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    Alton Peterson Section Number THEO 201 Short Essay #1 Bibliology: Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible The Christian Church believes the Bible is inspired and inerrant. This means that God is the one who moved through the writers to communicate to us the words which God wanted us to hear. This inspiration‚ however‚ is not a dictation‚ but a movement of God ’s Holy Spirit through the writer‚ utilizing the personality and style of the writer. Paul said‚ “All

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    with humankind‚ they have different motives in doing so. How do the Sumerian gods communicate the flood to the people in The Epic of Gilgamesh? How does the Hebraic god communicate the flood to the people within The Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible? What does this difference in methodology in dealing with the people in light of the flood reveal about the nature of the gods and what does it suggest about the relationship between the divine and the mortal in each story? Both the Hebraic and

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    Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Sondra T Course: BIBL 104 Date: 7/28/2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Isaiah: The book of Isaiah was written between 740-680 B.C. It was written by Isaiah. It has been argued that Chapters 40-66 were written after Isaiah. He is the main character in the book. The Lord commissioned Isaiah as a prophet in the year of King Uzziah’s death which was a long period of prosperity and stability. (Hindson & Towns‚ 2013) The writing style combines

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    Noah’s Role in the Bible and in the Koran Christianity and Islam are to very closely related religions‚ and they share the same origins‚ and some of the same history. The Koran and the Old Testament of the Bible are very closely related‚ in that many of the stories share the same points and characters. One of the overlapping stories is the story of the Flood. Although the main point or objective of the story is the same the means that each book gets there by is very different. Although in

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    | |Assessment Task 1 | |Entries into the new Dictionary of the Bible (CTC edition) | | | |Michael Zylan

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    The Bible and Culture in Ethics Phoebe Hailu Summary 2 Bernard T. Adeney begins The Bible and Culture in Ethics by illustrating the importance of the Bible or the scripture in a Christian individual’s life. He quotes David Kelsey when he writes‚ “that its use in certain ways in the common life of the Christian community is essential to establishing and preserving the community’s identity‚” referring to the scripture. The culture of the Bible‚ as Adeney describes‚ is determined by the reader

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    as they have indicated that they adhere to a set of business ethics. CAT: Oliver Sparling and Bible Books‚ Inc. a.i.1. Case Facts a.i.1.a. Sparling: senior analyst at a consulting firm‚ also an openly gay man a.i.1.b. Was working on a case for a bible book company in Birmingham‚ AL a.i.1.b.i. A career-defining case‚ success would lead to a possible promotion a.i.1.c. Executives at Bible Books had a problem with his sexuality a.i.1.c.i. Asked him not to discuss his partner or relationship

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    The Jefferson Bible: A Reconciliation of Jefferson & Christianity As a work of theological literature‚ Thomas Jefferson’s The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth‚ or otherwise popularly known as the Jefferson Bible‚ has historically either been considered a philosophical masterpiece or shrugged off as irreverent blasphemy. From a fundamentalist point-of-view‚ Jefferson had desecrated the world’s most glorified and holy text‚ butchering doctrines by which countless people live with his illicit

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    In the film “The Prince of Egypt” there are many references to the bible‚ specifically the book of exodus. Even though there are many references there were also some very big alterations. This report will go more in depth into the alterations and show the thoughts of other critics. “One of the first changes from the Biblical account is that Moses was drawn from the water by Seti’s wife‚ not the daughter of pharaoh”(“Dig the Bible - The Prince of Egypt Review”). In the opinion of another article

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    Ethics and the Bible In James Rachels’ “Ethics and the Bible‚” Rachels analyzes the use of the Bible to answer moral and ethical questions. He first points to the issue of clear teachings versus interpretations of the meaning behind. Those who use the Bible to answer ethical questions run into two problems‚ one that the Bible does not explicitly answer every ethical question‚ and two there are some instructions that religious people give reasons to ignore. Rachels finds this to be problematic. In

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