The bush was moved to its present site when Helena’s chapel was built over its roots, behind the apse of St Catherine’s church. It is still one of the major attractions in the Sinai region for Christian Pilgrimage tours. What happened to the burning bush? The burning bush (or the […]
The Ten Commandments are a list of religious precepts that, according to passages in Exodus and Deuteronomy, were divinely revealed to Moses by Yahweh and engraved on two stone tablets. They are also called the Decalogue. In what religion did the 10 Commandments come from? Jews believe that God gave […]
Some scholars propose a date between the 16th and 13th centuries bce because Exodus and Deuteronomy connect the Ten Commandments with Moses and the Sinai Covenant between Yahweh and Israel. How did Moses get the 10 Commandments? According to the book of Exodus in the Torah, the Ten Commandments were […]
Peace between Egypt and Israel has lasted for more than forty years and Egypt has become an important strategic partner of Israel. Why did Egypt and Israel go to war? On October 6, 1973, hoping to win back territory lost to Israel during the third Arab-Israeli war, in 1967, Egyptian […]
The peninsula was occupied by Israeli forces during the Six-Day War of June 1967 but was returned to Egypt in 1982 under the terms of the peace treaty concluded between those countries in 1979. How did Egypt reclaim Sinai? The Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt in multiple stages beginning […]
HAMAS’ strength is concentrated in the Gaza Strip and areas of the West Bank. HAMAS has a military wing known as the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades that has conducted many anti-Israel attacks in both Israel and the Palestinian territories since the 1990s. Is Gaza part of Israel? In 2005, Israel […]
That single author was believed to be Moses, the Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt and guided them across the Red Sea toward the Promised Land. Who is the real author of the Bible? Who wrote the Bible? Until the 17th century, received opinion had […]
Kaplan eventually sold the stone to an American, Rabbi Saul Deutsch, who took it to the US and put it on display at his Living Torah Museum in Brooklyn, New York. Where is the stone tablet of Moses? According to Exodus 25:10–22 the tablets were stored in the Ark of […]
The books of the Bible were initially written and copied by hand on papyrus scrolls. No originals survive, and the oldest currently existing scrolls, the Dead Sea Scrolls, are those discovered in the caves of Qumran in 1947. What Bible is the original Bible? The Geneva Bible is one of […]
According to church leaders, the Ark of the Covenant has for centuries been closely guarded in Aksum at the Church of St. Mary of Zion. Not even the high priest of Aksum can enter its resting chamber. Its sole custodian is a virgin monk who cannot leave the sacred grounds […]
the Philistines. Capture by the Philistines They were again heavily defeated, with the loss of 30,000 men. The Ark was captured by the Philistines and Hophni and Phinehas were killed. The news of its capture was at once taken to Shiloh by a messenger “with his clothes rent, and with […]
princess. Sarai is a feminine name of Hebrew origin worthy of a dynasty. Meaning “princess,” this endearing title is a pure expression of adoration and aspiration. What is the meaning of the name Sarai in the Bible? My PrincessThe name Sarai is primarily a female name of Hebrew origin that […]
Jerusalem, the center of cultic worship and capital of the Judean people, is personified throughout poetic and prophetic biblical passages as a woman—“Daughter Zion (bat tzion)” or “Fair Zion” (as in 2 Kings 19:21, Psalm 9:15, Isaiah 1:8, and so forth). What means Daughter of Zion? Biblical phrase: ‘Daughter of […]
Hedge fund management firms are often owned by their portfolio managers, who are therefore entitled to any profits that the business makes. As management fees are intended to cover the firm’s operating costs, performance fees (and any excess management fees) are generally distributed to the firm’s owners as profits. Who […]
Hedge fund managers become rich by making money on the profits of their assets. They charge a 2% performance fee and cut the generated gains, which amounts to about 20%. Due to the above, they only allow wealthy and affluent individuals to invest in hedge funds. Can hedge funds make […]