Essays on Religious Texts

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John’s Attribution of Humanity and Divinity to Jesus: Comparing The Balance Or Imbalance in The Two

8 pages / 3799 words

The Evangelist’s depiction of Jesus throughout the fourth Gospel has been subject to ample scholarly scrutiny since antiquity and, to this day, questions regarding the interpretation of Jesus’ personhood still prompt debate amongst Biblical critics. It does seem that the author of John writes with...

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St. Mark’s Use of ‘son of Man’ and ‘son of God’

5 pages / 2345 words

Throughout Mark’s Gospel, we see Jesus referred to as the ‘Son of God’ and the ‘Son of Man’ on numerous occasions, the former occurring a total of eight times within the text, and the latter, being ‘the most frequent of the Christological images in the...

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Use of Speech in The Book of Job: Words, Wind and Import

5 pages / 2555 words

An emphasis on the relationship between speech and sin is present from the inception of the test of Job’s virtue. Satan challenges God that, if misfortune befell Job, he would “curse [him] to [his] face,” making Job’s sin not a psychological or physical one, but...

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St. Mark’s Take on Politics, Theology, and Appropriation

4 pages / 1872 words

While it is impossible to ignore the theological weight of the New Testament, it is perhaps somewhat reductive to belittle the political ramifications of the text. From its very inception, Christianity self-consciously aimed to draw and build on a reservoir of Jewish (and other) religious...

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The Real Human Experience in Ecclesiastes

3 pages / 1518 words

As a philosophical treatise in which the author considers the meaning of man’s existence on earth, the Book of Ecclesiastes is an exceptional section of the Tanakh that differs from the traditional didactic narratives surrounding it. The Preacher in Ecclesiastes is concerned with the idea...

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Old Testament Prophetesses: Deborah, Miriam, and Others

5 pages / 2487 words

One of the defining characteristics of the God of the Bible is that he is often surprising in that he continues to seek out his sinful people despite their many flaws, and can use any situation or person to demonstrate his glory. One would think...

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The Message, Characters, and Themes of The Book of Exodus in The Context of The New Testament

11 pages / 5044 words

Part 1: The Book of Exodus and its Message Made-to-order essay as fast as you need it Each essay is customized to cater to your unique preferences + experts online Get my essay In his theory of forms, the philosopher Plato proposes that the objects...

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Living in a Small Town in Toole’s Novel

3 pages / 1621 words

Small towns are often considered a safe place to grow up. Many who are born into these small towns never leave, perhaps because they are too frightened to leave all that they have ever known. These towns, however, are not without their problems. Rural small...

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The Way to Heaven According to St. Mark

3 pages / 1349 words

All four gospels of the New Testament share the news of Christ and his life on Earth. Simply, this news is that through Jesus Christ, those who believe in him can eventually enter the kingdom of God. Jesus states that the commandments from the Old...

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The Humanity of Jesus and His Role as a Savior in The Books of Matthew and John

4 pages / 1767 words

The four canonical gospels of the Bible all intend to educate religious groups about the existence and purpose of Jesus Christ. However, the four gospels do not portray this teaching in the same manner. In fact, the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John...

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Adam, Eve and The Serpent as The Beginning of Sins

3 pages / 1474 words

The doctrine of creation is not an ambiguous aspect of the Bible. The first four chapters of Genesis contain the primary biblical information on creation; therefore, they provide the basis of the biblical doctrine. This seemingly straightforward portion of the Bible, however, has for several...

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The Objective and Character of The Gospel in St. Luke’s Prologue

8 pages / 3548 words

The Gospel of Luke opens with a four-verse reflection on the Evangelist’s intentions regarding his Gospel and what he hopes to achieve in writing it. He expresses his desire to construct a revised edition of the story of the life and ministry of Christ and...

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Mary Sidney’s Unique Perspective on The Word of God

6 pages / 2638 words

Before the year 1611, many different translations of the bible existed, but none were very consistent. At this time, at the command of King James the First, forty-seven scholars from various theological and educational backgrounds, separated into six individual groups, completed the task of translating...

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Manna and Quails in The Context of Hebrews’ Relationship with God

4 pages / 1739 words

Exodus 16 and Numbers 11 both recount the story of the manna and quails. Though these two chapters concern the same story, they offer different details and variable facts. The two stories differ especially in their characterization of the Hebrew people, God, and the relationships...

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Different Roles Played by Joseph in The Bible

5 pages / 2559 words

Although Joseph is known for his coat of many colors, the true plurality of Joseph arises not from the appearance of his clothing, but from the multiplicity of roles that he assumes over the course of the biblical narrative. Joseph is both favored and hated,...

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The Bible Vs. Gilgamesh in The Flood

5 pages / 2191 words

The story of the flood in Genesis 6-9 in the Old Testament is familiar to the readers of the Bible, but the record of such a flood first appears much earlier in ca. 2,500 B.C. on the eleventh tablet of the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh....

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A Thorough Analysis of Paul’s Letters

5 pages / 2168 words

While the author(s) of the Epistles of the New Testament are disputed, a more compelling interest in the Biblical books is their contrasting view of a woman’s role in society. In fact, works completed by Paul polarize Christian denominations to this day, due to disputes...

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Instances of Laius Complex in Abraham’s Lineage

4 pages / 1984 words

With the development of psychoanalysis as a form of literary criticism, there have been many controversial new interpretations of religious texts, including the Bible. One such interpretation is that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are dominated by the desire for the sons to...

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Peter’s Denial: Apostleship and Repentance in Matthew and Luke’s Gospels

4 pages / 1827 words

Peter’s denial of Jesus is a story that occurs in all four gospels. Though the main events remain the same, each gospel writer endows the story with unique and often contrasting details that speak to each gospel’s focus and themes. Michael Coogan notes that an...

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