Hasidic Judaism

The best way to begin the book called Paul the Missionary is to define the term “mission.” According to the book, the word “mission” as “intentionality and movement” (22). Moreover, Schnabel uses Jesus and Paul’s ministry as the examples of missions. Paul describes Jesus’ mission as “movement from God into the world and in terms of the intentionality of Jesus’ mission in Galatians 4:4-5” (26). Furthermore, in Galatians 1:1 and 15-16 describes Paul’s mission as movement and intentionality.…

There are alot of similarites between the the first, Elohist source, and fourth, Deuteronomist source, printed versions of the Ten Commandments with the fourth version being a little more descriptive. However, with the exception of three verses in Exodus 34 by the Jahwist source, the third version is quite different from the other versions with several scriptures that are similar if not exactly alike the scriptures found later on in the Book of the Covenant. The story of Moses receiving the…

The Prophet Zechariah prophesied during the reign of the Persian King Darius, who ruled the Persian Empire from 522 BC – 486 BC. Zechariah was not only a prophet, but a priest as well (Hays, 2010, p. 345). He ministered about the promises of Yahweh, and encouraged the people that salvation and restoration were on their way, if the people would repent and obey Yahweh (Hays, 2010, pp. 345-346). Zechariah’s purpose was to attempt to rekindle a spiritual fire in the hearts of the nation (Jackson…

For centuries now human civilization has been trying to figure out the terrible question, why were they put on earth? The Hebrew civilization in 2000 BCE, Jerusalem believed that they were put on earth to follow Yahweh’s law. The Hebrews were monotheism, meaning they believed in one god and this god was known as Yahweh. They also did not believe in life after death, so they did everything they could do to live a good life while they were still alive. The Torah is a guidebook that was given to…

Apocalyptic literature like that of the Book of Daniel reveals aspirations of a group for their future. This type of literature, which is focused on eschatological themes conveys ideologies about the meaning and purpose of life. In this context Daniel’s visions act as an affirmation of Jewish empowerment for the future, even if they have struggled in the past. I will prove that the inclusion of Daniel’s visions in the Hebrew Bible serve the function of reflecting the ideal of Divine ordinance in…

Service learning project For my service learning project, I choose to interview a coworker. I honestly did not know if he was religious or not, but my gut told me he was going to be a great interview. I really took this opportunity to not only learn about a different religion, but to learn about a person as well. I do not consider myself a bad person just because I am not “religious”. I just have not dedicated the time to learn what religion suits my beliefs. In doing this project I intend to…

for having their own beliefs. This event, which is know as the Holocaust, happened when Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany after their defeat on World War I. Hitler and his followers, who are known as the Nazi’s, found all people who believed in Judaism, and they took them to concentration camps where they were sent to be killed. The Holocaust still has an impact of our life because it was an event where 6 million people were…

similar in that they all instilled good and peaceful moral ideas for all of its members to follow. An additional document that would be helpful would be a picture of of the temple in Jerusalem. It could show artwork of a monotheistic religion such as Judaism and highlight there ideas of how they worship God.…

A recurring theme throughout the book was Elie’s belief in Judaism. He constantly questioned himself and if God was ever there to protect him and his people and why he would spectate the wretched things the Nazi’s would do. As we progress through the novel, Elie matured in a way nobody should ever have to face. 1.“I was twelve. I believed profoundly…” “Why did I pray? . . . Why did I live? Why did I breathe?” In those quotes Elie had proclaimed he believed in God “profoundly” yet when…

Although they have completely different backgrounds, the Chinese creation story and west African creation story are both similar in many ways. The Chinese and west African story are both alike in the way humans were created, and the landscape before the earth. In the Chinese and west African story humans were created very similar. In the west African story Obatala molded humans from clay. Also in the Chinese story humans were molded from mud. To continue the landscapes were also alike. The 2…