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Old Testament God's Volatile Nature

just as many parents find they have to resort to what has come to be known as "tough love," God of the Hebrew scriptures certainly...

Comparing Marital Attitudes by the Hebrews and Ancient Greeks

allowing them to be less complex than they often are in real life. In the Old Testament in the bible, they tend to be rather simpl...

Rebekah and Nausicaa in the Bible and Homer's 'The Odyssey'

This paper examines the power by women in ancient Hebrew and Greek societies as represented by Rebekah in the Old Testament and Na...

Consideration of Biblical Theology in the Old Testament

In fifteen pages Old Testament theology is considered in various sections that include models, debates, and a discussion of theori...

Analyzing Romans 1: 18-32

In fifteen pages the letter St. Paul wrote to the Romans is considered within the context of whether today's society is sinful, if...

Jesus and Why Jews Don't Believe

In eleven pages this research paper refers to the Old Testament in a consideration of why Jesus is not accepted as the Messiah by ...

Classical Literature Compared

as revealed in the literary/mythological writings of ancient Greece. In "The Iliad," for example, when the mighty warrior Achille...

Biblical Message of Unity and Hope

In five pages this essay explores the concepts of unity and hope in terms of their similarities as revealed in the messages contai...

Rituals of Yom Kippur and Passover

In five pages these rituals and their importance as described in the Old Testament are discussed in a consideration of Leviticus' ...

Matthew's Gospel

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...

Faith, Salvation, and Religious Texts

Salvation and redemption are examined within the context of the Old and New Testaments and the possible contradictory aspects of t...

Conflict, Brothers, and the Old Testament

In five pages this paper discusses the conflict represented by the relationships of brothers Absalom and Amnon, Jacob and Esau, an...

Antigone and the Old Testament

In 1178 Maimonides completed Mishneh Torah, what he had hoped would be a compete authoritative code of Jewish law (both Oral and W...

Jerusalem and its Symbolic Importance

In six pages this paper examines Jerusalem's symbolic importance in a consideration of both Old and New Testaments along with Acts...

Torah Defined

Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...

Old Testament and Deliverance of People by God

Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...

Deacon's Role as Prophet

special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...

Overview of Mosaic Dietary Laws

early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...

Literal Interpretation of the Old Testament

were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...

Kings and Kingship in the Old Testament

repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...

Old Testament and Salvation

of benefits an individual receives as the result of following Gods law in the Old Testament and by believing in and entrusting one...

Covenant Theme in the Old Testament

Bible are commonly referred to as the Torah or the Pentateuch. Pleins (2001) argues that the juxtaposition of lists and codes foun...

Old Testament and Ministry of Jesus

is far more to life than just that of worldly possessions -- it taught the value of life at its purist form. These same teachings...

Phrase 'Son of Man' and its Value

phrases use in the Gospels is that is used exclusively by Christ and is never employed by his disciples or others, nor by early Ch...

Book of Job and its Message

so disfigured that three of his friends do not recognize him when they come to visit him. The three friends are Eliphaz, Bildad...

Character of God Revealed in Joshua's Death and Abraham's Call

God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...

Old and New Testaments and the Theme of Salvation

Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...

Exegesis of Zephaniah 3, Verses 14 through 20

first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...

Old Testament Passage Joshua 24, Verses 1 to 28

of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...

King David

King Sauls successor, as God has rejected Saul due to his disobedience.ix When Samuel comes to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem to ...