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Jesus, CEO, Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership

The writer reviews the Laurie Beth Jones book Jesus, CEO, which gives business advice based on the leadership techniques demonstra...

John's Gospel on Jesus

He is. There are several themes in Johns Gospel including: salvation is only through Jesus; John the Baptist preceded Jesu...

Essays on the Bible

In seven pages this essay examines several Old and New Testament books and includes the four gospels, and books on Ecclesiastes, D...

Analysis of the Covenants and the Old Testament

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares the covenants with God and the Old Testament stories of David, Moses, Adam and Ev...

Old Testament and the Portrayal of God

In two pages this paper contemplates how the Old Testament depicts God. There is no bibliography included....

Challenges, Motivations, and Walter Kaiser's Toward An Old Testament Theology

Chapters 1 through 10 of this text are examined in an overview of five pages in which the contents are applied to motivation diffi...

Toward an Old Testament Theology by Walter Kaiser

An overview of the arguments the author makes in Toward and Old Testament Theology is assessed in terms of its strengths and weakn...

Introduction Question and the New Testament

In five pages this paper discusses the New Testament and the questionable authorship of the Book of James. Four sources are cited...

Prevailing Biblical Themes

A number of consistent themes run through the Bible. This paper focuses on three of them, giving examples from the Old and New Tes...

Bible Morality and Warfare

war is used in both Old and New Testament texts, there is definitively a difference in the way in which this language is used and ...

John Keats, John Donne, and Robert Browning's Uses of Imagery

line in every stanza is shortened by two metric beats to create a sense of temporary suspension before the story continues (Abrams...

Book of Kings in the Old Testament

In six pages this essay discusses gods laws, obedience, rewards and punishments as they pertain to 2 Books of Kings in the Old Tes...

Chapter I of the Book of Job

In five pages this paper examines the first chapter of the Book of Job that is featured in the Old Testament. There are no other ...

Covenant and Its Theological Importance

In eight pages this paper examines the Old and New Testaments in terms of the importance of covenants. Six sources are cited in t...

Women's Oppression in the Old Testament and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...

Israelites and Codified Law

codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...

Literal Interpretation of the Old Testament

were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...

Kings and Kingship in the Old Testament

repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

Consideration of the New Testament Canon

in his letter to the Smyrnaeans (Hartono, 1996). Papias, bishop of Hierapolis (c. 125 AD) was known to be acquainted with the Gosp...

Old Testament Book Of Ruth

(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...

Life of Paul and New Testament Scripture

large eyes, and his eyebrows set, and his nose was somewhat long" (Miller, 1997, p. 39). While this description is intriguing, the...

Homer and the Old Testament

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

Torah Defined

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

Cinematic Comparison of Threads, The Day After, and Testament

(originally produced to be shown on PBS, but later received theatrical distribution), which starred Jane Alexander and focused upo...

Old Testament and Salvation

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

Introduction to the Old Testament by Anthony Ceresko

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Understanding the Old Testament by Bernhard Anderson

of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....

Introduction to the New Testament by Raymond Brown

describing these aspects of the New Testament in detail. For example, he begins his book, in the preface section, by indicating im...

John Clare's 'Spring Comes' and John Keats' 'To Autumn'

sort of image of things that awe us. Even in these two simple words we are presented with a magical picture of a time of harvest, ...

Overview of Mosaic Dietary Laws

early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...