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...

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....

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...

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...

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...