Priestly source

Myths of the world have been told by men since time began, as a way of explaining common natural occurrences. Myths of creation are no different, whether they come from a monotheistic priestly source like that of Genesis or from a polytheistic source like Hesiod’s Theogony. Many similarities can be drawn between different myths all pointing or leading to the same conclusion. For instance, in the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis and of Prometheus in the Theogony. Both stories feature a…

Skylar Windholz Intro to Geography March 25, 2018 Book Review An Ocean of Air An Ocean of Air, written by Gabrielle Walker, mainly discusses the “Ocean of Air” that lives all around us, in which this ocean of air allows us to live. Nevertheless, it can do much more than that. Walker takes readers on a journey in only seven chapters with topics such as climate change, oxygen, the effects of chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, the ionosphere, and many more. The author also provides detailed…

God to humanity’s degeneration into mediocrity or conformity. However, as nihilist Mikhael Bakunin once stated, “Let us put our trust in the eternal spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unsearchable and eternally creative source of all life – the passion for destruction is also a creative passion!” Nihilism is thus both a destructive and a constructive force, and so the true human significance of the philosophical annihilation of the concept of God is the creation of a…

Who is Jesus? The answer is ultimately revealed in the highly controversial Matthew 16:13-20 passage through Peter’s confession and Jesus’ response. This paper, through careful analysis of the greek text and critical use of primary and secondary sources, draws out an exegesis of three essential themes found within the passage. Firstly, Peter’s confession of faith that Jesus is Messiah as being a fundamental basis for the building of a new community. Secondly, the highly debated wordplay between…

Morality is often revered important and inviolable because people generally assume morality is grounded in something transcendental such as tradition, God, or reason. In On the Genealogy of Morals, Nietzsche critiques the value of moral judgments through a genealogical method that examines the origins and meanings of different moral concepts. In the first essay, Nietzsche distinguishes between “master morality” and “slave morality”; master morality was enforced by the masters who were powerful,…

previously mentioned this book has an authoritative lineament which legitimizes the ordinances from the P source. An example of another P source composition is the book of Leviticus. But Deuteronomy is not strictly a book of law. The prophetic message the book conveys always revolves around covenant. This influences much of Deuteronomy and is unique to the D source. In addition the J and E sources are more poetical and use anthropomorphic imagery, dreams, and visions to illustrate poetic…

Parker, Hirschfeld discusses how natural it is for Faustus, and the audience, to seek knowledge. I will use this source to continue to prove that the tale of Doctor Faustus is a tale of forgiveness. I will use this source to explain how Christ’s sacrifice can be contrasted to Doctor Faustus’s self-destruction into damnation. I will use the source, along with the other two sources in order to explain what sins exactly caused his demise. I will explain about his lust for knowledge and truth,…

Judges 17 opens with a story of the questionable nature of Micah’s ethics as the author immediately introduces Micah as the one whom stole his mother’s silver. For that matter, all characters in the story have morality issues. “The narrator presents only undesirable characters, whose words and deeds complement each other.” Micah steals the silver, his mother allows the returned silver to be formed into an idol, and the Levite accepts Micah’s worship practices of the LORD and idols. The…

compared both without realising that the Bible has not followed their assessment of both. Often people lock onto some OT expression about Aaron and then attempt to tie together Aaron’s priesthood and Jesus’ priesthood, without going to the only biblical source for Jesus’ priesthood. The following study is taken from the book of Hebrews, chapters 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 as our only information base for Jesus’ priesthood. Six out of 13 chapters are devoted to the subject of Jesus’ Priesthood and High…

Brigden showed how the youthful group of Reformers was more than how the Catholic Church thought of them. This was shown in the case of mass and confession, which were the two leading sources of the churches power. “To deny them was to reject priestly authority, and to deny clerical power was to vitiate the potency of the sacraments.” This showed that simply questioning certain aspects of the Catholic church was equivalent to going against the entire church. Therefore…