Bible

Introduction to the Hebrew Bible has provided me with a critical analysis of the Hebrew Bible and introduced a wide variety of interpretive strategies, including African American, anthropological, feminist, historical-critical, Jewish, and literary perspectives. These approaches were presented by our author’s, L. Juliana M. Claassens, Peter Enns, Walter Brueggemann, and John L. Collins. Each author provides a unique interpretation to help us comprehend how the text is an expression of one’s interpretive understanding. Having said that, the biggest influence has been how I will seek to present Old Testament scriptures more effectively while remembering the context and the audience in which I am presenting. For example, I believe the greatest lessons that I have been reminded of are, the Old Testaments Scriptures from my childhood, which have become a big part of my relationship with God and are based on a childlike faith, which must now grow in the richness of the different interpretations, it is this message that I can apply to life.

The main reason because of which religions are saved, and passed on from one generation to another is the book. Holy books are the sets of ancient story mentioning the rules, laws, restrictions, and reflect the existence of gods. The holy book of Hindus is The Vedas, and the holy book of Christians is The Bible. Even though, these holy books provide us much beneficial information, The Vedas teaches the people to devote their life in service, and The Bible gives us the message of

The King James version bible states in ‘Genesis 1:26-27’ that “Gods image is shared equally by women and men”. ‘Exodus 36:1’ says, “use your skills to honor God”. Despite what the bible seems to be saying, women do not have the same opportunities as men in Christian religious settings. Imagine a woman in the Christian faith who has the qualifications to preach the word of God and the eagerness to serve the Lord. Logically, she should be awarded the job position. However, she is not even considered for that opportunity. In multiple recurring instances, the church congregation has discriminated against women, not allowing them to have the same opportunities as the men in the community. These women are not only discriminated against, but are scoffed at, even penalized for wanting these positions. Women should not be penalized for having faith in the Lord and wanting to share it with others. The bible states how both women and men are equal and are to use the skills they have to honor God. The congregation should not limit these human resources to only men, when highly qualified and respected women are willing and able to serve. Gender discrimination is a problem in Christian Churches because women who are qualified are unable to access jobs, are experiencing emotional stress, and are being penalized for wanting changes within the church.

As a person throughly studies the Words of God found in the Bible, one would find that there are many topics and doctrines contained within. One of the major doctrines or teachings found in Scripture is prophecy. Around 28 percent of the Bible is classified as prophecy. The men who wrote these prophecies did not write based off what they thought would happen. Neither did they write them after the events that were predicted took place as some critics of the Bible would claim. These men were inspired by an omnipotent, omniscient God Who knew the events that would take place in the world. After all, “Prophecy is written foreknowledge of the omniscience of our omnipotent God”

To me this is like a very wicked Bible and History book all in one. Just like the Christian Bible it tells the people that there is only one god. The manual goes back to the past on how a group of people come over to their land and took over, by raping virgins, shaving women's hair and so on. When you start reading its confusing but not only does it confusing it tries to make the reader angry by telling them the history, but also make them sick because it tells them to do what happened to them, and do it to others in a kind of Pledger known as "O Sister" In our Christian Bible it states "how the lord will forgive your sins" and "only fear him". In the manual it tells the reader to not fear his creator and Allah will also forgive you as long

Firstly, I would like to speak of my journey to change, rectify, or should I say modify my behavior. The behavior I wished to modify is the behavior of spending time to grow in the spiritual realm. This is a rather personal subject so I will try to be superficial, but maybe not too superficial. I do not wish to lose the essence or profoundness of the journey.

Are you ready to begin a journey of discovery? Are you ready to read a dynamic book that has permeated Western Culture more than any other piece of literature? If you answered yes to these two questions then you will want to read the Bible, commonly called the “Good Book.”

The book “Deuteronomy”, of the Hebrew Bible, describes the reiteration of laws that the people of Israel are to follow upon entrance to the Promised Land. Upon reviewing Deuteronomy, the people of Israel versus Moses and why Moses was refused entry to the land raises interesting questions. By predominantly focusing on the behavior of the people of Israel, the behavior of Moses, their interactions with the God, and the language used by the author(s) it provides some insight into how and why events unfolded as they did. Moses is considered to be one of the most iconic prophets of the Hebrew Bible, yet he is forbidden from entering the Promised Land whereas the consistently sinning people of Israel can enter the Promised Land.

I purchased this book or this assignment with preconceived notions that this book was written by a feminist so the view of the women would be biased. I also believed that the book would only discuss the women in the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament because the author was Jewish. I was clearly surprised to find my ignorance had proved me wrong. This book analyzes women’s roles in Biblical history on a collegiate and academic level by a professor who cared deeply enough to research minute details of these characters. Tikva addresses one of my thoughts within the acknowledgements page when she said, “My feminist sensibilities

As an individual who finds great personal value in the Scriptures, Brettler provides permission to look at passages from different angles and perspectives. Consequently, a conclusion must be made that one can not put ancient literature into a neat and tidy “this is what the Bible is saying so it must be true” box. There are many parts of the Hebrew Bible that are strange to read. If many were lived out today, it would ostracize people, and to be blunt, land someone in prison. However, all of these passages are included in this great book, the Hebrew Bible, for a reason. They were important to the Jewish culture whom they were written for. Why were they important to the Jewish culture in the Ancient Near East World? Can they bring value to us today? Is it possible to accurately declare that everything in the Hebrew Bible can be exegetically “figured out”, with no unanswered questions, or unresolved mysteries? Of course not. By asking questions, challenging preconceived notions, and examining whether passages in the Hebrew Bible are mythological or fact, one is not agreeing to a predetermined diminishment of personal spiritual and faith principles derived from the Scriptures.

We do this because God gave us the knowledge and freewill to do so. Robert Krieg said that “a human person possesses in principle at least seven facets” (5). In searching for the meaning to be human, knowledge and free will is two of the seven facets. The reason why God doesn't just tell us what being human means is because he wants us to look for the meaning with what he gave us. When we want to know something we spend our time searching for it, for us wanting to know the purpose of life and the meaning of being human we spend our time searching. When we searching for this it draws us closer to God. God gave humans life, in understanding what it means to be human and the meaning of life we find who God is and why he created us. Then who is God? From the stories in the bible, they tell us that God is the creator of man and earth, that he is eternal love, and that he is the truth. To fully understand this we need to have a divine-human relationship. The nature of divine-human relationship simply means to have a relationship with God. In searching for what it means to be human we grow in our relationship with God. And when our relationship with God grows, this is when you can truly understand why he created

“And Joseph found grace in His sight, and he served Him, and made him overseer over his house, and all that he had put into his hand” (Genesis 39:4). This is only one example of the many in the King James Version of The Bible, that tells one who Joseph really was. Joseph was only 17 years old when he was introduced in the Bible. Joseph, was his father’s favorite out of all his brothers, he knew it-and so did they. He received a coat of many colors, which back in this time period everyone had coats; however, the coat given to Joseph was ankle length and in beautiful colors (meaning royalty). The coat, according to the Bible, was given to Joseph by his father to make him stand out and be praised by his father a little more. Even though he was “praised” a little more than all of his brothers he remained humble and did not think himself higher. His personality was naturally down-to-earth and as we say today, he “did not have a big head”. So the author of the Bible really wants us to realize in the book of Genesis that the character Joseph is a very humble, faithful, prosperous, and forgiving man. The reasons he grew to be such a wonderful person and character with much charm was because of his humble and faithful personality. With his mindset, he indeed went a long way in the life he lived for Jesus.

The Jewish Bible consists of 24 books of the Tanakh. In rabbinic, “Torah” literally means “teaching” or “instructions”. The first five books, which consist of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, make up the Torah. The Torah is based on God’s teaching through his prophet Adam, Abraham, and Moses. The Torah can be looked as laws or guidelines to offer one a way to live. “Thus there could be the tradition of an oral Torah, actually the product of generations of interpretation through a long succession of rabbis, yet equally ascribed to Moses together with the ultimate closed written Torah” (Coward 6). The Mosaic Law contains a series of codes on social, ethical, and religious topics, such as the Covenant Code (shown in

The Gospels goal is to combine the gospel message with other important material as it relates to Jesus' life and teachings. Collectively to say that Jesus is the one true Savior of the world and through him we could have eternal life.

The Bible contains sixty-six books, written by approximately forty authors, over the course of two thousand years. God created and loves humans despite their rebellious attitude towards Him, and God wants to reunite humans to Himself (Poythress, 2008). The Bible is a record of the sinful rebellion of humans and it still declares God’s love for humanity through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ. This foundation prepares the way for Jesus Christ to fulfill God’s entire promised covenants.