Essays on Religious Texts

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Sexual Harassment in Genesis: Dinah’s Rape Case, Tamar and Judah

2 pages / 1087 words

While Genesis, the first book of the Bible, seems to follow a distinct (male-dominated) pattern of history in the story it relates, tracing first Adam and Eve and their sons and then Abraham, his son Isaac, Isaac's son Jacob, and Jacob's son Joseph, it digresses...

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Comparing The Real Bible to The Idealist Bible: Theoretical and Religious Correlation in ‘walden’

3 pages / 1260 words

American culture has a notoriously rapid pace and obvious state of exhaustion which accompanies an overexertion of the mind, body, and spirit of a person. In this hustle and bustle it becomes easy to lose sight of the ideals set for happiness and overall lifestyle....

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The Messianic Secret in The Doctrine of Mark The Disciple

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Throughout the Gospel of Mark, and more prominently in this Gospel than in any other, we are presented with numerous points at which the identity and activity of Jesus is attempted be kept secret. Since the publication of Wrede’s ‘epoch-making[1]’ work on the subject, scholars...

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The Covenant of The Rainbow: The Ultimate Sign of Hope

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Introduction: The Power of Perspective in Storytelling For many stories, the meaning changes drastically when read through different lenses. Looking at the context in which Thucydides writes might lead one to see it as a warning to the Athenians not to repeat the mistakes of...

Bible The Cove

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Literary Analysis of Donne’s Holly Sonnet 14

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There are several levels in literary criticism. The first – and most superficial – level examines the work in search of sounds and images that might contribute to the overall meaning of the piece. This type of analysis is an excellent starting point, but if...

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A Comparative Analysis of Bacchae and Genesis

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A Comparative Analysis of Bacchae and Genesis Introduction The characters of Agave and Eve, while subordinate to their male counterparts, Pentheus and Adam, play extremely important roles within The Bacchae and Genesis, respectively. Their characters are portrayals of typical women who, because of encounters with...

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The Story of Noah in The Bible

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The Bible builds its literary foundations upon the themes of Knowledge and Sin, two topoi that are reflected again and again in various parables, allegories, and tales found within this sacred text. Genesis 9:20-27 exemplifies the synthesis of these ideas, the relatively short tale of...

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The Unique Position of Joseph in Genesis

3 pages / 1681 words

The central, overarching story in Genesis is the account of the fathers of Israel, which contains the individual stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and finally Joseph. Although each account is compiled together, there is a fundamental shift in the authors’ presentation of God once the...

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How God Evolves in Genesis

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In the book of Genesis, God creates humans to serve as caretakers for the world that he created. He creates a garden to nourish them and to provide a location in which he can speak with the pair. Even after Adam and Eve are expelled...

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Powerful and Emotional Deities in Genesis and Theogony- Gods and Monsters

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Both Hesiod’s epic poem Theogony and the early chapters of Genesis from the Hebrew Bible offer unique creation stories for their respective religions. Though these two religions are vastly different, one being monotheistic and the other polytheistic, their tales of origin each portray gods (or...

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Proven Faith in The Book of Job

3 pages / 1360 words

The book of Job in the Holy Bible is the story of a righteous man, living in the land of Uz, whose faith is tested by God and Satan. The author of the text is unknown, though due to the changing voice within the narrative...

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Hypocrisy and Appreciation: Ironical Punishment of Jacob’s Generation

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In Genesis, recognition is consistently paired with deception in the sense that the former almost always is a cause of the latter. This creates several type scenes that are most notable past the births of Jacob and Esau. In fact, deception appears to be an...

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Matthews’ Perspective on The Ethos and Teachings of Christ, His Successors, and The Torah Way

8 pages / 3974 words

The presentation of the way in which Jewish and non-Jewish elements inter-relate within the Gospel of Matthew is a fundamentally significant area of study if the Biblical scholar is to successfully appreciate the aims and values of the Evangelist and gain an understanding of the...

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The Religious Responsibilities of a Man According to Proverbs Chapter 3

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Religious Duties of Proverbs 3:1-12 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 According to some, King Solomon was inspired by the Holy Ghost to write the poetic Book...

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The Manifestation of God’s Power Through a Female Prototype in Esther

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Introduction: The Multi-Faceted Appeal of the Book of Esther 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 The book of Esther is one of the greatest pieces of literature...

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God Versus Mankind in Sexism

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Who is More Sexist: Mankind or God? 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 All members of society, religious or not, at some point have heard the legendary...

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The Realm of Abstraction in The Gospel of John

2 pages / 979 words

In the first 18 lines of John, the story of Jesus is introduced with a jarringly brief and emphatic summary of history from the beginning of time to the birth of Christ. This passage formalizes the concept, suggested more subtly in Genesis, that language precedes...

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Parallels of The Garden of Eden in "Wuthering Heights"

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“Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil,” Genesis reads (Gen...

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Male Chauvinism Ancient Texts

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Misogyny tends to devastate the authority of woman by depriving her of equal treatment to her male counterpart. There are two conversations that seem to circle around ancient texts and misogyny. Did religious texts directly affect the perceptions of society on women or did the...

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