... . A country far north. He has been banished from his home and from all that he has. He journeyed on camelback many months into the land of barbarian people. Accompanied by Melchisidek, an old friend of Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan's father. They stop at a Viking village port to restock supplies. Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan finds himself unwittingly embroiled on a quest to banish a mysterious threat to a distant Viking ... land with twelve Vikings because the 13th man must not be a Northman. King Hrothgar's village in the north that is menaced by an ancient evil, a terror, a terror that has no name, a terror ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to its beliefs and teachings. Christians believe that after the messiah, Jesus Christ, had spent about three years teaching the gospel, he was crucified for all of our sins. The Pharisee arrested him for heresy and whipped him and treated him very cruelly. Three days later he rose from the dead, proving he was and is the Son of God. To Christians, Jesus" death is very important. It ... shows how deep God loves us and how much He is willing to sacrifice for us. It is the epitome of Gods love for His people and also fulfills the scriptures. I think that the most important aspect though is...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 24). Jeremiah then follows up in verses 25-26 to spell out the result of the lack of the knowledge of God. Likewise, Ezekiel's message is not much different from his predecessor the prophet Isaiah. Actually, the first few verses of the Book of Isaiah provide a concise overview of the Book of Ezekiel! Right after the first introductory verse, the Book of Isaiah begins with God's lament about His people not knowing Him. Ezekiel ... preached to Israel from 592 to 570 B.C. for 22 years during their Babylonian captivity. During the later years of the monarchy, before the Babylonian captivity,...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... a proper reason for someone to kill, this was neither his word nor God's. His followers thought of Jesus during his life, as the Messiah in the Old Testament. There belief was that the Messiah would rise up against the evils of the earth and return God's people back to the Holy land (Israel). During his life, his followers were trying to encourage Jesus to rise up and take action ... hypocrites! You who are like whitewashed tombs that look handsome on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of corruption. In the same way you appear to people from the outside ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... ."(Surah 9:121-). There are many more quotes in the Quran that show such violence against non-believers is just and the word of Allah. The Bible also shows the use of violence, but in a different way. In the Bible, God instructs the Israelites coming from Egypt to take the land of Canaan and kill all of its inhabitants. The Bible however, makes it clear that the people in Canaanite society deserved because they were ... polluted with evil ways such as sacrificing children. These instances in the Bible are limited and ... after 9/11, Usama says, "I was ordered to fight the people until t...

• Word Count: 1071
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School