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Chapter I of the Book of Job

In five pages this paper examines the first chapter of the Book of Job that is featured in the Old Testament. There are no other ...

Covenant and Its Theological Importance

In eight pages this paper examines the Old and New Testaments in terms of the importance of covenants. Six sources are cited in t...

Toward an Old Testament Theology by Walter Kaiser

An overview of the arguments the author makes in Toward and Old Testament Theology is assessed in terms of its strengths and weakn...

Prevailing Biblical Themes

A number of consistent themes run through the Bible. This paper focuses on three of them, giving examples from the Old and New Tes...

John's Gospel 1, Verses 1 through 18

In ten pages an exegesis of these verses of the gospel according to John is presented in an examination of translation text differ...

Essays on the Bible

In seven pages this essay examines several Old and New Testament books and includes the four gospels, and books on Ecclesiastes, D...

Bible Morality and Warfare

war is used in both Old and New Testament texts, there is definitively a difference in the way in which this language is used and ...

Old and New Testaments and the Theme of Salvation

Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...

Exegesis of Zephaniah 3, Verses 14 through 20

first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...

Old Testament Passage Joshua 24, Verses 1 to 28

of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...

Old Testament and Salvation

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

Introduction to the Old Testament by Anthony Ceresko

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Literal Interpretation of the Old Testament

were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...

Kings and Kingship in the Old Testament

repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

Homer and the Old Testament

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

A Deuteronomy Structural Analysis

chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...

Deacon's Role as Prophet

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

Overview of Mosaic Dietary Laws

early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...

Torah Defined

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

Discussion of Christology

the christologies of the New Testament. Two of the most significant approaches are that of Paul and John. Maas (2004) points out...

Anselm, Aquinas, Descartes/Existence of God

conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...

Old Testament Presentation of Persia

Israel was under the Persian hegemony, was instrumental in shaping Judaism, as well as in the formulation of the Hebrew teachings ...

Readings of the Old Testament Books of Genesis, Samuel, Ruth, and Judges

was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...

Old Testament Larger than Life Characters

influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...

Biblical Inspiration

question to explore is-How? The first factor in his equation is the widely popular notion that God acts in human history. If God...

Old Testament Patriarchs SWOT

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...

Issues of Old Testament Scripture

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...

Challenges, Motivations, and Walter Kaiser's Toward An Old Testament Theology

Chapters 1 through 10 of this text are examined in an overview of five pages in which the contents are applied to motivation diffi...

Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard Anderson

of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....

Inspirational Old and New Testaments

In five pages this essay discusses how these biblical texts have served as personal and community sources of inspiration. There a...