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The Bible: From Boring to Transforming “Honestly, reading the Bible is boring,” says 16 year old Micha, “I like the stories and stuff, but don’t see how it applies to my life.” This outlook of scripture is all too common among young people today. Micha represents a generation where all good things come in small screens, where satisfaction is based on speed, and where attention is unnecessary to succeed. This modern era has rejected patience and stillness for busyness and productivity. In such…

The Bible is made up of 73 books all based on the word of God. The 73 books are divided into the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament is written before Christ whereas the New Testament is written after Christ. Together the testaments combine to create the Holy Bible. The Christian faith is based on the readings of the Bible, because it is said that god spoke to the prophets making the Bible a Sacred Scripture. God himself guided the authors who wrote the books of the Bible. The…

article written by Jean Soler titled, “Why The Hebrews Kept Kosher.” Soler uses this article to inform readers about certain dietary laws that have been placed upon the Hebrews. In addition, Soler discusses why these dietary laws were important by referring to the Bible, the beginning of time, and other developments. Overall, the article elaborates on why there are certain eating laws in parts of the Hebrew community. In the beginning of the Bible, there is a section chapter titled Genesis. The…

How To Read The Jewish Bible, authored by biblical scholar, and professor, Marc Zvi Brettler, is an enlightening text, guiding people on how to read the Hebrew scriptures in a more purposeful way. Brettler reveals that this book provides a response to the frustration many readers hold with the Hebrew Bible, based on the accustomed tendency to filter it through the lens of present day culture. Generally, he argues, as a result this leads one to either misconstrue passages, or the arrive to the…

How did the Hebrew Civilization influence the world, especially the West Hebrew history has been pieced together in different forms, one being the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. It was composed of historical narratives, wisdom literature, poetry and laws. The historical writing are dated to the early ninth century B.C.E. Under Moses, the Egyptians fled to find a new home, to the east. “There Israelites emerged as a motion, a people with a sense of community and common faith.” It would be…

The Hebrew Bible presents Balaam as a foreign seer who is capable of bestowing blessings and curses. In the passage of interest, the Moabite King Balak feared the approach of the Israelites and decided to contract Balaam to curse the Israelites. Yet Balaam does the bidding of God and refuses to curse the Israelites for Balak, instead blessing the Israelites through a series of poems. However, there are also inscriptions discovered in a sanctuary dedicated to the babylonian divine assembly that…

wisdom can be found over 200 times in the Bible, with prominent reference in the book or Proverbs (Blue Letter Bible, 2012). Throughout the New American Standard Bible, wisdom can be found in several variations, typically seen as a verb or an adjective. The Hebrew translation of wisdom is typically seen as chakam. Chakam is Biblically used to be wise, act wisely, instruct or teach wisdom, to be made wise, to make wise, or to show ones wisdom (Blue Letter Bible, 2012). Similar to chakam, another…

How To Read The Jewish Bible, authored by Biblical scholar, and professor, Marc Zvi Brettler, is an enlightening text, guiding people on how to read the Hebrew scriptures in a more purposeful way. Brettler reveals that this book provides a response to the frustration many readers hold with the Hebrew Bible, based on the accustomed tendency to filter it through the lens of present-day culture. Generally, he argues, as a result, this leads one to either misconstrue passages, or the arrive to the…

recorded in the Hebrew bible. In Michael Molloy’s book, Experiencing the World’s Religions, he defines covenant as “a contract,” but more specifically as a contract “between the Hebrews and their God, Yahwheh” (340). The beliefs in Judaism hold firmly on one God, and they circle the covenant made between God and the Jewish people. The importance of the covenant is made clear in the rituals, symbols, history, and cultural observance of this intimate relationship between God and the Jewish people.…

Bible Facts Who Wrote the Book of Hebrews Preachers regularly affirm that Paul did not write the 19th book of the New Testament and others are convinced that it was written by the Apostle. Since there is no inspired statement specifically identifying the author, neither of them can positively prove his affirmation However, the salutation at the close of the book and statements made by the Holy Spirit in the books of First and Second Peter suggest strongly that the book of Hebrews was penned…