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arose that the city was burned intentionally on the command of the emperor. One contemporary account asserts that "Certain people ...
This is exactly what happened during the early Christian visual transition. The full body shapes of the classical (pagan) world w...
In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...
In eleven pages this paper discusses whether or not the Shroud of Turin is little more than a contrived hoax or truly represents J...
In five pages this paper examines the different Jewish sects that fragmented before the birth of Jesus such as the Essenes, the Sa...
In five pages Potter's controversial Son of Man TV movie based upon Jesus's life is examined in terms of the writer's objectives a...
In six pages this examination of Jesus' life includes his childhood and last 3 years before his crucifixion. Six sources are cite...
In five pages this paper examines what a Jesus' servant's mission is in a consideration of John 17, verse 18; 20, verse 21; and 21...
of the Sower in Matthew 13:3-23. This parable talks of a farmer sowing the seed is not to be taken literally. The farmer is an ana...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
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by John the Baptist, who claimed that he should rather be baptized by Jesus (Mt 3:13). Immediately after, the dove from heaven de...
the Twelve who was not from Galilee; he was from Kerioth in southern Judaea. Jews from this part of the country believed they were...
perhaps even more interesting, is that he managed to connect to everyone. His stories and parables could be understood on the mos...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
because only men paid taxes. The presence of his fianc?e or wife would be redundant" (Robinson, 1999; xmas_dir.htm#where). And, it...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
Gospel of Matthew it is noted that "When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against...
to be the so-called "Corinthian Gate," and that this was the place where "the crippled man had been placed so that he could beg f...
men" (Jeffrey, 1990). Each taught a new truth as commanded by God, each performed miracles, both spent their childhoods in Egypt, ...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
from a degree of torment, the sources of our greatest joys lying awkwardly close to those of our greatest pain" (De Botton 215). ...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
move allowed him to lead a life of leisure rather than one of hard work and he spent a great deal of time "in religious contemplat...
born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...
home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...