people that have studied the Gospel of John agree that it is anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic for many reasons that can be justified within the text. Calling the Gospel of John anti-Jewish may sound extreme, especially since we are observing the story of Jesus, but once the historical background of this time is taken into consideration, one can interpret the reasoning behind the anti-Jewish proposition. With the help of the book of Acts, conclusions can be made that early Jewish Christians were being highly mistreated by Jewish authorities (Wheeler). Many cases of persecution were taking place, but there are a few that stand out such as John and Peter’s imprisonment (Acts 4:1-3), persecution of the Jerusalem church (Acts 8:1), and the killing of James, John’s brother (Acts 12:2). Although we do not exactly know who wrote the Gospel of John, it is highly likely that it was recorded by a Jewish Christian who was facing the same persecution, which gives an explanation of the anti-Jewish matter throughout (Sinha, Young, 2014). There is supporting evidence of anti-Semitism found throughout the Gospel of John, but the negative representation of the Jews is one of the strongest arguments one can make for this claim. One notable observation that scholars from Westmont College have made is that the Gospel of John uses the designation “the Jews” 67 times while the other gospels only use this expression about five times each (Westmont). Janis E. Leibig indicates that, “while the Synoptic…
that they could die, or they wanted it to be anyone but themselves. Summers also frequently spoke to the villagers about making a new box, but nobody wanted to break even a little bit of the tradition. The black box is a big part of “The Lottery” tradition. In the beginning, the box used to be all black, but now it has become shabbier throughout the years. It is no longer completely black but it’s splintered badly along one side to show the original wood color. Some places it is even faded or…
Discuss Thomas Gnosticism. What did it mean to be a Thomas Christian? How was that different from Johannine or Pauline Christianity ? Include a broad description of the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Thomas the Contender, and the Acts of Thomas , pointing to their similarity and differences Gospel of Thomas According to class lecture notes on November 17th 2016 , The Gospel of Thomas can be set during the early part…
Chekhov introduced Ivan as ‘‘a middle-class man who lived with his family on an income of twelve hundred a year’’ (Chekhov, 2004). This tone set by Chekhov depicts the fact that the Dmitritch family household is one which is average. Though it seems like his family is just like the average family and there was nothing special, the protagonist Ivan ‘‘was very satisfied with his lot’’ (Chekhov, 2004). Nevertheless, by making an introductory opening with this statement, it appears less as a genuine…
Gun control has been extremely controversial in society for years. In the essay “Just Take Away Their Guns,” James Q. Wilson argues his view on stricter gun control laws. He writes, “Legal restraints on the lawful purchase of guns will have little effect on the illegal use of guns” (Wilson, 1994, p.125). He backs up his statement with the statistics that 5/6 of handguns used in crimes are either stolen or purchased privately. With this being said, he displays that increasing legal restraints on…
In James Q. Wilson’s Just Take Away Their Guns, Wilson has fairly liberal views on guns, gun owners, and their respective rights, but Wilson also has a radical solution for gun-related crimes. Wilson boasts an increase in frisks as a better way to control the amount of guns on the streets illegally than the already instituted paperwork and background checks required to legally purchase and own a firearm. He also argues that blame and ill will should not be upon legal firearm owners and that it…
Analysis of “Just Take Away Their Guns” James Q. Wilson is a man who is very passionate about the issue of gun control. However, in his essay “Just Take Away Their Guns,” that passion gets the best of him in what is decidedly a very biased and unsupported argument for the implementation of “stop-and-frisk” policies in place of more gun sale restrictions. While his claim that people need guns to defend themselves is at times convincing, he fails to provide enough evidence to convince his audience…
The just war tradition is base in two principals: Jus ad bellum (justice of war) – this relates the reasons for war; jus in bello (justice in war) this establish what can be done and the amount of force that can be delivered during a war. Based on the just war tradition and its principles, a war can have a framework with moral and political viability. For instance, in cases of cyber warfare, the just war tradition has moral ground limitation. In the oxford’s dictionary cyberattack refers, an…
In the just war tradition, just cause is one of the requirements of jus ad bellum—that is, one of the conditions of justification to wage war. International law recognizes only one just cause for war: self- or collective defense against an aggressor. Contemporary legal notions also recognize a prevention of large-scale violations of human rights by their own government just cause for war. These are the most elemental just causes for war in the realm of international law and just war theory.…
War and conflict have been a part of the human experience for most of recorded history, and many scholars use the concept of just war to analyse wars in their own time and in the past, and to consider how to create long lasting peace. Just war theory forms the basis of much of international law today, and still can be used to analyse modern day conflict, such as the Russian Federation’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. Just war theory in its most coherent form was first discussed by Saint Thomas…