YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Kings and Kingship in the Old Testament
Essays 121 - 150
of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...
learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...
following Gods first message to move but he did not wait to see if God would tell him the best path to take. There are certain par...
prophets was to convey a message from God to the People. They received the divine messages differently, some in a dream, some in a...
and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...
also referred as "the law," due to the fact that they contain "the laws and instruction" that were handed down by God to Moses and...
no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...
Alabama because he was "invited here" and because of his "organizational ties" to the area (King). Statement of Understanding: H...
wife was sexually involved with other men after they married (Smith, 2001). God demonstrates to Hosea the love He has for His peo...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...
poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and t...
be very difficult because it had armor-like scales that were so close they did not even let in air. The mystery may be solved. A f...
This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...
In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...
In five pages this essay discusses how these biblical texts have served as personal and community sources of inspiration. There a...
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 God's nature is examined in Exodus 34, verses six and seven. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...
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...
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...
(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...
others and did not "defile" themselves by adopting the customs of the cultures to which they were exposed. It is this covenant tha...
with relatively few regrets about the past. Many of the laws of society can be traced to the tenets of the Ten Commandments...
of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....
in mind we present an examination of Gilgamesh as he illustrates the struggle for social function, or mortality, despite the inter...
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...