EUR 101 Spring 2013 Foundations of Europe 1:00-2:20 p.m. T Th Harriman 137 DEC G Professor: Timothy Westphalen Office: Humanities 1140 E-mail: Timothy.Westphalen@StonyBrook.edu Office Hours; Tues. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tues.‚ 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thurs. 2:30-3:30 p.m. And by appointment. Teaching assistant: Anna Geisherik Office: Humanities 1077 E-mail: ageisherik@gmail.com Office hours: Tues. and Thurs.‚ 4:30-5:15; 7-7:45p.m. READINGS (All books available in the
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questions have investigated and expounded for many years and there are many books with regard to these topics. Lee Stroubel‚ who currently has a movie out based on his book and his life story‚ “Case for Christ” nicely spells out the his work and research on the historical and Biblical proof for Christ existence and claims that he made. Much a much longer and quit comprehensive book Ëvidence that demands a Verdict” by Josh MecDowell answer many of the questions asked by Ankerberg. CS Lewis in his book
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The introduction of the lecture 7 makes a significant point about the fact that we need to follow Jesus’ model for leadership to teach us how to be our best self. It then goes on to provide a fundamental point that we should not imitate leaders whose primary goal is to make money but rather we should imitate a leader who shows us how to really live and lead‚ to influence others to be everything God has made us to be. I found it really challenging to go beyond the six descriptions presented in the
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Moses is a major type of Christ. Discuss why? In this essay the fact that Moses was a major type of Christ will be discussed. The following points will be look at‚ the infancy of Moses and Jesus their Royal Background. The rejection they had to face‚ the miracles they accomplished‚ the fact that they were both mighty intercessors and spoke as the oracles of God‚ they were mediators between God and his people. Moses was similar to Jesus in his meekness. Other points that will be looked at is
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Jesus – the Epic Hero Although the Bible’s description of Jesus and his crucifixion has not been changed‚ the perception of the people about Jesus has been changing throughout the ages. The poem “The Dream of the Rood” is good example of a unique view of Jesus and his crucifixion. The poem is referred as “one of the first and most successful treatments of the crucifixion” in Old English poetry (Burrow 123). The poem consists of a mixture of Christian and epic elements and has a very unique style
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In this paper I am going to discuss the trials that took place before Jesus’ crucifixion. I will discuss this from a legal perspective using scripture. This paper is inspired by my father who is a lawyer and knowledgeable on the subject. I started thinking about this recently because it is right before Easter and it is a subject that really interests me. Jesus was unlawfully sentenced to death through the Jewish legal system and the Roman legal system. There were many opportunities for the legal
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Relationships of a Christ Centred Person Intro: We’ve been studying the various aspects of a Christ centred person. We looked at his finances‚ his work‚ his spirituality‚ the way he handles sensuality and the way a woman ought to be. Today we want to take a look at his relationships. Now although we are half way through the series it’s important to understand what we mean when we say Christ centred. We don’t just mean that you say you believe in Jesus claims or that you attend church regularly.
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Sources of Knowledge about Jesus outside of the gospels * Rabbinic Judaism * A book hostile toward Jesus * Called Jesus the son of a hair dresser * Dates back to the mid to late 2nd century * Not as reliable as other sources * Apocryphal Gospels * Tries to satisfy the question of what Jesus was doing before the onset of his ministry * Second goal is to explain theological viewpoints some view as questionable * Includes books such as
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vital part of Jesus’ ministry. It is found to be essential to His ministry because Jesus had the ability to perform great miracles that resulted in the healing of many individuals. Through the power of God‚ Jesus healed people with various complications and even brought some people back to life after they already experienced death! Jesus greeted blind‚ crippled‚ leprous‚ and deceased people into his healing presence; no problem was ever too great to be resolved. Not one person that Jesus touched was
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Jesus & Mohammad Paper Travis Davis Course HUM 130 Professor Ferris 01/20/2008 There are hundreds of thousands of religions all over the world. Some of them we know about and some of them we don’t. Usually‚ one thing that most religions have in common is a founder or the head figure of the religion that any particular religion revolves around. This one person is the teacher and everyone else is the follower. Two major religions that are still extremely active in today’s world are Christianity
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