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Holy Scriptures and God's Personal Messages

In eight pages each biblical book is analyzed in terms of the personal messages from God contained within within the context of Ho...

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...

The Changing Face of Jesus by Geza Vermes

"great contribution" to the quest for the historical Jesus, according to Fredriksen, 2002, has been to formulate an "interpretativ...

Civil Rights Movement and Exodus Theme

the slavery imposed upon the Hebrews and the social slavery imposed upon supposedly "free" African Americans were both forms of ri...

Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith

vicar. In other words, Dr. Primrose is definitely a good man, but he often does not see things very clearly. At the beginning o...

Bible's Depiction of the Family

In five pages this paper examines how family and family issues are presented in the biblical stories of Amnon and Tamar and Abraha...

Samuel and Moses Bible Stories

In Samuel, the story begins with Hannah and her husband. The woman had prayed to the Lord for a child and soon she was blessed wit...

Opposing Same Sex Marriages Within a United Methodist Church Context

measure of repetition. According to information from the United Methodist News Service (05-09-00), the issue has come up at every ...

Odysseus Compared with Genesis' Jacob

son of Odysseus, wearing a disguise and instills in him the courage to challenge the suitors of his mother. Additionally Athena pe...

Jewish Uprising in Warsaw, Poland in 1943

when David was witness to Goliaths rantings, David offered to fight the Giant in order to allow victory over the Philistines (The ...

'Paradise Lost' by John Milton, Christianity, and Classics

very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...

An Exposition of 2 Corinthians 2:17

American Standard Bible). Further exegetical examination of this verse immediately brings up several questions. First of all, to...

Christ's Disciple Mary Magdalene

After having a baby, women were considered unclean and forbidden from entering the synagogue for a month; if the baby were a girl,...

Craig L. Blomberg's Historical Reliability of the Gospels

that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...

Business and Christian Ethics

short cuts are not. In order to create a business enterprise based on Christian morals, one may want to follow the six basic busin...

Priesthood and Celibacy

a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...

Exegesis of Ezra Chapter 9, Lines 10 through 14

The modern reader may have difficulty in understanding Ezras position. After all, the major sin that he accuses the people of comm...

Biblical Times and Methodology

might question authenticity, this author has taken the time to document sources and uses a variety of these. He in facts blends a ...

Ethics and the Old Testament

with relatively few regrets about the past. Many of the laws of society can be traced to the tenets of the Ten Commandments...

Theological Writing

falls into this category (Malcheski, 2002). The essay is not necessarily objective in that the writer is attempting to argue for a...

Using a Particular Biblical Genre to Preach the Gospels of Jesus Christ

it is not always easy to let go of what is of this earth; worldly possessions are so hard to come by, some people make them the fo...

Analysis of the Book of Nehemiah

those of the chronicler is in fact a possibility. Time and time again, Whitehead provides evidence of Nehemiahs action, ...

Medieval Literature, Biblical Allusions and Religious Symbolism

all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...

Different Interpretations of Biblical Events Lord Byron's View of the Story of Cain and Abel

that neither knowledge nor life are two evils to be chosen between, but that they are both good. Why would God care to call either...

Exegesis of John 17, Lines 6 through 10

the world (Lueking, 1997). As this indicates, Luekings interpretation of these verses is fairly straight forward, as he sees it as...

Babylonian God Marduk

In six pages this god is traced throughout history with similarities between the Biblical and Babylonian creation stories and the ...

Man's Soul and God Contemplated in Philosophy Essays

In three pages philosophers Hume, Descartes, and Aristotle are applied to the concepts of man's nature, the existence of God, and ...

Christianity and the Role of Martin Luther

This paper consists of five pages and considers Martin Luther's important religious role in terms of how he influenced Christianit...

Biblical Proof of Monotheism

In five pages this essay cites verses and chapters from the biblical books of Jeremiah and Isaiah as evidence that only a singular...

Biblical Women Hagar and Sarah

In eight pages these women are examined through an analysis of various biblical passages. Nine sources are cited in the bibliogra...