YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Jesus Myth by Andrew Greeley
Essays 61 - 90
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...
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, ...
women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...
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...
-- a citadel in Corinth, the valley of the Kings, the killing fields of Troy, Easter Island, Paris, the fields of Olympus and Detr...
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...
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 ...
and furthermore substantiates the domination of men over women. The clear message is that the patriarchal, punishing Jehovah shoul...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
Union and instead of trying to soothe things with the EU Commissioner, Welch was aggressive in his approach.8 The approach did not...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
Dr. Nakanishi points out that that a large number of Asian American students attend "multiracial, low-income...low-performing scho...
the Twelve who was not from Galilee; he was from Kerioth in southern Judaea. Jews from this part of the country believed they were...
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 writer reviews the Laurie Beth Jones book Jesus, CEO, which gives business advice based on the leadership techniques demonstra...
In two pages this myth examines the logic of this eighteenth century myth. There is no bibliography included....
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...
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 six pages this examination of Jesus' life includes his childhood and last 3 years before his crucifixion. Six sources are cite...
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 five pages this paper examines the different Jewish sects that fragmented before the birth of Jesus such as the Essenes, the Sa...
In fifteen pages this paper discusses the myths of gods and heroes as contemporary instruments of change as described by Joseph Ca...
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...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
contemporary mindset, the word "law" refers to civil law, which is enforced by the police and government officials. As Jesus indic...
are disciplined and they are able to see the Gestalt, the big picture.2 They know what they want to accomplish and even know how l...