Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on A Reflection on Lovely Like Jerusalem, by Aidan Nichols. It needs to be at least 3250 words.Download file to see previous pages... The Old Testamen

Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on A Reflection on Lovely Like Jerusalem, by Aidan Nichols. It needs to be at least 3250 words.

The Old Testament begins with the book of Genesis, and in both literal and narrative terms, this book serves to establish a new history. As we continue reading, however, it becomes clear that the Torah, as Nichols explains, can be understood as the “epic of Israel's nationhood, the foundation of the people's life”. In this sense, the book of Exodus functions as a means to demonstrate that the people of Israel “could be free to worship the God of the patriarchs in the land that had been promised” but more importantly, “in the way God desired”. This leads directly into the book of Leviticus, which describes how man can fulfill his relationship with God, in a very material sense. Leviticus explains that “what was produced by human labor” became man's through his own work and could thus “be offered on his behalf to God”. Though Nichols explains that Numbers is largely a description of the preparations for, the journey to, and events upon, the Moabite plain, the greater significance of the book comes through the description of miraculous and providential occurrences that act as a catalog of “covenantal love of the Lord for his people”. &nbsp.The Old Testament begins with the book of Genesis, and in both literal and narrative terms, this book serves to establish a new history. It becomes clear that the Torah, as Nichols explains, can be understood as the “epic of Israel's nationhood, the foundation of the people's life”....

This leads directly into the book of Leviticus, which describes how man can fulfill his relationship with God, in a very material sense. Leviticus explains that "what was produced by human labor" became man's through his own work and could thus "be offered on his behalf to God" (30). Numbers proceeds from this definition of the nature of the material and ownership to a catalog of God's host (31). Though Nichols explains that Numbers is largely a description of the preparations for, journey to, and events upon, the Moabite plain (31), the greater significance of the book comes through the description of miraculous and providential occurrences that act as a catalog of "covenantal love of the Lord for his people" (33). Finally, the Torah ends with Deuteronomy, which seeks to establish the "structure of biblical authority" and the unity of the covenantal treaty that has been established (34).

After the Torah Nichols moves on to the Nebiim, which, he explains, can be understood as "prophetic histories" or considerations of history "in the light of the divine promise" which includes Israel's return to the Land, but also the understanding that blessing is given for faithfulness, and punishment meted out for inconstancy (35). To highlight this theme, Nichols begins with a discussion of Joshua and Judges which outlines the "final realization of the promise of the Land" (38). Nichols continues to Samuel, which highlights a shift in the focus of the narrative as a call for true religious reform (39).