Septuagint Essays

Week Four Devotional Mordecai sent this reply to Esther: “Don’t think for a moment that because you’re in the palace you will escape when all other Jews are killed. If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?” Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: “Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or

Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation. Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved. [Biblica] IF I ONLY KNEW No More Excuses

Nearly a year has passed since Mr Utterson’s and Mr Hyde’s peculiar meeting in the dismal district of Soho. In this violent scene Mr Hyde explodes almost randomly in a burst of anger and violently murders an old man that we later learn is Sir Danvers Carew who is a well known social and political figure. The mood is almost nightmarish and extremely suspenseful. There are a verity of teqniques that Stevenson uses through this scene to reinforce that overall nightmarish mood and make this particular

Chapter 2 “Musical Instruments in the Tanakh” So from dissecting biblical text, it is said that Satan was the first created being to have music placed within him. As mentioned earlier on in this chapter, the first human documented in the Bible to handle a musical instrument was Jubal, yet although he may have been the source of all musical instruments as we know them now, it can be argued that few Christians understand the true spiritual significance of the instruments used in worship. If a true

Romeo and Juliet Essay Throughout the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the story focuses on love, passion, violence, loyalties, overpowering forces that supersede all other values, and emotions. Romeo and Juliet is considered the most famous love story in English literature. The young star-crossed lovers are driven to defy their parents for the sake of their love. The main theme of Romeo and Juliet is that the hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest. Shakespeare portrays

You are granted power and want to alter a situation in order to benefit yourself. How do you do it? In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, individuals with power are found in situations they feel they need to change. They work to accomplish this change, by modifying and even twisting moral views to an interpretation that is advantageous to them. Power leads to the corruption of values, which is illustrated by the Gilead setting, the Aunts’ character, and the use of Offred’s first person

The gods and goddesses in Homer’s Odysseus perform a key role in the characters’ fates. They act as guides in reaching their destinies although sometimes they are petty, cruel and bent towards destruction of the characters. In this case, the gods have conflicting motives other than the main harmonious purpose utilized by those in union. However, the gods are like the human characters by which they influence their lives. The mortals in the story are experiencing some favour from the divine entity

KJV Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.   CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: Oh Are We Have Fallen (We That Are Members Of The Body Of Christ) CHAPTER TWO: Who Are The Children Of God? CHAPTER THREE: How Do I Become A Child Of God? CHAPTER FOUR: Is Water Baptism A Prerequisite For Salvation? CHAPTER FIVE: The True Body And Blood

Authors: John B. Gabel, Charles B. Wheeler, Anthony D. York, David Citino Title: “The Bible as Literature: An Introduction”; Chapter 9: “The Wisdom Literature” In this chapter of “The Bible as Literature: An Introduction” the books of The Wisdom of Solomon in the Apocrypha and Ecclesiasticus and the three books of Ecclesiastes, Job and Proverbs are analyzed and the main focus is “wisdom literature”. The aim of the chapter is to analyze the biblical text by taking in consideration the techniques used

The Destruction of the Male God in Emily Dickinson’s “Over the Fence” and in Rosemary Radford Ruether’s “The Liberation of Christology from Patriacrchy” Rosemary Radford Ruether in her article, “The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy," and Emily Dickinson in her poem, “Over the Fence,” destroy two structures, at the core of which resides the male gendered God. The two interconnected structures — the patriarchal/gender structure, which is hierarchical, and therefore, vertical structure, and

The book of Psalms, one of the Books of Wisdom, showed how a combination of songs and poems can express the joys of nature as well as exemplify praise and thanks God. Daniel Estes believed that the book of Psalms was written by many different authors and “originated long before the extant collection was brought together” (Estes 141). The ideology behind Psalms was to keep it universal and general so that many people will be able to understand the meaning behind each hymn. These songs were created

The Book of Ecclesiastes is know as Wisdom Literature, with the concern being the application of truth. The author of this book is known as Anonymous although many believe it was written by Solomon in his later years of life. It was written in the 3rd century of BC, probably around 935 BC, with dispute as to whether the book belongs to the Persian or Hellenistic periods. This book is more like a life journal of a Teacher to a pupil vs. a structured literary work. The book was read at the Feast

Poetry: The five poetry and wisdom books include hymns, proverbs, poems, and dramas. They illustrate the creative ways the people of Israel expressed themselves to God and to each other. Job: It is unknown who wrote this book. It is a story of perseverance. It takes place in Mesopotamia (Uz) and it is unknown when it was written. It was written to show the sovereignty of God and to illustrate faithfulness in the midst of suffering. Job is tested in chapters 1-3; Job’s friends in 4-31; Elihu’s speech

Another example comes from Bel and the Dragon, which is from the Apocrypha and considered the fourteenth chapter of Daniel. Here, Daniel meet with King Astyages, who was king of the Babylonians. At this time the Babylonians started worshiping an idol called Bel. In verse seven, Daniel smiled, and said, O king, be not deceived: for this is but clay within, and brass without, and did never eat or drink anything. Daniel was instilling doubt within King Astyages court. The king then called for the priests

The Destruction of the Male God in Emily Dickinson’s “Over the Fence” and in Rosemary Radford Ruether’s “The Liberation of Christology from Patriacrchy” Rosemary Radford Ruether in her article, “The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy," and Emily Dickinson in her poem, “Over the Fence,” destroy two structures, at the core of which resides the male gendered God. The two interconnected structures — the patriarchal/gender structure, which is hierarchical, and therefore, vertical structure, and

The Wisdom Books located in the Old Testament are; Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, the Book of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus The Wisdom literature is significant in many ways for both Israelite people and Christians today. It contains many wise sayings about; life, people and their behaviour, and thoughts about God and the world. The books within the Wisdom literature (Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, the Book of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus) each bring us closer

I really enjoyed reading Chapter 1. I became familiar with the New Testament. It was a great learning experience for me as I was not familiar with most of the topics. The New Testament was not discovered, it didn’t exist until the fourth century. This was a new topic for me. As mentioned in the chapter I always defined the New Testament as a teachings of Jesus. I always thought the New Testament was a book that described the teachings of Jesus but, rather, it is a collection of twenty-seven books

the New Testament position. The importance of a proper interpretation of this word cannot be overstressed. In the Septuagint, Hades is found 71 times. It is the Greek equivalent for Sheol 64 times. The other seven times it is found in the Septuagint, it is the translation of other Hebrew words, some of which shed significant light on what Hades meant to the translators of the Septuagint. In Job 33:22, Hades is the translation of the Hebrew word memeteim, or 'destroying angels [KJV] ... the angels who

The gospel message was sent to the Jews first, which means the Hebrew background of the New Testament was primarily religious ( Rom. 1:16). In Babylon,changes to Judaism occurred because of the Jews migrating from Babylon to Jerusalem, such as, the elimination of idolatry and a development of monotheism. However, the Law was amplified with other writings known as the Talmud that fostered traditionalism.For that reason, the cultured class of scribes and rabbis reduced the Jewish religion to

in Hebrew is “Yehoshua” the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament). Joshua’s name means “The Lord is Salvation,” In the Septuagint, the Greek translation of the Old Testament, his name takes the same name borne by our Lord, Jesus. The Book of Joshua is the first book of the Historical Books of the Old Testament in the Greek, ‘Septuagint”. The Book of Joshua was written by Joshua as evidenced by the composition of the book. He was the successor of Moses. Early in the book of