Old Testament

I went to for ten years and worked as a camp counselor for this summer. I started going when I was eight years old which is where I first accepted Jesus into my heart. From then on out, I just kept going and hearing the same sort of sermon in their chapel, though it became more understandable and relatable as I grew older. The last year that I camped, when I was around seventeen years old, everything truly made sense of what God had planned in my life. I knew that I would need to make a better…

As Sorge puts it so nicely, “when God makes you desperate for Him, all the rules change.” This is true in a sense for me as I have had to live with Type 1 Diabetes since I was eleven years old. When I was diagnosed, my whole life was turned upside down and I would never be the same as before the diagnoses. I had and still have to rely on God to give me strength to press on and endure this disease. Though I didn’t go through losing everything…

Biblical stories are often the most common choice for the painters to use as a topic, especially during the Renaissance. In the Renaissance, most of the art pieces or sculptures were created according to the story in the bible. “The Presentation of Christ and The Flight into Egypt” was one of them too. This art piece was created by Melchior Broederlam, a Netherland painter. Broederlam did a great job of portraying the details on the painting according to the bible story. However, unlike most of…

Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. Matthew 7:12. It is this verse that Equiano foundation for his opinion is built. In the narrative “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano,” tells a story of an African born man who is captured and sold into slavery. His journey in the slave trade changes his aspects of the way he perceives slavery. He was born in 1745 into the Benin Kingdom where he himself owned many slaves, he…

Mark and Thomas: Two Tales of Salvation Attempting to reconstruct the life of Jesus through historical records is difficult, tedious, and often frustrating. The few writings and records that have survived the perilous 2,000 year journey into our hands can tell drastically different accounts of what really transpired all those years ago. The Gospels of Mark and Thomas are no exception, especially when tackling the topic of “salvation” or rather “How Does Jesus Save People?” The respective Gospels…

Imagine having the opportunity to be the judge of 24 stories and having to pick the very best one. In Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales, there are 29 pilgrimes in which they are making a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Each pilgrim is to tell at least a tale to and from Canterbury, resulting in 120 tales in which Chaucer was only able to record 24 tales. Within the telling of these stories, there is a contest in which the pilgrim, the Host, chooses the best Tale. In selecting the winning tale the story…

Robert Alter’s translation of Genesis is rhythmically stunning and evoking of a deeper understanding of God’s power. Type scenes, or rather a repetitive event, that occur throughout Genesis allude to specific themes and morals that can be transcended into reality. While some literary texts use one character through a series of events to touch upon one concurrent theme, Genesis employs the use of different characters to ensure that a singular narrative is upheld. The narrative is that of men,…

There are numerous uses of literary devices in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the most prominent of them being symbolism. An explanation is needed to fully understand the meaning of the pentangle, as well as the girdle given to Sir Gawain by the host’s wife. Also, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight can be interpreted as an allegory for some of the core beliefs of Christianity. The use of these devices and how they enhance the poem will be thoroughly investigated throughout this paper. One…

Rhetorical analysis is essentially an attempt to clarify our understanding of the biblical text through a study of its literary techniques. Ancient authors often employed these techniques in order to assist readers to understand the message of the text or to persuade them of the truth of the presentation. The interpreter should always allow for the possibility that the rhetorical dimension of the text will bear directly on exegetical questions. Rhetorical criticism is a well – watered garden…

Andrew Kim Period 4 English 2 Honors Non-fiction Reading Record Title: David and Goliath Author: Malcolm Gladwell Date of Publication: October 1, 2013 Genre: Nonfiction Information about the person or subject’s place in history: Biblical figure Author Background: Malcolm Gladwell is a non-fiction book writer as well as a canadian journalist. As a book writer, he has published five books so far and David and Goliath being one of them. Point of View and Author Bias: As it is from a biblical…