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chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...
God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...
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 ...
codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...
repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...
with relatively few regrets about the past. Many of the laws of society can be traced to the tenets of the Ten Commandments...
others and did not "defile" themselves by adopting the customs of the cultures to which they were exposed. It is this covenant tha...
(Ruth 1:3). The sons married Moab women but about ten years later, both sons died (Ruth 1:3). Ruth was one of the widows of Naomis...
In five pages this essay discusses how these biblical texts have served as personal and community sources of inspiration. There a...
in mind we present an examination of Gilgamesh as he illustrates the struggle for social function, or mortality, despite the inter...
of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....
In five pages God's nature is examined in Exodus 34, verses six and seven. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...
An eight page research paper considering the literary concept of the hero's journey in this classic science fiction film by direct...
Chapters 1 through 10 of this text are examined in an overview of five pages in which the contents are applied to motivation diffi...
In five pages and 2 parts Homer's 'The Iliad' is examines in terms of Patroklos' leadership abilities with a contrast and comparis...
This paper is made up of three short papers, the topics of which are the social role, position of the prophets, the role of Hokmah...
and command as a problem to solve and he did so. Those are the strengths of the entrepreneurial leader: a dream, a strong vision t...
that all that happens is not simply between God and man. There is another party - Satan. The Book of Job presents a war between Go...
Israel was under the Persian hegemony, was instrumental in shaping Judaism, as well as in the formulation of the Hebrew teachings ...
was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...
influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...
reader how "everything well stowed, the wine in jars, and the barley meal, which is the staff of life" which indicates that wine r...
In four pages this paper examines evaluates the acceptability of the protagonists' actions in these classic literary works by Virg...
In seven pages the classical Greek definition of hero as revealed in the epic poems of Homer is discussed....
of Homers great work are a slew of characters. One of those is Odysseus, an unlikely hero. Odysseus is in some ways an antihero...
facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (...
in the case of John the Baptist, he should feel that Jesus followers were becoming a political threat to his rule. Herod Agrippa...
book. The reader kept the story interesting for the children. According to Piagets Stages of Cognitive Development, Diane demons...