I set out to read the Book of Mormon for myself. I found that I could not finish reading the entire book because there were too many things that I found to be in direct opposition to my own beliefs. While serving in the Navy I also read the Koran while taking part in a Middle Eastern study in 1996. It was there that a Turkish Naval Officer informed me that I was not truly reading the Koran, because the Koran must be in Arabic to be understood properly. I told him jokingly, "Oh, I was wondering why it wasn't making any sense." He didn't laugh. It is a rule in the Navy that you are not to speak about work, Religion, or Politics while in the wardroom. The wardroom is supposed to be a place where you can just relax and eat a meal. While I have found that although there is still a great deal of speaking about work. Politics and Religion are left alone, probably because it is a widespread and well-substantiated belief that these are two volatile topics that are very likely to cause arguments. Ironically, although I have read the New Testament, I have never read the Old Testament in its entirety. Looking back, it strikes me as strange that I would read these works from other religions and have never read the basis of my own.
Why is the Oral Tradition So Significant?.
When we think of something being passed down in story form, it conjures up images of people sitting around a campfire telling ghost stories, or people telling urban legends. When a story is told "by heart" it is thought of as something that may not be 100% accurate. To compare this to the way of the Hebrew oral tradition is not very accurate. The Hebrews memorized the scriptures verse-by-verse and line-by-line with an astounding accuracy. .
According to Soggin (1974) , The community preferred to hear the words directly rather than reading it from scripture. The need to put down traditional material in writing usually arises in moments of crisis, had it not been for oral tradition, the literature of Israel would have hardly been able to survive.
I find it hard to claim the entire Old Testament as an accurate historical document. ... Did it actually happen the way it says in the Old Testament? ... My belief in the teachings of the Old Testament are deep and firm. I am certain that the Old Testament was written was written in good faith, but man wrote it. ... A person must have faith in the Old Testament to believe it, which is something I have. ...
The name of the book that this report is describing is The Testament, by John Grisham. ... Its purpose was also to explore the ideas of right and wrong and target the positive aspects of religion. ... The main characters in The Testament are Troy Phelan, a rich old man who is about to die at the beginning of the story and writes a will, which the story is revolved around; Nate O'Riley, an alcoholic in trouble with the IRS, who is responsible for finding Phelan's long lost daughter in Brazil to give her the money Phelan left for her in his last testament; Josh Stafford, Phelan...
"Hagar" is introduced and recognized in the Old Testament as the Egyptian hand-maiden of Sarah, the wife of Abraham. ... Like the pharaoh's daughter, she left the security of her father and went to explore the wilderness. ... She had hoped that John might be a faithful son as the example given, like Jacob from the Old Testament. ... (p 304) There are similarities between Hagar of the Old Testament and Margaret Laurence's. ... For example, the Old Testament She fled from Abraham and Isaac. ...
Is God male Both new and old Testaments use male language about God. ... Indeed the old testament avoids attributing sexual functions to God, on account of the strongly pagan overtones of such associations. ( McGrath 266 ). The old testament refuses to endorse the idea that the gender or sexuality of God is a significant matter. ( McGrath 266 ) As Mary Hayter put it: Today a growing number of feminists teach that God combines Male and Female characteristics. ... Wolfhart Pannenberg develops this point further in his Systematic Theology: The aspect of fatherly care in particular is ta...
Others focus on the crucifixion and the resurrection of Christ (Cunningham), or exploring his life and works on earth (Imbelli). ... Their appreciation of who Jesus was took its point of departure from the conviction that, with His resurrection and exaltation, the New Age of Messianic triumph, described in the Old Testament and intertestamental writings, and the Old Testament scriptures had been fulfilled. ... The first was by asserting that Jesus" rejection was already foreseen in Old Testament scripture, notably Isaiah 53 and Psalm 118:22. ... Further mediation on Old Testament scripture e...
Cataloging a variety of prominent movements, the article thoughtfully explores this phenomenon against the history of the beginnings of traditional religions. It also explores reasons for this surge of interest in religion, focusing on one theory ("religious economy") advanced by a student of NRMs. ... Christianity also offered disaffected Jews a higher-tension new religion that maintained some of the already established Jewish orthodoxy, the main reason that Christians have held on to the Old Testament, even though it is at odds with the New Testament. ...
The tools of this study will be exegetical and analytical evaluation of sources from both Hebrews and Qumran literature as well as looking back into the Old Testament for evidences of the priestly office. ... In view of this, the next section will focus on how the author used references from the Old Testament to build his argument. 1.2. Old Testament References in Hebrews The concept of priest – king found in Hebrews may be traced back to the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the occurrence of a king being priest is not common. ... The references so far from the Old Testament do not c...
Sailors and tradesmen introduced it to European culture, which brought them back with them after exploring new territories. ... The old testament of the Bible enjoins the Israelites against the practice, it was forbidden by the Muslims and their prophet Muhammad, and the Roman Catholic council condemned it in 1787. ...
THE PROMISED LAND This paper will attempt to explore the importance of the promised land to the Hebrews as demonstrated by writings in the Old Testament. ... This cycle of victories and defeats continues throughout the -4- historical books of the Old Testament. ... The Old Testament is, in effect, a history of the Hebrews and of Israel. ...