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    There are many comparisons one can draw between King Saul of the Bible and King Macbeth. This essay is an attempt at discerning similarities in the two stories and drawing a sort of comparative moral or thesis from the two. The astonishing level of similarity between the stories presents an almost obvious sense of reproduction. Many speculate Shakespeare as having taken most of the ideas in Macbeth from King Saul’s story in the Holy Bible. While this has not been technically proven it is almost universally

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    Urquico‚ Jan Paolo 10 October 2012 I – AB Economics-Honors EN12 S11 QUEER FAITH: The Bible in a Gay Christian’s Perspective “We treat them [homosexuals] as pariahs‚ and push them outside our church communities‚ and thereby we negate the consequence of their baptism and ours. We make them doubt they are children of God‚ and this must be nearly the ultimate blasphemy. We blame them for something that is becoming increasingly clear they can do little about.” —Archbishop Desmond Tutu‚ The Rainbow

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    Christians that live in the present see that there are dissimilarities between the stories of the Bible and the Qur’an. They believe that both of the sacred texts have different values behind each narrative. However‚ reading deeper into the Bible and Qur’an‚ some people recited their stories and figured out that they seem to identical to each other. This causes the messages from the stories of the Bible and the Qur’an to be similar tone another. There may be some details that are

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    The Cross Symbol of Love Most often when the Bible attempts to express God’s love‚ it makes a beeline for the cross of Jesus Christ. The cross is God’s statement of just how much He loves us. When we think of the immensity of God’s love‚ the first thing the Bible often asks us to do is to consider the price that was paid. God’s love is very personal toward us. It doesn’t matter where we have been‚ it doesn’t matter what we have done‚ it doesn’t matter what our experienced

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    There a number texts in the Hebrew Bible that prohibit cult images and are indicative that the ancient Israelite religion was largely aniconic. I think first it is wise to define what aniconism is before asking whether if it is fair to attribute the term to ancient Israelite religion and the Hebrew Bible. I understand aniconism to pertain to the texts that prohibit the visual expression of deities and their iconography‚ most explicit among these of course being the Second Commandment. I will contend

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    WORKS CITED Books Bruce‚ F. F. The English Bible: A History of Translations from the Earliest English Versions to the New English Bible. Rev. ed. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 1970. Collins‚ John C. Genesis 1-4: A Linguistic‚ Literary‚ and Theological Commentary. Phillipsburg‚ NJ: P&R Publishing‚ 2006. Freedman‚ David Noel‚ Astrid B. Beck‚ and Bruce E. Zuckerman‚ eds. The Leningrad Codex: A Facsimile Edition. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company; Leiden: Brill Academic

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    this name is hope to tell us that this character is the spokesman of the God. She in this novel is symbol as the ideal image of an angle. In Bible‚ angel is sent by God to help and save those who needed help. We can easily discover that the little Eva is full of love and she is friendliness to others. For example‚ she teaches the Uncle Tom how to read the Bible and do not think that Tom is a slave to her. She also tries to do her bit to help others. Somehow‚ she always put herself on equality with

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    CWV-101: Bible Story Worksheet and Journal #1 Module 1 - Part 1 – Bible Story Worksheet For Part 1 of this assignment‚ you will complete this worksheet by reviewing the "The Story of the Bible" "flags" and fulfill each writing requirement. http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/cwv101_biblical-timeline-v1.1.php Please keep your answers brief. Solid academic writing is expected. Refer to the GCU Academic Writing Guidelines in the Student Success Center. Briefly answer each section

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    Throughout the Bible‚ women are portrayed as powerful but also powerless. When one reads their stories the women are often portrayed as trickster. The Bible keeps changing its views on women on either powerful or powerless with women. The Bible does not go into great detail about the lies of women but when the Bible does it shows the lives of powerful and powerless women. Why will they show how women can be powerful while others are shown as being powerless. Rebekah‚ the wife of Isaac‚ is portrayed

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    AMP Scripture quotations marked AMP are from The Amplified Bible‚ Old Testament copyright © 1965‚ 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified Bible‚ New Testament copyright © 1954‚ 1958‚ 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Unless otherwise indicated‚ all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible‚ English Standard Version® (ESV®). Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles‚ a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. NKJV Scripture

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