I will begin my paper with the early writings of Christians and continue chronologically until after World War II. ... "In these ways the New Testament laid the foundations for later Christian hostility to the Jewish nation and served as the basis for the early Church's vilification of the Jews." ... They discussed and acknowledged their differences, like a family fight. Yet, towards the end of the first century their relationships deteriorated. ... I WILL PLACE MY LAW WITHIN THEM, AND WRITE IT UPON THEIR HEARTS; I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. ...

• Word Count: 5463
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Prior to their discovery at Qumran near the Dead Sea in the 1940's, our oldest Hebrew scriptures are only one thousand years old. ... However, it was not until 1964 that Margaret Brackenbury Crook, a professor of Biblical Literature, published a study on the status of women in Judaism and Christianity entitled Women and Religion. ... Ultimately the Jews developed their unique religious system and the concept of one God, but it was a gradual process. ... Blaming Eve for causing sin in the world through the wiliness of the serpent has been a long-held belief, but scholars are now assessing ...

• Word Count: 2927
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School