The book of Genesis in the Hebraic Bible begins the creation story of the world, rather than specifically of the nation of Israel or the Israeli people. Unlike the Exodus narrative, which often takes up the bulk of Biblical and historical scriptural criticism of the Hebraic Bible, the fi...

Throughout the Hebrew bible God has found ways to communicate with his people. Either to warn them, or just to tell them about his word. One way God communicated with his people was with prophets. A prophet is a person who believed they got a call from God. A call narrative is when God comes to a ce...

Apocrypha means "hidden things" in Greek. Apocrypha in Christianity, which is related to the scriptures of the Lord, was not instituted into the Bible at the time it was created. The clergy who put together the Bible had several reasons for not establishing these writings, such as the pure...

The 'flood' as found in Genesis is a multidimensional and an archetypal source of metaphor and myth. The 'flood' is an example of metaphorical and mythological language that provides foundational constructs upon which other aspects of the Biblical text and other works can b...

The Nature of Religious Education. Religious Education is an area of the curriculum that often provokes many strong opinions. In this chapter, I propose to look more thoroughly at exactly what Religious Education is in relation to its history alongside its implications in the Key Stage 2 classroom....

The film Prince of Egypt did a wonderful job at filling in the details of Moses' life. While many scenes were added to the biblical narrative, the film's poetic license needed to create some of the interaction between Joseph and his older brother Ramses in order for the characters to find ...

This chapter contains one of the most well known--and one of my favorite--Bible stories, including the famous question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" Like all Bible narratives, it is very succinct, offering only the facts and not even all of those--such as exactly how Cain killed Abel...

Myths were created by many early civilizations. A myth is a narrative, usually involving the supernatural and explaining natural events. Myths may be thought of as stories that answer basic questions about the world of early people. For example, what questions are answered by the Biblical story of...

Literature and art have led a close and mutually influential relationship through the ages. Literary works have influenced a predominant majority of artists from the great to the lesser and common. Michelangelo is considered by many as the greatest artist of the Renaissance and one who was also grea...

The Chester Play of Noah's FloodNoah's Flood is depicted very differently in the Norton Anthology of English Literature play version when it is compared with the Genesis version in the Bible. The Chester Play of Noah's Flood is of course setup in drama format and the Genesis version in the Bible is...

In Cynthia Ozick's Essay "Ruth", Ozick takes a feminist approach to the Biblical narrative, The Book of Ruth. She begins her essay with two very prominent images from her past. In her childhood, her parents had two paintings upon the walls of the house where she grew up. One was of he...

In the Old Testament of the Hebrew Bible the prophet Amos was all about preaching doom and destruction. The passage of Amos 4: 6-13 is particularly grim in that it tells of what Yahweh has done to Israel because Israel has strayed from Yahweh's covenant. Amos 4: 6-13 was meant to accuse Is...

There are four main sections of the Old Testament. They are the Pentateuch, the historical books, poetical books and the prophets. The Pentateuch or "Torah" (meaning The Law) consists of the first five books of the bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Moses, the hero of t...

The things to examine are how they use religion in their literature and how they talked about it, viewed it, and how they dealt with it. In our readings most of the African American literaturary writers are northern blacks. In the North, educated blacks often assimilated very successfully into wh...

The distinguishing features of medieval drama are its Christian content and its didactic purpose. Vernacular plays typically dramatized the lives of the saints, stories from the Bible, or moral allegories. The biblical cycle plays, sometimes called mystery plays, were originally performed unde...

An analysis of "the Crucifixion of Christ" by TintorettoIn the midst of suffering and anguish, the artist, Jacopo Robusti, depicts an opportunity for happiness through repentance. The main theme that is conveyed in the "the Crucifixion of Christ" is turning away from sinning and what is Bad, and tur...

Nathaniel 1 Shaun Nathaniel English 207 02/26/2004 Note: All Biblical quotes are taken from the KJV unless stated otherwise. Paper #1: The fall across three bible translations I begin my analysis of Genesis 3:...

Translations often led to misinterpretations, allowing the translator to impose his own view of the text into the original. This leads to controversy in almost every rendition of ancient works. Any translator can read into and almost rewrite the original work with what they deem true by extracti...

The Book of Joshua Chapter 1 The book begins with the history, not of Joshua's life (many remarkable passages of that we had before in the books of Moses) but of his reign and government. In this chapter, I. God appoints him to the government in the stead of Moses, gives him an amp...

"The Contribution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Interpretation of the Old Testament"In reviewing the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the study of the Old Testament seems to be almost non-existent. It is not until his time in Tegel Prison, nearly one year prior to his execution, that he fully commits himsel...

II n t r o d u c t i o nOn June 3rd 1989 over one hundred thousand pro-democracy protesters demonstrated within Tian'an Men Square, China. The Communist Government, under control of the Premier Li Peng, declared marshal law and the People's Republic Army marched with guns and tanks over the sprits...

II n t r o d u c t i o nOn June 3rd 1989 over one hundred thousand pro-democracy protesters demonstrated within Tian'an Men Square, China. The Communist Government, under control of the Premier Li Peng, declared marshal law and the People's Republic Army marched with guns and tanks over the sprit...

GILGAMESH Vs GENESIS:In our society, which is overwhelmingly Judeo-Christian, students often find it difficult to compare Bible stories with tales from other cultures, because our own belief system is wrapped up in the prior, and it is hard for many of us to go against our traditional faith to evalu...

Does the Bible Condone Slavery?Slavery in the New World caused one of the greatest controversies of modern times. People have used the Bible to argue for and against this extremely inhumane practice. Few institutions in history have caused more suffering. A Slave is defined as "a human being who i...

If you were to take no more than an encyclopedia explanation of theparable of the Prodigal Son, you would think that it concerned no more thana nice story about a "young man [who] leaves home and becomes a wastrel;repentant, he returns to be received with joyful welcome." [1] But it is mo...