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as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...

chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...

In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...

In eleven pages this research paper refers to the Old Testament in a consideration of why Jesus is not accepted as the Messiah by ...

In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...

In five pages these rituals and their importance as described in the Old Testament are discussed in a consideration of Leviticus' ...

is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...

the people of Israel and the Almighty. The continuation of this covenant reaches from the past through to the new covenant represe...

In fifteen pages the letter St. Paul wrote to the Romans is considered within the context of whether today's society is sinful, if...

In fifteen pages Old Testament theology is considered in various sections that include models, debates, and a discussion of theori...

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

In six pages this paper examines these Old Testament prophet books in terms of their names' meaning and also contrasts and compare...

In five pages this paper examines prophets including Daniel Jonah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah as they are featured in the Old T...

In five pages this paper examines the definition of identity in the works of Euripides, Sophocles, Sappho's poetry, the Oresteia, ...

In this paper that consists of nine pages the theology of the Old Testament and adult learning converge in this lesson plan for an...

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

In five and a half pages this paper examines the Old Testament in a consideration of the covenant's definition and what it means. ...

In 6 pages the Old Testament is compared and contrasted with the myths of the ancient Mayan civilization in a consideration of the...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...

or to drive away evil. Enacted daily, monthly or seasonally or to honor special events, animals are offered to the gods as a toke...