Biblical Criticism 2 – Catherine Nguyen World behind the text: The First Letter from St. Paul to the Corinthians This text is part of the first letter from St Paul to the Corinthians which was written in 54 AD while he was staying in Ephesus. St Paul’s real name was not Paul‚ in fact he was known as Saul beforehand. Paul (Saul) was born in Tarsus of Cilcia in Asia Minor (Act 21: 39). He grew up in Jerusalem and studied Jewish tradition under Gamaliel (…)‚ becoming a zealous Pharisee. Saul was the
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THE HISTORY OF SANTA CRUZ SKATEBOARDING Christian smith Freshman Technology Wednesday January 24th You are able to find Santa Cruz skateboards just about anywhere in California. The Santa Cruz skateboard company doesn’t just sell skateboards but a large variety of items. Now Santa Cruz sells all kinds of clothing‚ stickers‚ and random collectibles. This company
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In this letter‚ addressed to eight “fellow clergymen” from Alabama who collectively published a letter of criticism in a newspaper on the handling of protests by King and his cohorts in Birmingham‚ King gives a few different takes on the difference between a just and unjust law. They’ve all to do with‚ as King says‚ “difference made legal”; as to say‚ “An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself.” It is necessary
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that the mall is advertising the brand name of Santa Claus and the customers want Santa Claus. It is unethical for them to disregard the elvettes just because they are female because they are selling the image of Santa Claus and if they look like Santa Claus then they should be accepted by the malls otherwise‚ they could refuse. Santa acted ethically by sending the female elvettes instead of male elves on three accounts. On the first account‚ Santa has a deontologist perspective because his duty
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A preacher‚ an author‚ and a leader in the American civil rights movement of the 1950s‚ Martin Luther King Jr. defends the actions of the African American community in his essay “A Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s purpose is to prove why the negative “extremist” label that is slapped on the protesters does not accurately reflect the actions that are taken to fight for equality. He adopts a hopeful tone in order to connect to the rationality and humanity in his mainly white audience despite their
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however he was showing no fear during these arrests. He would write letters meant for whoever would read it such as the one from Birmingham Alabama Jail and it had purpose to it. The purpose which was the
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believed in‚ I believed in Santa Claus the most. However‚ on one fateful Christmas Eve‚ my beliefs were shattered. As my father and I were driving home from Pizza Hut‚ I kept telling him to drive faster so I could get home in time to see Santa Claus. He then told me five words that completely changed my life: Santa Claus is not real. I was shocked. Everything that I believed in seemed to come crashing down. What else was not true? I felt like I took the red pill and awoke from The Matrix. This one event
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audience interested. He was bringing great justice to the african-americans by speaking up about the issue‚ since everyone knew this was wrong but no one was ever brave enough . Martin Luther King included a large variety of rhetorical appeals in his “Letter From Birmingham jail‚” The two most effective ones are polysyndeton and pathos because they force the reader to consider the consequences about the discrimination and overwhelming hatred towards the african-americans while also making
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Letters from a Slave Girl Letters from a Slave Girl is a fictional biography by Mary E. Lyons. This story is about an eleven year old girl who’s name is Harriet. Harriet is eleven when she starts to write letters to her mom. In her letters she tells her mom about her first owner‚ Margaret Horniblow‚ that had died. Margaret made a promise to Harriet’s own mother on her deathbed and Harriet hopes that Margaret will free her in her will. But‚ Harriet is upset to find out that Margaret has left her
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I read that letter over and over. “Perdoname” forgive me‚ “te amo” I love you‚ those were the words that stood out to me. My mother was telling me to forgive her and that she loved me‚ but she was leaving my dad. She decided to break the news to me through a letter; I guess she wasn’t brave enough to do it in person. The next day my dad said he wanted to talk to me about something important‚ turns out he got a letter too. He was in tears and I was comforting him. In that moment I didn’t feel 17 anymore
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