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John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

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...

learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...

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...

a religious leader to one ruled by a king, that is, a political leader. Sauls downfall as a ruler is considered to be tragic in th...

conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

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...

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...

King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...

this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...

so disfigured that three of his friends do not recognize him when they come to visit him. The three friends are Eliphaz, Bildad...

under them split asunder; and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and all the men that belonge...

out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...

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

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

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

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...

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....