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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

In five pages this paper examines the Holy Bible's Old and New Testaments, 'The Odyssey' of Homer, and William Shakespeare's Hamle...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares how women were oppressed by law and society in the Old Testament and in Homer's epi...

In seven pages this research paper explores ancient 'prisons' in a consideration of Old and New Testament lands of Rome, Greece, E...

or to drive away evil. Enacted daily, monthly or seasonally or to honor special events, animals are offered to the gods as a toke...