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Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
For example, when Jesus metaphorically gives Peter the "keys to the kingdom," Jesus refers to a verse in Isaiah that speaks of the...
Jesus is an historical figure. He lived on earth, He called His disciples, He died, and He rose from the dead. The events reported...
women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...
the "restored kingdom of David" (Hahn 28). Matthews Gospel perfectly typifies what Augustine meant when he commented that the "N...
well as with the earthly King David, through Joseph, who acknowledges Jesus as his son (Brown, 1997). Joseph is in the line of Dav...
Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). At age 30, Jesus began His ministry. He g...
teaches that "all of the Law and the Prophets rest on the command to love God and neighbor (22:34-40)" (Kozar 78). Matthew 22:34...
anthem music spread more rapidly in the South (Tanner, 2006). It was the minstrel shows that were most responsible for this musics...
as actively participating in his fate, rather than demonstrating passive acceptance. In the synoptic gospels, action is, for the m...
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his masters money. 19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settl...
home and found that this was true. This sign not only showed that Jesus possessed power over life and death, but also the role of ...
son, to God is record in Genesis 22. God instructed Abraham to take "your son, your only son, whom you love-Isaac-and go to the re...
at the rights and role of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus, and interpret his reported words within that context. The...
John was familiar with Jewish ideas regarding the Messiah. He incorporated those ideas into his Gospel. He gently brings about the...
ordinary Jewish resident who grew up in Nazareth in Galilee (Attridge, 1998). He lived and died as a Jew and He had to have been i...
in a primarily passive manner (Weaver, 1995). To put it simply, in the other gospels, for the most part, Jesus is silent. In John,...
analysis will explore the meaning of Jesus baptism in relation to faith and the position of the Christian in the often skeptical a...
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...
5 pages that examine Jesus’ teachings and his time at Caesarea Philippi. There are 6 sources....
a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me" (Matt. 26:10-11). Jesus goes on ...
phrase could mean the individual had a special relationship with God, therefore, they must learn the meaning of this in terms of J...
the context of Jewish salvation history (Sanders 88). Nevertheless, the issue of Jesus supernatural birth, as related in the gospe...
for the Quran. Why the revelations of Allahs wisdom was spread out over such a long period of time can only be speculated upon (...
- the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; there is no other Lord but Him, He is God over heaven and over earth and onl...
For example, Bostick (1935) makes copious use of footnotes, drawing on the works of Plato and Xenophon, who were two of Socrates d...
cognitively prepare the hearer for the evangelical message of salvation that will soon follow and the third interpretation is that...
means of research" (Merrigan and Haers, 2000, p. 61). In other words, Meier was saying it is impossible for us, today, to obtain t...
Later in Luke, we read "The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men . . . ." (Luke 24:7). In the Acts of the Apo...
This essay cites a specific book, Fundamental Theology by Heinrich Fries. The writer summarizes Chapters 33 and 34. Major themes, ...