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than obey the command. A series of events finds Jonah in the belly of a great fish where he prays; he is spit up from the fish and...
In five pages this paper presents chapter summaries and interpretations of the Old Testament's Book of Daniel. Three sources are ...
In eight pages the Old Testament's Book of Jeremiah is analyzed in terms of how the prophetic messages of Jeremiah were reflection...
In seven pages this essay examines Christianity in terms of the role played by Satan in both the Old Testament and the New Testame...
ritual in pagan religions for the purpose of purifying oneself (Barnes 2000). Although the term baptism is not found in the Old ...
author points out, it would be impossible to spend as much time on each and every event and person mentioned in the Old Testament....
(p. 81). In other words, this group of scholars believes that Christianity adopted its missionary orientation, in part, because ...
In eight pages this essay analyzes the Old Testament's Book of Job. There are no other sources listed....
In ten pages the Jewish roots of the Christian faith are exposed in a discussion of major contention points that existed, similari...
deity, was the "first principle, the very foundation of the divinely willed order of things" (McCarthy 136). However, it is not e...
book touches on many mundane matters. How to get through life and understand its wrath is truly lifes most contemplated topics and...
duties. Leviticus 19:32-33 details the societal obligation to respect the elderly, and also instructs that strangers should not be...
unique personalities and writing styles (Thiessen, 1979). Theissen explains that the Holy Spirit supervised these writers to insur...
the ship and all on board. The mariners were obviously of mixed nationalities because they all honored different gods.. Each man...
time on earth (Core, 2000). The early Christians debated at great length regarding the books that would be accepted as Old Testame...
In seventeen pages this paper argues that contemporary Christian theology can best be understood through a consideration of the Ol...
In five pages this Old Testament priest is examined in a consideration of his life and achievements. Six sources are cited in the...
across other he knows as well ads many mythical and historical figures, each one can be seen representing a particular virtue or f...
In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Gaiman's "American Gods". The dichotomy between old and new gods in the text is show...
Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...
theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...
did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...
chapters, which are made up wise sayings, consisting of two lines of poetry. The majority of the book is attributed to King Solomo...
out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...
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...
King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...
and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...
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...
learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...
conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...