The Bible and history

of Authority of the Bible and and to a Degree of Emphasis on Old Testament and New Testament. There is a fascinating correspondence between the social issues and the view on biblical authority of the global South churches and those of the African-American churches. As Jenkins notes, "The socially liberating effects of evangelical religion should come as no surprise to anyone who has traced the enormous influence of biblically based religion throughout African-American history.…When viewed on a…

The Bible According to Dr. James White, our author, the Bible is the best-selling book of all times. One reason why the Bible is so special is because Jesus endorsed it. During His time, Jesus accepted the Old Testament as holy Scripture from God. He personally authorized and commissioned His handpicked followers, to teach others throughout the world, what He had taught them. Since the early church believed Jesus was God in human form, His teachings and the teachings of His apostles became a…

The Bhagavad Gita and The Hebrew Bible A Comparison of Religious Literature The religious literature of Hinduism and Judaism differ everywhere from the original languages they were written in, too the basis of their fundamental views. While both share a monotheistic idea of god, Judaism sees god as strictly transcendent; where in Hinduism god is both transcendent and immanent. The Bhagavad Gita revolves around four main concepts, the first being Dharma. Social and religious rules, general…

God. God an all encompassing create and ruler of all things, created a ancient book written by many authors over thousands of years, who amazingly, avoided contradictions with each other. ever since then people have a disagreed on the meaning of the bible and formed different denominations, causing various problems. Confusion for unbelievers, distraction from the true Gospel and a reason for religious…

(Hendel, 2001). The historical accuracy of the great Exodus has been questioned considerably due to the oral and written passing on of the events; which would eventually all be written down in the Bible. Cultural and collective memory are one reason that scholars doubt the complete accuracy of the Bible, because it tends to be a combination of actual…

The Bible as we have today as found in the Greek New Testament (NA-28) and the Hebrew Old Testament are authentic to the original autographs as possible. Each of these published manuscripts have a unique history and verification along the way. The Hebrew Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew which is different from modern Hebrew. According to Josh McDowell, the Masoretic scribes from the 500-900 CE had the copying with exact precision down to the letters on a page. Scribes could not copy…

interesting points in history that sparked change in the churches. The main reason the Reformation took place is because Martin Luther wanted to change the Catholic Church and their practices. Martin Luther wrote 95 theses to combat the practices of the church because he wanted to show the sins that were in them. For example, some of his theses included: the selling of church services (funerals), selling indulgences (paying your way out of hell), and using texts other than the Bible in sermons. …

Throughout history historians have explored and researched the different ways that religious revivals and reform movements have configured gendered, racial, and economic power. Religious history has always been characterized by optimism towards the future and in America; specifically people felt that they could remake the world using faith as their motivation and mold it into a perfect society. The changes and molding that religious people wanted to make was believed to be ordered by God using…

religious and some label a social movement, is to realize at in its simplest form it is an ideology that gives the participants a behavioral and spiritual guideline for life (Chevannes 1994). At the core of their belief is the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible with a focus on the people of African extraction as God’s chosen race, and the belief that the true Messiah comes to us as Emperor Haile Selassie I (Ras Tafari) of Ethiopia. While they live now…

Even though the predominant religion in the United States is Christianity, I am not surprised that the Holy Bible was one of the most challenged books in 2015. Recently, the percentage of Americans that identify as Protestant has been decreasing, which I was well aware of prior to discovering that the Bible was frequently challenged. Particularly, people of my generation are not as religiously devout as our parents’ generation are. Combined with the rise of Islam and the increased support of…