What is "promised land"

Promise \Prom"ise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Promised; p. pr. & vb. n. Promising.]

1. To engage to do, give, make, or to refrain from doing, giving, or making, or the like; to covenant; to engage; as, to promise a visit; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money. ``To promise aid.''
   --Shak.

2. To afford reason to expect; to cause hope or assurance of; as, the clouds promise rain.
   --Milton.

3. To make declaration of or give assurance of, as some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow; as, the proprietors promised large tracts of land; the city promised a reward. Promised land. See Land of promise, under Land. To promise one's self.

   1. To resolve; to determine; to vow.

   2. To be assured; to have strong confidence.

      I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced.
      --Rambler.

n. 1 (alternative form of Promised Land English) 2 The object of one's desire

The Promised Land (, translit.: Ha'Aretz HaMuvtahat; , translit.: Ard Al-Mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey") is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible), was promised and subsequently given by God to Abraham and his descendants, and in modern contexts an image and idea related both to the restored Homeland for the Jewish people and to salvation and liberation is more generally understood.

The promise was first made to Abraham , then confirmed to his son Isaac , and then to Isaac's son Jacob , Abraham's grandson. The promised land was described in terms of the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates river . A smaller area of former Canaanite land and land east of the Jordan River was conquered and occupied by their descendants, the Israelites, after Moses led the Exodus out of Egypt , and this occupation was interpreted as God's fulfilment of the promise . Moses anticipated that God might subsequently give the Israelites land reflecting the boundaries of God's original promise, if they were obedient to the covenant .

The concept of the Promised Land is the central tenet of Zionism, whose discourse suggests that modern Jews descend from the Israelites and Maccabees through whom they inherit the right to re-establish their "national homeland". Palestinians also claim partial descent from the Israelites and Maccabees, as well as all the other peoples who have lived in the region.

The imagery of the "Promised Land" was invoked in Negro spirituals as heaven or paradise and as an escape from slavery, often which can only be reached by death. The imagery and term have also been used in popular culture (see Promised Land (disambiguation)), sermons and in speeches, such as the " I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968) speech by Martin Luther King, Jr:

Promised Land is a 1987 drama film written and directed by Michael Hoffman, and stars Kiefer Sutherland and Meg Ryan. It is set in Utah and is apparently based on a true story. It was the first film to be commissioned by the Sundance Film Festival, and uses the drama over economic class and manhood in order to offer a critique of the Reagan Administration.

Promised Land is an American drama series which aired on CBS from 1996 to 1999. It is a spin-off from another series, Touched by an Angel.

Promised Land is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche and their highest charting record to date. It was released by EMI on 18 October 1994, four years after their successful Empire album. The album was re-released on June 10, 2003 in a remastered edition with bonus tracks.

Promised Land is the third and final MCD released by Dispatched. It contains a total of six tracks (the most of any MCD, EP, demo, or promo recorded by the band) and was released in 1998.

Promised Land, as described in the Bible, is the land promised by God to Abraham and his descendants.

Promised Land may also refer to:

Promised Land is the first solo studio album released by American blues guitarist Robert Walker after over fifty years of performing. The album was released in 1997 by Rooster Blues. It contains only one original song by Walker himself, with rest being treatments of standards from a wide range of styles.

"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of " Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in December, 1964, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term for a Mann Act conviction.

In the lyrics, the singer (who refers to himself as "the poor boy") tells of his journey from Norfolk, Virginia, to the "Promised Land", Los Angeles, California, mentioning various cities of the American Southeast that he encounters along his journey. It has subsequently been covered by numerous other artists.

Promised Land is a 1975 album by Elvis Presley on RCA Records. It was recorded in December 1973 at Stax Records studios in Memphis and released on Presley's 40th birthday. The material was the second pick from the December 1973 session, as the songs considered strongest had been issued on Good Times. The title track, a cover of the 1965 hit by Chuck Berry, was issued earlier as a single on September 27, 1974, and hit number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK top ten. Its flip side, "Its Midnight", reached 9 on the Country Charts. Another hit single from the album was " If You Talk in Your Sleep" reaching 17 on the Billboard Hot 100. In the US the album only reached number 47 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, but reached 1 in Billboard's Top Country LPs chart. The album also reached 1 in the Country Cashbox albums chart. In the UK the album reached 21.

In 2011, the FTD ( Follow That Dream) collectors label released an expanded, 48-track version of the album including outtakes.

Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.

The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine; other cast included Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh. It was made on a budget of just over R15 (~2US$).

It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2002.

"Promised Land" is an episode of The Outer Limits television show. It was first broadcast on August 21, 1998, during the show's fourth season. It is a sequel to " The Camp" episode.

Promised Land is the fourth Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker, first published in 1976. It won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1977.

"Promised Land" is the third album of Japanese singer-songwriter Rurutia. It reached #111 on Oricon and charted for a week.

Promised Land is the seventh album by Dar Williams released September 9, 2008 on Razor & Tie, the label that has released almost all of her albums. It was her first studio album in three years.

Promised Land is a CBC Radio One program about refugees to Canada that first ran in the summer of 2010. It was presented by Natasha Fatah.

Promised Land is a 2004 Israeli film, directed by Amos Gitai and starring Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, and Hanna Schygulla, with Anne Parillaud in a supporting role. It tells the story of a group of Estonian girls smuggled into Israel to serve as prostitutes. It is the first film of Gitai's Border Trilogy.

"Promised Land" is the 21st episode of the fifth season of the American series The Vampire Diaries and the series' 110th episode overall. "Promised Land" was originally aired on May 8, 2014, on The CW. The episode was written by Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by Michael Allowitz.

Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900. It also appears in the special instructions of employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908. It also appears in special instructions of employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designaion S106 in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.

"Promised Land" is a collaboration between producer/composer Marc Mysterio, rock band Crash Test Dummies and Mark Crozer meant to honor and benefit the refugees now descending upon Europe. Mysterio and Crash Test Dummies previously collaborated in March 2015, when Mysterio released a remix of the band's 1993 hit Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.

On February 5, 2016, 'Promised Land' was released by Sony Music, marking the bands first major label release of new material in nearly two decades.

"Promised Land" is a single by The Style Council released in 1989. It was a cover of a song by Joe Smooth. Along with the track, "Can You Still Love Me", "Promised Land" was the duo's only entry on the US dance chart, where it peaked at number nineteen.

Promised Land is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand and Hal Holbrook. The screenplay is written by Damon and Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers. Promised Land follows two corporate salespeople who visit a rural town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents.

Damon was originally attached to direct the film, but he was replaced by Van Sant. Filming took place mainly in Pittsburgh from early to mid-2012. During filming and afterward, the film's highlighting of the resource extraction process hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," emerged as a topic of debate.

The film had a limited release in the United States on , 2012 and followed with a nationwide expansion on , 2013. The film had its international premiere and received Special Mention Award at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2013.

Promised Land is a historic mansion in Braithwaite, Louisiana, USA. It was built in 1925. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 11, 1997.