Compare And Contrast The Hebrew 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.

Moses was reluctant at first, but who wouldn’t be when a talking burning bush appeared in front of you. He asks “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ and says that he cannot talk with eloquence (Ranieri, 75). He makes up excuses trying to avoid God and his plan for him.

As mentioned, the book of Jude can be divided into two parts. The first part is where he talks about the dangers of false teachers. In this part he introduces himself as the author, and mentions that although he wants to write about God’s salvation, he instead talks about false teachings because it is what Christians needed to hear during that time. Heresy was circulating around, attacking the churches, and manipulating believers.

The religions and beliefs of ancient cultures shaped the world we live in today. Many of these religions share common beliefs, but also strong disagreements. The Hebrew and Egyptian religion are both alike and different. For example, they both believe in an afterlife, and a creator figure, but unlike the Hebrew religion the Egyptians believe in many deities, and unlike the Egyptian religion the Hebrews believe that their god is perfect and all powerful.

When God calls someone for a special purpose or appoints them for any special service, it does not automatically mean that the man or woman will do what is right. Rather, the person so chosen is held accountable to act responsibly to pursue God’s will.

13) The Creation of the World; the Garden of Eden; Adam and Eve; Original Sin; the Fall

The two gospels, The Old Testament and The New Testament provide mirror images of Terrestrial Humans mentality Evolution and the comprehensive overview of the mental developmental trends over a span covering last five millennia. The Old Testament moral norms served in establishing a legal system with base in an absolute, irrevocable right of private ownership. Incontestable proof of continuous process of Evolution in this micro-segment of Spiral is an emergence of ‘The New Testament’, as a herald of a new mental era on the Earth, which naturally succeeds ‘The Old Testament’. Needless to remind, that The Old Testament also inspired adherents to vehemently follow the principle "an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth", a total ‘defence of ownership’ “…based on the superstition or the illusion that one was ‘God 's chosen people’ and was superior to all ‘heathens’ ". (Quote from ‘Livets Bog’, Vol IV #1310)

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”

The King James Version of Psalms 23 The King James version is better than the Bay Psalms Book version , because of the parallelism, imagery, and sound effects. King James uses these three literary elements to portray God as a shepherd . King James’ version is better than the Bay Psalms Book version because of parallelism. In the King James version, King James uses phrases that have repetitive sounds.

The Jewish religion vs The Christian Religion We are going to compare and contrast the Jewish religion and the Christian religion. We are going to compare and contrast 3 different important aspects of each religion, observation of the Sabbath, monotheism and the covenant relationship. In the Jewish faith God commanded in the 10 commandments that the Sabbath be kept holy Jewish people observe the Sabbath from friday night at sun down until saturday sundown . The Jewish religion is Monotheistic which means they believe in only one God That created the heavens and the earth. The Jewish people and faith that God has a sacred covenant between god and the Jewish people.

It has been thought to believe the Quran is influenced by the Hebrew Bible. There are many similarities between the two scriptural texts whom Christian and Jewish readers would find the Quran corresponds with the Hebrew bible. Muslim followers of the Quran first started off by giving oral scriptures around the same time the Israelites were. There is a common conception the two crossed paths and Muslims followers were predisposed to the Israelites biblical scriptures. Although the research conducted by Waldman, Neuwirth, Wheeler, and Reeves give us undoubtedly a better understanding between the two. There still lacks further studies on this matter that would help answer open ended questions. Studies including the Jewish borrowings in the Quran text have brought up questions of Muhummad’s Jewish teachers. Islam is centered on Muslim thought, culture, devotion, and the tales of biblical prophets whom have continuously been reinterpreted for centuries. For many scholars the reinterpretations and oral scriptural stories given of the Quran does not set a solid foundation providing us a skeptical and confusing origin.

The history of how the Bible came into existence has been explored for centuries and is an active area of study today. There are many facets to the Bible and each has its own set of unique characteristics and teachings. The Old Testament is considered a contemporary guide for daily living, even though it was composed hundreds of years ago. Where did the Old Testament come from? What are some of the influences that shaped the Old Testament? What are the significant events of the Old Testament? In order to gain a better understanding of the Old Testament and its message to Christians, special consideration is given to its historical and cultural context, and to the major milestones in its development. Personal application of the teachings offered in this section of the Bible should be the aspiration of all Christians today.

There were at least 3 views of how the Old Testament was composed which include the critical view, the compositional view, and the common view. Each view was somewhat similar and different in the aspects that gave it it's own characteristics. The main point of this discussion is to focus on the similarities and differences of each view which are but not limited to how the bible was created, the process, and design.

1. Between the time of the Old and New Testament was four hundred years and within this period, there was no message or voice from heaven. There were six periods of rule during the four centuries starting with the Persians, then the Greek, the Egyptian, the Syrian, the Maccabean and lastly the Roman. The Old Testament closed with the Persian Empire ruling Palestine and by the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire was ruling. The political and social changes reflected the worldviews of the different rulers of Palestine.

The names “Old Testament” and “New Testament” are inherently theological in nature. Because there is a difference distinctly built into giving them different notations, it implies that there are differences between each the Old Testament and the New Testament, whether it is subtle in nature or obvious in nature. To Christians, the difference means that the Old Testament contains dealings between God and the world and even some of the rules made are made irrelevant by the interactions of Christ Jesus with the world. One of the differences between the New Testament and the Old Testament is the way each of the Testaments describe God and God’s nature. The Old Testament describes an angry God, one who only created the world and was obsessed with laws and rules. The New Testament describes a loving God who redeemed the world. The different ways the Old Testament and New Testament describe God and his nature are very much influenced by their perspective of God. By the rules, actions, and laws God made, the early writers of the Old Testament made their judgements about God and wrote those perspectives into the books of the Old Testament. The writers of the Old Testament did the best they could with the information they had and got some things about God right, but also got things wrong. The writers of the New Testament and therefore, Christian believers understand God better.