In the bible it recorded that while Samson was journeying to Timnah with his father and mother, a young lion attacked him. ... I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. " (2 Samuel 1:25-26) Finally, there is the similarity of the quest for immortality/eternal life: After the death of Enkidu, Gilgamesh had grown afraid of death. ...

• Word Count: 778
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• Grade Level: High School

If I convince someone to kill another person, am I guilty of the murder that they committed? ... For the record, however, I am able to argue the inescapable guilt of these defendants: 1) Many have received life sentences due to conspiracy, and there is no reason the serpent should be any different. 2) Once Eve consumed the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, would she not then know the difference between right and wrong? ...

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Here is where God presented himself to Moses as Yahweh (I-AM-WHO-AM). Yahweh went on to tell Moses, "I am sending you to Pharaoh, for you are to lead my people the children of Israel out of Egypt....

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

The Holy Qur'an is the central text to the religion of Islam, which was revealed in the form of revelations by the Prophet Muhammad. Within this belief system, Muhammad was the last of the prophets who where chosen to communicate the words of the god Allah. Therefore, the text of the Qur'an is the e...

• Word Count: 1896
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approa...

• Word Count: 3573
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• Grade Level: High School

He spoke to him, "the end of all flesh has come before me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them I am about to destroy them Make yourself an ark" This was God's warning and blessing to Noah, to save him and his family's lives from the flood, the Lord's Covenant. ...

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• Has Bibliography

I don't believe that work is the appropriate place to express your religious beliefs but I am sure many people would disagree with my opinion regarding places to display those beliefs. ... Noah was the creator of the Ark, a large ship build out of wood timbers, he is also the third longest –living human o record in the bible. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Some years ago a German scholar came under a terrible attack for describing the poor condition of the church. His article was titled "The Babylonian Captivity". In it Martin Luther pointed out that the church had fallen so far away from truth that it had spiritually become Bablylon: Apostate! ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Adah, damaged since birth and unable (or unwilling) to speak, records her observations of her family with a shrewd poetic intelligence; she is a verbal gymnast, a dedicated diarist, and a profound skeptic. ... I am taking all the nourishment here and going on ahead. ...

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Robert Browning, one of the most talented poets of the Victorian period, is famous especially for his dramatic monologues. Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. Much of his work is directly reflective of his life and of those issues that were of direct concern to hi...

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• Grade Level: High School

What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...

• Word Count: 9352
• Approx Pages: 37
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School