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Book of Jonah in the Old Testament

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...

Book of Daniel in the Bible's Old Testament

In five pages this paper presents chapter summaries and interpretations of the Old Testament's Book of Daniel. Three sources are ...

Christianity and Satan's Role

In seven pages this essay examines Christianity in terms of the role played by Satan in both the Old Testament and the New Testame...

Homer and the Old Testament

holds the Greeks captive in his cave, into allowing them to escape by first blinding his one eye while he sleeps. However, Odysseu...

Discussion of the Old Testament's Book of Jonah

the ship and all on board. The mariners were obviously of mixed nationalities because they all honored different gods.. Each man...

Theology Understanding and the Old Testament's Importance

In seventeen pages this paper argues that contemporary Christian theology can best be understood through a consideration of the Ol...

Old Testament's Ezra

In five pages this Old Testament priest is examined in a consideration of his life and achievements. Six sources are cited in the...

How Were the Books Selected for the Bible

early as the 50s and others believe it was written not before 85.5 Acts could have been written by Luke anytime after 63.6 The da...

Roald Dahl Should Be Added to the Literary Canon

read and understood these books also feel somewhat superior to those who have not (Bridges, et al.). In addition, several of the t...

Consideration of the New Testament Canon

in his letter to the Smyrnaeans (Hartono, 1996). Papias, bishop of Hierapolis (c. 125 AD) was known to be acquainted with the Gosp...

Adult Development/A Case Study

Art Institute. Each school could have one representative and Ritas art was chosen to represent her school. She won. This brief d...

Canon of The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

In five pages the Hemingway canon as represented by this brief novel in terms of its content and style is discussed. Four sources...

Proverbs, Job & Ecclesiastes

chapters, which are made up wise sayings, consisting of two lines of poetry. The majority of the book is attributed to King Solomo...

Language Development: Observation

This paper recounts the writer observations garnered from observing a three year old and a one year old and discusses the children...

Thematic Lesson Plan That is Developmentally Appropriate

2004b). They can be used for self-directed study, small group study, projects, experiments or in many other ways (NCREL, 2004b). ...

Deception in Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale'

"General Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales, is one of only two pilgrims who tells no story of his own (Conlee 36). While critic J...

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...

Introduction to the Old Testament by Anthony Ceresko

Old Testament as a straightforward history. Rather, both men advocate that these texts emerged as a "self-defining narrative of a ...

Israelites and Codified Law

codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...

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...

Classical Literature Compared

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

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 ...

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...

Book of Job, Sophocles, Plato, and Aristophanes on Justice

In six pages The Book of Job from the Old Testament, Antigone by Sophocles, Crito and Apology by Plato, and The Clouds by Aristoph...

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...

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...

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...

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' ...