YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Hebrew Bible by Jon Levenson
Essays 151 - 180
angels one sees in the Bible take on many different roles: they are forecasters, instructors, dictators, protectors, chastisers, s...
The writer discusses the Christian practice of tithing, what it is, how much a person should tithe, and what he should do if he ca...
In six pages an exegesis of this passage is presented in terms of the movement out of Egypt and into the promised land with God's ...
In six pages this paper considers the variations of this passage from the Book of Matthew that appear in the King James, American ...
has been clearly perceived in the things that have been made" (Romans 1:20). Since Gods word was obvious, even if one had not hear...
In five pages this essay contrasts and compares Chapter 1:4 through Chapter 3:22 of the Book of Revelation accross five differing ...
sense of morality despite Moses obvious exposure to the belief system of the Egyptian gods and goddesses. In brief summary to hi...
predecessors in the eighteenth century, beginning with Wilhelm Martin Leberecht de Wette. Furthermore, Blenkinsopps discussion of ...
The Bible, on the other hand, has a much looser structure and was not written by a single author, or group of authors, at one part...
were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...
for their ethical behavior. He identified six stages which were classified in three levels: pre-conventional, conventional and pos...
the birthright of two brothers. In fact, one can go so far to say that the problems in the Middle East have arisen in part due to ...
limited at best. The average American will probably not ever venture off her shores. Often, the more technologically advanced cult...
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...
There can be no doubt that Stowe intended her novel to be more of a religious than sociopolitical text. It includes close to 100 ...
the story deals with his infatuations, lusts, loves and relationships. Surprisingly, Genji retains a hard exterior through it all...
is now dead (Jesus - The Quranic View, 2003). Those who would consider Jesus to be God, the Son of God, or part of a trinity are ...
guiding light for Gilgamesh. It is also important to note that Gilgamesh himself seeks immortality as this is important to the sto...
and those regarding the sciences, technology, and business. The difference is that although we "sense" our religious beliefs we d...
be either coerced or cajoled into taking a position of responsibility within the church, but should, rather, desire to serve in th...
the divine commands and the application of Mosaic tradition require a comparative view of these authors, their underlying purpose,...
1959, and Price, like so many of his Western contemporaries at the time, believed that the inhabitants of the so-called Dark Conti...
Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...
surely bless you and make your descendant as numerous as the stars in the sky." Because Abraham never questioned a divine commandm...
depiction was not anti-Semitic: "Most of good people in this movie are Jewish, including not only Jesus and Mary, but Mary Magdale...
book of Genesis, life for Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was "an ideal state" until evil, or Satan in the deceptive disguise o...
kingdom of heaven is similar to a field in which a man has sown good seed. The "good seed" are righteous people who will come to b...
that it took root in that region, transformed by the demands of laymen and -women and the responses of clerical leaders. Southern ...
When we consider the Popol Vuh we see that this is an ancient Mayan text that has many stories and tales. Further more it...
the kindred heaven. It was this earth, mixed with water, that Prometheus, child of Titan Iapetus, fashioned into the image of the ...