Gospel of the Hebrews

O’Donnell, Douglas S. The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway 240pp. $17.99. Summary The Beginning and End of Wisdom is the book written with the purpose of arousing interest in preaching Wisdom Literature as well as presentation of specific methodology. In the preface, O’Donnell introduces the motivation to focus on Wisdom Literature, and manifests the twofold aims to write this book:…

Perfection. What is perfection in the lords eyes? Well the basic definition would be having all the desired elements, or being as good as possible. The word perfect itself is translated from the hebrew word tamiym (taw-meem) can be translated as upright, without spot, complete to name a few. We know that perfection is extremely hard to accomplish if not impossible however it is interesting to note that god declared some people to be perfect including Noah in Gen 6:9, and Job in Job 1:1. We are…

In the New Testament details the life of Jesus Christ. Looking into the Synopsis of the Gospel each one of them gives its own account of the life of Jesus. The Greek English version of the Synopsis of the Four Gospels can really help a pastor deliver the word. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John make up the Synopsis Gospels. Each one of them gives its own description of the life of Jesus Christ from the beginning until the end (Black 53). The interesting thing…

First of all, The Jews generally spoke Hebrew or Aramaic. The Hellenist spoke Greek. The Hebrews religion was monotheistic and sensible while the Hellenists were polytheistic and theoretical. The Hebrew religion worshiped Yahweh and the Hellenistic religion was pagan. The list of differences could go on and on. At first, the Jews had little contact with Greek and Hellenistic…

The Bible has four gospels but, only two of them contain the nativity story. The two gospels that have the nativity story are the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke. Both are similar on a literary level which can be explained by the synoptic problem. The Gospel of Mark and the source “Q” were the basis of these two gospels. Matthew and Luke shared sources but, they had their individual sources too. The genealogy, the nativity, and the childhood of Jesus played significant roles within the…

Audience To determine the audience of the Gospel of John, it is easier to determine what the purpose of John was first. The author of John is blunt about what the purpose of writing his gospel was, and John 20:31 most clearly states that “But these are written so that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his name.” This verse can further be supported by John 8:24 and John 3:16, all of which collectively describe the…

should be the case, in a word life and knowledge. At this point, it is important to note that the term “incarnate” is used very broadly for Athanasius encompassing the whole life of Jesus Christ, not simply the infancy narratives found within the Gospels. This leads God to bring back to order the life for humanity and knowledge of God to displaced humanity through the incarnation of the…

was an action of “Unity and Diversity” according to our text. There was a conflict with two groups of Jews, which were called “Hebrews”; and those who retained the customs and language of their ancestors, which was the covenant keeper of the law of Moses. And the second group of people who were more open to Hellenistic (Greek) influences. The first group is called “Hebrews,” and the second group is the “Hellenists” (Gonzalez, J. L., 2010, digital). Now, the “the Hellenists” “during the…

Authors of the gospels recorded instances where the leader of Christianity, Jesus Christ, found Himself discussing the Old Testament. Evidently, He knew the Old Testament since He quoted them in numerous occasions: “In the Hebrew Scriptures, the believers found the laws, stories, psalms and prophecies Jesus himself knew as Scripture and quoted during his ministry.” Furthermore, He quoted the Old Testament with a clear intention. One of His intentions in using the Old Testament was to reveal…

that followers of the Christian religion wrote the New Testament while the ancient Israelites wrote the Old Testament, which in turn is what they named the Hebrew Bible. Although Christians did not always see eye to eye with the view of the Jews and thus, chose to not conform to all their beliefs, Christians did in fact incorporate the Hebrew bible into the Christian Bible as what is now called the Old Testament. As a result of this, there are some notable differences in the interpretation of…