Name: Inez Robbins Student ID: L23823521 Course: Bible 104 Survey of Biblical Literature Date: July 30‚ 2012 Summary of the Books of the Old Testament Books Leviticus The book of Leviticus is largely a book of laws. Some key themes include God speaking to the people of Israel to define what it means to be the holy people of a holy God. This is accomplished by God speaking through Moses. The instruction given to Moses provides guidelines for the conduct of the individual as well as the nation
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Testament (1000-1200 words). The student is to summarize Youngblood’s basic approach to the OT and‚ in this process‚ reflect on the way in which the story develops through each of the topics outlined in his work (identify the relationship between the different topics). The Heart of the Old Testament written by Ronald Youngblood is an extraordinary book that makes logical sense to the Youngblood’s approach to the OT. Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament
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In the Old Testament poverty denotes both a lack of economic resources and material goods‚ as well as political and legal powerlessness. In ancient Israel the poor weren’t a social class‚ rather they were a diverse body consisting of small farmers‚ day laborers‚ beggars‚ debt slaves and village dwellers. Various biblical texts discuss their plight‚ offering different analyses of their situation. The books of law regulate their treatment‚ in particular‚ the legal codes ensure the social well-being
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Paul. Slavery in the first century‚ though common and taken for granted (Barton‚ Comfort‚ Osborne‚ Taylor‚ and Veerman‚ 2001‚ p. 996)‚ was not practiced similarly to how we in the United States generally perceive slavery. Moreover‚ while the New Testament does not overt-ly condemn slavery‚ Elwell (1984)‚ states that it certainly‚ “reorder[ed] the relationship of slave and master” (p. 1022). The condition and treatment of slaves varied widely in the Greco-Roman world. Slaves received no rights nor
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The Old Testament presents specific agreements between God and man called covenants. 1 Such agreements are a theological conception which denotes predominantly to God’s obligation to his people. The above verses established unique agreements to remind God’s people of his conditional and unconditional promises. Such promises granted man special blessings provided man met certain conditions contained in the agreement. The conditions usually required man’s obedience before God would fulfill his portion
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Old Testament Kings A prophet is an orator or an orifice for God. A prophet communicates a direct message that God gives to him to the people that God has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel
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MORRIS MAWOCHA (MASTERS IN BIBLICAL STUDIES) BIB-501 OLD TESTAMENT AND ADVANCED RESEARCH AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE PENTATEUCH OUTLINE OF STUDY 1) Primeval History a) The Creation and The Gap Theory b) From the fall of Men to the Tower of Babel a) God’s Creation marred by Sin (Genesis 3:1-15). b) Noah and the Flood( Genesis 6:5-8‚ 7:1-4‚ 9:8-15) c) The Tower of Babel( Genesis11:1-9) 2) Patriarchal History a) God’s Call
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He youth of today is the driving force of tomorrow. It has some responsibility towards its country‚ which it must acknowledge and practice. Instead of blaming the system‚ youth should come together and mould the nation for a better tomorrow. YOUTH HAVE some responsibility towards their country. We need to learn from yesterday and live with hope for a better tomorrow. We can learn from our past how the young warriors shed their blood for the country. - See more at: http://www.merinews.com/article/role-of-youth-in-indias-development/140606
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The Christ in the Old Testament The Old Testament was like a world where God would unexpectedly appear to humans and interact with His creations. The main reasons for this particular action was to inform that person of what He was about to do. God would also use his appearances as a way to to strengthen and encourage his people. In this world‚ where God sneaks down to conform into the physical form of a human‚ was for the purpose so that His creations would be more easily able to relate to Him
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DBS 620 Encountering the Old Testament A Christian Survey Bill T. Arnold and Bryan E. Beyer Baker Books Caron M. Allen Doctor of Philosophy in Biblical Studies This paper is prepared for Newburgh Theological Seminary and College of the Bible March 16‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION I continued my study in pursuit of the doctoral degree in Biblical Studies by reading the text‚ Encountering the Old Testament. Little did I know when I began reading this text that it would so completely
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