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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 this paper examines Jerusalem's symbolic importance in a consideration of both Old and New Testaments along with Acts...
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...
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...
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...
This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...
Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...
holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...
were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...
repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...
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...
phrases use in the Gospels is that is used exclusively by Christ and is never employed by his disciples or others, nor by early Ch...
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...
this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...
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...