Essays Tagged: "Covenant"

Abraham

ly lived, do to the little information available on his life. Abraham is most famous for making his Covenant with God.Abraham would have lived somewhere between the years of 2000 and 1500 BC. He was b ... hat some day the baby she was carrying would be blessed.Once Abram reached 99 years old, God made a Covenant with him promising to make him the father of nations and to give Canaan to him and his offs ...

(6 pages) 151 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Moses

leader of the ancient Hebrews who brought them out of Egypt in Exodus, around 1250 BC. He made the covenant between them and Yahweh at Sinai. He also guided them through the desert to the borders of ...

(2 pages) 105 0 4.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Abraham

lly lived, do to the little information available onhis life. Abraham is most famous for making his Covenant with God.Abraham would have lived somewhere between the years of 2000 and 1500BC. He was bo ... hat some day the baby she was carrying would be blessed.Once Abram reached 99 years old, God made a Covenant with him promisingto make him the father of nations and to give Canaan to him and his offsp ...

(5 pages) 81 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

The history of zionism.

tament. Zionists believe that this land is promised to them by God, and that they have, through the covenant they have made with God, a holy right of possessing this land. This land is what was known ...

(6 pages) 127 1 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

The way Christianity viewed the Jews throught out the ages.

n or to rule over, is the belief that because the Jews didn't accept Jesus Christ, God canceled the covenant He had made with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and therefore the Jews. Throughout history the chur ... 1987, Presbyterians declared that the church has been give to the people of God established by the covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore, Christians have not replaced the Jews. In additi ...

(5 pages) 80 1 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Judiasm.

nts through Moses, which he was called "the Lawgiver? According to the Jewish tradition, God made a covenant, or agreement with Abraham, the founder of Judaism. One similarity between the Christianity ...

(4 pages) 144 0 3.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Comparison of the synoptic gospels in "plucking heads of grain in the sabb.ath"

central content, reflecting on Jesus' teachings and his status as the Messiah announced in the Old Covenant. However, they differ because of dissimilar view points and focus, different audiences, and ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

The League of Nations study notes which has a lot of info on the League and answers questions about it: why it was set up, the structure of the league and more.

The League of NationsThe structureThe league was based on a covenant, a set of 26 articles or rules which all members of the league agreed to follow.The home of ...

(3 pages) 52 1 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

God and his covenants with abraham, moses and jesus and how they still affect us today

. Envision no priests, churches, bibles, or prayer. That is how it would be if God had not made the covenants with Abraham, Moses, and David. Throughout time, God has made several covenants with his p ... d. Throughout time, God has made several covenants with his people. One of the oldest known was the covenant of Abraham. Since then, he has made covenants with Moses and David. A covenant is a mutual ...

(9 pages) 87 3 3.3 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

How successful was the League In the 1920s

When the League was constructed, a covenant set out the aims of the League of Nations.These were:*To discourage aggression from any nat ...

(1 pages) 39 3 2.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Morality of Puritan Faith A Critique of Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne

o understand that they are sinners and undeserving of God's Grace. This is due to the fact that the covenant made between God and man was destroyed when Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge. In the Pur ... path to corruption, "Friend,' said the other exchanging his slow pace for a full stop, 'having kept covenant by meeting thee here, it is my purpose now to return whence I came. I have scruples, touchi ...

(7 pages) 203 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Convenant at Sinai. (Examines the similarities that exist between the Convenant and historical treaties of biblical times, specifically the Hittite Treaties.)

The term "covenant" which originally meant "shackle" or "chain" derived from the Hebrew word, berit. It later ... erit. It later came to be known as any form of binding agreement. There are a number of examples of covenants in the Bible (1). Abraham had made a covenant alliance with the Canaanites (Gn 14:13). Isa ... in the Bible (1). Abraham had made a covenant alliance with the Canaanites (Gn 14:13). Isaac made a covenant with Abimelech concerning water rights (Gn 26:26ff), and Jacob had once made a covenant wit ...

(6 pages) 35 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The League of Nations

r World War I to promote international peace and security. The basis of the League, also called the Covenant, was written into the Treaty of Versailles and other peace treaties and provided for an ass ...

(3 pages) 38 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

This essay compares and contrasts the religous beliefs and settling purposes of Northern and Southern American settlers of the 1600s

e were very different. The North believed in the New World as a duty from God, to create a land and covenant His work. The South was more oriented with the economic potential of the land, causing cont ...

(3 pages) 28 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Reactions to the Holocaust (Answers in full sentences)

Q1a: Why did some Jews believe that God had abandoned them? (You must refer to then Covenant in your answer)Q1b: God was put on trial in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland. What proof could t ... that God had abandoned them because of many reasons, the main reason due to the 'breaching' of the Covenant. The covenant was and still is a major icon in Judaism. It is a binding contract, an arrang ... ins being committed each and every day. The rainbow would be a sign of this agreement. However, the Covenant was remade with Abraham at around 2000BC. It involved Abraham leaving his past life behind; ...

(6 pages) 49 1 3.7 Jul/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Odysseus of the Odyssey and Moses of Exodus

us, Moses was at one with the gods. In Moses' case it was onlyone almighty god. Moses had a special covenant with God. It was as ifMoses was Gods' body on earth. Moses spoke Gods' words and acted upon ... srael, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven" (Exodus 20.22). Both men had a special covenant with their respective Lord. Moseswas like the pupil and messenger of God; first he would le ...

(4 pages) 36 0 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Freedoms and allowances here on earth

ly to return at the lowest point and be redeemed by our ever faithful Creator in fulfillment of His covenant. So, in the beginning when God promised the people of Israel land and prosperity for ...

(5 pages) 14 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Scripture

t-The Book opens with God's sending Joshua to take the land of Canaan-Other laws in the book of the covenant strike us today as clearly unjust-The story of Joshua reminded the exiled Jews in Babylon c ...

(1 pages) 21 0 3.4 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology

The Ten Commandments

RD your God", who comes to Moses in a form of a dense cloud, the thunder and lightening support the covenant, the mountain Sinai/Horeb in the fire, and people experience fear before God. Along with th ... dments differ from J's, the context is different of each version. P and J call the place, where the covenant was made, mountain of Sinai (Ex. 19:1, 11, 18; 34:2, 32, 29), while D call it mountain of H ...

(8 pages) 106 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

All about the League of Nations in the 30s!!!!!!!

't allow joining the League, and they were angry.The League contained four powers, the power of the covenant, the power of condemnation, the power of Arbitration, and the power of Sanctions. In my per ...

(3 pages) 54 2 3.4 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History