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The contrast between Abraham’s servant and Rebekah is evident in Genesis 24. The complexity of the servant’s character compared to Rebekah’s demonstrates his significance to the plot. The protagonist of Genesis 24 is Abraham’s servant; his experience with conflicts, initiative actions, and motivations are more apparent compared to Rebekah’s perspective in the narrative, so he conforms to the protagonist role.…
Gilgamesh was written thousands of years ago, but those who have read Gilgamesh notice something extraordinarily striking about the story of Utnapishtim’s immortality: there is a nearly identical flood story written in the Bible. Many things about the flood story in the Bible seem identical to the flood in Gilgamesh, but there are still many differences. The differences are seen before, during, and after the flood, making the two stories similar, but not quite identical. The floods described in Gilgamesh and in the Bible have an obvious relationship, but each is extremely different in some ways and exactly the same in others.…
Malcolm Gladwell recounts the biblical story of David and Goliath in order to provide a solid foundation for the rest of the novel. The seedling of an underdog being able to defeat a goliath is planted into the reader’s head, and the seedling continues to develop as Gladwell adds more stories. Also, it begins to convince the reader to think outside of the box, “It never occurred to him (Goliath) that the battle would be fought on anything other than those terms, and he prepared accordingly” (7), because David used a tactic that Goliath was not prepared for, he triumphed. This theme continues throughout the stories as people use unconventional strategies to achieve what they desire. For example, Gary Cohn obtains a stockbroker job by jumping into a cab and lying. Another theme is coming out on top, despite shortcomings that the champion might have.…
It is said that life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it. It is not the circumstances of life that determine a person's character. Rather, it is the way a character responds to those circumstances that provides a display of who he is. "From the Epic of Gilgamesh", as translated by N.K. Sandars, and "Noah and the Flood" from the Book of Genesis, both Gilgamesh and Noah face similar circumstances, but don't always respond to them the same way.…
“Indeed, it was a just and splendid judgment of God that this place should be filled with the blood of the unbelievers, since it had suffered so long from their blasphemies...On this day, the children of the apostles regained the city and fatherland for God and the fathers.”(Document A). The Crusaders also believed that God was on their side which allowed the Christians to stand up victorious. The huge temple became one of the reasons that the city had suffered from “unbelievers” because the temple was built for christian reasons. The document even states that “the children of apostles” were jumping in joy after the victory which showed the importance of the victory. The Document later states that the men had to step over the bodies which can also be interpreted as a lot of loss for the…
Underlying causes: The reason for the crusades was a war between Christians and Muslims which centered around the city of Jerusalem. The City of Jerusalem held a Holy significance to the Christian religion. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ's burial and was visited by Pilgrims. Also another underlying cause of the crusades was that the Turks had been making constant advances in the East, and were now threatening Constantinople itself. The Christians felt as if their safety was in danger they sent rulers sent letter to the Pope asking for aid against the infidels, representing that, unless assistance was extended immediately, the capital with all its holy relics must soon fall into the hands of the barbarians.…
For religion this semester we are asked each week to share what we have learned with others. This week we talked about the spiritual wrestle with the Lord. One of the required readings was Enos 1: 2-5. These verses describe Enos's personal wrestle with the Lord. I love what Enos says in verse four, "And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul..." Just like Enos we need to desire to go to the Lord, he is the source of all truth. When we let the lord know we are willing to listen, he will show us how he communicates with us. One of the questions asked in class was, "why does the lord not always give us the answer right away?" We talked about how when we…
The battle of the Plains of Abraham was fought on the 13th of September 1759. It was the result of a three-month British siege of the French North American capital of Quebec City. Although the battle lasted for a short period of time, involved comparatively few troops, and caused few casualties, the effects of the battle were far reaching. The British victory at the battle resulted both in the death of the French general – the Marquis de Montcalm – and the British major general James Wolf. More importantly, the battle resulted in the capture of Quebec, which in turn, led to the capture of the remaining French territories of North America.…
Salvation and Shooting of an elephant are both short stories that describe how a person is forced to make a choice between what he believes is right and what society is expecting you to do.…
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and King’s I Have a Dream are two of the most powerful and emotional speeches ever given in American history. Lincoln’s speech delivered against the backdrop of the bloodstained battlefield of fallen brothers and King’s given one hundred years later beneath the watchful eyes of the Lincoln Memorial contain some striking similarities and contrasts. The two speeches both begin with references to important dates in history. Lincoln’s “four score and seven years ago“ made reference to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and King pays homage to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation with his “five score years ago.” Both speeches were given during periods of civil strife and put forth an appeal for freedom and equality for all men, as promised by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Through his speech, Lincoln transported his audience from the founding of our Nation, to the onset of civil war and looking forward at an uncertain future. On the other hand, King reflects on the past hundred years, as he called for an end to the racism, discrimination, segregation, and persecution of a still divided nation. Magnetic and mellifluous, his words demand repayment of a debt of freedom, equality and justice owed to Americans of color for the sad and haunting legacy left to them from an era of slavery.…
Hi Janet the Idea is to create 4 pieces 2 advertisements on bulling and 2ads on peer pressure. The goal is to present a position of being against bulling and peer pressure and reading the books the battle of Jericho and just another hero will help teens learn the effect it has on others. Each should be a full page.…
The Old Testament ends with the Minor Prophets. These prophets provided insight on many issues the Jews were facing. All of the prophets had the same ideas of a warning of impending judgment because of the nations’ sinfulness, the coming judgment, a call for repentance, and a promise of future deliverance of God’s grace. Idolatry, social injustice and religious ritualism are three issues that the prophets emphasized on in their teachings and can be inspired in the minds and hearts of believers today. The prophets’ teachings are just as important today as they were in the past. The teachings about God, the way man lived, social issues, and religious rituals are all relevant in the today’s society.…
The conflict between Christians and Muslim can be still observed in various parts of the world. One could think that there has always been hostility between Christians and Muslims since the younger religion, Islam came into existence in the 7th century and started to spread. Another very common opinion is that the religions themselves – Christianity and Islam are the source of this conflict. Even though both these opinions are very popular, they are not based on facts. In reality, the source of this conflict can be rather found in the political situation and the ambition of church leaders, as it can be observed at the background of the crusades and the reconquista beginning in 11th century.…
The first 39 books of the larger work called the Bible, is called the Old Testament. The Bible itself is arguably the best selling and most read book of all time, yet it’s well known to be quite challenging to read through and understand. The Old Testament portion of the Bible, notably the most difficult portion of the Bible for most to study and follow, yields 39 books from multiple authors, and spans over 4000 years of crucial world and church history. If that were not enough to take on, the Old Testament comes our way through multiple styles of authorship and formats, including but not limited to, books of history, law, proverbs, ethics, philosophy, treatises, dramas, songs, epics, biographies, and letters. There have been many books written and published to survey, explain, and/or bring to light the Old Testament, but none more helpful to me than the review subject of this paper, the work of Dr. Elmer L. Towns, entitled “A Journey Through the Old Testament”.…
He showed those assembled that although Moses foretold a new law and a Messiah, and that Solomon had built the Temple, both were temporary and were supposed to fall in order than God might introduce more perfect institutions. This had been fulfilled by the coming of the Messiah. He accused them of…