The book I chose to read is called The Origin of Satan, by Elaine Pagels. ... Therefore while I mention a decent amount I will be commenting on the information I present opposed to writing a summary and then commenting afterwards. ... In this book Elaine Pagels mentions "The book of James", "The book of Philip", and "The book of Thomas". ... One of the most interesting sections of the book I read was in the last chapter where Elaine Pagels speaks of this anonymously written book calle d the Testimony of Truth. ... I never knew exactly how all of the European pagan religions died out until I...

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The theme of the book of Amos is divine judgment and its aim is to effect repentance and reformation in view of the inevitability of impending judgments unless the people amended their ways, that is why violence is shown so much in this book. The message of the book logically divides into four major parts: (1) a denunciation of evil coupled with a warning of judgment (chs 1:1 to 2:16); (2) an appeal to return to the Lord (chs 3:1 to 6:14); (3) an emphatic warning of the finality of this appeal (chs 7:1 to 9:10); (4) a promise of national blessing and restoration in the event of ...

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The Confessions is a very dense and spiritual book which chronicles the life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, an exploration and study of memory and his analysis and interpretation of the book of genesis. ... Book ten is a contemplation of memory and an analysis of himself, where he observes the wonders of the external world and relates it to an introspective study of himself. ... Augustine of Hippo is very selective about which narratives he includes in his book The Confessions. ... Augustine's tone in this book is very inspirational and at the same time very agnostic which is probably what ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Next, Everyman attempted to evade Death by requesting a twelve year respite, in order to make his counting book perfect and no longer fear Death. ... Good-Deeds tells Everyman that he should have had his book of account ready for this very day; and consequently, she cannot help him with it now. ...

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Creation functions for us as a book). ... Lastly, in the Wisdom literature of the Kethubim, for example the Book of Psalms, we find a plethora of prophecy revealing Jesus as the Christ. ... In summary, the Wisdom literature certainly spoke of Christ as His work and ministry fulfilled those very prophecies. ...

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• Grade Level: High School