... be holy; he will be called Son of God'" (Luke 1:35). Thus, in the Hebrew Bible there are barren women who through God's grace give birth to sons of their husbands who come to inherit the Abrahamic covenant of land. However, in the Greek Bible there is a story of a miraculous virginal conception in which Mary gives birth to God's son who ... conversion of individuals as a means of continuing the inheritance of God's kingdom. As the text emphasizes, "Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman's testimony" (John 4:39). In this way then, the Samaritan woman replaces...

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... and yet typically notice a total lack of the feminine. In much of the Eastern World, the woman still faces incredible misogyny with covered faces, harems, and wives dominated by their husbands. The Western World sees female "liberation" but still has room for change. The Judeo-Christian deity is the male, omnipotent, and solitary deity, and though one may still see a church ... . She held no power or esteem or even hope: They became the property of men, were excluded from most professions, and were subjected to the sometimes-draconian control of their husbands in some of the ancient law ...

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... society, it has been argued that the role of Muslim women became one of "passivity and submissiveness comparable to that already imposed on contemporary Jewish and Christian women."39 Moreover, Spellberg states that independence and vitality, the defining characteristics found in women of the first Muslim society, "were inexorably eradicated by Islamic norms."40 'A'isha's political ... ...

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... gave of Himself for salvation; "When the centurion who was standing opposite him saw how he died, he said, ˜This man must have been a son of God' " (Mark 15: 39). The Gospel according to Matthew was the second gospel to be recorded, written around the late 70's or early to mid 80's CE, and seems to be aimed towards an ... ...

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... , Christianity expanded and was transformed by this and its nature and expression significantly developed as a result. Paul also reiterated the importance of relying on Jesus, which is expressed in his letter to the Colossian church. Their reliance on the self was causing nothing but trouble for their spiritual lives, and Paul was quick to point this out. Rather than testing human ... ...

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... from the grave, so every believer should anticipate the resurrection of the flesh. Most notable in my research, was the strong political influence of the church. Much of what Paul's letter's were designed to accomplish was to reeducate and strengthen the early church understandings of the canon gospels and the teaching of Jesus. This task was in many ways like the ... ...

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... Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945, Irenaeus and other similar apologists provided nearly all information about Gnosticism. There are a few biblical accounts of Gnosticism, most notably in Colossians and in 1 Timothy. Colossians, a letter addressed to Christians of the ancient city of Colossae, anticipated the second-century conflict between the church and Gnostics, and is fundamentally concerned with alerting the Christians against an erroneous ... ...

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