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Pre and Post Jesus Age Jewish Culture

In five pages this paper examines the different Jewish sects that fragmented before the birth of Jesus such as the Essenes, the Sa...

Distortion, the Words and Actions of Jesus:

In five pages this paper discusses Jesus' belief that the law of Moses was being distorted and how this view was represented in bo...

Resurrection from Gnostic and Orthodox Perspectives

In five pages this research paper examines Christ's resurrection in a comparative interpretation of gnostic and orthodox perspecti...

Government and Christianity

became less sure of their eternal salvation (Council, 2004). Thus, the tenuous relationship between government and Christianity m...

British Writer Dennis Potter and Son of Man TV Movie

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...

Jesus's Life

In six pages this examination of Jesus' life includes his childhood and last 3 years before his crucifixion. Six sources are cite...

Jesus' Betrayal by Judas

the Twelve who was not from Galilee; he was from Kerioth in southern Judaea. Jews from this part of the country believed they were...

Blame and the Function of Religion

An insightful discussion of the expectations imposed on human behavior by religion. The writer also addresses the issue of Christ ...

Christ's and God's Images

reflecting the image of Christ? An examination of scripture reveals that these two ideas are not contradictory. Rather, the idea o...

Christ's Charge to Peter Drawing by Raphael

In seven pages this origin of this drawing is examines as Raphael's background in terms of what religious and social influences im...

Christ's Disciple Mary Magdalene

After having a baby, women were considered unclean and forbidden from entering the synagogue for a month; if the baby were a girl,...

Comparing the Philosophies of Plato, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean Paul Sartre

In seven pages this paper presents a comparative analysis of these theorists' philosophies and how each of them would critique the...

Paul Laurence Dunbar and Phillis Wheatley comparing the Work of the Two Authors

Although Paul Laurence Dunbar was born nearly a century after Wheatley's death, the two authors share common traits other than the...

Romans 12, Lines 1 through 8 and Exegesis

poor and most were poor. To place Pauls letter in a historical context, it follows the Thessalonian and Corinthian letters but pr...

Jesus' Miracles

In five pages this paper discusses the miracles Jesus performed and how people responded to them at the time. Four sources are ci...

Book Review of Jaroslav Pelikan's Jesus Through the Centuries

In ten pages this paper compares biblical facts to the author's personal interpretation of Jesus as revealed in his text. There a...

Faith in 1 & 2 Thessalonians

This essay consists of 9 pages and focuses on Paul's faith interpretation contained within these passages and also includes other ...

Romans 5, Lines One Through Five Concerning Peace with God, Access to God's Glory, and Growth through Suffering

In ten pages this paper analyzes Paul's teachings regarding God and peace, glory, and growth. Twelve sources are cited in the bib...

Freedom as Conceptualized by Christianity

In fifteen pages Chapters Eight through Ten of Corinthians, Paul's first Epistle, are studied in an examination of how the Christi...

Protagonist's Fate in 'The Rocking Horse Winner' by D.H. Lawrence

they are poor because they have no luck. Paul, being a small child, thinks that luck is a tangible object to be found, obtained or...

1 Thessalonians and an Exegesis of Chapter 2, Lines 1 through 12

blamelessly we behaved toward you believers; (11) just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of...

Islam, Christianity, and Terrorism

society, leading to their religious viewpoint forming the basis of social morality. However, there is also something of a gre...

Confucius, Jesus, and the Golden Rule

pronouncements express a similar orientation, they are actually quite different because the positive form encompasses a "greater e...

Short Storie Elements in Works by John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Mark Twain, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...

Overview of Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral Construction

(Hart 1995). It seems that both King Charles and Wren were frustrated with the church and when the final plans were drawn up for...

Denis Johnson's Jesus' Son Stories

title we need to consider the parallels between the narrator in this story and Jesus, as seen in the bible. It could be argued tha...

Values According to William Faulkner, Willa Cather, and D.H. Lawrence

sort of injustice, it would have engendered a certain amount of sympathy for him in the reader. Faulkner goes to great lengths to ...

Goddess and Motherhood Feminist Conceptual Comparisons

has changed into that of "practicalism" which she describes as a way of thinking that "arises from and is tested against practices...

Short Fiction Characterization

humanity. The action is the medium by which the man learns, but it is the learning that makes the story fundamentally interesting....

A Detailed Review of 2 Corinthians Chapter Five Verses 14 through21

speaking against him were false apostles. There is some question as to exactly who these false apostles are. Some scholars suggest...