Both are God's Word for Man, but have a different interpretation of accounts. ... In the Bible, the Apostles wrote Noah's story in a way that showed him, as not only a man of good faith, but the only man of good faith. ... Yes, and not only man but every beast and creeping thing, even the birds of the air for I regret that I ever made them.... The main differences being, that Noah was depicted as a fearful man who pleaded with others to listen to him and obey him. ... Returning him back to his mother to be nursed until he reached an older age, he was then adopted by the Pharaoh'...

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

The tools of this study will be exegetical and analytical evaluation of sources from both Hebrews and Qumran literature as well as looking back into the Old Testament for evidences of the priestly office. ... In view of this, the next section will focus on how the author used references from the Old Testament to build his argument. 1.2. Old Testament References in Hebrews The concept of priest – king found in Hebrews may be traced back to the Old Testament. In the Old Testament, the occurrence of a king being priest is not common. ... The references so far from the Old Testament do not c...

• Word Count: 3309
• Approx Pages: 13
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Prior to their discovery at Qumran near the Dead Sea in the 1940's, our oldest Hebrew scriptures are only one thousand years old. ... The language and style of the Hebrew Bible or Christian Old Testament continued the traditions of ancient Canaan. ... All Near Eastern goddesses, including Asherah, were given titles such as queen of heaven, and goddess of the sea and moon. ... The creation of man and woman simultaneously parallels the Mesopotamian creation story, Enuma Elish. ... The reference to man leaving his father and mother and cleaving to his wife in Genesis 2:24 could be so interpr...

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

Once converted, Old Jews quickly got the old lifestyles back and soon became one of the most prosperous people in Spain. ... "I repent having become a Christian," (qtd,in Kamen 41) a resident of Medinaceli claimed in 1504.Converts encountered hostility from both Jews and Old Christians. ... Many Conversos also kept up some Jewish practices and would give gifts of oil to their old synagogues. ... Under this, Conversos could never hold civil or ecclesiastical offices, nor could they act as witnesses or notaries, or exercise any authority at all over Old Christians. Franciscan friar Alfonso de Sp...

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"AND IN THE VERY PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE, THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED CHILDREN OF THE LIVING GOD," GENTILES, WHO DID NOT STRIVE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HAVE ATTAINED IT, THAT IS, RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH; BUT ISRAEL, WHO DID STRIVE FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BASED ON THE LAW, DID NOT SUCCEED IN FULFILLING THAT LAW [ROMANS 9] "In proclaiming his Christian message Paul stressed that the Jewish nation had been rejected by God, and the new Covenant had superseded the old," said David Cohn-Sherbok, in his book The Crucified Jew. ... [JOHN 19:7] THE JEWS CRIED OUT,...

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