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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...

of evil. Bush pursued his quest for immortality by invading the Middle East, first in Iraq in March of 2003, and then established...

meanings of friendship and death. Gilgamesh was a solitary soul until he encountered the primitive nature man Enkidu, with whom h...

conflict with them but he avoided that. He could foresee that getting into a serious argument with his enemies would lead to unnec...

meeting with the other man, calling in elders and others to witness the exchange. The other man renounces his claim and takes off ...

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...

that was meant to be good in his life. In order to live ones life in purity, Siddhartha believed that these truths were to be clo...

boasts of his strength and courage, believing those alone are the lone criteria by which a hero is judged. The gods intervene to ...

the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...

out by Nehemiah in two sets, initially and then, upon his return (Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897). The Book of Nehemiah informs t...

to bring a great flood that would cover the earth but Noah was a righteous man and God decided to save humanity through Noah and H...

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

learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...

no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...

and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...

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...

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...

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...

In ten pages this paper discusses how violence is portrayed in the heroic epics of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia. Six sources ar...

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

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...

Godlike erect, with native Honour clad...

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

olive branch, proving that there is land above water once again. A rainbow appears in the sky as a sign that God will not...

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

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

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