In other words, they fail to use proper hermeneutics in studying the Bible. ... In other words, reading out of the Bible what it says. ... Another benefit of proper hermeneutics in a Bible study is unity. ... We must remember that if the Bible is God's book, it can be understood by everyone through the use of proper hermeneutics in a Bible Study. ... Teaching others what the Bible teaches us, not what we think the Bible says is a true benefit of using proper hermeneutics in our Bible studies. ...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Bible is telling stories about 40,000 B.C.E. ... Altogether, the main difference between the Koran and the Bible is that in the Bible Jesus is the sun of God born by the Virgin Mary. ... Another very important person in the Bible and the Koran is David. In the Bible David is known for the story "Goliath and David.... The Bible preaches the same way of life as the Koran but the Bible has a different approach to convince non-believers to believe in the one god. ...

• Word Count: 1951
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The second book of the Christian Bible is the New Testament. ... Unlike the Koran, the stories of the Bible are ordered chronologically. The length of each chapter bears no relevance to its place in the Bible. ... Arguably the best English translation of the Bible is the King James Version. ... Both the Koran and the Bible promise an afterlife. ...

• Word Count: 1866
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways. The epic has an extraordinarily different perspective than the Bible does. ... In the Bible I find far greater meaning behind what happened with the snake compared to the Gilgamesh snake story. ... I really enjoyed reading it and comparing it to the Bible. ... If I did a paper like this in High School they probably would have had a serious talk with me on how nothing is similar to the Bible, especially Gilgamesh. ...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To millions and millions, the Bible is their comfort in the inevitability of death and where they"ll go when they pass on. Throughout the Bible, one can see the early transition of the term "Death". ... The teaching of the Bible on death can be broken down into four main opinions. ... When one died in the prime of his life or childless, it created a rational fear over premature death to the Bible's readers. ... The Bible shows a long and detailed transformation of the term death. ...

• Word Count: 2030
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

But the question that is that Does the Bible condemn violence? The fact is the Bible contains plenty of violence, some of it promoted by God. ... They were basically told by God to hate their enemies, yet 'Love your neighbor' is the second of two commandments given by Christ The bible also advocates for love for your enemies as God says... ... "Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy" is another statement God makes in Deuteronomy 7 that does not go in accordance with what is advocated for in the bible, in Romans 9 "I will have mercy on whomever I will have me...

• Word Count: 1376
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the Bible, the Pharaoh's daughter is the one that finds him. ... In the Bible, Moses immediately runs away after killing an Egyptian man. ... When it comes to the Bible, Jesus is the central figure of the book. The Bible describes Jesus as the Son of God. The Trinity plays a big part in the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1753
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

You can interpret the Bible to allow for both creationism and evolution. ... The Bible was written to be a tool to explain the unexplainable. ... The Bible is the real center of the controversy between religion and evolution; it has been proven by the very best dating systems we know that the Bible was written by more than one writer, founded by more than one voice. ... The Bible has been used for thousands of years by many different governments to instill power over their people. ... God will not condemn us for questioning the Bible; however God may condemn us for questioning Him. ...

• Word Count: 1408
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Bible has many contradictions and this may the reason why people have trouble trusting the morals of it, but we must understand that the Bible too was not written by Jesus or God. The Bible does have flaws because the books contained within the Bible were written by biased humans. The books that would be placed in the Bible were also decided on by biased humans. ... We must read the Bible for ourselves and apply it to our lives. ... The life that the Bible teaches us is a life that is virtuous and justified. ...

• Word Count: 1486
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

According to this passage, you can see the Bible clearly states the flood covered the whole earth. ... The Bible says it happened and other cultures provide a story that includes a flood narrative. ... However, one needs to be careful when weighing the facts of the Bible and what it says. In the Bible we have the flood narrative for a reason. ... It seems to come down to your interpretation of the bible and what you believe to be true in your own studies. ...

• Word Count: 1824
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"Learning from things like Bible Study, Sunday school, and just church in general has greatly improved my interpretation skills, not only when reading the Bible, but just literature in general. ... My mother picked up the bible at an early age. ... Did your parents influence you to read the bible to learn how to write? ... My mother, Liliana, actually learned a lot from the bible. ... Now, Ramon actually learned mostly from the bible. ...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The bible is made up of sources, and many authors composed the bible. The bible will sometimes recognize its sources, but usually doesn't make it clear who was the author. The best way to view the bible authors is as editors. ... This is important enough to be placed as the second section of the bible. ... Exodus is a continuation of Genesis, being part of a Torah, which is the law of the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1668
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Holy Bible does reveals that when the earth was born, not much had occupied the earth; but process of how everything got here differs slightly from evolution. In the Holy Bible, the first verse of the book of "Genesis" states, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis. 1.1). ... The Holy Bible states that man was created as a spitting image of God himself. ... Jesus, who the Bible shows to be the most powerful being to ever walk the earth, was also in the form of a man. ... This ending is slightly different from the Holy Bible as that says mankind will continue to s...

• Word Count: 1384
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Michael Bray, a minister and a man who was convicted of a series of abortion clinic bombings, believed that morals were derived from the Bible, and so we should put Bible law ahead of secular law. ... Morals have to be learned whether in the Bible or from situations, it's all about preference, but if ones morals are derived from the Bible, misconceptions have to be avoided. ... Being a nation that studies the Bible and is predominantly Christian, we can clearly see that some people can easily misconstrue the Bibles words. ... It is hard to believe that every word in t...

• Word Count: 2047
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Unfortunately, when it comes to Bible text, use of exaggeration is often times yet another cause for disagreement and controversy. There will always be those who tend to interpret the Bible more literally than others. Many believe that the entire Bible is God's word and God "spoke" only truth , therefore the Bible must be "inerrant" or void of any kind of error. ... Which brings us to consider one of, if not the, most recognized uses of exaggeration in the entire Bible. ... Certainly Jesus wasn't the only one to make clear use of many styles of figurative language in the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1777
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In the Jewish Bible and The Iliad, women were portrayed as the property of men. ... Beauty is a dangerous power that men granted women in the Jewish Bible and The Iliad for which it made men lose their property and lives and even created battles and conflicts between nations and friends. For example, Sarai in The Jewish Bible was the one who had the dangerous power of beauty. ... The three cases from both The Jewish Bible and The Iliad prove that beauty is sometimes a dangerous power of women which would bring deception and conflicts to individuals and even can influence the society negatively...

• Word Count: 1653
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The New American Standard Bible says, "Now a man or woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death. ... Not once does The New American Standard Bible mention Satan as having anything to do with Witchcraft. ... In this case the Bible was used as propaganda to discourage the knowledge of natural magick. ... Again my friend Nichole Anderson said, "no because the Bible is open to any one who wants to read it, you can buy it anywhere!" Anyone can pick up a book on the religion of Wicca any where also, just as easily as the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1958
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Additionally, the Bible states that our neighbors are not restricted to those that live in close proximity. ... Actually, the Bible explicitly reveals that failing to assist the needy is a sin. ... In light of the fact that we are responsible for helping our neighbors, the Bible also clarifies that our "neighbors" are not simply the people that we live near. ... Jesus" actions coincide with Leviticus 19:18, in which the Bible mandates "Love your neighbor as yourself." ... The Bible's code is not difficult to follow and accounts for every encounter with our ailing neighbors. ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

To many people trying to find a theme for the Bible is pointless and difficult. This is because for a theme to be valid it must consider the Bible as a whole, but allow each part of it to speak for its own. ... The Bible is one big book. ... It helped me to realize that the Bible is just one big book and the New Testament is a fulfillment of the Old Testament. I also liked the different cycles of the kingdom and how they were explained at different eras of the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1338
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although, spanking is often quoted in the Proverbs 23 in the King James Bible stating, "withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. ... This one verse of many in the Bible has been debated for several years of the meaning of the word "rod". ... In the Bible, people are referred to as sheep metaphorically throughout the entire book. So, if people are "sheep" then the "rod" is a metaphorical tool used in the Bible that refers to any type of discipline to guide a child to the right path as the shepherd did with the sheep. ... Using the "...

• Word Count: 1496
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

If one is to believe the content of the Bible (taken literally), then one believes at least in part in predestination. ... This shows that though there seems to be a choice on the surface, if one is to believe the text of the Bible then there really is no choice in the matter of their destiny. When literally interpreting the Bible, there is absolutely no compromise between believing in God's omniscience and believing in free will. One must either give up their particular interpretation of the Bible or give up their beliefs about predestination. ...

• Word Count: 1303
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Today these Ten Commandments are within the Old Testament in The Bible. ... So consider what the Bible says about the law we should follow today. ... Lawyers have even studied the Bible along with theologians to try and discover its worthiness and have only found misinterpretation and misconceptions . ... The result of this has brought the biblical legal aspects within the study of the Bible into dispute. ... Although justice and judgment have come along way from early civilizations to now, lawmaking will always be present and The Bible will always hold as "words to li...

• Word Count: 1362
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Bryan was a very religious man; he could quote the Bible up and down. ... He believed in God but did not agree with the Bible at all. ... Darrow also was out to point out some of the flaws of the Bible. ... Then Bryan appealed to the Bible believers by pointing out how the Bible said the world was created, and how Scopes was wrong. ... Bryan believed that the Bible should be accepted just as it is. ...

• Word Count: 1778
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Weren't his stories all colored allegories to heaven, the Bible, God, Jesus Christ, and the moralistic examples of the rights and wrongs taught in that stifling little room after church? ... He said that "the Chronicles weren't supposed to be an allegory in the true sense of the word, but...they were supposed to remind you of something you've heard before...he wasn't out to recreate the Bible for children; he just wanted to tell a story" (Casey, 1). ... I had no clue I was learning anything, much less all the hand-slapping Bible stuff I daydreamed through at Sunday Schoo...

• Word Count: 1593
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The word testament means "witness," and Christians believe that the Old Testament contains the witness of God originally to the Jews, and the New Testament the witness of people who knew Jesus or were closely associated with events in the early church." (46) The Bible is the guide book for the Christian. ... (Qur"an, 5:73-75) The Bible on the other hand clearly states that Jesus is God, "Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. ... (Holy Bible, John 14:6) According to Ahlul Bayt, the Muslim would say that the Bible was corrupted by man so it can't be completely tr...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School