LOVE YOUR ENEMY AND PEACE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE The collections of literature communally known as the Old Testament are some of the most important biblical sources of teachings. ... The Old Testament has been heavily studied as a source of how God's idea of loving ones enemy, fits into the world. The Old Testament is also read to discover what ideas are quoted within the work, that others have used to justify malice towards one's enemies. The idea of loving your enemy does not exist in the Old Testament. ... The first accounts of vengeance in the Old Testame...

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Both holy books have common themes, stories and/or parables featuring similar characters. ... On one hand, the Bible is a historical account of God's plan for humanity.2 Written through the eyes of simple men known as the Apostles, rather then written from the direct figures in the stories.3 On the other hand, the Koran is based on the revelations and teachings of the Prophet Mohammad, and his message is taken in the literal sense because it came directly from him through Gods Angel of Gabriel.4 Conversely, Divine Intervention inspired the Apostles who wrote the Old and New Testaments of...

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He was also one of the twelve Apostles, as well as a big influence on the New Testament of the Bible, having written many of its sections. ... There are not too many characters in each of the stories of Paul's conversion. ... Saul, who would later become known as Paul, is the fist character introduced in Acts 9.1-22. ... The next character introduced is Jesus. ... In the first story, it is just the people in the story that are amazed by his changed character. ...

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