Biblical canon

Christianity and Judaism are two of the most influential religions in history. While Judaism isn 't as large as Christianity, its impact is still just as prevalent. Christianity emerged from Judaism, forming a new religion. Many people testify that Judaism and Christianity are part of the same dialog and that the beliefs of the two religions are closely similar. Some disagree and examine how the two religions differ through world-views. Over the past 2,000 years, an immense difference occurred…

Much can be gained by a study of the personal letters of a first-century missionary to one of his most trusted disciples. Paul wrote almost half of the New Testament, but only four of his letters are written to individuals. Of these four, I’ve chosen 1Timothy to further explore. Thirty years of labor for the gospel took its toll on Paul. His body bore the suffering of a servant of Jesus Christ. The intensity of his sufferings never changed the intensity of his love and concern for the churches…

A. Introduction of Feminist Criticism There are many people believe that men are superior while women are inferior. It means that women are weak creatures and they cannot work as hard as men. This belief is very unfair for women. Women and men should have equal opportunities. Women should not be discriminated because of their gender. Hence, Feminism is formed. In general, Feminism is related to women’s emancipation. Feminist movement tries to reach the same equality between women and men in…

Since the 17th century, William Shakespeare has been regarded as the greatest playwright of all time. Shakespeare is often referred to as the greatest or most influential person in his field, as Michael Jordan is to basketball or Albert Einstein is to science. One of the greatest plays he ever wrote was Hamlet. In William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, Shakespeare uses a wide array of Christian allegories and allusions to create a memorable plot. While these allegories occur frequently, they do…

including trade and politics. Yet as Christian tradition took hold, it covered a rich body of customs and practices that had once reflected a distinctive view of life. Early medieval Christians inherited a church united by major creeds, a stable Biblical canon, and a developed philosophical practice. The institutional structure of Christianity in the west during this period is different from what it would become later in the Middle Ages. The divide between Eastern and Western Christianity…

upon the deeper question of whether Hamlet will be the play’s antagonist or protagonist. To characterise Hamlet as a symbol of vulnerability, Shakespeare uses a semantic field associated with religion and Christianity “Everlasting had not fixed/His canon ‘gainst self-slaughter”; the exploration of the suicide and its standing in religion helps to represent the strength of Hamlet’s despair and lack of hope, whilst the caesura allows the audience to further reflect upon this. The use of this…

The Counter-Reformation, or the Catholic Revival was a period in church history from 1600 AD to 1960 AD and it was a response to the Protestant Reformation. The Protestant Reformation was a split from the Roman Catholic Church which began with Martin Luther followed by John Calvin and others (The Reformation - Facts & Summary - H...). It is said that the Protestant Reformation had begun with the publication of the “95 Theses” by Martin Luther(The Reformation - Facts & Summary - H...). The…

People tend to use denominations to try and classify themselves. Individuals are quick to tell where they attend church because they take pride in it. Most of the church population finds themselves going to what church is famous within the community, to a family church, or to what church fits their personality. A religious sect usually correlates to someone’s secular life in some way. Religious denomination is weakly related to both types of educational goals and seems to have no real influence…

stories about her slaveholding family's life in Antebellum, Kentucky. "Porter absorbed her grandmother's independence, Victorian manners, Protestant view of good and evil, and the stories from which she later created an important stream in her fictional canon" (Unrue). Katherine Porter was an accomplished women. Even though she had gotten sick, she managed to work as a journalist…

As Margarita Stocker points out, “man was seduced into the Fall by the dangerous sexual lure of womankind;” therefore, she argues, Biblical texts use this as a justification to condemn the sexuality of women as a corruptive force. However, Stocker adds that in Book of Judith God is “using sexuality to vanquish the pagan and save the chosen people.” Stocker posits that Judith, as a sensual…