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at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...
historical Jesus is based on two recognitions. The first is that the Jewish Jesus from Galilee is different than the Jesus who has...
Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...
First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was held at Nicea (also referred to as Nicaea) in 325 in order to address the topi...
men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...
move allowed him to lead a life of leisure rather than one of hard work and he spent a great deal of time "in religious contemplat...
to be the so-called "Corinthian Gate," and that this was the place where "the crippled man had been placed so that he could beg f...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
If we show that Jesus Christ is the Second Person in the Holy Trinity, we also demonstrate that Jesus is the Son of God, which is ...
son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...
home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
was not the case just a few years ago in Canada. The Conservative Era was an era exemplified by a societal policies which...
because only men paid taxes. The presence of his fianc?e or wife would be redundant" (Robinson, 1999; xmas_dir.htm#where). And, it...
However, the historical record indicates that it was not long before the image of Jesus began to be detached from the historical J...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
In five pages this paper examines the different Jewish sects that fragmented before the birth of Jesus such as the Essenes, the Sa...
In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...
In eleven pages this paper discusses whether or not the Shroud of Turin is little more than a contrived hoax or truly represents J...