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    Jesus and the Gospels

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    Jesus and the Gospels (Relb 160) 9/11/12 Reading the Gospels in Context * The World of the Gospels * Political * Judea a Colony of Rome- An occupied land * Comprises of the two southern tribes * Ruled in the first century by a representative of Rome * Herod Antipas-North * Pontius Pilate-South * Local Government-Sanhedrin * Religious * Social * The Literary Backgrounds of the Gospels * Genre

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    Between A.D. 90 and A.D. 118‚ the Councils of Jamnia affirmed all thirty-nine books of the Old Testament Canon. By the end of the second century‚ around A.D. 250‚ there was little opposition to the Canon Hebrew Scriptures. Although many Hebrew scholars considered the Apocrypha as accurate historical records‚ most all agreed it was not equivalent to Hebrew scriptures. However‚ what was to be included as Canonical books inspired by the Words of God in The New Testament would become very controversial

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    Liberty University Textual Criticism and the Canon of Scripture: Dealing with Inspiration and Preservation in the light of human error A Paper submitted to Dr. Tomlin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For History of Christianity I – CHHI 520 By: James Mead December 14‚ 2007 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Developing the Need for a Canon 5 Gnostics 5 Cerinthians Gnostics 6 Doketist Gnostics 6 Marcion 7 The Presentation

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    The movie seems to be a mixture of Christianity‚ Gnosticism‚ Nihilism‚ Buddhism‚ Hinduism and several other religions. It is a very subjective analysis as the philosophical viewpoints varies from person to person’s perspective. At some points the movie is observed to be in contradiction with the basic tenets

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    considered Jung his heir apparent‚ the "crown prince of psychoanalysis" (Boeree‚ 2006 Pg 3 ¶3). Jung had an extensive knowledge of mythology‚ religion‚ and philosophy. He was especially knowledgeable in the symbolism of complex mystical traditions: Gnosticism‚ Alchemy‚ Kabala‚ Hinduism‚ and Buddhism. He had a capacity for lucid dreaming and occasional visions (Boeree‚ 2006). Jung divided the psyche into three parts: ego‚ personal unconscious‚ and the collective unconscious. The ego and personal unconscious

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    An Exegetical Paper on 1 John 513-21 By Joseph G. Austin Presented to Dr. Steve Waechter August 10‚ 2014 Hermeneutics NBST 610 LUO Summary Statement 1 John 513-21 Johns exhortation in 1 John 513-21 is to fellow believers that our wills and purposes are to be one with God which is to bring Gods forgiveness and eternal life to others.. Outline Introduction Context Historical Context of 1 John Literary Context of 1 John God is Light (15 228) God is Love (31 512) God is Life (513-21) Content Exhortation

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    The author attempts to prove that the pre-Romanesque relief on the facade of the parish church of St George in Keutschach (Hodiše) in Austrian Carinthia is a depiction of the Orion constellation. He justifies his theory with historical and art-historical facts. The main emphasis is laid on the fact that traces of late Classical astral mythologisation and deification are also recognisable in the Slovenian folk tradition. The relief‚ which is carved into a damaged plate of white limestone of irregular

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    Reincarnation

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    needed]‚ and the Shia sects such as the Alawi Shias and the Druze and the Rosicrucians. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of Neoplatonism‚ Orphism‚ Hermeticism‚ Manicheanism and Gnosticism of the Roman era‚ as well as the Indian religions has been the subject of recent scholarly research. In recent decades‚ many Europeans and North Americans have developed an interest in reincarnation. Contemporary films‚ books‚ and popular songs

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    New Age Movement

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    The New Age movement is hardly novel! Its philosophy is rooted in ancient traditions‚ often based on mystical experiences‚ each within a different context. | Anthropologically‚ there have always been (wo)men within "primitive" societies who were looked upon as possessing special knowledge and power. Medicine men‚ or shamans‚ had undergone a spontaneous catharsis‚ or were initiated and felt called upon to maintain contact with the spirit world for the clan. When communities became more complex

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    Cited: Brophy‚ James. “The War Poetry of Wilfred Owen and Osbert Sitwell: An Instructive Contrast.” Modern Language Studies 1.2 (1971): 22-29. Print Campbell‚ James. “Combat Gnosticism: The Ideology of First World War Poetry Criticism.” New Literary History 30.1 (1999): 203-215. Print. Norgate‚ Paul. "Wilfred Owen and the Soldier Poets." The Review of English Studies 40.160 (1989): 516-530. Print. Owen‚ Wilford. "Dulce et Decorum

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