Thematic Guide to Biblical LiteratureThe Bible has had a tremendous influence on world history and culture, but it is largely unfamiliar to many students. This book relates the Bible to a wide range of literary works commonly read by students and thus helps students understand these texts as well as the cultural and historical contexts surrounding them. Included are chapters on 20 themes, such as creation, family and friends, love and marriage, the hero, war, and death and the afterlife. Each chapter discusses the biblical significance of the theme, provides scriptural quotations and citations, and explores the biblical presence of the theme in literary works often read by students. Each chapter cites works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography. |
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... hand at birth : born in a certain year in a certain country to a certain family ; healthy or challenged , talented or limited ; each of us will have so many years on earth to go from birth to death . The task is to determine how we will ...
... hand at birth : born in a certain year in a certain country to a certain family ; healthy or challenged , talented or limited ; each of us will have so many years on earth to go from birth to death . The task is to determine how we will ...
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... hand of the lord whose name I don't remember " and prays for his grace . Jonah is finally forced to understand God's grace , provided to him as well as to the dwellers in the despised city . This mercy is symbolized by Jonah's gourd ...
... hand of the lord whose name I don't remember " and prays for his grace . Jonah is finally forced to understand God's grace , provided to him as well as to the dwellers in the despised city . This mercy is symbolized by Jonah's gourd ...
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... hand ; Surely the Second Coming is at hand . His speculation is interrupted by a vision of a vast image , " somewhere in sands of the desert " that resembles the famous Sphinx , a " shape with lion body and the head of a man . " He ends ...
... hand ; Surely the Second Coming is at hand . His speculation is interrupted by a vision of a vast image , " somewhere in sands of the desert " that resembles the famous Sphinx , a " shape with lion body and the head of a man . " He ends ...
Contents
Earthly Paradise 13 2 5 8 5 3 1 | 13 |
Animals and Humans | 39 |
Gods Love Humans Response | 63 |
Copyright | |
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