Hebrews

as I mentioned earlier Jesus is the hero of Christianity and the Hebrew mythos and like every other hero in myth he also follows the Hero's journey outline. The first step which is the Ordinary World consist of his birth and his everyday life. Step two "The Call to Adventure" happened when God spoke directly to him during…

written in Hebrew at this time and the only way to learn was to…

What Does the Bible Teach About Tithing? We have been taught that we are to give ten percent of our gross wages to the church, and that this idea, called tithing, is something that God requires and will bless us for if we do it. An article from PimpPreacher takes on the five most common arguments for tithing and the truth behind them. Argument: Abraham paid a 10 percent tithe to God and he was blessed because of it. If we are children of Abraham and want to be blessed like him, then we should…

There is no evidence for the date and time of the composition of the Gospel of Matthew. However from the gospel, it was said of Jesus that he feared the role that the temple play in the lives of the Jews. Assuming that the author did not include any sayings of Jesus then we can only guess that the Gospel of Matthew was written around 70 CE Matthew reveal some of his special interests and purpose There is no internal, direct evidence concerning the purpose of the Gospel of Matthew. Neither is…

Many people say that a person’s Hebrew name is her true essence and that if a person’s name is biblical, she has a piece of that person’s neshamah in her. My Hebrew name is Miriam, deriving from Moshe Rabeinu’s sister. During the Jewish Exodus from Egypt the Jewish nation had reached the Red Sea and were seemingly trapped by water in front of them as a horde of enraged Egyptians hunted down the fugitives. The only person who had enough faith to continue on with the journey was Nachshon ben…

The origin of the conflict goes way back to Egyptian time were in this time period the king says that if you were born as a Hebrew that you must be drowned at birth. There was also slavery that was going on so they had to deal with that." People believe that Moses was not real and that in the book of Torah that the word god is not in it." (Joseph Telushkin) There was a lot of conflicts but, it is basically a life…

mix of both Orthodox and Reform Judaism. Therefore Conservative Judaism has many similarities with the Orthodox but there are a few differences as well. Orthodox Judaism is distinguished by its maintenance of the traditional forms of worship in the Hebrew language, and of the traditional practices as set by the Torah (Israil…

different groups of people hold. One specific and common idea that seems to show up quite a bit in many creation myths is the idea of disobedience and the consequences that result from these actions. This is especially prominent in Greek, African, and Hebrew creation myths. One example of this common theme is the Greek myth of Pandora’s Box. The tale of Pandora’s box is one of the most well-known stories of greek mythology. In this story, Pandora is given a box by Zeus and is instructed not to…

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…

“Hindu experience can also help to bring out another aspect of the godhead, the concept of God as Mother” (Griffiths 191). Griffiths points out that the “Hebrew tradition was patriarchal and Christianity has preserved only a masculine concept of God” (Griffiths 191). However, this masculine idea of God distanced itself from the original Hebrew tradition, in which the word for the spirit is feminine, and the figure of Wisdom is feminine (Griffiths 191). Therefore, Hinduism can help Christianity…