The woman with the alabaster Jar - reply to the editor SC208 Women in the New Testament Kim Stephen-Pope The following is a critical study of a story of the woman with the alabaster jar. I intend to look at this story in the gospel with a new fresh microscope‚ a new vision of analysis that has been emerging over the last thirty years. Putting aside the historical-critical approach I am looking at this story through a reader-response or narrative criticism focus. I realize that approachs of
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you should be able to connect to the writer or the topic on some level. Good books also make you think hard about your life or the topic. If I can relate to the book I am more likely to enjoy it just for that fact. The novel Fast Girl by Suzy Favor Hamilton is an outstanding book it is relatable‚ has a sympathetic protagonist‚ and it has a dramatic plot twist. (126) First off‚ I believe a good book has a sympathetic protagonist. This book shows quite a bit of this quality. In the beginning‚ it shows
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mentor them‚ and whom they can rely on when they encounter challenges in life. Bethany Russell is a woman who affects all of the young women in the Cherry Hills Baptist Church Youth Group by
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Hamilton begins by highlighting the common misunderstanding that mythology depicts the blissful state of man in his original harmony with nature. On the contrary‚ Hamilton notes‚ the lives of ancient people were not romantic and beautiful‚ but full of hardship‚ disease‚ and violence. For Hamilton‚ the Greek myths are remarkable in that they show how far the Greeks‚ an ancient civilization‚ had advanced beyond a primitive state of savagery and brutality. By the time Homer wrote his epic‚ the Iliad
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CASE # 1 – HAMILTON POWER TOOLS CORPORATION (abbreviated) (read this brief case and attempt all questions at end – original thinking backed by logical and creative use of marketing and business related concepts learnt in classrooms and drawn from real world success/failure situations is expected) On July 13th ‚ 1978‚ Mr Campagna‚ the marketing manager for Hamilton Tools‚ was anxiously awaiting his meeting with the marketing research firm. He felt the findings from the marketing research would change
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about jealousy of the two main characters. Carla and Bethany are the complete opposite of each other. Carla is beautiful but has neither brains nor personality. On the other hand‚ Bethany is an accountant with a high income and very successful in writing short stories but is not satisfied with her appearance. Both girls envy one another wanting what each other have‚ Carla wants to be successful and smart and Bethany wishes to be beautiful. Bethany believes that beauty is everything‚ that it’s a key
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thought they will never succeed‚ Aimee and Bethany have some similarities and differences from one another. One thing that they most are unlike is never giving up even though they tried a couple of times. Both Aimee and Bethany had their limbs removed and they are different because they had different ways of facing their obstacles. Aimee Mullins and Bethany Hamilton both had their limbs removed and they couldn’t do what they loved to do. The best part about Bethany and Aimee was that they learn to accepted
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Comparison of Matthew 26:6-13‚ Mark 14:3-9 and John 12:1-8 April 22‚ 2010 Robin Reid These three excerpts of the Bible appear to be the same story. All occur in Bethany. They all take place in the home of Simon the leper. John indicates this took place six days before Passover and that Bethany was where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. Though‚ from Matthew and Mark we can assume the incident occurred shortly before the Passover because Jesus indicates in all three accounts the deed was
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dominance over the men around her. The protagonist of ‘Lady Lazarus’ is an allegory of Sylvia Plath herself‚ the suicide attempts in the poem being a reflection of the poet’s own suicidal tendencies. The title itself is a reference to Lazarus of Bethany from the Gospel of John‚ which suggests a similarity between the narrator’s resuscitation by ‘Herr Doktor’ and the resurrection of Lazarus by Jesus; revived without apparent consent. This comparison to God is repeated in her use of ‘Herr Doktor’‚
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proliferated more investments from current stockholders‚ but also attracted new investors desiring the enjoy the apparent financial gains enjoyed by the Enron corporation. Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind‚ The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (New York: Portfolio‚ 2003). When we think
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