The Old Testament Story (9th Edition)

1. Using the book, notes, and biblical text itself, choose two of the Gospels and compare and contrast their presentation of the life of Christ. Be sure to include how things like the authors’ background and audience affect their message.

REPORTER: The reporter/ Social Worker (Crystal) called with concerns for the victim, Ezekiel. Ezekiel has suffered from a stroke, encephalopathy, and his new baseline is that he’s alert but oriented to self only. The reporter said Ezekiel knows who he is, but he gets confused. Ezekiel can perform his daily ADL’s. Mr. Tuders came into the hospital for alter mental status, and he was found to have encephalopathy as well as having a stroke. The victim has a history of alcohol abuse. On 02/03/2016, the reporter had a meeting with the family (Shane and Ali), and they said that it wouldn’t be safe for the victim to come back to the home. The reporter said Shane (victim’s son) and Ali (victim’s daughter in-law) were afraid that they wouldn’t be able

The message to the exiles was very practical. First, they should realize that God had sent them into captivity. “There are no greetings from Jeremiah here, no personal words. Instead the letter begins with “This is what the Lord says,” as Yahweh addresses the entire exilic community and identifies himself as the one who exiled them from Jerusalem to Babylon.”6 That being the case, they should make the best of their situation. The normal activities of life should be resumed. Specifically he mentioned building houses, planting gardens, and marrying their children. Jeremiah directed them to pray for the

Jeremiah may be one of the most intriguing and revealing of the Old Testament prophets. With his continual return to god and the constant struggle between his heart and the voice of god. This elevates him as a human being and not just as an instrument of god (Paterson 144). He is one of the most human of prophets mentioned in the Old Testament and at the same time most Christ like in aspects of his sermons and works. His story has intrigued many for it is of human weakness and strength (Paterson 139). Let us now take a look at his life and at his works.

Author John N. Oswalt begins The Bible Among the Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? with a concise and well-written introduction that whets the reader’s appetite, compelling one to continue reading. He begins by informing the reader that his novel has been in the works dating all of the way back to the 1960s, when he attended the Asbury Theological Seminary. Oswalt quickly points out that one of the main points that the book will focus on is determining if “the religion of the Old Testament [is] essentially similar to, or essentially different from, the religions of its neighbors.”1 Oswalt is swift to acknowledge a major difference between the Old Testament and the religions of the Israelites Near

The book of Jonah is the story of God’s plan of redemption for mankind. It is a book that has received much criticism from many who would question the historicity of the book and has received heavy debate regarding different aspects within the book, from the conversion of the sailors, to the cause of Jonah’s anger over the city of Nineveh being spared.

Tullock, J. H., & McEntire, M. H., (2006). The Old Testament Story (9th Ed.). p.

The rules of thumbs by Brown helped keep a safety net in interpreting the Old Testament and offered great approaching methods when reading the texts as well. The basic

In chapter three, we are enlightened by the story of Elijah and his sudden fear towards Jezebel’s threats of taking his life. We get to dive into the way God deals with Elijah when he arrives at the cave. Here God comes in the form of a whisper, but shows mighty acts by splitting mountains and rocks, earthquake and fire (Allen Jr., 16). However, the text tells us that God was not in any of those elements. Rather, He spoke to Elijah with a whisper asking him why he was there. In the context, this story takes place after Elijah proves that his God is the only one who is able to light a fire on top of an altar when Baal was unable to. Elijah then orders the crowds to then kill the false prophets. The form that the author

An Historical Survey of the Old Testament, second edition, by Eugene H. Merrill, Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Jeremiah lived about 600 years before the time of Jesus, in the southern Kingdom of Judah. In his time, people didn’t treat each other equally and worshipped idols. Instead of helping the poor, the wealthy boasted about their wealth. God chose Jeremiah to be a prophet so he could spread his word and teach them to repent. Jeremiah’s message was to treat others fairly and worship God alone. The people denied his message and continued to worship false gods and looking down on the poor. They beat Jeremiah for spreading God’s word and took him to prison. Jeremiah still spread God’s word after being imprisoned.

Jeremiah told the exiles to live life as normally as possible. Like they were at home and their country was at peace. He also said to be good citizens because the welfare of Babylon was their welfare. He went on to say that the other super patriots and false prophets should not be listened to because they were not sent by God. Lastly he said that when the time was right the Lord would bring them home (McEntire & Tullock, 2012, pg. 241).

Blomberg, Craig L., Jennifer Foutz Markley. A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2010.

There is biblical evidence that the story of exodus did happen. Moses was born of royalty of the Egyptians, that at the time enslaved the Hebrews. His brother Ramses, also royalty, tells Moses that he was born a slave and that he is a Hebrew. Exiled from his hometown, he goes on a journey and meets his wife and nine years later has a son. He gets a message from a burning bush(aka God).

Jeremiah was known as the “weeping prophet.” He was born in the small village of Anathoth around 645-650 B.C. He lived through the reign of five kings of Judah. The five kings were Josiah, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. In the 13th year of King Josiah of Judah God called young Jeremiah to be a prophet. His career began between 626-627 B.C. He was famous for writing the Books of Jeremiah and Lamentations.