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    Ishmael Beah Carlin.S Conflict can be external or internal creating depth in a character and making a very complex journey. Ishmael Beah the author of A Long Way Gone goes through many trials and conflicts that he has to overcome‚ creating his identity. Ishmael losses everything that has meaning to him‚ being made into something he is not. Facing a harsh reality of his own life. The decision whether to forget and move on or except what he is going to become will determine his identity.

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    In the novel A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah describes to us what it was like to live in the terrifying times in Sierra Leone‚ South Africa. A civil war started from the want of mass diamond production‚ Streets were filled with chaos. Children traveling the streets from town to town were exposed to traumatizing and life changing events. In Beah’s novel the traumatic effects of war‚ drug addiction‚ and mass murder all lead to the experience of PTSD. A post traumatic stress disorder that not only affects

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    emotional brutality of war. However‚ Ismael Beah`s experiences‚ explained in chapters 1-7 of his book‚ “A Long Way Gone”‚ display the emotional hardships that caused Ishmael to grow up quickly. Due to the war‚ 12 year-old Ishmael is forced to grow up rapidly. Unaffected by war‚ Ishmael`s young mind was unable to grasp the horrid reality of warfare; thus‚ explaining that he “thought the stories of the passerby were exaggerated” (page 5). During this time in Ishmael`s life‚ any story he heard about the

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    Comparative Analysis of Abraham in the Bible and the Quran The three major religions in the world today – Judaism‚ Christianity‚ and Islam—all view Abraham as a very important figure. The term Abrahamic religions‚ which are summarized as monotheistic faiths tracing their common origin to Abraham‚ aroused as the three major religions each perceive him as a either their founder or at least a forefather of the religion. Although the three religions recognize Abraham as an important person in their

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    Tom Fletcher – OTL611 Genesis Reading and Summary Statements The Creation Event: Genesis 1.1 – 2.24 This is a narrative of the Creation account. I note the obvious theme of “blessing” in 2.3 where “God blessed the seventh day…” I also see an indirect theme of blessing throughout the creation drama as The Lord God sees what he has created as “good” (1.4‚ 10. 12‚ 18‚ 21‚ 25‚ 31). There looks to be a poetic genre where God creates woman from man (2.23). This leads into another encounter of blessing

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    Bible 150 LUO | Abrahamic Covenant Chart | | | LaNell Rice Rollins | 7/1/2013 | The Abrahamic Covenant is an unconditional‚ everlasting promise made to Abraham and his descendants‚ by God. It is the foundation of the birth of the Messiah and the New Covenant He would eventually make with mankind. | Reference: | Addressed | Circumstances | Ingredients | Development | Changes | Genesis 12:1-3 | Abram | God called Abram to leave his family in Haran and move to Canaan | Land

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    Noel Mircovich AP Lang 31 July Genesis Dictionary Abel- Abel is Adam and Eve’s second son. Due to jealousy‚ his brother Cain kills him. Abel is the first martyr and shepherd in the Bible. Abraham- God changed Abraham’s name from Abram to Abraham‚ meaning “father of all nations”. God called upon Abraham to save the corrupt humans‚ and promised him the land of Canaan‚ saying he will “exceedingly fruitful”. Abraham’s wife was not capable of having children‚ but God made a covenant with Abraham

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    THEOLOGICAL CENTRE FOR ASIA ROMANS 9:6-13 AN EXEGETICAL PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR CHUL WOO LEE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF BNT524 CONTEMPORARY HERMENEUTICS BY JOSEPH TAN TIAN LENG SINGAPORE 30 NOVEMBER 2004 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 OVERVIEW OF ROMANS 9-11 1 TRANSLATION OF ROMANS 9:6-13 3 INNER TEXTURE 4 Repetitive Texture and Pattern 4 Opening-Middle-Closing Texture and Pattern 6 INTERTEXTURE 7 Oral-Scribal Intertexture 7 Social Intertexture 11 FOCUS:

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    Century movement to reestablish a Jewish state in Palestine • Circumcision – surgically removing a male’s foreskin‚ especially as a religious practice • Well of Zamzam - in Mecca‚ thought by Muslims to be the well God showed to Hagar and Ishmael‚ the ancestors of Muhammad • Dramatic Irony - where the audience knows more than the characters • “Fear of God” – phrase in the bible that means obedience or respect more than being afraid of God • Edom – represented by Esau‚

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    The Role of Women within Bereishit (Genesis) From Adam to Abraham to Isaac and Jacob‚ the Tanakh is full of men who have played key roles within not only the primary formation of Judaism but within the very history of the Jewish people. However‚ where does that leave the woman within the Holy Scriptures? How are they portrayed and characterized within these stories? I focus on three women (Eve‚ Sarah and Rachel) and their stories from the Bereishit to examine and better understand the female portrayal

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