YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Biblical Scholar Thomas L Thompson
Essays 211 - 240
that not only are the documents logically from a particular time period, but they are evaluated in the context of history. Thus, i...
the world (Lueking, 1997). As this indicates, Luekings interpretation of these verses is fairly straight forward, as he sees it as...
The modern reader may have difficulty in understanding Ezras position. After all, the major sin that he accuses the people of comm...
short cuts are not. In order to create a business enterprise based on Christian morals, one may want to follow the six basic busin...
a mandate for priests (McGovern, 2003). We also know that married priests were common because St. Paul told Titus and Timothy that...
1 Tim. 2:11-15 as indicating that Gods plan for the sexes is for male to dominate female. This New Testament passage directs women...
those of the chronicler is in fact a possibility. Time and time again, Whitehead provides evidence of Nehemiahs action, ...
all of its aspects. This also ties in with the idea that they are traveling to the city of Canterbury to be redeemed. Here, the po...
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...
After having a baby, women were considered unclean and forbidden from entering the synagogue for a month; if the baby were a girl,...
very important fact when considering the relationship between the classics and Christianity in Miltons poem by stating the followi...
might question authenticity, this author has taken the time to document sources and uses a variety of these. He in facts blends a ...
American Standard Bible). Further exegetical examination of this verse immediately brings up several questions. First of all, to...
author puts forth as a primary support of reasons for Jonahs actions. Sometimes people require a relatively harsh shove in the ri...
were to me To be refresshed half so ofte as he- Which yifte of God hadde he, for alle hise wyvys? No man hath swich that in this w...
he ate what he was not supposed to as the evince is the new knowledge he possesses. In the passage above, God punishes all women...
would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Matthew 7:7-12. The following discussion offers an exegeti...
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...
what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meant again, so that I will not cause him to fall" (I Cor. 8:13). ...
231). This is quite interesting as today, women are told not to drink at all during pregnancy, and this is a rather new sentiment....
acting properly, and as God says, the people will find themselves in an even more powerful position in this new land. The book not...
be pardoned" (Luke 6:37). God is clearly telling us that it is in our own best interests to forgive others for whatever umbrage w...
his inheritance with dissolute living (Luke 11:13). After spending all his money, a famine takes hold of this land and the only wo...
are important to our understanding of the verses. Introductory Matters The author: The author of the verses we want to conside...
to prevent his death. As a result, Moses was first raised by the sister of the Pharaoh, and later became the instrument through w...
this concept: "the term "trinity" means that there are three eternal distinctions in the one divine essence, known respectively as...
in an untimely accident, she further loses her capacity to love herself or others. She is so consumed by her grief and her lack of...
was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...
is that "all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in men and I am in you" (verse 21). Interpretation According to Lueking ...