Based on your reading, particularly Mission of God, pp. 20-69, and the first wee
Based on your reading, particularly Mission of God, pp. 20-69, and the first week PowerPoint presentation, discuss how the mission of God flows out of his relationship with us.In the light of your reading, discuss the transcendent and holy God revealed himself to humankind and invited us to engage in mission. What does the relational aspect of God mean to you and how does that motivate you to engage in mission.
What is the Guru Granth Sahib?
What is the Jain worldview?
What are Jain monk’s
What is the Guru Granth Sahib?
What is the Jain worldview?
What are Jain monk’s practices?
What is Zoroastrianism’s Origins?
What is Guru Nanak?
What are the items worn by Sikh Khalsa?
What is the Adi Granth?
What is theology?
What is a Shaman?
What is Sacred time?
What is similar to Jainism and Sikhism?
What is the Sikh gurus?
What are the spiritual forces of Zoroastrianism?
What does religious mean in indigenous religions?
What does the term “indigenous” mean?
What is the creation religion’s view of time?
What is “moksha”?
What is a famous Zoroastrian?
What is Globalization?
What is a “Myth”?
What are Hinduism’s origins?
What is Raja yoga?
What is a Brahmin?
What is dharma?
Who is Siddhartha Gautama?
What are Buddhism’s origins?
What is the Buddha’s story?
What are the four noble truths of the Buddha?
What does the term “religion” mean?
What is Animism?
What is the motto of Zoroastrianism?
How did Christmas start?
What is the vision quest of Native Americans?
Where do the majority of Zoroastrians live today?
What are the holy texts for the religions we have studied?
Essay Questions
Note: Answers should be 1 – 2 paragraphs, cite proper examples, and use complete sentences and proper grammar.
In a short summary, explain the life of Mohandas Gandhi and why he is so important to India and Hinduism.
What is the caste system? What are some of the pros and cons of it?
Compare and contrast the concept of God in two faith traditions discussed in class.
Give three examples of religious rituals, each from a different religious tradition, and explain its significance.
What answers does religion seek to answer for human beings?
What happened to the Indigenous religions of America? How have they managed to hold on to their religious traditions, and what challenges have they faced?
In a world in which hate towards religions exists (such as antisemitism and Islamophobia), what practical steps can an individual take to build bridges of understanding and respect with others about the diversity of religion?
What protects our freedom of religion in the United States of America? What are examples of protection for freedom of religion and violations of freedom of religion?
Explain the concept of Ahimsa and the accompanying renunciation of the world according to the Jain tradition.
In what manner did Sikhism try to forge a peaceful balance between the tension of Islam and Hinduism in India?
Discuss the origins of Buddhism and its connection to Hinduism.
How has Buddhism impacted the world?
What questions does religion seek to answer?
Why is the study of religion important? How should one approach the study of religion?
Each student will be individually assigned a specific topic. The objective of this assignment is to conduct research and identify academic, peer-reviewed, and reputable sources, which may include books or articles. Students are required to report their selected sources in a written format and provide a comprehensive review and report on the content.
Topics are as follow:
Islam and Modernity
Islamic Feminism: Challenges and Progress
Islamophobia in the Modern World
Political Islam: Movements and Ideologies
Islamic Finance: Principles and Practices
Digital Islam: Social Media and Online Communities
Secularism and Religion in Islamic Societies
Refugees and Islam: Challenges and Opportunities
Environmental Ethics in Islam
Islam and Human Rights: Debates and Perspectives
The Impact of Technology on Islamic Education
Interfaith Dialogue in Contemporary Islam
The Arab Spring: A Decade Later
Islam and the Arts: Literature, Music, and Film
Islamic Bioethics: Ethical Considerations in Medicine and Science
25% Rubric:
Source Identification:
Student accurately identifies and provides details on an academic, peer-reviewed, and reputable source related to the assigned topic. Source is appropriate for academic research and contributes to the understanding of Contemporary Islam. /5
Introduction to the Source:
Student effectively report the selected source to the class, highlighting its relevance to the assigned topic. Provides a clear and concise overview of the source, including the author, publication details, and context. /5
Content Review:
Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of the content of the selected source. Analyzes key arguments, concepts, and findings presented in the source, showcasing critical thinking skills. /5
Organization and Clarity:
Presents the information in a well-organized manner with a clear structure and logical flow. Uses appropriate headings, subheadings, and transitions to guide the reader through the review. /5
Writing Style and Mechanics:
Exhibits a clear and concise writing style appropriate for an academic assignment. Adheres to grammatical and spelling conventions, with minimal errors. /2.5
Adherence to Guidelines:
Adheres to the instructions and guidelines outlined and complying with all prescribed formatting criteria such as maintaining a maximum of 3 pages, employing Chicago citation style, using Times New Roman font with a size of 12, and double-spacing throughout the document. /2.5
(Original Content Only) (Powerpoint Format) (Each slide must include the weekly
(Original Content Only) (Powerpoint Format) (Each slide must include the weekly topic and main points discussed within the textual pages) (Text can be found at: https://archive.org/details/introductiontone0000desi/page/360/mode/2up)
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****It is imperative that the timeline is done in accordance with the text. Anything else will result in a refund request with me giving you a 1-star rating.
Students will create a timeline of the New Testament using a PowerPoint Template during their reading for this course. You are encouraged to fill this in each week throughout the course so that the timeline is created as you read. The timeline will show the scholarly suggested dates for the writing of each of the New Testament books in a linear temporal order.
Text: David A. DeSilva, An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods, and Ministry Formation 2nd Edition (IVP Academic: 2018). ISBN-13: 978-0830852178
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Week 1: Introducing the New Testament, Ch. 1-3 (pp. 1-116)
Week 2: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 7-8, pp. 261-340
Week 3: An Introduction to the New Testament, Chapters 4-6, pp. 117-260
Week 4: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 9-10, pp. 341-408, and Chapter 24, pp. 786-827.
Week 5: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 11-14, pp. 409-519
Week 6: An Introduction to the New Testament, Chapters 15-19, pp. 526-685
Week 7: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 20, 21, pp. 686-743
Week 8: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 22-23, pp. 744-783
1. (Original Content Only) (Discussion Board Post) (350 words) (APA format)
Ide
1. (Original Content Only) (Discussion Board Post) (350 words) (APA format)
Identify and explain two principles or lessons that emerged from your study of the fall of Jerusalem, the devastation of the Temple, and the Babylonian Exile. State these two lessons in your initial post.
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Two lessons that emerged from Jerusalem’s fall, the Temple’s devastation, and the Babylonian Exile are the consequences of disobedience, hope, and restoration. The author of the Books of Kings blames the fall of Jerusalem on Manasseh’s reign, which he considers the blackest period of Judah’s history. The history of the monarchy from Solomon to the fall of Jerusalem is detailed in the Books of Kings, which shows the results of obedience and disobedience. Solomon’s failure to remain faithful to God resulted in two kingdoms and Judah vacillating between evil and good kings until the wickedness of certain kings became too great. The Babylonian military machine under Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem in 587 BC, and idolatry was the most significant cause of its fall. Jeremiah and Ezekiel were among the most vociferous voices calling the people of God back to covenant fidelity and the worship of the one true God.
Jerusalem’s demise shows the consequences of disobedience to God’s commands. The fall of Jerusalem, the destruction of the Temple, and the stowaway of the Israelites to Babylon were all direct results of the people’s disobedience, idolatry, and failure to uphold their covenant with God. Israel received the repercussions that can follow when people turn to wicked ways and stray from God’s will.
However, hope and restoration were also shown as important lessons. While the Bible shows destruction events, it also indicates the promises of God’s faithfulness, mercy, and restoration. The period of refining, repentance, and eventual return to the land of Israel during captivity and the Babylonian Exile serves as a reminder that even in the darkest moments, God’s plan for redemption and restoration remains constant. It encourages followers of Christ to keep hope, trust God’s promises, and seek reconciliation and renewal despite hardship.
Sources:
1.Wilson, Marvin R. Exploring Our Hebraic Heritage: A Christian Theology of Roots and Renewal. Grand Rapids, MI and Cambridge, UK: Eerdmans, 2014.
2.Arnold, T., & Beyer, B. E. Encountering the Old Testament. Third Edition. Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 1999.
3. (Original Content Only) (1,000 words) (Kate Turabian Style)
*Each Student should write a 1,000 words essay on how the course has helped to develop further her or his spiritual formation.
Name of Course: BIBL 509 Old Testament
Text for Course: Arnold, Bill T., and Bryan Beyer. Encountering the Old Testament: A Christian Survey [EOT]. 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2015. ISBN 9780801049538.
Week 1: Overview
Introductory Issues to the Study of the Pentateuch
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have:
An understanding of introductory issues to the study of the Pentateuch.
Week 2: Overview
The Deuteronomistic History & Deuteronomic Theology
After the completion of this week, the successful student will:
Understand introductory issues related to the Deuteronomistic History and Deuteronomic Theology.
Week 3: Overview
The History Books/Former Prophets
After the completion of this week, the successful student will:
Understand introductory issues related to the History Books//Former Prophets of the Old Testament.
Week 4: Overview
The Poetic Books
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have an:
Understanding of the introductory issues of the OT Poetic Books
Week 5: Overview
The Wisdom Literature
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have an:
Understanding of introductory issues to the study of the OT Wisdom Literature
Week 6: Overview
The Prophetic Literature
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have an
Understanding of introductory issues to the study of the OT Prophetic Literature
Week 7: Overview
The Babylonian Exile & Exilic Literature
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have an:
Understanding of introductory issues to the study of the Babylonian Exile and Exilic Literature
Week 8: Overview
The Reconstruction Era & Postexilic Literature
After the completion of this week, the successful student will have an
Understanding of introductory issues to the study of the Reconstruction Era and Postexilic Literature
4. (Original Content Only) (250 word summary of transcript)
Zoom 7 OT short Summary
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All right, make sure you have enough data, so we can see your face. You look very exhausted, all of you. I am so tired.
I’m ready for my classes to be done. I have enjoyed them, but this is so much work. So you’re tired, but you enjoyed it.
Which of the two? I am tired, but I enjoyed it. Or and, but, either, either, the latter. I enjoyed both classes, the content.
I don’t enjoy being tired. I enjoy learning. Both of those can be true at the same time.
Yeah, as long as you use it, the but is a contrast. You could use and. I enjoyed it and I’m tired.
Yeah, but don’t crucify me. I’m not, you signed up for this class. Oh, it’s one of those, one of those that you signed up for.
You know, when you sign up for Verizon or anything, at the end, they ask you if you agree. Check this box. So all of you check to that box shown.
You check that box, too, isn’t it? You said, I agree. I agree, yes. What I didn’t understand is that two graduate level classes at the same time going to work full time was going to be such a workload.
But here I am almost done. So what you’re saying is murder. What I’m saying is next semester and every semester after that, I’m only taking one class.
OK, let me see how many of you agree with Sean? Absolutely. Absolutely. Working full time, one class in an eight week is is a good load.
100 percent. That is so true. So that means I have to go back and look at the papers you wrote from the beginning.
Make sure, because I’ll catch you. Is it? Yeah, it is a lot. Eight weeks.
The issue is not the class being, because it is eight weeks. So in my days, this class was 15 weeks. And I think we protested.
They brought it down to eight weeks. So everything you’ve been doing in eight weeks should have been done in 15 weeks. But is it good that you’re finishing or you rather stay longer? I would rather finish, move on to the next, just personally, nothing against you or any of the professors.
I can move forward. So, Sean, what do you want? You’re confusing us. You said the class was good, but now it has taught you to take only one class.
Absolutely. I made the mistake. So I took the one other class that I took and the other class that I’m taking.
I have taken before. I took it and was working so long that I failed out of it. So I thought that I had much more of my previous work to help me along.
But turns out I only had the first week. So I’ve had to do all the classes from scratch, which I mean, it’s almost done. I’ve made it to the end almost.
It’s interesting that all of you are blaming this class, but nobody blames your work. Your places of work. Oh, it’s definitely I wish I wish I could work less and make the same amount of money.
Absolutely. Then I could focus more on school. But fortunately, they require 40 hours of my time.
So it’s not like the military, which required much more. But yeah, it’s the class is not hard. Let me tell you that.
They’re just like a lot of work, a lot of reading, a lot of writing. And when you stack two classes on top of them that are the same reading and writing workload, it just it’s a it’s a lot. Oh, yeah, that’s why all of you, nobody looks happy.
It’s like, all right, I won’t keep you long because your countenance already is giving you away. We are all happy to be here, doctor. But your.
Your face says something different, and that’s why some people can’t turn their videos on to. I do think that the. The readings and the video lectures have been really informative, and it really helped me to see Ezekiel in a completely different light.
So have one on one talk with Sean. All right. Yeah, yeah.
This is our last class and you. You can have a party after next week. But, you know, you’re done.
You still have one more paper that is going to crucify you, isn’t it? And that is a paper. By the way, are you done with your research papers? I’m nearing it. No.
Almost done. This is my first paper since I finished my undergrad 25 years ago. So it’s been a fun experience.
All right. I’ve done all the research, but I haven’t written the paper yet. All right.
Now, if you want me to be gentle, you have to smile throughout this class. Otherwise, I’m going to do the same thing on Saturday. Yeah, it is normal.
I know the exams sometimes tend to crucify people. Brings you so that so the research paper is due Sunday, 11.59. You’ve yeah, you’ve had a lot of great speakers. Some of you have been submitting papers that we did the first week, second week.
For the research paper list, because America is there’s a lot of democracy. We’ve got how many people want the paper to be due Sunday? And how many wanted to be due Wednesday next week? Can you say that again, please? We extend the deadline to Wednesday next week. The research paper.
Are you saying you’re going to? Amen. I agree. Yeah, that sounds good.
I would not complain about that. All right, so let’s do this. Let me see if your prayer warriors.
If I change my mind, then your prayers worked. If I don’t change my mind, then you’re not praying enough. So we shall find out whether your prayers are working.
So you better call some intercessors and tell them we have a prayer item. So this is a mountain, isn’t it? Yes. All right, just just a quick one.
How is everyone doing? I know, Maria, you seem like you’re exhausted. I think that’s why she ran away. All right.
Any highlights? Your week, how’s your week been? My week’s been good. I actually just so happen to be in my personal reading. I’ve already been reading Ezekiel.
So it was cool going through that in the books and in the lectures this week. You get a little bit more understanding. Same thing with Troy.
Actually, OK, since we’re going to jump, let’s go to the aha moments. Any highlights this semester from your readings, anything stood out? Well, to be more specific about Ezekiel, it was. Ezekiel has always been a bit confusing to me, and it was intriguing to me that it was pointed out that God specifically needed a priest, sorry, a prophet with priestly training for what he was doing there.
I had never seen that before. I’d never understood that. Well.
Any highlights from the things you studied in the class? It is very hard to be a prophet because nobody listens to them. And, you know, but I think they believe them, but they just don’t want to believe them. I have to say, when you read through the prophets, God’s patience and.
His just unbelievable love is just because he’s constantly saying, please, please repent, come back to me, do what you promised you would do. And and even in Hosea chapter two, when God essentially takes Israel to divorce court, he ends up by saying, but I’m going to take you back out in the desert and I’m going to woo you and I’m going to win your heart. And you read that stuff and you’re like, man.
That that kind of love is just unfathomable. If somebody treated me that way, I’d walk away. I wouldn’t talk to him anymore.
Yes, that’s so right. That is so right. You are right about that.
I was praying to God about I said, God, you put up with so much from us, you know, listening to the reading through all of that, that it’s like I’m amazed, amazed by God every day. Yeah. So so if you had an opportunity to be God, do you think you’ll do a good job? I would not.
I don’t have patience for foolishness. It would be too many slewing people and then resurrecting them again. And my mouth is not prepared to be God.
My mouth is slick. God hasn’t delivered me from that yet. So I would be kind of a rough God.
They wouldn’t. Yeah, that wouldn’t work for me. Yeah, I got some work to do and I know it.
We’re just going to leave it at that. I got work to do. I would move on.
I would move on to other nations. I would just forget about them for a while because he tried so much and they just kept messing up. I would move on.
Would you love your enemies? God says love your enemies. Does the scripture work for you? I think it depends on who you’re talking about. What enemy? It’s one thing if you cuss me out at work.
That’s another thing when you pose physical harm or danger to my loved one. Now, that’s a little bit more difficult for me to forgive. Anna Maria, you have a lot of things to work with God.
Oh yeah, nobody’s perfect. I’m just the only person who’s vocalizing it. I’m sure you have some things too.
Good, good point. So all other people. Yeah, she does make a very good point on that.
I like that. That was good. Be careful, Anna Maria’s shy.
I told you God’s working on my mouth, right? I already said that. I gave the warning. Yeah, the class can feel that even when you’re a million miles away.
Bring it to the U.S. Look at the context of the United States. And what do you think God thinks of if you were God? Just look at the things around us and the things that we have read through the scriptures, the prophets, and try to apply it into our context here. It becomes scary.
Yeah. Well, to go back to your question about, would you love your enemies? I had a situation happen at school and my parents were complaining about things that I have done in the classroom. And I had to say, okay, I cannot be upset with these people because I don’t know them and they don’t know me, but I know their children and I’m here for them and to help them.
So please give me the peace and the patience for these people so I won’t be upset or be angry with them because at the end of the day, I got to see their children’s faces every day. I can’t not show love to them because I’m upset with their parents. So that’s what my takeaway was about as far as loving your enemy, even though I don’t consider them my enemy.
They just attacked me for, I feel like, no good reason. I’ve always had a question about that idea of, well, not always had a question. I most recently had a question about it because of the loving the enemies as I’ve studied the history of church.
And I want to understand or get a sense of where did the Christian church get the biblical basis for executing and burning people when their views were heretical or whatever. But sometimes they exile people, but death was the answer almost in every case. They were persecuted and then they persecuted.
So I never understood what their thinking was at that time because it was consistently over hundreds and even thousands of years. Yeah, things were cruel in those days. Yeah, I think growing up, there was a software called Nero.
You remember those days when you want to burn songs on a CD, I think a compact disc, and you want to copy songs on it? The software was called Nero. Again, N-E-R-O. Again, if you read, there used to be an emperor called Emperor Nero.
Yes. Yeah, he would burn Christians. And so somebody came with the idea of a software called Nero.
Yeah, to burn songs. The term is to burn songs. Yeah.
Any highlights from the things we read for this class? We just want to look back at some of the things we read. Yes, Paloma. Sorry, I just wanted to touch on the previous question that we were talking about in terms of, yeah, can we love our enemies? And I think for some of us, well, I just wrote it down because I’m not good at speaking on prompt too.
But anyways, in order to help us love others, we have to elevate our viewpoint from God’s perspective, a higher perspective. And it’s good to remember that even saying something like, God, I give this person to you, or God, I’m going to give this scenario to you, whatever it is, even that is an act of loving that person. Because we’re so frustrated, we don’t know what to do.
With them. And the only thing that we can do is just say, you know, God, I give this person to you because I literally don’t know what to do. And if you don’t mind, last week, I got a call that one of my friends, this is a crazy story, don’t even know how this happened.
One of my friends who just retired from the Air Force, very member of my church, I was friends with his mother who was long-term member of the church. He shot and killed the son of his deceased brother’s widow, essentially. So essentially, his nephew, his adopted nephew, he shot and killed him, 25-year-old kid, and who was the same age as some of his children.
And I, and then his mother reached out to me because I had been the associate pastor at the time when they, you know, when we were going to church to thank me for, to let me know she had checked in with him in prison. She was sure he had a Bible and, you know, he got a Bible from one of his friends or something. And she wanted to thank me for counseling him or something like that, which I had never done any one-on-one counseling with him or anything.
But I was like, excuse me, God, like, well, I know I can’t handle this. I’m sorry. I don’t know how to handle this level of insanity right now.
So I’m just going to give it to you. And to me, that was the most loving thing that I could do, you know, at the time, like not jumping in, trying to call people in prison or anything, because the whole situation is crazy. I did reach out to the mother, of course, of the person who, you know, who was killed, who is also a friend of mine, letting her know that I was praying for her.
But yeah, just when they say like, let go and let God, it seems a little bit, it can seem cliche, but God is love and God is justice. And he will, he knows what to do. You know, he knows what those unmet needs are.
He knows the reason for this, the insanity. And, you know, that’s it. My aha moment was similar to what Troy was talking about with Ezekiel, but not just the vision where God takes them and lets them see what’s happening inside the temple and being a trained priest.
He knew just how sacrilegious what they were doing was doing, but also the vision of the whirling chariot of the throne of God, which hovered over Israel and then left as if God has left the temple, signifying this is no longer the place where I dwell. And so that was amazing to me because that’s the destruction of the temple then became just another building because not even God’s presence was dwelling there anymore. And so it was ripe for the destruction that was common, everything that had happened.
And also it was expressed as to why, that there was corruption at every level of the people from the leadership to the priesthood to everybody was, and they didn’t believe that God would destroy the temple because. But he actually left. Yeah.
And there are consequences. I think that’s what you’re saying, Gary, too. Like there are consequences.
You can be God’s chosen people, but you’re also required to do certain things or not do certain things into how you represent him. And he will leave if you’re being a bad representative, like he will remove his presence till you get it together. You know, the Lord love that he chastens and that was some severe chastening.
So one thing I’ve learned is God is not pushy. He’s not going to shove himself or push himself on you. So when you are backsliding, when you are not, when you’re going against God’s word, technically, he doesn’t remove himself from you.
He just falls back. And so a lot of times when people go through difficult things and say that God is not in their life or there’s no God because he wouldn’t let this happen to me. Well, God is not letting that happen to you.
You’re allowing that to happen to you. You have to invite God into your life. It’s an invitation only kind of thing.
He’s just not going to bust up in there like he’s the police and force himself on you. You have to acknowledge that I want God into my life. And you have to not just say you want him in your life, but allow him to work within you.
And so when you say that, you know, God left the temple, it’s because he was no longer welcome. They were going against his word. And that’s the same thing as we are in the flesh.
When we go against him, we automatically assume that when crazy things or bad things happen, that God is no longer present. No, he’s present. We just have not acknowledged his presence and accepted him to our life and allowed him to have his way.
We talked about giving things over to God. And that’s not easy, even though people think that it is. It sounds really easy, flows off your lips really smooth.
But it’s not. It’s not easy to just give things over to God because we always want to continue to kind of tamper with it. Oh, I have an idea.
We can do this. And to sit patiently and wait for God to move within you and to guide you. It is not an easy task for many people.
And so that’s when we start to take matters into our own hands. And things don’t turn out quite as well as we think that we do. But when we allow God to work and do things according to how he sees fit, even though it may not turn out the way we thought, it turns out well because it’s all in God’s hands.
And why do we think that happens? Then I’ll go to Kevin. Why do you think based on what Ana Maria said? Well, I mean, I agree with what she says. I was going to answer the question of what God would be doing or looking at or is his patience then with us in the U.S. And I just can’t help but think that with where we are in the U.S. right now, that within our churches, there’s so much legalism and so much pettiness and things of that nature that he’s probably sitting back going, it’s not about that.
It’s about my grace. And you’ve lost touch with what my grace is. And I was always taught that if I extended as much grace to other people as I required, then I would be able to express a true love that God would have me to my enemies and my neighbors and everybody else because I’m offering as much grace as I require.
I think it’s amazing, too. Going back to Gary talking about God’s presence leaving the temple. God’s response was quite restrained.
I mean, there that, you know, Ezekiel chronicles the fact that they’re in the temple courtyard sacrificing or not sacrificing, but praying to other gods, to Ra and to Tammuz. And they’re inside the temple praying to idolatrous images that they’ve scratched on the wall in the temple. I mean, God’s presence left.
But it’s a wonder that a meteor didn’t come down and just wipe everything out. And time and time again, God’s patience, God’s grace, as Kevin said, because of the covenant is demonstrated. And it has stuck out to me in reading through the prophets that a lot of times God either withholds wrath or rescues Israel when they don’t deserve it.
And it’s not because of anything necessarily that they’ve done. Several different times in the prophets, God says that he’s doing something for the sake of my name. It’s because God has decided to demonstrate who he is in his covenant faithfulness.
And he’s going to be true to that in spite of the fact that Israel is a faithless partner. When Hezekiah prays and God rescues Jerusalem from the Assyrians, he tells him, I’m going to do this for the sake of my name and for the sake of my promise to David. It’s not about Hezekiah.
Israel has already burned their bridges. But God’s going to be true to who he has chosen to be. Yeah, there’s a concept called accommodation.
I don’t condone it, but I condemn it.
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For this third Sh
1. (Original Content Only) (700 words) (Kate Turabian format)
For this third Short Exegetical Paper, students will submit a 700 word (no more, no less) essay on either 1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 or 2 Thess. 2:1-12. Your essay should include the following:
Identify the author’s message to his original audience. In doing so, take the context into consideration (surrounding passages, overall theme of the gospel). Provide references, citations, and/or brief quotations from the gospel to support your points.
Identify any keywords (and their meanings) that contribute to the overall message of the passage.
Briefly suggest how this message can be applied to the message of the Kingdom of God today.
You should consult three to five commentaries, journal articles, Bible dictionaries, etc., to complete this assignment. Include footnotes and bibliography in Turabian format. No cover page is required.
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So, I’m going to read for us, welcome everybody, we have to read to us from Hebrews chapter 8. Now the point in what we are saying is this, we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer. Now, if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law, they serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things.
For when Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed by God saying, see that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown you on the mountain. But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as such much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second.
For he finds fault with him when he says, behold the days are coming declares the Lord, and this is the quote from Jeremiah 31, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws into their hands and write them onto their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall not teach each other, each one his neighbor, and each one his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.
In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete, and what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away. So, dear friends, let us pray. Lord, thank you for your word, your precious word.
Thank you for every student here tonight. I pray that you will bless them and be with them. Pray that you will help every one of them to be strong.
And now, Lord, be with us, be in our midst through your Holy Spirit, we pray. Take us from the evil one and open our minds to see the wonder of your word, the wonder of the new covenant. In Jesus’ name, we pray.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
Yes. Welcome. And I just ask, if you are not speaking, to mute your mic, otherwise we get an echo in the system.
So, dear friends, tonight is our last Zoom, this is week seven. Tomorrow and the beginning of next week is all 100% devoted to grading. I also teach another class, hermeneutics.
I finished that grading, so I’m going to do yours. And the grading that I’ve done up to this point, I’m very pleased. And thank you for good and excellent work.
Before, I’ve prepared for us something out of Hebrews. But before I do that, I want to make sure that you know what to do next and that everything is clear. Any questions for this week or next week? Yes, yes, Joshua.
Yes. So, I’m reading through, sorry if it’s a little loud. I’ll try not to speak so loud.
I noticed as I was reading through De Silva, there’s not necessarily really specific dates for the book. So, am I just putting the range that De Silva is assigning or maybe giving some sort of more ambiguous, could be this date, could be this date, and aligning those along a timeline? That’s it. Just looking for your input.
That’s a great question. Can you just check your microphone? Let me do this here. There it is.
Good. Joshua, that’s a great question. So, friends, as far as dating of the New Testament books is concerned, we do not know exactly.
There will always be a range. And so, you simply give the range. Now, in all probability, all New Testament books, maybe with the exception of Hebrews and Revelation, but some would even say Hebrews and Revelation are included.
So, most New Testament books were probably written before the year 70. Why do I say that? Do you know? Why would I say that all New Testament books were probably… Because of the destruction of the temple. Exactly.
Because of the destruction of the temple. And so, they would have mentioned that and it’s not mentioned. And that is why people generally accept it.
Hebrews, we are not sure. He says that this is a second generation. And when he talks about the sacrifices, it’s not necessarily real sacrifices that were happening.
He’s using it more in a metaphoric way. So, Hebrews may be later in the first century, and also Revelation. But there is no pinpoint of the date.
So, give the range. Thank you for asking. That’s a very relevant question.
Any other questions? So, I have a question. It’s about a timeline for the New Testament. Do we have to do the whole thing, like from John, Mark, Matthew, all the way to Revelation? Or is it some certain names? I’m confused.
So, I have not put this course together, but it’s a good course. And as I understand it, you can correct me, but I think the person who puts this together, I’m going to grade it. So, what I’m telling you is normative.
So, I think she wanted, Dr. Wood wanted from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, the New Testament books. That’s how I understood it. How do you understand it? You also understood it that way? Ah, yes, because I started with Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, then I’m seeing Hebrew, I’m seeing a lot of it.
Galatians, Thessalonians. Yeah, all the books in the New Testament, but you have Matthew, Mark, Luke, you have the Gospels, and then you have Romans, and the letters of Paul, and then you have Hebrews, and then you have the general epistles and Revelation. So, I want to clear that question up a little bit, because so the outline that we’re doing on the PowerPoint, the first book would be the first book he believes was written.
We’re not doing the outline in the order that they’re in the canon, but when they’re written. So, the first book would be James in the mid-40s. Okay, okay, yes, the first, yes, thank you so much.
Yes, she wants it in the order that they were written. So, if you go through De Silva, I want you, you can make a little note if you go through when he says. So, you can put James in the 40s.
We are not sure, but maybe. It’s all speculation, but it’s just for the sake of interest. Okay.
It is an interesting exercise, actually. So, we think the letters of Paul were earlier than the Gospels. So, when you go through De Silva, he will tell you when each book was written, and on the timeline, of course, you put the first books first.
So, the letters of Paul would probably be before the Gospels, and then Hebrews, I think, was later at Revelation. That was me. This is Gloria.
Listen, I took my timeline for granted then. I don’t know if I did it correctly. I went by the bulletin that was given in a syllabus, and I did my timeline according to the syllabus assignments.
Am I correct, or was I wrong to do it that way? Because it still mentions the Gospel, but I’m not sure. So, you guys saying that I did it a different way? Help me out. I think I did mine the same way, too, according to the syllabus.
Yes, according to the syllabus. That’s how I did my timeline. Okay.
Well, I will have, Gloria, let me put it this way. I will look at it, and I will give you guys credit. So, I will be very lenient when I grade this.
So, I will acknowledge what you have done, and I will have room for what you have done. So, do not worry about this. You do it as you have thought you should do it, and I will be lenient.
Thank you so much. Any other questions? So, dear friends, we are not meeting again, but of course, I’m always available via phone or via email. But are there any other questions, dear friends? It seems to me you’re all good, and I look forward to grading tomorrow, because I look forward to seeing some wonderful, excellent work.
Now, dear friends, I wanted to share with us today a lecture that I’ve prepared on Hebrews, and let me just share the screen. Excuse me. Let me just see here.
Just one moment. Let’s see. I want to share.
Very good. You should see this screen, too. Yeah.
The New Covenant and Christian Identity in Hebrews. Now, it is so interesting, dear friends, that I wrote a book called, let me show you here, New Covenant, New Community, in which I traced. Can you always, do you have it on your screen, my PowerPoint, on the New Covenant? Yes.
Good. Yes. Now, in this book, I… This is Ralph, yes.
Thank you. I traced the theme of the New Covenant, the New Covenant through the New Testament, and it is interesting that this term, the covenant, the New Covenant, flourishes in Hebrews. It flourishes in Hebrews, and then it flourishes in some of the early church fathers.
And that led me to think that Hebrews is probably late. Hebrews is probably towards the latter part of the first century, and then in the church fathers in the second century, New Covenant theology is very important. And it’s in the heart, absolutely in the heart of the New Covenant.
So, the New Covenant is in the heart of Hebrews. So, if I give you, this is an overview of what I’m going to share with you. And so, let us start.
I’m saying there is a little tension. We know that the covenant theme is very important in the Old Testament, in the Jewish tradition. It played a role in the Christian identity, or let me put it this way.
It was very prominent in the Jewish tradition, but it occurs seldom in the New Testament. It actually occurs… It’s very important, but it occurs infrequently. So, you’ll find that if you think about it, where in the New Testament do we read about the New Covenant? If you want to… The New Covenant, isn’t it in Hebrews? A hundred percent, a hundred percent Hebrews, but outside of Hebrews… It’s Jeremiah 31.
Jeremiah, yes, that’s a very important passage in the Old Testament, which the Christian Church saw being fulfilled in the New. But in the New Testament itself, where in the New Testament itself do we read about the New Covenant? In John, in John? Well, in John, you get something close to the New Covenant, but not the Word’s New Covenant. The concept is there, but not the words.
Oh, when the institution of the Eucharist. Ah, that’s it, where Jesus says, this is the New Covenant in my blood. And so, that is… You find the Word’s New Covenant in the institution of the Lord’s Supper, and then you find it in Paul, 2 Corinthians 3, and also Galatians 4, when he compares the covenant of Isaac, Galatians 4, and then Hebrews, and that’s it.
So, it occurs infrequently, but it occurs abundantly in Hebrews. And then in the early church fathers, the church fathers of the second century, and a little further than the second century, so you have Barnabas, Justin, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, and then the Syrian, excuse me, let me just go, but the Syrian church father, Aphrodite. So, that’s very interesting, that this theme that was so central to the Old Testament, at the beginning occurred infrequently, but in very important places, when Jesus says, this is the New Covenant in my blood, and then in Hebrews, and in the early church fathers.
So, let’s go, you have the Old Testament message of the New Covenant, and that message of the New Covenant in the Old Testament, we find predominantly in Jeremiah 31, that’s what we have read, it’s quoted extensively in Hebrews, and so we find it in Christianity, and then in Judaism, very little. It is so interesting. You can just see, just make sure, let me see here, we have a little echo here in the system, let me just, if you could just check your microphone.
So, Jeremiah 31 is very important for the early church, this promise of the New Covenant, Ezekiel also, Ezekiel 36. In Judaism, almost nothing about the New Covenant, actually the rabbis really didn’t know what to do with Jeremiah 31. For the early church, it was everything.
The early church saw that Jesus is the fulfillment of the New Covenant. The rabbis basically said that the New Covenant is just the memorizing of scripture. For the Christians, it is the Holy Spirit who puts the New Covenant in our hearts, gives us a heart of flesh.
Very interesting. Now, here is something, just for the sake of interest, in the Qumran documents. They were discovered in the 1940s in caves around Qumran in the desert.
And in these caves, they speak of the New Covenant in the land of Damascus. That was actually a description of themselves. They saw themselves as children of the New Covenant in the land of Damascus.
But they interpret New Covenant not as in the Christian church, not in the sense of Jeremiah 31. They interpreted themselves as a deepening of the Old Covenant. So, it’s not seen in the sense of Jeremiah 31.
It’s very interesting. And so, Jeremiah 31, it’s just in the New Testament that we find that Jeremiah 31 is absolutely coming interpreted to the full, not in Qumran. So, the community of Qumran, was a Jewish community from the time of Christ, and they were very strict in their Judaism.
But the New Covenant was not in the sense of Jeremiah 31. Here is Jeremiah 31. Leslie, read for us from the screen.
Can you do that for us? Sure. The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them, declares the Lord.
This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
No longer will a man teach his neighbor or a man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. Remember their sins no more. Exactly.
That was beautifully read. Thank you so much, Leslie. Jeremiah 31, isn’t that beautiful? So, dear friends, as I’ve said, the rabbis, they said Jeremiah 31 simply refers to a better understanding of the Torah, a memorizing of the Torah.
Now let’s come to Hebrews, the new covenant in Hebrews. We find it occurs often. It strengthens the Christian identity, and it serves the main thrust of the Epistle to the Hebrews.
So, Hebrews was written mainly to people who came to faith in Christ from Judaism. And now, friends, in the Roman world of that time, Judaism had enjoyed a certain official recognition that the Christian church did not have. And so, there was always the temptation to betray the Christian dimension of our faith.
And therefore, the main emphasis on Hebrews is on Christ. So, the main emphasis in Hebrews is to tell those Christians who came to Christ from Judaism, do not go back to Judaism. There was a temptation because the Christians were persecuted, the Jews had official recognition.
And so, there was this huge temptation to go back to Judaism. And that is what Hebrews says. How much better is the new covenant than the old covenant? The covenant of Christ, how much more it is than the old covenant? Do not go back to the ways that you came from, because the new ways are so much better.
And therefore, we use this amenor from the little to the more of higher quality or better. The covenant that we have as Christians is of a higher quality. It’s better.
This occurs 12 times in Hebrews. And so, we read about the new covenant. I’ve read from us in Hebrews 8. It talks about the new priesthood in Hebrews 7, and the new sacrifice in Hebrews 10.
Hebrews 7, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. And so, better than that of the Jews. The word diatheke, that’s the Greek word for covenant, used for the first time in Hebrews 7. The main focus of Hebrews 7, 20 to 22, is not the covenant as such, but the covenant that is better by virtue of its Christological significance.
So, Ralph, do you have your Bible with you? Can you read for us Hebrews 7, verses 20 to 22, please? Hebrews 7? Verse 20 to 22. Well, it’s hiding from me. Just a second.
You take your time, Ralph. Hebrews 7, verse 20 to 22. And you take your time.
Okay, I got it. I’m afraid you’re kind of sticking together here on me. Just read it for us, Ralph.
That’s Hebrews 7. And the verses again, please? 20 to 22. Okay. And it was not without the takings of an oath that Christ was made priest.
And I’m reading from Nebuchadnezzar 5. That’s good. For those who formerly became priests, received their office without it being confirmed, by the taking of an oath by God. But this one was designated and addressed and saturated in an oath.
The Lord has sworn and will not regret it or change his mind. You are priests forever, according to the order of the Masachite. Not just… 22? Yes, please.
In keeping with the oath, greater strength and force, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better, strong agreement, a more excellent, a more advantageous covenant. Yes.
3. (Original Content Only) (Powerpoint Format)
Students will create a timeline of the New Testament using a PowerPoint Template during their reading for this course. You are encouraged to fill this in each week throughout the course so that the timeline is created as you read. The timeline will show the scholarly suggested dates for the writing of each of the New Testament books in a linear temporal order.
Text: David A. DeSilva, An Introduction to the New Testament: Contexts, Methods, and Ministry Formation 2nd Edition (IVP Academic: 2018). ISBN-13: 978-0830852178
Text can be found at: https://archive.org/details/introductiontone0000desi/page/360/mode/2up
(Just sign up using your email at archive.or, and you can get access to the text for as many as 13 days)
Week 1: Introducing the New Testament, Ch. 1-3 (pp. 1-116)
Week 3: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 7-8, pp. 261-340
Week 2: An Introduction to the New Testament, Chapters 4-6, pp. 117-260
Week 4: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 9-10, pp. 341-408, and Chapter 24, pp. 786-827.
Week 5: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 11-14, pp. 409-519
Week 6: An Introduction to the New Testament, Chapters 15-19, pp. 526-685
Week 7: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 20, 21, pp. 686-743
Week 8: An Introduction to the New Testament, Ch. 22-23, pp. 744-783
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Eph. 6:10-20
Unlike other letters sent to address a problem, Paul writes a letter to the Ephesians to encourage them and sends it with Tychicus of Ephesus while jailed in Rome. In the chapters before the verses of 6:10-20, Paul describes the church and how believers should function as part of the body of Christ. He tells the Ephesians to (1) walk in unity (4:1), (2) walk in holiness not as Gentiles (4:17), (3) walk in love (5:1-2), (4) walk in light, abstaining from involvement in evil (5:7-8), and (5) walk in wisdom by the Holy Spirit (5:15) (Hoehner, 569). Transitioning into Chapter 6, Paul uses the word “finally” (6:10 NIV) to describe the action the Ephesians must take – to be strong in the Lord. It is a call to action. Most Ephesians in this time believed in Artemis for protection, but Paul needed them to see that Artemis was a wicked spiritual force to guard against (to put armor on against) (Hoehner, 569). This section of his letter is addressed to the individual rather than the whole but has views for the whole church.
Ephesians 14-17 describes the putting on of the whole armor of God, so the individual “may be able to stand your ground” (6:13). At the time of writing, Paul was most likely chained to a Roman soldier and must have often thought of soldiers physically fighting as warriors (Foulkes, 176). The armor Paul described is the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, shoes fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit (6:14-17). Of the armor described, five of the six pieces are for defensive posture to guard against attack from the devil. Heaven is for us, but the enemy continues to attack but with the same weapons. Therefore, God gives us one set of armor that is sufficient to protect us. The final item, the sword of the Spirit (the Word of God) is the only offensive part of the armor. It is sufficient and has all the power in the world to attack the devil, or in Paul’s case, the cosmic powers troubling the Ephesian people. The final verses of Ephesians (6:18-20) give instructions on what to do while wearing the armor – to be alert and pray continuously.
In our world today, we are constantly attacked by the devil. We are living in a broken world, but wearing the armor of God, we have a defense against it and a weapon to fight back. Schnackenburg and Heron (343) stated that “we cannot overcome discontent…by patching up the outward appearance, we can only do so…by gaining a foothold, putting down roots in hearts, and spreading the Gospel in the most fundamental way.” Using our armor, we have the power that God wanted us to have to do just that. We can accomplish so much through Him. Eternal righteousness positions you for earthly righteousness if you know how to use the armor of God. My pastor said a few profound words in this passage. He said that rather than the phrase, “Let go and let God,” we should use fight and stand forward for God. We are His soldiers on a messy battlefield. He also said that God may be a surgeon on the battlefield, picking up pieces on us, but He puts us back together with such precision to wipe away the bad and make us better than we were before. Conclusively, I believe this passage to be one of the most critical passages in the Bible for believers; we need to know how to wear and use the armor of God.
Bibliography
Foulkes, Francis. Ephesians. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2009. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,athens&db=nlebk&AN=1094099&site=ehost-live.
Hoehner, Harold W.. Ephesians : An Exegetical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2002. ProQuest Ebook Central.
Schnackenburg, Rudolf and Helen Heron. Epistle to the Ephesians : A Commentary. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2001. ProQuest Ebook Central.
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The author’s audience for Romans 12:1-3, is the Christian church at Rome. The message intended was to show that the reasonable thing to do in light of God’s many mercies, is to live our life as a “living sacrifice, Holy and pleasing to God – this is your true and proper worship”. In the Old Testament, Priests were called to do animal sacrifices unto God, and God told them what animals to use and not to use and how to sacrifice them. This is listed in Leviticus. However, in Malachi, God reproaches the Levitical Priesthood, for “…saying that the Lord’s table is contemptible. When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?” says the Lord Almighty” (Malachi 1:7-8, NIV). He judges them to purify the Levitical Priesthood, since they do not think that God deserves their best animal sacrifice, even after all God has done for them, and not only favored, but spared them. However, in stark contrast, Romans 12:1 tells us that animal sacrifices are not needed anymore, as God’s people, our bodies can now become said sacrifice, in the way we live and walk, but it needs to be Holy and pleasing to God. We owe God our best, after all He has done for us. We are not exempt from reproach, if it is not our best, just like Israel was not exempt in reproach in their half-handed animal sacrifices. “Romans 12-15 make it clear that Paul intended his foregoing extended theological argument to call forth a response of gratitude and commitment which would reorient the life of the community” (Culpepper, 1976).
Also, in Romans 12:2, Paul tells the audience to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, and to not conform to the ways of this world. This goes along with what Paul told Titus in Titus 3:5-6, “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior” (NIV). Which goes in line with Romans 12:3 where we are to not think of ourselves as more highly, but to think with sober judgment. This renewal and regeneration we have through Jesus Christ, should in turn, change the very nature of our being. To the point we change our evil ways, to the ways of God. If God is in us making a change in us, it should show through our actions, and deeds, and the way we think, as James talks about in James 2:14-26. “After a textual analysis of the text, (Rom. 12:2), it was discovered that social transformation is an inevitable result of the transformation of the individual through the renewal of the mind” (Boaheng, 2023).
This can be applied to the Church today, because we need to have God to renew a right spirit and mind within us, so that we may do His Will. In doing this, there is no chance that we can conform to this world, because we are too busy conforming to God’s renewal in us. Also, we should want to do this, to show our thankfulness to The Most High God for His many mercies and Blessings, He has bestowed upon us. “Romans 12:1-2 is the primary transitional link in the letter. It bridges the chasm…between doctrine and living. Mere acquaintance with “the mercies of God” does not create for the Christian the ability to discern, embrace and verify God’s will in daily affairs, for this knowledge becomes effective only when its yoke-fellows are total dedication and daily growth” (Stoessel, 1963).
“Bible Gateway Passage: Malachi 1 – New International Version.” Bible Gateway. Accessed February 17, 2024. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Malachi+1&version=NIV.
“Bible Gateway Passage: Romans 12:1-3 – New International Version.” Bible Gateway. Accessed February 17, 2024. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+12%3A1-3&version=NIV.
“Bible Gateway Passage: Titus 3 – New International Version.” Bible Gateway. Accessed February 17, 2024. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Titus+3&version=NIVLinks to an external site..
Boaheng, Isaac. “Renewing the mind, transforming the society: Reflections on Romans 12: 2 from a Ghanaian perspective.” (2023).
Culpepper, R. A. (1976). God’s Righteousness in the Life of His People Romans 12–15. Review & Expositor, 73(4), 451-463. https://doi.org/10.1177/003463737607300407Links to an external site.
Stoessel, H. E. (1963). Notes on Romans 12:1–2: The Renewal of the Mind and Internalizing the Truth. Interpretation, 17(2), 161-175. https://doi.org/10.1177/002096436301700203
(Original Content Only) (3,500 words) (Kate Turabian format) (Footnotes in Kate
(Original Content Only) (3,500 words) (Kate Turabian format) (Footnotes in Kate Turabian style are a must) (References are a must)
Students will prepare a 3,500-word paper. After the selection of one of the assigned Biblical passages (see below), the student is to identify the message of the biblical author in consultation with Biblical commentaries, dictionaries, and journal articles (see further below). After the completion of your research, make a claim (a thesis statement) in the first brief paragraph (do not merely describe your passage). Construct the body of paper so that your claim (thesis statement) above is proven or demonstrated. Consider using the two or three “big ideas” of the claim above to structure the body of the paper logically, using transition and summary statements between effectively. In a brief concluding paragraph, the student should then suggest how the message of the biblical author is to be applied today.
Possible chapters from the Old Testament from which to select a passage of approximately four to six verses:
Gen 22:1-8, 9-19
Exod 19:1-8
Deut 30:1-10
Joshua 2; 6:17-25
1 Samuel 1
2 Samuel 7
1 Kings 8
Job 28
Pss 1; 2
Ps 73
Prov 8
Eccl 1-2
Isa 11:1-9
Ezek 34:1-10, 11-24
Hosea 4:1-5
Amos 5:4-15
Mal 4:1-6
Double-space your paper with footnotes and page numbers according to the conventions of The Chicago Manual of Style (abbreviated by Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, 9th ed. [Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018]) and SBL Handbook of Style for issues related to biblical studies. Neither a title page or a bibliography are required.
Use three peer-reviewed resources of the last generation of scholarship (25-30 years) exclusively. The textbooks of this course may be used but they do not count toward the three resources mentioned above.
For commentary series and monographs, see some of the top recommendations of http://bestcommentaries.com/Links to an external site. . Do not use contemporary devotional books or the works of Matthew Henry, John Wesley, John Calvin or other important figures of Church History (they are treated in your courses in Church History).
For scholarly journals, use ATLA Religion Database, which can be navigated to via RU Library Database http://libguides.regent.edu/databases?hs=aLinks to an external site. Some of the leading scholarly journals in Old Testament//Hebrew Bible scholarship are the following: Biblica, Biblical Interpretation, Bulletin for Biblical Research, Biblische Zeitschrift, Journal of Biblical Literature, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Oudtestamentische studien, Tyndale Bulletin, Vetus Testamentum, and Zeitschrift fur die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.
For word/concept studies and related lexical matters, consult the following:Willem VanGemeren, ed., New International Dictionary of OT Theology and Exegesis, 5 vols. (Zondervan, 1997)
Ernst Jenni et al. eds., Theological Lexicon of the OT, 3 vols. (Hendrickson, 1997)
G. Johannes Botterweck, eds. et al., Theological Dictionary of the OT, 15 vols. (Eerdmans, 1974-2006)
Strong’s Concordance (1890) and Vine’s Dictionary (1940) are neither contemporary nor peer-reviewed resources. Do not use Hebrew or Greek unless you are trained in them.
Remember the famous adage of Strunk and White: “Make every word tell.”
please make the answers in simple grammar, like a high schooler. also, don’t mak
please make the answers in simple grammar, like a high schooler. also, don’t make the answers too short or too long, a good medium. I can’t put all the chapter pages on one doc bc the file is too long so I will split the pages
Religious people are hypocrites!
Discuss this notion rationally in 1-2 paragrap
Religious people are hypocrites!
Discuss this notion rationally in 1-2 paragraph. no right or wrong. opnion based discussion.
In what ways do Sikhs view their tradition as inherently egalitarian in terms of
In what ways do Sikhs view their tradition as inherently egalitarian in terms of gender and caste? How do Sikh ideas of gender roles for women compare to ideas of gender roles for women in Buddhism and Jainism? Make specific references to your readings
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