Essays Tagged: "Old Testament"
Christianity and the old testiment
ciety still will be diverse, but at least that is one more person trying to express an opinion. The Old Testament is an accurate and valid resource to use when trying to explain Christianity and faith ... learning to be good in order to go to heaven. Many of the the things they are taught come from the Old Testament. The Christian Bible includes the Old Testament unlike Judaism where their bible is th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Ethical Values In The Old Testament
ETHICAL VALUES IN THE OLD TESTAMENTHow we live our lives is governed by ethics. Ethics is "human moral conduct according t ... l values today descend primarily from a Christian ethic in which "a truly ethical decision, we are told, must be spontaneous, undirected, free - the individual's unfettered and uncoerced response to e ... an ethics, borrow and carry forward the Hebrew ethics of the past. Yet it is hardly fair to explain Old Testament ethics with only what was borrowed from it.What sets Judaism apart from other religion ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Abraham
the Father of the Jewish people. The majority of the information found on Abraham is located in the Old Testament's Book of Genesis. Other than that, there are no real historical records on the life o ... as in Charan where God made his first of a series of revelations to Abram. God spoke to Abram, and told him that he would promise to bless him and make a great nation of him. Abram willingly decided t ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Religious Meaning of the Birthright Story
int of dying, what good will any birthright do me?' But Jacob insisted, 'Swear to me first!' So he sold Jacob his birthright under oath. Jacob then gave him some bread and the lentil stew; and Esau ca ... . Jacob then gave him some bread and the lentil stew; and Esau cared little for his birthright.This Old Testament story holds significant meaning for all of us. There is the obvious conflict within th ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Moses
is a pillar of faith for surviving his tests and for being the perfect tool for God's plans.In the Old Testament stories God seems to want his earth to be peaceful and without sin and when he sees th ... , but, in essence, it demanded the same degree of commitment and dedication from Abram. Abraham was old and his wife Sarah was barren. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a nation. Giv ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Is Capital Punishment Biblical?
l Punishment Biblical?Capital punishment has always been an arguable issue and for good reason. The Old Testament clearly calls for the death penalty on many occasions, whereas; many of the teachings ... the rest of society.As stated before, capital punishment was commanded by God of the people in the Old Testament. Exodus 21:14 states that "if a man schemes and kills another man deliberately, take h ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Atonement
gical term which derives from the Anglo-Saxon. The word atonement appears eighty seven times in the Old Testament in the RSV Bible(Nelson, 55). According to Strongs Exhaustive Concordance, which is us ... s Exhaustive Concordance, which is using the King James Version, appears seventy seven times in the Old Testament and only once in the New Testament. In Leviticus, atonement appears fifty one times, m ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Old Testament
The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who ... n of this evidence would erroneously lead one to believe that the Bible is somewhat a collection of older mythology re-written specifically for the Semites. In fact, what develops is that the writers ... to Elohist texts, which use, naturally, 'Elohim' in its references to God.1 But 650 B.C. isn't our oldest reference to the 'J' and 'E' texts; they can be traced, along with the other three strands of ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Christian Church and crimes against Paganism
image (implying an idol or a symbol) yet they pray to a cross.According to the Christian bible, the old testament, God giveth and God takethaway. Yet in the new testament God gives and the devil takes ... le that if you donot believe in my god then you are evil and wrong. Finally, I personally have beentold that as long as you are not Christian (from the Catholic church specifically)then you are welcom ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
BOOK REVIEW: "THE ORDERING OF JUSTICE: A STUDY ACCUSED PERSONS AS DEPENDANTS IN THE CRIMINAL PROCESS"
The history of a legal system dates back to the times of the Old Testament with Mosaic Law and to the times of Napoleon's Napoleonic Laws. The actor's roles in t ... e had an overwhelming advantage over them and did not know what to do besides doing what they were told. Because of the many confessions make by defendants (who feel they have no choice), lawyers argu ... ng to Ericson (Ericson 83). Upon arranging a plea agreement, an arrangement made by lawyers, it is sold to the accused to make him feel like a satisfied customer by his lawyer not knowing that it is h ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Abraham
g the Father of theJewish people. The majority of the information found on Abraham is located inthe Old Testament's Book of Genesis. Other than that, there are no realhistorical records on the life of ... was in Charan where God made his first of a series of revelations toAbram. God spoke to Abram, and told him that he would promise to bless him andmake a great nation of him. Abram willingly decided to ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
"Eliot's Waste Land"
numbed, distressed. Coherence and meaning have gone out of the world, as a prophetic voice with an Old Testament sound announces: ?Son of man . . .you know only / a heap of broken images, where the s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Destiny,Love,and Suffering in the "Aeneid" by Virgil
their destined new homeland. In the same way the Promised Land is guaranteed to the Hebrews in the Old Testament, Aeneas' Promised Land is guaranteed by destiny. Although Aeneas will suffer throughou ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Origin of Marriage
Richard V. SolimanBSIMOrigin of MarriageIn the Old Testament, marriage is most frequently treated as a patriarchal institution for the perpetuation ... rriage to that of Christ's relationship to the Church. Here we see the theological flowering of the Old Testament use of the marriage bond as an image of Yahweh's fidelity to Israel. Here also is an i ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Old Testament Vs. Hellenic Text Divine Intervention
The Old Testament and Hellenic texts we have studied have numerous examples of divine intervention. The ... e and complexity in human affairs of divine intervention as described in the Hellenic texts and the Old Testament are similar because of the interference in human affairs, yet they are different becau ... y are different because of why certain people are chosen to fulfill a destiny. For instance, in the Old Testament, God chooses Noah and his family to be the only survivors after the flood that wipes o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Tin
ntal discovery.Tin has been around for many years. Proof is in the fact that tin ismentioned in the old testament of the bible.Tin had a great effect on the world because of its low price, high electr ... g protects against rust onsteel and other metals. A coating of tin also gives a great look to plain oldsteel.Tin cans for food prevents weak acids from damaging the inside ofthe can. Not many cans are ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Capital Punishment
rs per year."(Hirsch, 122)Opponents argue that capital punishment is immoral. But if you follow the Old Testament, it is moral. In one passage from Genesis, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man sha ... minals for their wicked deeds as it is to praise heroes for their heroic deeds. If it is noble for soldiers to give their lives for their country in wartime, then it is morally right to claim the live ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty
Faith and Retribution in "Genesis" and Homer's "Odyssey"
Both the Old Testament of the Bible and Homer's Odyssey posit a natural order that existed at the beginning, ... l his father's shoes. By Greek custom, then, as soon as it has been definitely ascertained that the old ruler is not coming back, a new ruler has to be chosen; and once chosen, he has the right to hel ... coming back, a new ruler has to be chosen; and once chosen, he has the right to help himself to the old ruler's throne, his home, and even his wife. If Odysseus is indeed dead Penelope has to choose s ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The definition of God, for Christians
especially from a religious standpoint. Most of the descriptions of God, however, are found in the Old Testament of the Bible. However, there are some things about God that can be ascertained from th ... ct that the word "omnipotent" is never actually in the Bible, his power is described throughout the Old and New Testament. In the book of Romans, one can find insinuations at the great power that God ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?
The Old Testament: Fact or Fiction?This paper will summarize only a few of the evidences and arguments f ... Fiction?This paper will summarize only a few of the evidences and arguments for the validity of the Old Testament, many more can be found. I am neither a theologian nor a scholar, but I do have an acc ... either a theologian nor a scholar, but I do have an accurate knowledge of the scripture of both the Old and New Testaments. I do know that the Old Testament is prophecy and the New Testament is the fu ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity