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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...
"great contribution" to the quest for the historical Jesus, according to Fredriksen, 2002, has been to formulate an "interpretativ...
acceptable sacrifice capable of redeeming the sins of humanity. My personal beliefs (meaning the beliefs of the student, not thi...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
teaches that "all of the Law and the Prophets rest on the command to love God and neighbor (22:34-40)" (Kozar 78). Matthew 22:34...
cognitively prepare the hearer for the evangelical message of salvation that will soon follow and the third interpretation is that...
Later in Luke, we read "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men . . . ." (Luke 24:7). In the Acts of the Apo...
well as with the earthly King David, through Joseph, who acknowledges Jesus as his son (Brown, 1997). Joseph is in the line of Dav...
For example, when Jesus metaphorically gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom," Jesus refers to a verse in Isaiah that speaks of the...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things." Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He" (John 4:25-26). III. J...
edification of readers who seek, like him, to try to deepen their understanding of Christianity. In accomplishing this task, Gre...
Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...
is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...
Jesus was both human and Divine as is reflected in many parts of the New Testament. This paper discusses the account of the Last S...
Messiahs coming. These questions will be addressed on the following pages. Historical Concept of the Messiah...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
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...
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 ...
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...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...
are disciplined and they are able to see the Gestalt, the big picture.2 They know what they want to accomplish and even know how l...
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...
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...
men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...