History of the Old Testament Exegesis of Isaiah 7:14-16 Historical Context of Isaiah 7:14-16 The book of Isaiah is a vast collection of many works by both Isaiah and other anonymous writers. Although the entire book is dated from the post-exilic period‚ different sections of the book were written at various times. In fact‚ the organization of the book isn’t ordered chronologically‚ but rather by combining separate literary works and booklets (Hastings 424). According to Robert Alter and Frank
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Genesis 1:1-2:4a In the beginning‚ when God created the heavens and the earth 2 and the earth was without form or shape‚ with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind sweeping over the waters 3 Then God said: Let there be light‚ and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day‚” and the darkness he called “night.” Evening came‚ and morning followed—the first day. 6 Then God said: Let there be a dome in the middle of
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“Wise and Spirit-Filled Living” An Exegetical Paper on Ephesians 5:15-21 By Demetris McAdoo Interpreting the Bible Doug Nykolaishen Spring 2014 Ephesians 5:15-21: Paul’s original thought was that we should walk carefully and wisely‚ brimming with the Holy Spirit‚ and shouldn’t be drunken in wine. Paul issues a warning to his readers (5:15-16) Paul tells his readers to live carefully and wisely (v. 15) Make the most out of every opportunity (v. 16) Paul advises his readers not to
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Anonymous October 26‚ 2012 Mr. ------ Luke 10:25-36 The passage of Luke 10:25-36 is an essential story because it applies to every Christian today the same way‚ but in order for us to follow the example Jesus made‚ we must first understand what the story would have meant to the Jews in Jesus’ time. The first step in understanding the story of the Good Samaritan is to understand the relationship between the Jews and the Samaritans of the time. The Samaritans were considered unclean by the Jews
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indicator is the change in pronoun‚ from we to you as in “And you also were included…”. The Cambridge New Testament for Schools notes that later in 2:11 and 3:1 point to this Gentile inclusion. Consulting a biblical map‚ to find support outside of Ephesians‚ at least two passages are found to support the Gentile audience claim. The first‚ by the prophet Joel‚ which is the quotation that Peter addressed the crowd on the day of Pentecost as a sign of Jesus’s divinity (Joel 2.28–32; Acts 2.14–21). The
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Exegesis of Romans 1:18-21 Fred G. Zaspel‚ 1993 Introduction Following some introductory remarks leading to a statement of his theme‚ namely the saving power of the gospel of God’s righteousness received by faith (1:16-17)‚ the apostle Paul begins in this section to develop his argument. "The righteousness of God" revealed in the gospel is a gift of God received on the sole basis of faith (dikaiosune theou . . . ek pisteos v.17) in Jesus Christ. This justifying righteousness is the heart
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Jonathan Gogol Jim Dumke Intro. OT Exegesis #2 Jeremiah 31:23-40 This particular section of the book of Jeremiah talks about a revelation from Yahweh that entails a promise of a “new covenant” for His people Israel; one that would enable them to fully know and follow Yahweh and his commands. This vision of consolation comes despite Israel’s consistent unfaithfulness to Yahweh‚ and also at a time when the people are truly suffering; by way of the destruction of their land by the hands of
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Exegesis of Genesis 22:1-19 The book of Genesis forms part of a series of ‘historical’ books that begins with the creation story and ends with the destruction of the kingdom of Judah (6BCE.) These narrated events are in a chronological sequence (Barton 2001:38).It is the first book of the Old Testament and Pentateuch (Barton 2001:12) . Jews name these five books the Torah or ‘the law’(Holdsworth 2005:71). The passage(Gen22:1-19) reveals God’s relationship through a trial with a major character‚
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AN EXEGESIS ON DEUTERONOMY 18.9-22 CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY DIVINITY SCHOOL BUIES CREEK‚ NORTH CAROLINA NOVEMBER 2008 BY JOEL M. USINA © 2010 Joel M. Usina A King Messiah Fellowship Contribution kingmessiah.org Joseph Blenkinsopp states that Deuteronomy is “what we might anachronistically call the first canonical document‚ the first consistent attempt to impose an orthodoxy and orthopraxy.”1 He then lists certain references from the biblical text that resemble criteria to determine canonical
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Exegesis 3: Mark 6:1-11 I. Jesus displeases the Pharisees (1-5) a. Walking through the grain fields (1) a.i. On the Sabbath day (1) a.ii. With his disciples (1) b. They plucked some heads of grain (1) b.i. They were hungry(1) b.ii. They ate the grain(1) c. The Pharisees question Jesus (2) c.i. Why are they doing something that goes against the Sabbath? (2) c.ii. Jesus asks them if they have read what David did when he was hungry (3) c.ii.1. He entered the house of god (4) c.ii.2. Took
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