The Talmud has two major components: "the Mishnah, a book of halakhah (law) written in Hebrew; and the commentary on the Mishnah, known as the Talmud (or Gemarah).... The tractates are broken down further into chapters and the chapters are broken down into mishnahs that are similar to verses in the Bible. ... In sum, chapters four and five deal with prayer in general, chapters six through eight, discuss appropriate conduct at a meal as well as the blessings recited before and after eating, and chapter nine deals with blessings recited in response to various phenomena. ... A second insig...

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is more commonly known as the Mormon Church, after the Book of Mormon. ... The first book that they go by is the Bible, The Old and New Testament. Second, they follow the Book of Mormon, the second witness of divinity in Jesus. Their third book is the doctrines and covenants, which are 135 revelations and statements that are restating in updated terms the first few chapters of the Bible. The fourth book; The Pearl of Great Price, restates the next chapters in newer terms. ...

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Weizsacker's statement in his book The Apostolic Age(1958), "From all our authorities there can be no doubt that [baptism] was practiced from an early date in the Apostolic period." ... Beasley-Murray's book Baptism in the New Testament(1963) he brings out what scholars believe Paul's view of baptism was. ... The Greek word used in the sixth chapter of Romans is???... Wheeler Robinson in hi...

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This parable can be found in the book of Matthew, Mark and Luke. ... This parable can be found in the book of Luke. ... Another is the Parable of the Prodigal Son which is found in the book of Luke chapter 15. ...

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It should, furthermore, be noted that Paul begins this chapter by saying, "Therefore, being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.... (Grudem) Robert Culver, too, speaks about the nature of sin in own book, and time and time again he returns one basic understanding of sin being: "Lack of conformity to divine law, therefore, constitutes sin as sin....

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Actually, it says quite a bit, beginning in the third chapter of Genesis. ... In the book of Nehemiah we are told that the city of Jerusalem and the temple were rebuilt, "because the people had a mind to work". ... Later, in the New Testament book of Thessalonians, Paul urged the people to work, "if one in the faith community does not work, then that person shouldn't eat either". ...

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INTRODUCTION In his book "Love of Enemies" William Klassen examines the various interpretations of love of enemies in relation to war and peace in the Jewish and Christian faiths. Klassen has three distinct concerns that make an influence on his views on peace. First, Klassen feel...

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The Birth of Jesus According to Matthew The first Gospel presented in the New Testament of the Christian Bible is the Gospel of Matthew. Said to have been written in Syria during the last third of the first century, it is most likely the third of the four Gospels created (Brown: Messiah 45). Like...

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