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repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
In this paper, well review some of the connections between God and the leaders of Samuel, and determine how God related to those l...
was dictated by the author or that every word is a word of God directed to human for their salvation," as many of the words in the...
this account of Jesus ministry portrays it as a "coherent judgment comprising sin, chastisement and restoration" (Clifford and Ana...
by various members of the Hebrew-Jewish community between the 12th century B.C. and the beginning of the Christian era (Larue). Th...
In five pages this paper discusses how human standards can be lived up to in a consideration of the Old Testament's unrighteousnes...
conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...
In six pages this oldest Old Testament text is analyzed in terms of the ministry of Jeremiah, the times, and how these verses rela...
In thirteen pages this paper examines Child's Biblical Theology of the Old and New Testaments: Theological Reflection on the Chris...
by a monarch entailed certain secular dangers, such as possibility that a king might become oppressive in his rule or lead the peo...
means "face of God" (NIV). These verses record that a "man" (exact origin is unstated) wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. Jacob ...
and they therefore are telling their stories from that point forth. While the Old Testament looks forward to Jesus, the New Testa...
reflecting the image of Christ? An examination of scripture reveals that these two ideas are not contradictory. Rather, the idea o...
protect and guard the warrior, but in this case, it represents the king protecting and guarding the nation against all intruders t...
years because he seems to care a bit for the father of Henry, John of Gaunt. In these respects one can see that Richard II may wel...
a religious leader to one ruled by a king, that is, a political leader. Sauls downfall as a ruler is considered to be tragic in th...
meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...
King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...
as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...
In six pages this essay discusses gods laws, obedience, rewards and punishments as they pertain to 2 Books of Kings in the Old Tes...
than obey the command. A series of events finds Jonah in the belly of a great fish where he prays; he is spit up from the fish and...
In five pages this paper presents chapter summaries and interpretations of the Old Testament's Book of Daniel. Three sources are ...
In seven pages this essay examines Christianity in terms of the role played by Satan in both the Old Testament and the New Testame...
In eight pages the Old Testament's Book of Jeremiah is analyzed in terms of how the prophetic messages of Jeremiah were reflection...
This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...
(p. 81). In other words, this group of scholars believes that Christianity adopted its missionary orientation, in part, because ...
In a paper consisting of twenty five pages the Old Testament's Book of Daniel is extensively analyzed and presents the argument su...
In eight pages this essay analyzes the Old Testament's Book of Job. There are no other sources listed....
In ten pages the Jewish roots of the Christian faith are exposed in a discussion of major contention points that existed, similari...