"A basket made of bulrushes, and daubed it with bitumen and pitch; and she put the child in it and placed it among the reed at the river bank."# Amazingly, this is describing what a mother of three months was forced to do in order to keep her newborn child alive. Knowing that all Hebrew boys were...

Old Testament The Old Testament is a compilation, and like every compilation it has a wide variety of contributors who, in turn, have their individual influence upon the final work. It is no surprise, then, that there exist certain parallels between the Enuma Elish, the cosmogony of the Babylo...

The ancient Mediterranean world, as well as some modern primitive societies, maintained a strong belief in the reality of a spirit world which continually interacted with the human world (Pilch, 20). They populated their surroundings with gods and goddesses of various natures in order to come to ...

Much can be revealed from reading the documents of past civilizations yet at the same time there are still many unanswered questions. The Hebrews are one civilization that can be looked at through their documents. However, in order to fully understand the Hebrew culture a general background must...

Biblical Anarchy Anarchy is an idea of an ideal society in which there is no government or political authority. In today's world, a world where the blind and afraid are ruled by imperial oppressors, the idea of anarchy is seen as a very negative thing. Most people think of anarchy as des...

TABLE OF CONTENTS Is Jesus the Only Way to God? Page 3-6 By Rick Rood How Can We Know the Bible Is the Word of God? Page 7-10 By Norman L. Geisler Inspiration, Inerrancy and Authority of the Bible Page 11-13 By Ron Rhodes Works Cited Page 14 ...

Biblical Allusions in Song of Solomon Upon first glance at the title of Toni Morrison's novel, Song of Solomon, one might typically be reminded of its readily apparent biblical connection. The Song of Songs, one of the seven Wisdom Books of the Bible, is commonly referred to as the '...

Hebrew and Greek attitudes toward killing are similar, but once religion is factored in a remarkable difference is revealed. Early Hebrew citizens were murderous people by nature, much like the Greeks, but had God looking down on them saying to them that killing was wrong. Greek citizens would en...

Does Ones Belief Require Evidence For Others? No one individual, or group of individuals for that matter, can provide a visual stimulation or a physically felt piece of evidence to give grounds for the claim of God's existence. Many occurrences or sights can be "interpreted" to b...

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant By reading the "The Red Tent", we can find that these book is based on the part where women gather during their cycles of their life. This book offers an insider's point of view at the daily life of a biblical alliance between wives and their mothe...