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Essays 361 - 390
the Hebron area; threats to shoot soldiers" (Brownfeld, 1999). In further understanding some of the foundations of their argum...
with holy wars that are most familiar to Westerners are in the Old Testament. Exodus 32:27 tells of how God ordered the destructio...
sends through the voices of her characters. Stowe is a master at crafting conversations and employing just the right words for he...
ornate. It is believed that this particular sculpture was carved to stand before the burial site of a youth who was the member ...
in the earliest forms of the Roman Creed but it was not until 360 that the word Catholic was added to the Creed in the West (Thurs...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
one true God. As this suggests, biblical allusions are plentiful in the Old English epic, particularly in regards to the Old Test...
his name, this is clearly meant for his disciples as it will be them who will be in greater danger and not Jesus....
has changed into that of "practicalism" which she describes as a way of thinking that "arises from and is tested against practices...
comprehend Jesus lessons, i.e. his parables, better when they consider them in the context of "drohrede," a literary genre centra...
which involves the story of King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (Penman, 2002; Penman, 1995). Maude was considered as t...
Jesus Christ is especially compelling in the character of Jimmy Cross. His initials of J.C. and his surname are calculated refere...
thematic content. The whole emphasis of the narrative in Matthew is on scriptures being fulfilled via the life of Jesus (Wright, 1...
but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...
the christologies of the New Testament. Two of the most significant approaches are that of Paul and John. Maas (2004) points out...
time. Perhaps in the distance between the time of Christ and modern times, the death of Christ by way of crucifixion has been sa...
cycle of Easter. Forty days of Lent are honored prior to Easter; this is a reminder of the cost of the victory of the cross. Pente...
the tables of the moneychangers in the temple. Besides the symbolism of this act, which was to purify the temple from a "den of th...
thinking" (Wittkowski 2). The main thrust of such interpretations is that Santiago, in his actions, is in fact an "imitatio Christ...
or more believers are gathered that they are also the body of Christ. This had to be very confusing, and it has led many to questi...
do this, Da Vinci prepared the wall as if he were painting on panel (Rosand, 2001). The Last Supper pictures the moment when Jes...
other outside sources, there is much presentation and analysis of Jesus attitudes on the issue of non-violence. There can ...
obviously keenly intelligent, and it is clear that, if he applied himself, he could have achieved any goal to which he might have ...
the Mediterranean. Haarmann asserts that Marian devotion continues "the ancient goddess cults, and, thus, is a reflection of thei...
This paper examines the pertinent literature and ongoing controversy surrounding Mary, mother of Jesus, as well as her role in the...
However, the light strikes each man in varying degrees of intensity. This becomes the means by which Caravaggio penetrates the "su...
that he did - when the masses desperately needed a "human" religion to cling to - was something that helped boost Jesus to "divine...
the beginning. And, we can also gather information regarding his relationship with Christ and/or religion. With such parents, and ...
of it that easily. This is remedied by the fact that she is given a very difficult choice to make. Does she want to be black, or...
of nearly every day of his childhood" (38). The fact that the crucifix depicts a dead Jesus is significant because it represents ...