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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...

Classical Literature Compared

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

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...

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' ...

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...

Esther, Nehemiah, and Ezra

the people of Israel and the Almighty. The continuation of this covenant reaches from the past through to the new covenant represe...

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...

Old Testament Prophets

In five pages this paper examines prophets including Daniel Jonah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, and Isaiah as they are featured in the Old T...

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...

Old Testament Books of Jonah, Amos, and Hosea

In six pages this paper examines these Old Testament prophet books in terms of their names' meaning and also contrasts and compare...

Ancient Mayan Tradition and Breath on a Mirror and Popol Vuh of Tedlock

In 6 pages the Old Testament is compared and contrasted with the myths of the ancient Mayan civilization in a consideration of the...

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...

Three of the Prophets

wife was sexually involved with other men after they married (Smith, 2001). God demonstrates to Hosea the love He has for His peo...

The Behemoth and the Leviathan

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...

Attitudes towards Slavery in the Old Testament

This paper offers an overview of Old Testament scripture that pertains to how the ancient Israelites regarded slavery and the fun...

Book of Esther

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...

Old Testament Survey

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...

Old Testament Questions

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...

Koran, Bible on Women

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

The Importance Of Nehemiah

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

God's Covenants

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 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 ...

John 7:37-39 - Rivers Of Flowing Water

this festival secretly because He knew people were debating who He was (John 7:10). People were already plotting against Him (Keme...

Knowledge of God

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

Leadership Style of Hezekiah

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

The Biblical Ruth

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

Christianity's Relationship to Judaism

as his twelve disciples, and the authors of the books of the New Testament, as well as the vast majority of the earliest Christian...

Old Testament Devotionals and Contemporary Interpretations

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...