In Walton’s Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament‚ he writes‚ “ With no revelation . . . there was no way to know what pleased and what angered . . . This is the plight of those who live in a world without revelation. In the end‚ for all of their conscientious ritual‚ they did not know what deity wanted” (p. 145). Please post a 400-word response to Walton’s statement. Discuss the importance of revelation to God and the biblical writers. Seek to answer questions like “Was it important
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Old Testament Lecture Judaism History/Origins/Traditional view • Tanak: Law‚ Prophets‚ Writings • An account of the Israelites’ relationship with God from their earliest history until the building of the Second Temple (c. 350 BCE). • Israelites struggle with their faith in God and attraction to other gods. • Originally henotheists‚ each nation had its own god‚ but that their god was superior Torah: • Written Torah‚ given to Moses. Book of Moses‚ Pentateuch • Oral
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Desert and glacier landscapes contrast and formation process. Desert are created via natural ways‚ through climate changes and natural erosion‚ the wind blowing in those areas carries little or no moisture‚ bringing only fog and mist but no rains also those winds pick up and carry rock particles and those‚ will erode the ground and or the other rocks creating furthermore erosions‚ those desert’s also are the result of human activities such as deforestation‚ when humans deplete an area of the fragile
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purchasing power parity is the largest in the world. All of these factors show us why the USA is the only superpower in the world or in some peoples view a ‘hyperpower’ and this claim can be defended in many ways. The strongest basis for why the USA is still a superpower is there huge and forever expanding military resources over the rest of the world. The US army is one of the largest militaries in the world in terms of personnel. In 2012 they spent $711.0bn on expenditure for their military which is
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that public schools are still separate and‚ therefore‚ still unequal. Suburban schools‚ which are primarily made up of white students‚ are given a far superior education than urban schools‚ which are primarily made up of Hispanics and African Americans. In “Still Separate and Still Unequal”‚ Kozol‚ through logos‚ pathos‚ and vivid imagery‚ effectively reveals to people that‚ even though the law prohibits discrimination in public schools‚ several American schools are still segregated and treated differently
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Analyzing the Article “America‚ Still on Top” American universities currently do a better job overall at preparing students for the society. Vartan Gregorian in his article “America‚ Still on Top”‚ declares that one of the great strengths of U.S. higher education is that it grew by “informal design”. He mentions the 1862 Morrill act‚ which the states were able to found colleges by using federal lands. Also states created universities‚ junior city and county colleges. In this article Gregorian
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Sexuality freedom is the new civil rights we are fighting for this decade. The practice of BDSM has become a hot topic in our society lately since the book Fifty Shades of Grey went public in 2011. BDSM is an acronym for bondage/discipline‚ dominance/submission‚ and sadism /masochism. The term BDSM is defined as a variety of erotic practices involving power play. Now because this term does not cover everyone in the kink community‚ known as an umbrella term‚ people are now starting to use the term
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As a result Sharon Creech’s motive in Walk Two Moons was to explain and emphasize that relationships can alter and change people in ways we might know about. This theme impacts the reader to realize how relationships with family and friends can influence your life and shape who you are as a
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Microcosmos and Manufactured Landscapes I am always fascinated by the French film makers and how they manage to make amazing documentaries portraying normal events in nature in a way that most of us tend not to appreciate. Microcosmos‚ a documentary about bugs and insect life in meadows and ponds‚ it stars nature in its very best using incredible close-up shots‚ slow motion‚ and time-lapse photography. It made me realize how incredible nature is and if I were to be shrunken to that miniature size
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Why do you think the Constitution still works for 200 years?: How the laws work?‚ And when the law is violated?. Laws work when we keep them and none of them breaker‚ when a group of people decides to break the law‚ law and discipline of the law is lost‚ and the law is no longer frightens people and everyone does what they want. When changing the Constitution Act Is not it makes people think that if you can change laws in the Constitution‚ then the Constitution is no longer the supreme value. I
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