country of Media a woman named Sarah also prays for death. All of the men in Sarah’s life are overtaken the night before the women by a demon of lust. So a angel by the name of Raphel is sent to release Sarah and Tobit from their despair. The story is largely about Tobit’s son Tobiah and his journey to Media. Tobiah is sent to Media by his father to get some money. On the way Tobiah meets a man by the name of Azariah who offers him protection on his way to Media. This man is really Raphel is disguise (angel in disguise). During this journey Tobiah is attacked by a giant fish. This fish is stripped for its gall bladder, heart, and liver which were used to make medicines. When Tobiah arrives in Media he meets Sarah and learns he can marry her because she is from his tribe. Azariah the angel in disguise tells Tobiah to burn the liver and the heart of the fish in order to drive away the demon. Sarah’s father is unaware of this and has Tobiah’s grave dug in belief he will be dead. When he returns he finds Tobiah alive and throws a feast or their wedding. In the meanwhile Tobit is back home waiting on the money from his son. Tobiah is unable to send the money just yet and has Azariah the angel in disguise to do so. When Tobiah returns home with his new bride he heals his father’s blindness with the gallbladder of the fish. Azariah then tells Tobiah that he is really an angel, and leaves to go back to heaven. In the end, Tobit dies and warns his son and his son’s wife Sarah to leave, before the city was destroyed by God according to prophecy.
The Maccabees are looked upon with favor by the Jews because they delivered them from suppression. The Jews were under the rule of Antichous Epiphanes IV, a Greek ruler who suppressed the beliefs and pracitces of the Jews. He also tried to force Hellenism on Jews.Antichous Epiphanes ruled under the Greek Seleucid Empire. This empire was eventually taken over by Maccabees. They saw them as saviors from the harsh and controlling rule of Antichous Epiphanes. The Maccabees put an end to the Greek Seleucid Empire and started the beginning of the Hasmoneran Empire. This was not a quick conquer, it lasted from the years of 175 BCE to 134 BCE. It included several Maccabee rulers. Under this empire the Jews were able to continue the pracitce of their dietary laws, circumcision, and other practices that were suppressed under the rule of Antichous Epiphanes. Because of this Jews look upon the Maccabees with favor for overtaking the Seleucid Empire. This story is found in the book of Maccabees I and also in the book of Maccabees II.