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Essays 121 - 150
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...
learned from Moses instruction (Hammer, 1995). When Joshua would become a ruler in his own right, he would always follow Moses ex...
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...
and 1 Kings 11:3 indicates that the monarch of Israel had "seven hundred princesses and three hundred concubines." There is a gr...
chapter, and discusses what God has done for the people of Israel. In this Sermon, Moses relates the actions that were taken that...
early restrictions and their application to Mosaic law, as well as an understanding of the role of Moses, are elements important i...
special messages to the people. Jonah, who refused to take the message the Lord gave him into Nineveh, suffered the consequences o...
Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...
were captive in Babylon and, therefore, exposed to this culture. The traditional Jewish and Christian viewpoint has been that M...
repair the ravages of human sinfulness" (OBrien, 1999, p. 16). However, the allure of worldliness proved too much for the Israeli...
holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...
Both from biblical and theological perspectives, scholars have increasingly recognized the distortions that have crept into the Ch...
Will Salvation Take You? 2004). The Bible specifically states that it is salvation that is the key to opening the kingdom of hea...
first part of the reign of Josiah (640-609 BCE) (Exegetical helps, 2004). The words of Zephaniah reflect the faithlessness of the...
of Joshua (chs. 23-24) (Strange, 2002). A really interesting element in chapter 24 is its setting, as the entirety of its story ta...
the christologies of the New Testament. Two of the most significant approaches are that of Paul and John. Maas (2004) points out...
conclusion that "a being than which none greater can be conceived can be conceived to be greater than it is," which is "absurd" (A...
question to explore is-How? The first factor in his equation is the widely popular notion that God acts in human history. If God...
influences on the society in which they lived. Daniel was challenged throughout his life by a number of circumstances, one of whi...
Israel was under the Persian hegemony, was instrumental in shaping Judaism, as well as in the formulation of the Hebrew teachings ...
was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...
of envisioning and grasping the full significance of difficult passages. In his preface, Anderson outlines his general approach....
In six pages idolatry definition changes are examined in a consideration of past to present with contemporary rock star ideology c...
In five pages this essay discusses how these biblical texts have served as personal and community sources of inspiration. There a...
in mind we present an examination of Gilgamesh as he illustrates the struggle for social function, or mortality, despite the inter...
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...
This paper is made up of three short papers, the topics of which are the social role, position of the prophets, the role of Hokmah...
Chapters 1 through 10 of this text are examined in an overview of five pages in which the contents are applied to motivation diffi...