...Exodus Narrative- Israel experiences tyrannical slavery in Egypt. By royal decree the Israelites are made to slave under tyranny death at the time of birth is decreed for all their male offspring. Mosses he was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter and so is spared from death, but he is taught by his own mother. Moses is commissioned at burning bush as deliverer to speak and act in the name of jahve. He returns to Egypt with Aaron, he appears before Pharaoh, telling him that jahve has said to send Israel away to worship him in the wilderness. Pharaoh refuses and increases oppression. Jahve renews promise to deliver Israel and to give them the land of Canan, thus deepening their appreciation for his name jahve. Using a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, jahve leads Israel out of Egypt; he opens the Red Sea to permit them to cross over on dry land, and then drowns pharaoh and his army when they try to cross the seabed in pursuit. Deuteronomy Law- The Israelites is commanded to remember four things: God’s faithfulness, God’s holiness, God’s blessings, and God’s warnings. The first three chapters recap the trip from Egypt to their current location, Moab. Chapter 4 is a call to obedience, to be faithful to the god who was faithful to them. Chapters 5 through 26 are a repetition of the law. The Ten Commandments, the laws concerning sacrifices and specials days, and the rest of the law are given to the new generation. Blessings are promised to those who obey and famine...
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...BIBLE DICTIONARY PROJECT Alonzo Anderson Bible 104 BIBLE DICTIONARY PROJECT Jesus Jesus was born December 25 1 BC in the city David, Bethlehem, to parents Mary and Joseph according to scripture he had four younger brothers and at least two sisters. (Mark 6:3) Jesus was raised in the small rural town of Nazareth, where His adoptive father, Joseph, taught him to use the tools of a carpenter. It was hard work, work requiring much manual labor, skill, an eye for construction and body that could bear up to hours of sweating in the hot sun. It produced hands made coarse from touching rough wood. For many years Jesus worked in the trade of being a carpenter. ("Who Is This Man Jesus?") When Jesus was age 30 he went out to find John the Baptist, John refused to baptize Jesus saying he was unworthy to touch the Son of God. In his thirties, Jesus began his public teaching and display of recorded miracles, yet still never travelled more than 200 miles from his birthplace. Over a three year period, despite his efforts to keep a low profile, Jesus' reputation spread nationwide. The Roman governors and rulers of Israel's provinces and the leaders of the Jewish people (the religious counsels) took note of him. (Jesus Central, 2009) On a Thursday night Jesus met with his twelve disciples in Jerusalem for the Passover meal (The Last Supper). Jesus told his disciples that he must die soon because it was Gods will that he give his life for his friends. Later that night while Jesus was...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Name: Breanna Student ID: Course: BIBL 104 Date: 4/20/2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Proverbs The book of Proverbs written in 950-700 BC by King Solomon and a few others, primarily focuses on the wisdom, justice, and righteousness of humanity. The author uses the literary device parallelism, which instructs the readers to read and interpret two line units instead of each single line. After Job and Psalms, Proverbs is the third Old Testament book written in Hebrew Poetry. The poetry contained in Proverbs takes many different forms, but the two major types are, discourse and pithy sayings. Discourse is mainly present in the first nine chapters of Proverbs, where they poetically argue the advantages of wisdom. Showing similarity, contrast, and, consequence, in the form of two-liners, are pithy sayings. Contrary to what some may believe, not all of the text in Proverbs is absolute truth, and readers should interpret it as principle. This particular biblical book recognizes the various circumstances of our life and gives us wise insight and instruction to live better in the eyes of God. The ideas of marriage and sexuality, the power of tongue, principles of child-rearing, personal discipline, and friendship are all concepts touched on in Proverbs (Hindson and Towns). Proverbs emphasize that listening to our elders will help us to gain wisdom and knowledge; those who choose to speak and not listen will come into trouble (12:13)...
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...Brian Darceuil L25249241 BIBL 104 4/16/2014 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Book: Jonah The author of the Book of Jonah was believed to be the Jonah himself. This book was written between 770-750 BC. There has been much debate about the literary style of this book. There are some who believe that this book is a work of fiction that is to be used as a metaphor to understand the will and workings of God. Nothing in the bible itself indicates that we should look at this or any other biblical passage as a fictional piece of work. Every word that is listed in this book should be taken literally as historical narrative events that took place. The book of Jonah is a literary epic of the ages with the main characters being God and Jonah. It deals with the themes of disobedience, redemption, and the supernatural. As a result of Jonah's disobedience to God, he had led himself into danger. He found himself on a ship and thrown overboard into the belly of a beast for Three whole days because he refused to preach God's word in Nineveh. The time he spent in the belly of the fish gave him the opportunity to reflect on his mission that The Lord sent him on. The book of Jonah also showed Gods mercy because he sent a prophet there to preach his word so that the 125,000 people that resided there may be able to have a chance of redemption from their sins. The purpose of this book is to show God’s Grace and to also show that disobedience to The Lord leads us down the path of destruction...
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...Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Exodus / Aaron / Sinai Exodus is the second book of the five books, known as the Pentateuch or Torah of the Old Testament, dating back to 1445 BC. In the Hebrew Bible it is referred to as Shemoth and the English designation was taken from the Septuagint title, Exodus. Jewish and Christian tradition has believed Moses to be the author, however, controversy arose in the 19th century. It is now thought that it could go back as far as the 6th century during Babylonian exile that the first draft occurred known as the Yahwist. Some key themes, purposes, events, and personalities in Exodus is Moses was born, Moses chosen to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian slavery, and the Ten Commandments where written on two tablets by the hand of God himself. At the birth of Moses Pharaoh feared the growth rate of the Hebrews and ordered all male Hebrew children to be thrown into the Nile. Moses’s mother hid him for three months but when she could no longer hide Moses she constructed an ark and placed it by the river bank. Moses was found by Pharaoh’s own daughter, which she had compassion for Moses, and later adopted him. Later when Moses was 40 years of age (40 years in the wilderness) he encountered God through a burning bush. God spoke to Moses through the burning bush telling him that he was chosen to lead his people, the Israelites, out of Egyptian slavery. The center account master piece regarding Moses is the events that took place at...
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...Jenna Erickson BIBL 104-D13 04/17/2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Exodus/Moses/Sinai Exodus: Exodus is the second book of five in the Pentateuch or Torah of the Old Testament. It is also the second book in the Hebrew Bible, and is known as V’elleh Shemoth, while in the Greek Bible it is known as Exodus, meaning “departure” or “outgoing”. Moses is believed to be the author of Exodus, and it was most likely written during the forty years of wandering in the wilderness, between 1451 and 1491 BC. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven” (Exodus 17:14). The main themes of Exodus is God’s covenant with the Hebrew nation, and Moses leading the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt. “And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. God saw the people of Israel—and God knew” (Exodus 2:24-25). A brief summary of Exodus would include the beginning chapters about; the enslaved Israelites, the birth, education and first leaving of Moses, the 10 plagues set about by God, the first Passover, the Israelites departure (Exodus) from Egypt along with the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of the Egypt Army. The middle of the book includes; the journey to Mt. Sinai from the Red Sea, the making of the covenant at Sinai and the writing of the Ten Commandments. And the Lord said to Moses...
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...BIBL 104 February 15, 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Genesis The book of Genesis is one of the better-known books of the Bible. Not only is it the first book of the Bible it is also the first documentation of our existence. The book was originally written in Hebrew with the title of bereshit, which means “in the beginning.” (Bible.org) While the author of Genesis is never actually named, it is believed that Moses wrote the book of Genesis. In Acts 7:22 Luke recaps that Moses was trained in the “wisdom of the Egyptians” and was the only one who was prepared to integrate and understand the manuscripts and oral narratives in the Pentateuch. Only Moses was qualified enough to be given the task of writing Israel’s history. Genesis starts with our creation and spans “approximately 2400 years.” (bible.org) The book starts with God creating the heavens and the earth and ends with the Israelites arriving in Egypt and growing into a nation. This can be dated back to around 1800 B.C. The purpose and theme of the book is to reveal how the sin of man is met by the intervention and redemption of God and God’s choice of a nation through whom he would bless the nations. This is conveyed through several key people and events. The four greatest events in Genesis include the creation of the world and man, the fall of man when Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit, Noah’s ark and the Great Flood, and the confusion of tongues. There are several main personalities in...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Stephanie Sarver Student ID: L27532575 Course: BIBL 104-D28 Date: 4/25/16 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Genesis: The first of the Bible gives the overall setting and theme for God’s plan and teachings. It has two sections with the first being about creating, sin, punishment, and redemption; the second being about God’s chosen family. The author of Genesis is unknown though it is part of the Pentateuch which is referred to as the books of Moses. The date it was written is also unknown though it can be suggested the authorship was around the time of moses, that is 1440 and 1400 B.C. The first 11 chapters deal with the universal setting for Israel’s story with showing that God is the one and only creator of the whole universe. Then it shifts from the creation of everything, to the creation and plan for the first and chosen family. Sin enters the world through a serpant and man falls from God’s grace which ultimately brings hardships and punishments to all the nations. God wipes the world clean except for one family, Noah, and promises to protect them. They multiply and populate the earth only to let human desire and want bring them divine punishment at the tower of Babel. He then calls on Abraham to leave and start a new beginning with a plan to bless and redeem humanity. Jacob and Isaac, lead a new generation to carry out God’s plan. Esau’s sons Joseph was sold into slavery only to have God bring him to power in...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Name: Kimberly Roach Course: BIBL104 Date: July 3, 2015 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Romans The apostle Paul wrote the book of Romans. The literary genre of Romans is an epistle. Paul wrote Romans to the Christians in Rome, while he was in Corinth. “The teaching of Romans is not only crucial for Christian theology, but the greatest revivals and reformations throughout the history of Christianity have resulted from an increased understanding and application of the teaching of this epistle”(Hindson and Towns). Romans is a detailed teaching outlining the essentials of the faith. The entire book of Romans explains the need for salvation, and how God is able to give us righteousness. Romans tells us the purpose and need for the death of Jesus, and the unity of Jews, and Gentiles that comes by faith in Christ. The Book of Romans shows us the glorious grace of God. The main purpose of Romans is to teach the truth of Gods grace, and that if God is for us, who can be against us? The gospel of Romans is the good news of what Jesus has done for us. In it we see the righteousness of God that comes by faith, which is direct contrast with what the Pharisees believe. Thinking their works would get them to heaven. Romans also tells us we are to be doers of word, as were Priscilla and Aquila who were there for Paul. Paul Paul did not start out as a follower of Jesus, in fact a lot of the letters he has written he calls himself the chief...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Adrienne Hunt Student ID: L26294479 Course: BIBL 104-B16 Date: 6/15/15 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Genesis Genesis, the beginning, tells the story of the beginning of life coming to be. Hence, why the first verse is, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.” I believe, that one line set the mood for the rest of the book of Genesis. It is said to be written sometime between 1450-1410 B.C. to the people of Isreal to record God’s creation of the world and His desire to have people set apart to worship Him. Moses, the writer, starts off with the creation (God working for six days and the resting on the seventh day after the creation of the heavens and earth, along with man and woman), then leads to the fall (the first sin – Adam and Eve), flood (God called Noah to build an ark, so God could restore creation by a flood), and then the formation of the new nations (confusion of languages). To really grasp the reading of Genesis, one must understand that the text centers on God’s promises. The major events are the creation of life (heavens, earth, man, and woman), temptation, sin, first murder, flood, and life after. The main personalities in Genesis are: God, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Noah, Abram (Abraham), and so on. Abraham Abraham, or Abram, lived from about 2166 – 1991 B.C., as they say. Abraham was young when God called him for an assignment. He was faithful and did as he was told. His...
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...Bible Dictionary Project 2 Mary E. Edwards Bible 104 05/10/2014 Dr. Tom Davis Liberty University The book of Romans The book of Romans was written by the apostle Paul. The readers of Romans know this because he identifies himself as “Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ.” The literary genre of Romans is epistle. Paul is writing a letter to the Christians of churches in Rome. Many believe that Paul wrote Romans around the year of 57 A.D. They believe this because Romans were written towards the end of Paul’s third missionary journey and his arrest in Jerusalem. Paul wrote this letter to the churches in Rome in order to prepare them for his ministry there. He must have met many of them through his travels and missions in the past because he names some of them. He wanted to present the elements of true Christian living and the great righteousness of God. Paul’s personality shines through the passages in this book. The readers of Romans can get a full idea of how much Paul loves God and his desire for every soul to follow the teachings of Romans. Paul ranks God as the highest of righteousness and refers back to scriptures of new and old testament to prove his teachings. Paul then expands his teaching onto the behaviors that true Christians should abide by. Paul also touches on how Christians can obtain personal growth in righteousness. The person Judas Judas Iscariot was the son of Simon Iscariot from the town of Kerioth (Joshua 15:25). Judas is best known for his betrayal...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Randy Westover Student ID: L26485458 Course: Bible 104 Date: 10/13/2014 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Romans: Romans is a letter from Paul to the church of Rome. Paul had not ever been tovisit this church but had met some of the members in his travels. I tells of his plan to visit the church. He wrote this letter durning his third missionary trip in 57 A.D. In this letter he explains that God’s sa,vation plan is for everyone, Jews and Gentiles. Belief and acceptance in Jesus and his sacrifice is the only requirement for salvation. All now have the same access to Jesus, the messiah. Paul filled the letter with directives to handle many things like daily living for Christ. He covered righteousness in Jesus, justification, sanctification, spiritual growth and God’s sovernghty over all people, not just the Jews. He writes to explain that Jesus Christ is the savior and redeemer whose death on the cross made it possible for all of that. In the very beginning of the book Paul identifies himself as a servant or slave to Jesus and that Jesus Called him to be his apostle and set him apart for this purpose. (Romans 1:1) He later explains in The second chapter Paul explains how all, Jews and Gentiles are under the chains of sin and only Jesus can set us free through our faith in his ability to set us free. In chapter six he explains that because of Christ’s freedom from sin that we now must become slaves to God’s...
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...New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Acts / Saul/Paul (conversion) / Damascus In accordance with Hindson and Towns the authorship of The Book of Acts is the Disciple Luke due to similarity being Luke part one of the Gospel and Acts part two. The location is unknown, but suspected in Rome during Paul’s jail sentence and recipients to be Theophilus, AD 60-62 timeframe. With Luke and Acts being so similar it is easy to confuse the theological aspect of the two but theologically they stand apart. While Luke expected his works in Acts to circulate some suggest he was confronting false testimony, but no factual evidence supporting that theory. Being characterized as a multiplicity of themes it can be interpreted as the churches missions with God having direct control over them is the strongest theologically. The Holy Spirit takes part with the emphasis being God’s providence. Acts does not only show the Jewish rejection of Gospel and exclusion of the people but the inclusion of the Gentiles as well. The two parts of Acts is tied together by the faithful witness. Acts, the triumphantly story that it is, shows early Christians power of the Spirit with salvation. The story shows there were no easy challenges lying ahead. There were obstacles, assumptions challenged, opinions being revised, and prejudices of inclusive people of God. The church of Jerusalem’s mission and Paul’s mission is how Acts can be divided up with these even allowing for further subdivisions: Treats...
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...Liberty University Bible 110 1. What does this small story tell us about Jesus? Try to discover the central message of this story, and then write it out. Read the stories/passages before (Matt 24:36–44) and after (Matt 25:1–13) the text you chose and write out their main messages. This story in Matthew 24:45-51 tells us that Jesus wants us to represent Him in everything we do. Sometimes we as Christian can become lazy and tend to slack off on being examples of Christ. I believe this scripture verse is also telling us about the second coming of Christ. We need to always be ready for when the time comes, because we as humans have no idea when the Lord will come again. He expects us to represent Him well and to be an example for Him all the time. Matthew 24:36-44 is also reminding us that we need to be prepared for the second coming of the Lord. I also believe that this scripture verse has an underlying point to minister to the people we are working hand in hand with. Again in Matthew 25:1-13 it tells us to be prepared and always ready for the Lord’s coming. We don’t want to be unprepared like the foolish virgins instead we want to strive to be like the wise virgins who brought enough oil to last them the night. Edward Schweizer gives a great summary of being like the wise virgins, “those who are wise are those whose eyes are open to what is yet to come and do not live simply for the day. They rake along an emergency supply of oil, thinking beyond the immediate present...
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...Krystal Collier L27262620 BIBL104 July 1, 2015 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Matthew The origin of Mathew was accepted by the early church, it is the first of the four Gospels. Mathew is the author of this book. We know this to be true because Mathew was a tax collector before following Jesus. He speaks of money in forms that appear nowhere else and in ways only someone who dealt with money would speak. Mathew is written in the forms of miracles, he reports many miracles Jesus performed. Mathew is dated as early as AD 60, no later than AD 65. Mathew was intended for everyone but refers to Jewish practices and does not explain, this is taken to mean Jews were the intended audience. Mathew shows that Jesus is the realization of the predictions of the Old Testament. The book of Mathew begins by tracing the genealogical blood line of Jesus to the King of David and to Abraham, the father of all. Mathew gives us his eyewitness account of the coming of Jesus, His crucifixion and His resurrection. Jesus gave his predictions for the end of times when He would return to judge the nations. Barnabas Barnabas was a Levite form the island of Cyprus. He was a cousin of the evangelist Mark. Barnabas supported poorer members of the church by selling his field he acquired after relocating to Jerusalem. His traits gave him leadership and influence. He began a movement towards Christianity in Antioch, from there he sought out Paul at Tarsus. They became associates and started...
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