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Essays 91 - 120
In five pages this paper examines prophets including Daniel Jonah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah as they are featured in the Old T...
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 six pages the Old and New Testaments are considered in a discussion of similarities and differences that might emerge from a Je...
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...
In eleven pages this research paper refers to the Old Testament in a consideration of why Jesus is not accepted as the Messiah by ...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In fifteen pages Old Testament theology is considered in various sections that include models, debates, and a discussion of theori...
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...
Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
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...
God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...
Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...
first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...
of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...
In six pages this paper examines Jerusalem's symbolic importance in a consideration of both Old and New Testaments along with Acts...
In five pages this paper discusses the conflict represented by the relationships of brothers Absalom and Amnon, Jacob and Esau, an...
In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...
In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...
Salvation and redemption are examined within the context of the Old and New Testaments and the possible contradictory aspects of t...
of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...
In five pages these rituals and their importance as described in the Old Testament are discussed in a consideration of Leviticus' ...
In five pages this essay explores the concepts of unity and hope in terms of their similarities as revealed in the messages contai...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
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...