There is also no known author for the Book of Jonah. ... The story begins with the Lord telling Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against its wickedness. ... I believe Jonah then realize as well as anyone reading this great story that God's mercy is universal as well as his love. ... However, if the author wanted to declare it as history rather than a parable he would have given dates and names. ... Murphy further discusses on the author's portrayal of the sailors. ...

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The stories begin as simple recapitulations of material from the Torah, and evolve into very descriptive stories which reflect real life experiences of the authors. ... The sentences are short and the author concentrates less on descriptive adjectives and more on the story. ... The narrator tells us that "...a man must suffer patiently and he must endure...Our sins are too great and our remorse [i]s too weak, we must keep waiting for our Good Lord to set the hour." ... Authors of this period focus more on social issues and are influenced by many outside sources. ... The author of thi...

• Word Count: 1435
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It serves the author as an effective tool for creating a vivid picture for the reader. ... Every author's intentions were different. ... One thing is certain though, many of the biblical authors, although separated by time, seemed to share a love for certain styles of figurative and pectoral language. ... "David also provided great stores of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing., and cedar logs without number (1 Chronicles 22:3) " and the congregation assembled in one body before the Lord at Mizpah. ... (Gabel...

• Word Count: 1777
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The Reflection of Style Through Literary Devices " as Death Comes for the Arch Bishop reflects a way of life achieved by the author after she had gone through a nadir of despair over her failure in human life" (Stouk 107). Throughout Willa Cather's writing career she wrote many great novels. ... By looking at these literary devices, and also the change of religious emphasis the author's style is reflected. In the book Death Comes for the Arch Bishop, by Willa Cather the author's style and life are reflected through her use of literary devices, character development, and ch...

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Symbolically, the metaphor tells us that the author believes that God can do anything and overcome any obstacles he may face. ... The author states in Line 10: The clouds ye so much dread, Are big with mercy, and shall break, In blessings on your head. ... Figuratively, the clouds are what seem to be the misfortunes of life, which will be overcome with God's great mercy. ... In the final stanza, the author writes: Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. ...

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Douglass comments that: "Another advantage I gained in my new master was, he made no pretensions to, or profession of, religion; and this, in my opinion, was truly a great advantage. ... One author in particular, Nathan Irvin Huggins writes: "Slavery, rather than being a means of civilizing and Christianizing backward and pagan Africans, was shown to keep slaves unschooled and unlettered and ignorant of Christianity, except as it might serve the master and the institution. ... In the same way, author Booker T. ... His Uncle Lawson who he had great respect for mentioned these words to Dougla...

• Word Count: 1984
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He allows the reader to understand the Greeks and their ability to tell great stories, their relationship with god, their view on man and human nature, and how they have effected the twenty-first century. ... The Greeks constitute great storytellers as they, in detail, employ action, suspense, mystery and love throughout their stories. ... The author again portrays Greeks as great storytellers in the story Perseus. ... The Greeks are always known as great warriors from the myths such as the Fall of Troy and Hercules, but as Edith Hamilton writes these myths, it is evident the skills the Greeks...

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The Johannine Literature John's writings are quite different from the rest of the New Testament authors. ... Titus 2:13-14 says; "while we look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed. ... He was gentle enough to be praised by children but possess great authority (Psalms 8:2 compare Matt 21:16). ...

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Handel's "Messiah" is a great example of how knowledge and the nature of God/the holy can be conveyed through the use of music. ... After composing Messiah, Handel supposedly wrote to a friend "I did think I did see all of heaven before me and the great God himself". ... For instance John Newton, author of "Amazing Grace", claimed the song lacked the message of God. ...

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The two authors argue that God is something in which nothing greater can be conceived. One may conclude as a matter of logic that God exists, his existence being a necessary requirement of his unsurpassable greatness. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Kay Arthur author of As Silver Refined (1997), states, "God is in perfect control of them [trials], and in His perfect design He's permitted them to teach me to act rather than react. ... Jude verse 24 says, "To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy..." ...

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Aquinas examined the question of God's existence in great detail in his philosophical works. ... Hume wrote: Our ancestors in Europe, before the revival of letters, believed, as we do at present, that there was one supreme God, the author of nature, whose power, though in itself uncontrollable, was yet often exerted by the interposition of his angels and subordinate ministers, who executed his sacred purposes. ...

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It is important to note that Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author, writes from a 2 Puritan frame of reference. ... This is a great example of sin displayed in a selfish way. ... The great tragedy here is that all of the right views about God being Father, such as loving and caring, as 4 well as a help in time of need just was not evident to Pear. ... Her lo...

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La Vey is the author of three books: The Satanic Bible, Complete Witch, and The Satanic Rituals. ... Ignatius of Loyola, a great master of the spiritual life, has left us in his book of Exercises the famous meditation on the two standards, which vividly expresses the Christian's struggle. ...

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He says, "A great many old people came and knelt around us and prayed, old women with jet-black faces and braided hair, old men with work-gnarled hands" (219). ... Therefore, the narrative techniques used throughout this essay truly help the reader visualize what the author sees, feels, and hears....

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However, twentieth century wisdom does not apply to Paradise Lost, as Milton takes great pains to associate God's council with holiness, and Satan's with wickedness. ... God wisely states that Satan and his followers are "authors to themselves in all Both what they judge and what they choose-, indicating that there is no need for further revenge by Heaven. ... The way in which the two bodies of disciples greet the speeches of their masters also have a great significance. ...

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