...Jenna Erickson BIBL 104-D13 05/8/2015 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Romans/Paul/Ephesus Romans: This Epistle to the Romans, although usually shortened to just Romans, was written by the Apostle Paul around the times of 55 to 57 A.D. This is the 6th book of New Testament and out of all the letters or epistles that Paul wrote in his time, his letter to the Romans is the longest, most detailed and most ambitious. The two major personalities in this book are: the writer, the Apostle Paul, and Phoebe who delivered the letter to the Roman Christian Church. Paul addressed such things in this letter as; the meaning of the gospel, the importance of the gospel, the nature of Gods salvation, how salvation can be achieved by all whom seek it, the people who are in need of it, the effects of salvation on an individual’s life, and the impact of salvation on the community as a whole. “For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you — that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine” (Romans 1:11-12). The most important and probably the central theme seen throughout this book is the faith in God’s righteousness and Christ’s sacrifice, "I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes... For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith" (Romans 1:16-17). Paul: Paul was personally responsible for writing quite...
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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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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Course: BIBL 104 Date: April 22, 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Nehemiah The Book of Nehemiah is believed to be written by Ezra, with Nehemiah narrating in first person. Nehemiah was written from 444BC-425BC, and is historical in nature. While this book has a few themes, there are three main ones. It is an accurate picture of the Jewish peoples return after Babalonian captivity, renewing the wall of Jerusalem, and reforming the Jewish society. Nehemiah focuses mainly on King Artaxerxes I Longimanus, and Nehemiah himself. In chapters 1-6 the author tells about the construction of the wall of Jerusalem, and the poor condition the wall was in. He also reminds God of His covenant promise to Israel. In chapter 7, Ezra writes about the first Jews who came back in to the city, and how they could now protect themselves as long as they were faithful to God’s Word. In chapters 8-10 Ezra rereads portions of the law which cause the people to repent and revive themselves in God’s Word. The Book of Nehemiah was written to serve as a reminder that serving God is not always easy, but with Him by our side there is nothing that we can not do or get accomplished. Isaiah Isaiah was a prophet active in ministry from 740BC-680BC. There is no record of his specific dates of birth or death, however it is thought he was born 8th century BC in Jerusalem and is believed to have died during the reign of King Manasseh in 680BC...
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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 Template Name: Kaili Brown Student ID: L23500986 Course: BIBL 104 Survey Of Biblical Literature Date:February 22, 2016 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Song Of Solomon Written in poem format, The Song Of Solomon in the Old Testament remains the sole, out of thousands penned by the author, preserved throughout history. The royal son of David, Solomon wrote the song when he was a young romantic, before participating in many matrimonies and concubines that were detrimental to his spirituality and Godly leadership. Possessing two birth names, Solomon or Jedidiah is applied throughout the Song. Written between 970 to 930 BC, the poem deals with the romantic relationship between Solomon and a Shulamite woman. Grasping the text in our time, The Song presents the truth about God’s desire for human love and the union of a husband and wife. Love, as an earthly illustration in comparison to the beautiful relationship between Christ and His church (Ephesians) is the nurturing relationship between a man and a woman encompassing holiness and safety of the marriage covenant. Setting the foundation for the relationship between God and His love for his people, The Song depicts how God designed sexual union to be a mutually fulfilling, unselfish and nonsecular. Mighty within Gods plan of marriage, it is spiritual; emotionally and physically constructive. Exercised outside of His will proves to be destructive and sinful creating countless problems...
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...REGENT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 2013-2014 (Fall 2013-Summer 2014) Regent University 1000 Regent University Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23464-9800 800.373.5504 admissions@regent.edu www.regent.edu PREFACE Regional Accreditation Regent University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award associates, baccalaureate, masters, and doctorate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Regent University. National and State Accreditation Regent University’s undergraduate school is accredited or certified by the following bodies: Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) (www.chea.org/) The Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) The Regent University School of Education's educational leadership and teacher preparation programs and the College of Arts & Sciences interdisciplinary studies program, which are designed to prepare competent, caring, and qualified professional educators are accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council for a period of seven years, from January 9, 2009 to January 9, 2016. This accreditation certifies that the educational leadership, teacher preparation and interdisciplinary studies programs have provided evidence that they adhere to TEAC's quality principles. Teacher Educational Accreditation Council, One Dupont Circle, Suite...
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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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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Joseph Thompson Student ID: L23781057 Course: BIBL 104 Date: March 7, 2014 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: 1 Corinthians- First Corinthians is Pauline Epistle which is a letter from Paul and is considered a pastoral letter written to a local church from a missionary pastor, whom is speaking to the children that are spiritually straying and Paul speaking of the matters of division in the church at Corinth in which he spoke on moral issues that is in the church such as litigation among believers and sexually immorality with prostitutes and incest. 1 Corinthians deal with challeges of Christians that are living in a hostile culture. The main personalities of 1 Corinthians are Apostle Paul and Timothy. Paul is known as the author of writing First Corinthians at the end of his third journey to the city of Ephesus in which the date was AD 56. The main theme of 1 Corinthians is love (which the Greek means agape). The major events include speaking to the church of Corinth. 1 Corinthians addresses the issues moral problems in the church and Chrisians taking their neighbors to civil courts and sexuality immority of prostitues in which he told the believers that their bodies is a temple of the Holy Spirit and that we are to serve and glorify God with our bodies. 1 Corinthians main verse in “ Now these three main remain; faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love”(Corinthians 13:13). Peter ( The Apostle)-...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Template Name: Taiyana Samuel Student ID: L26316827 Course: BIBL 104 Date: April 28, 2014 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Genesis - The book of Genesis has been said to have been written by Moses, while some people believe it to have been an anonymous author. Genesis goes as far back at 1445 BC. Some of the major people in Genesis are of course Adam and Eve, Cain and Able, Isaac and Rebekah, and of course Jacob’s wives and his twelve sons. Genesis reminds us that, “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth.” (Gen. 1:1) Also, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God created him, male and female created he them” Joseph (son of Jacob) Joseph was the son of Jacob and Genesis 37-50 focuses on his story and how God used him to move his family to Egypt. He was first son of Rachel and the eleventh son of Jacob. Jospeh was Jacon’s favorite son was given a “long coat of many colors”, because of this coat and the fact that Joseph was the favorite son his brothers hated him. At age 17 Joseph dreamed that his family would bow down to him, that caused his brothers to hate him even more and begin to plot on how to get rid of him. His brothers came up with a few ways to kill him but his oldest brother Reuben did not want him to die. They ended up selling him into slavery for twenty piece of slavery. The brothers then placed males goat’s blood on Joseph’s coat to convince their father that he was really dead....
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...Emily Rowe Student ID: BIBL 104 09-22-14 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Book: Isaiah The book of Isaiah was written by Isaiah himself 740-680 B.C. Isaiah is the son of Amos and is often thought to be one of the greatest writing prophets. The key theme for this book is about prophesies: the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, a son called God, Babylon’s kingdom would be overthrown and reduced to swampland, God’s salvation would reach the ends of the earth, God will never forget the children of Israel, Jesus was spat upon, the Messiah would be rejected, God’s servant would die for our sins and be buried in a rich man’s tomb, etc. However, the book also includes other themes such as judgment, holiness, captivity, hope, comfort, and salvation. The book of Isaiah also describes the consequences for Israel’s sins, and what the Lord said would happen to those who did not repent for their sins. We, as Christians are reminded to trust our God with the struggles in our lives, as He will surely bring each of us through all trials and allow us to grow in our faith with Him. Through the book of Isaiah, Christ has shown us what is to come as well as the results of past events. Person: Hosea Hosea was a prophet in Israel who was born and lived in the Northern Kingdom of Israel during 780-725 B.C. He is the only prophet of Israel that left any written prophecy, the Biblical book Hosea, and is he considered of the Twelve Minor Prophets. During his time, he was often...
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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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...Josh Bright L26675616 201440 Fall 2014 BIBL 104-B64 LUO 09/21/14 Old Testament Bible project Malachi Malachi is the final book of the Old Testament. His name comes from the Hebrew meaning "messenger.” The authorship of Malachi remains uncertain, but since priests and prophets were called messengers of the Lord, a strong certainty leads towards Malachi. As we take a look at some background of the book Malachi, we see that prophetic movement by Haggai and Zachariah, the exiles that had returned under the leadership of Zerubbabel, finish the temple in 516 BC. In 458 BC, the land was strengthened by Ezra the priest and thousands of Jews. During this time, Artaxerxes king of Persia encouraged Ezra to reconstitute the temple worship (Ezr 7:17) and to make sure the law of Moses was being obeyed (Ezr 7:25-26). In 444 BC, this same king gave instruction to Nehemiah to return to Jerusalem and rebuild its walls. Nehemiah then took the reins as governor, and led changes to help the poor, (Ne 5:2-13) and he was able to convince the people to break off their mixed marriages (Ne 10:30), to keep the Sabbath (Ne 10: 31) and to bring their tithes and offerings faithfully (Ne 10:37-39). The date Malachi was written is uncertain. The similarities between Nehemiah and Malachi gives us the idea that these two were contemporaries. Malachi may have been written after Nehemiah returned to Persia, or during his second stint as governor. The theme of Malachi can be simply stated. The King will...
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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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...Name: Student ID: Course: BIBL 104 B01 Date: 15 June 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project: Sarah Sarah was born Sarai in the city of Ur and lived from about 1986 BC to 1859 BC (127 years). She was faithful and often described as a very beautiful wife of Abraham, as well as his half-sister—both sharing the same father, Terah. God blessed Sarai and her husband, who was then named Abram, declaring that Abram would be the “father of all nations”. Through this covenant is when Sarai became Sarah and Abram became Abraham. Abraham was to birth a nation, meaning that he was to bore a son. But Sarah was barren…as well as impatient and even doubtful of God’s promise. How could she birth a child at her old age? Determined to give her husband the fated child that God promised, she allowed Abraham to impregnate their slave, Hagar. This plan backfired, for Sarah became extremely jealous of Hagar and the two women quickly became adversaries. Sarah later banished Hagar and her son by Abraham, Ishmael, from their household. At age 90, Sarah finally bore Abraham’s son according to God’s will, a boy named Isaac. God did not forget His promise to Abraham and He especially did not forget Sarah, even when she decided to take matters into her own hands. Sarah’s story perfectly reminds us that what God has promised for you, it is especially for you! Even despite her doubt and the pain and conflict she caused by taking advantage of Hagar, God still came through with His...
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...Name: Myles E. Owens Jr. Student ID: L26434425 Course: BIBL 104 B52 Date: 10/05/2014 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project: I Corinthians The First Corinthians was written in historical literary genre (Zodhiates, 2001). The apostle Paul wrote the First Corinthians around 50 A.D. in the city of Ephesus. (Acts 19:10), (Acts 20:31) (Mitchell, 2004). Following three years of preaching the gospel, he wrote first Corinthians and sent it to the church in Corinth by Stephanus, Fortunatus and Achaicus (Beitzel, 2009). His missionary tactic was to establish a church in the main towns, recognizing that rehabilitated guests, migrant salesmen, and seamen would spread the holy word (Mitchell, 2004). The home church was responsible for the evangelism and discipleship of their area (Zodhiates, 2001). The Apostle Paul, Timothy and also Chloe were the main personalities of this book (Mitchell, 2004). Paul’s drive in transcribing this letter to the church in Corinth was to talk to and modify the wickedness and separations happening amongst them (Zodhiates, 2001). Paul obtained information of difficulties in the church in Corinth and consequently dealt with their troubles and disarrays, “there are quarrels among you” (1 Corinthians 1:11). Paul requests disciples to ''consider your calling'' (1 Corinthians 1:26-30). He uncovers the wickedness that was happening in the church at Corinth; they consist of lawsuits against other followers, sexual debauchery, problems of marriage (Zodhiates...
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