Many Christians believe that the bible is the direct word of God and believe every word of the bible. However, to me this seems hard to accept, since the bible is made up of 66 books and was written over a period of 3000 years by many different authors who believed that God communicated with them, but how do we come to believe the word of these different authors. ... He actively caused and inspired those men to write what He willed them to write. ... We also must not forget that the bible was originally written in Hebrew, Aramatic and Greek. Some passages in the Hebrew Scriptures may be interp...

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How many versions of Genesis are there? ... My original intention was to write about the story of Noah as told by the Bible, and compare it with the story of Gilgamesh. ... I always admired how religious his family was. ... According to a poll conducted in 1963, "two [Americans] in three viewed the Bible as the actual word of God, to be taken literally, word for word. ... I believe Dr Joseph Gaer (1977) said it best when describing the Old Testament, "In the entire range of world literature there is not another book like it. ...

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How can two dynamically different groups of people co-exist in the world and respect each other's cultures and lifestyles? ... (Hebrew-Greek, 2 Tim. 2.14-16) It is only what the Word says that counts. ... In this way, many people have a hard time believing that gays are, for the most part, loving, capable, and decent individuals. ... However, many groups believe quite the contrary. ... That doesn't mean people should give in to it; No matter how homosexuals live - no matter how monogamous or how loving or how religious - they are living in sin because heterosexuality is the only...

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At this time there was a war with the Syrians and with the author of this psalm being David, he writes this before going into war. ... The salvation they need, which can only be given be the Lord himself, is seemed to be dispersed over Zion simply by word of mouth. ... The word "anointed" in verse 6 is used to how the Lord chose Kind David as His right hand man. ... The verbs that can be translated into Hebrew in this psalm comes at the end when it says "we invoke" or "we shall be strong". (there are a few different versions but the Hebrew word is nagbir) The...

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The name Asherah is mentioned forty times in the Hebrew Bible. The word Asherah in the Bible can refer both to the goddess herself or a carved wooden image, which was one of Asherah's icons. ... Two altars, one smaller than the other, have been found at archaeological sites in the Near East, and some scholars believe these represent Yahweh and his consort, Asherah. ... The goddess of wisdom or Sophia (the Greek word for wisdom) is mentioned in the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible. ... Thus Rachel, believing her father would deny her husband legal share in his estate, took the Teraphim...

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Riis does this by describing the racial hierarchy and how they differed. ... This does not really add much to Riis' point except to show the readers that he is not the only person who believes the Irish had been making mischief. ... For instance, when continuing to discuss the people in the tenements, he writes, "Within recent days it has become peopled wholly with Hebrews, the overflow from Jewtown adjoining, pedlars and tailors, all of them. ... The significant word he uses though, is "intruder." He uses this derogatory word and depicts the Jews as invading a space that d...

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There are two Greek words: the ordinary word to kill and to murder. ... And I am told there is the same distinction in Hebrew." ... He writes that war must be defensive and only in response to an act of aggression. ... Jesus recognized the responsibility to the state as the bible tells us how he complied with the law. ... I do believe that war is the last resort and I believe it is fundamentally wrong. ...

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The books of Hebrews, Jude, and Revelation soon joined the book of James. ... Peter Davids, a professor at Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry believes the author is James, the brother of Jesus, and someone else edited it for him. Davids believes that the letter came from Palestine. ... We know that the author was Jewish, he knows the Hebrews Scriptures thoroughly. ... When James write both God and Jesus Christ, he was correlating the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, Tamez says, "such an identification with those who suffer is in itself a reason for joy" (page 29). ...

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The Talmud, named after the Hebrew word for instruction or learning, is considered second to the Torah and is composed as a record of rabbinic discourse regarding the oral law. ... The Jewish people believe that when God gave Moses the Ten Commandments and He also gave him more detailed instructions on how to follow the law. ... " This is the most well-known passage of the Hebrew Scriptures, known in Jewish tradition as the Shema. The prayer's title is based on the first word "hear" translated from the Hebrew word shema. ... A second insight can be seen in Berakhot chapter...

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He began to spread the word of the Lord. ... The word spread slowly and this continued for 13 years. ... Eventually, Israel became an independent country and Hebrew was their unified language. ... The Torah, or commandments, tells how humans are to live their lives. ... Christianity was founded by a real person and they were the one to write the New Testament. ...

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This developed into what he called his "spoken word" writing style. ... Steinbeck believed that a book (the Bible) was much realer than experience (O'Connor, p16). The description of the Joads' travels in The Grapes of Wrath parallels the Hebrew migration from the plagues of Egypt, across the desert, and into Canaan - in the Joads' case, California (O'Connor, p67). ... (Steinbeck, 1939, p265) How the Joads had to learn new rules to accompany their new life parallels how the Jews had to receive their new laws through Moses (O'Connor, p68). ... These novels reflect Ste...

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Isn't it interesting that until the New Testament, the word Baptism or any other word associated with it is not stated? ... How important is the action of being baptized? ... Menzies also writes about the word baptism. ... My uncle had told me once that to study the Bible you really need to study Greek and Hebrew first. ... How much longer until I know the answer to these questions? ...

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How has his culture and values grown? ... The word Semitic comes from the name Shem, a son of Noah. ... We seeing people write masterpieces that are still around today. ... The bible refers to them as Hebrews. The Hebrew people are believed to come from Abraham. ...

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In one of his letters to Sophie, Alberto writes, "Of course everyone needs food. ... "But the Hebrew word, the word timshel-"Thou mayest"-that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. ... I believe Ahab is not this type of person. ... She studies from various philosophers like Locke, Kant, Hume, and Berkeley about how the human mind thinks and how it perceives information. ...

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In this essay, I will show how the book of Daniel is related to Revelation and then how John uses the imagery of Daniel. ... The word "Daniel" means "God is my Judge." Daniel was believed to be the author of the book as he claimed to write it (12:4) and he also used the autobiographical first person from 7:2 onward. ... The word "revelation" derives from the Greek word "apocalypse" and it refers to the unveiling of God's secret purposes. ... It was believed to be written around A.D. 95 on the Island of Patmos (Nelson 1982). ...

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Eliot's work is titled The Wasteland; he believes all of the post-war society is just that, a wasteland. ... The fact that he uses the word "howl" for its animalistic connotations, as opposed to a more word that seems more human illustrates his view of the world after war. ... (Harper 2445) This led him to believe that change was possible. ... He describes how a band "blew the suffering of America's naked mind for love into an eli eli lamma lamma sabacthani," or Hebrew for "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? ... Ginsberg writes much more openly and crudely than Eliot. ...

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Originally in this method students write out the answers as the primary skills to be developed are reading and writing. ... I believe it is advisable to find a balance in the different ways of explanations. ... Sometimes a genuine experience can make a word's meaning lodge in the students' mind easily and effectively. However, demonstrating can be a waste of time if the word is difficult to explain so in these cases I think translating is easier. ... For example in English if we do not pronounce a word correctly it might cause misunderstanding. ...

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In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. ... There is no shadow of doubt, in this statement that Christ the Son of God as the Hymnist writes, is the creator of the rolling spheres. ... The Christian in faith takes these scriptures literally, and believes in God's capability, efficiency and potency in bringing into being by His Word, all that we see and more in the universe. What some scholars believe. ... Is a statement of definite purpose, made to ensure that all men would believe, and in believing have faith. ...

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The preface of Luke 1:3 marks a higher level of literary culture than almost anything else in the New Testament (with the exception of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in antiquity Sometimes ascribed to the same author). ... It is thus evident that the author intends to write a history." ... Peter starts his narration of what occurred previously almost word for word. ... This was pretty much condescend, but word for word account of what happened prior. ... The word sheet could have also meant sail. ...

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Emotion goes back to how a parent disciplines his or her child. ... Piaget writes, "It is evident what meaning these children give to the word "alive."" ... In the article Proverbs 23:13-14, Heskett writes that, "Hebrew word for discipline best translates as instruction or education. ... I believe that the person is confusing respect with fear. I personal believe physical punishment affects the child a lot. ...

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Each account demonstrates the power of the written word as well as strong personal perspective. ... He learned the importance of the written word and strove to learn how to read and write after prompting from a slave master's wife. ... Douglass believed there were two types of religion presented in America and did not attribute religion to his quest for freedom. ... She believed that her captivity was a punishment as well as a test form God to see the strength of her faith. She supports her hypothesis with the scriptural quote from the Hebrews, "For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, a...

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