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    Judith Decapitating Holofernes by Trophime Bigot is an oil on panel painting. There are numerous different elements of art incorporated into this painting. There are no visible brush strokes as a result of the painter’s attention to detail. The three main figures and the drapes of the tent form a triangle. Judith’s face is the most illuminated and defined making her the central focus of the painting. The other woman in profile in the painting is facing her adds to this effect. Judith’s arms

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    The Pentateuch (Greek for "five parchments") contains the initial five books of the Old Testament—Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The accumulation of books was most likely in its last shape by the fourth century b.c. The Pentateuch speaks to the most essential area of scriptural story. It clarifies the starting points of mankind and the ascent of the Israelites, including the Israelites' extraordinary resettlement from Egypt. The greater part of the Pentateuch is committed to

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    There are an increasing number of people rising up and looking to revolutionize baseball as we know it. These people, called sabermatricians, come wielding spreadsheets and calculators as their weapons of choice. Innovators like them are beginning to view baseball through a different set of lenses than the rest. Others have looked through statistical glasses or scouting spectacles, but their vision has never been optimal. People like them have the correct lenses, but they have not been using the

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    The Hebrew Bible (Tanak), the Protestant Christian, and Catholic & Orthodox Old Testaments share many similarities, as well as significant differences. The similarities are simple: they each start with the same five books, and contain largely the same writings of wisdom, history and prophecy. In the following paragraphs, I’ll focus on the ways that the three groups’ sacred texts are different in structure and purpose. The Tanak is named for the first letters of its three its three main sections:

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    THESIS While also known as the Intertestamental Period, the Second Temple Period demonstrates that while God was silent in regards of speaking through prophets, He was anything but in His orchestrating human events for the culmination of the coming Messiah. INTRODUCTION When Christians open their Bibles there are two Testaments of God-inspired Scripture. These Testaments document various periods of human history of God’s activity in the lives of human beings. Looking at Scripture from a central

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    difference between the two. Most Protestant versions of the Old Testament have exactly the same books as the Hebrew Bible, though in a slightly different order (Harris, 1980, p. 2). In the Jerusalem Bible, the English edition of the Old Testament, the Apocrypha are integrated with the other books of the Hebrew Bible. The main differences that will be focused on are the structure of the Hebrew Bible, the three-part Hebrew Bible, and original written language. To introduce the Hebrew Bible, we must first

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    you. Not one way, you have diginity as uman being and you have free will. Scripture and tradition – Trent declared scripture and tradition are both equally necessary and both equally authoratatitve. There is aCannon of Scripture which included Apocrypha, including Tobit, Judith, Macabees and others. Latin Vulgate was approate for sermons and lectures. The council also stated Scriputre not to interpret chruch but the curch is to interpret the scripture. John 21:25 Supports this, John 16:12-13

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    REL C 225 Personal Project Owen Bond 3/21/2017 “ME SALMAT QAQQADI MUMMU INA RABUM ILU MA ILATI ANU” Behold Mankind Brought Forth by the Great Gods of Heaven Upon this course’s examination of the revelations and truths brought forth by the prophet Joseph Smith I set on a quest for greater light and knowledge. It became more apparent the value and importance of the revelations brought forth by the Prophet of the Restoration as I decided to delve deeper into an area of interest that has been touched

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    T he concept of Satan as an ‘evil presence’ in our modern day definition exists as mainly a made-up superstition; however, for the ancients this evil spiritual force persisted as a tangible and intangible influence. Justifiably, due to their fear untold satanic ruins and other relics were destroyed as a means of purification; whereupon, the visible reality of Satan as an authentic supernatural presence abides extremely diluted. Feasible, the factual existence of Satan’s ancient evil surfaced more

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    this in Romans 15.There were set assumptions for instance, symbolic, taboos, cultural differences, ethnic realities, rituals and sacrificial offerings, however, the second temple exhibits the history of Israel. Some of the Old books are the Apocrypha, Pseudepyrapha, Dead Sea Scrolls, the writings of Phlio and Josephus, Maccabee, These were compared to seminaries to the Romans, there is a glossary, terms, abbreviations, and definitions in the back of the book to help the student to understand

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