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be very difficult because it had armor-like scales that were so close they did not even let in air. The mystery may be solved. A f...

John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...

so disfigured that three of his friends do not recognize him when they come to visit him. The three friends are Eliphaz, Bildad...

chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...

God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...

first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...

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

Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

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

Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...

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

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

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

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

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

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

in and curse God. He tells his wife, advising her that, just as they accept good from the hand of God, they have to also be willin...

In 6 pages the Old Testament is compared and contrasted with the myths of the ancient Mayan civilization in a consideration of the...

The temptress or protector roles of women in the Bible's Old Testament are discussed in a paper consisting of 5 pages. There are ...

In five and a half pages this paper examines the Old Testament in a consideration of the covenant's definition and what it means. ...

just as many parents find they have to resort to what has come to be known as "tough love," God of the Hebrew scriptures certainly...

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

the people of Israel and the Almighty. The continuation of this covenant reaches from the past through to the new covenant represe...

In five pages this paper examines prophets including Daniel Jonah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah as they are featured in the Old T...

In six pages this paper examines these Old Testament prophet books in terms of their names' meaning and also contrasts and compare...

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

In fifteen pages the letter St. Paul wrote to the Romans is considered within the context of whether today's society is sinful, if...