YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Kings and Kingship in the Old Testament
Essays 121 - 150
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 five pages this essay explores the concepts of unity and hope in terms of their similarities as revealed in the messages contai...
Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...
also referred as "the law," due to the fact that they contain "the laws and instruction" that were handed down by God to Moses and...
and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...
following Gods first message to move but he did not wait to see if God would tell him the best path to take. There are certain par...
prophets was to convey a message from God to the People. They received the divine messages differently, some in a dream, some in a...
learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...
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...
wife was sexually involved with other men after they married (Smith, 2001). God demonstrates to Hosea the love He has for His peo...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...
poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most Mighty, with thy glory and t...
This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...
is to preserve the "state," that is the authority of the state, as opposed to having genuine feeling for the welfare of the people...
In a paper consisting of five pages the similarities between modern Peru and 1960s America are noted in a consideration of how Kin...
In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...
in mind we present an examination of Gilgamesh as he illustrates the struggle for social function, or mortality, despite the inter...
In five pages this essay discusses how these biblical texts have served as personal and community sources of inspiration. There a...
Chapters 1 through 10 of this text are examined in an overview of five pages in which the contents are applied to motivation diffi...
In five pages God's nature is examined in Exodus 34, verses six and seven. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....
that all that happens is not simply between God and man. There is another party - Satan. The Book of Job presents a war between Go...
others and did not "defile" themselves by adopting the customs of the cultures to which they were exposed. It is this covenant tha...
with relatively few regrets about the past. Many of the laws of society can be traced to the tenets of the Ten Commandments...
(Ruth 1:3). The sons married Moab women but about ten years later, both sons died (Ruth 1:3). Ruth was one of the widows of Naomis...
influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...
was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...
Israel was under the Persian hegemony, was instrumental in shaping Judaism, as well as in the formulation of the Hebrew teachings ...
and command as a problem to solve and he did so. Those are the strengths of the entrepreneurial leader: a dream, a strong vision t...