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The Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15).Pdf, Charles Sabo Dec 2017

The Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15).Pdf, Charles Sabo

Charles Sabo

The concept of the resurrection has been an event that has been contemplated and argued by Jews, Christians and all other religions. To provide a historical context of the resurrection, it needs to be narrowed to those that have taken into consideration what was spoken by Jesus Christ and His Apostles. Judaism first was given the promise of a resurrection, but not provided with much detail on how and when it would occur. There were, however, specific passages within the Old Testament that provided Israel with prophetic pictures and clues of the coming resurrection. Paul found it necessary to remind …

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The Bible And Creationism, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger Nov 2017

The Bible And Creationism, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger

William Vance Trollinger Jr.

Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859) marked a significant challenge to traditional understandings of the Bible and Christian theology. Darwin’s theory of organic evolution stood in sharp contrast with the Genesis account of creation, with its six days, separate creations of life forms, and special creation of human beings. More than this, Darwin’s ideas raised enormous theological questions about God’s role in creation (e.g., is there a role for God in organic evolution?) and about the nature of human beings (e.g., what does it mean to talk about original sin without a historic Adam and Eve?) Of course, what really …

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The Bible And Creationism, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger Nov 2017

The Bible And Creationism, Susan L. Trollinger, William Vance Trollinger

Susan L. Trollinger

Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species (1859) marked a significant challenge to traditional understandings of the Bible and Christian theology. Darwin’s theory of organic evolution stood in sharp contrast with the Genesis account of creation, with its six days, separate creations of life forms, and special creation of human beings. More than this, Darwin’s ideas raised enormous theological questions about God’s role in creation (e.g., is there a role for God in organic evolution?) and about the nature of human beings (e.g., what does it mean to talk about original sin without a historic Adam and Eve?)

Of course, what really …

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The Conversion Of Saul, David C. Taylor Jr Oct 2017

The Conversion Of Saul, David C. Taylor Jr

David C Taylor Jr

The conversion of the Apostle Paul was an extraordinary event that saw a murderer and persecutor of the church turn into one of the greatest evangelists in history and providing all Christians with thirteen books of the New Testament that give guidance for our daily Christian walk. 

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The Problem Of Evil.Pdf, Charles Sabo Jun 2017

The Problem Of Evil.Pdf, Charles Sabo

Charles Sabo

The Problem of Evil is a challenging topic to explain and thus has been a topic with contradicting views, as well as highly debated positions; this causes many atheists to throw up their hands in disgust, as they continue in their life of willful sin. Atheists will use the Problem of Evil to reject belief in any god altogether; theists will use the argument to reject the Judeo-Christian God and will avoid becoming atheists altogether. Many theological positions have been taken and argued, yet not one position is accepted by majorities in any theological perspective. The crucial question is not …

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Four Case Studies In Teaching Sermons At A Public University, Robert Ellison Apr 2017

Four Case Studies In Teaching Sermons At A Public University, Robert Ellison

Robert Ellison

In this paper, delivered at the March 2017 meeting of the Northeast Modern Language Association, I discuss my experience with teaching sermons at Marshall University, a public institution in Huntington, WV. I have done this in four classes over the past several years: “Good Essays” (a 200-level general-education course in the English Department); “God Talk” (another gen-ed course, team-taught with a faculty member in religious studies); “Sermon: Text and Performance” (a 400-level class in the Honors College); and “The Victorian Spoken Word” (a graduate seminar in English). The audiences were very different, as were the texts we used (Newman, Spurgeon, …

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Obedient Unto Death: Philippians 2:8, Gethsemane, And The Historical Jesus, James F. Mcgrath Mar 2017

Obedient Unto Death: Philippians 2:8, Gethsemane, And The Historical Jesus, James F. Mcgrath

James F. McGrath

Despite the extensive attention that has been given to Philippians 2:6–11 in relation to its Christology, the possibility that v8 alludes to the story about Jesus in Gethsemane has received only cursory mention when it has been considered at all. Philippians 2:8 and the Gospel tradition converge in depicting Jesus choosing to be obedient to God even to the point of death, in the absence of an interpretation of that death as itself salvific. The historical allusion, offered in the midst of a heavily theologized Christo- logical statement, offers an excellent test case for an approach to history which accepts …

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The Parables Of Matthew 13 - Handout, Keith L. Yoder Mar 2017

The Parables Of Matthew 13 - Handout, Keith L. Yoder

Keith L. Yoder

This is the handout used for my portion of the panel discussion on Gospel Sources in the Alpha Christianity session at the EGLBS Annual Meeting on March 17, 2017. It summarizes the accompanying paper "The Parables of Matthew 13".

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The Parables Of Matthew 13, Keith L. Yoder Mar 2017

The Parables Of Matthew 13, Keith L. Yoder

Keith L. Yoder

This is a draft discussion paper for the Alpha Christianity Seminar at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society in Akron, Ohio on March 17, 2017. Here I review the distinctive parables of Matthew 13, namely the parables of the Weeds, the Hidden Treasure, the Pearl, the Fishnet, and the Householder. My focus is to examine the thesis that these parables were adapted from a prior source, often called "Special Matthew", or "M". Upon review, I find that all the essential elements of each of these parables were available for synthesis by Matthew from Mark, from Matthew's …

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The Sacred Times Prescribed In The Pentateuch : Old Testament Indicators Of The Extent Of Their Applicability, H. Ross Cole Jan 2017

The Sacred Times Prescribed In The Pentateuch : Old Testament Indicators Of The Extent Of Their Applicability, H. Ross Cole

Ross Cole

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the sacred times prescribed in the Pentateuch and to determine if the Old Testament itself contains indicators of the extent of their applicability. "Applicability" refers primarily to ongoing applicability throughout time. However, whether a sacred time will be universally applicable in the future may be directly related to whether it was ever meant to be universally applicable in the first place. Accordingly, this study entails a close examination of many different features of the Pentateuchal sacred times and their applicability. Chapter 1 reviews relevant literature and describes the present investigator's methodology. On …

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Theology, Politics, And Exegesis: Essays On The History Of Modern Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Theology, Politics, And Exegesis: Essays On The History Of Modern Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

Modern biblical scholars often view the methods they employ as objective and neutral, tracing the history of modern biblical scholarship to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This volume examines some earlier, lesser known roots of modern biblical scholarship. The book explores biblical scholarship from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries and then discusses its new place in the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century where such scholarship would flourish. Far from merely an objective and neutral method, such scholarship was never without philosophical, theological, and political underpinnings. The volume concludes with a look at the separation of biblical studies from theology, …

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Theology, Politics, And Exegesis: Essays On The History Of Modern Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Theology, Politics, And Exegesis: Essays On The History Of Modern Biblical Criticism, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

Modern biblical scholars often view the methods they employ as objective and neutral, tracing the history of modern biblical scholarship to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This volume examines some earlier, lesser known roots of modern biblical scholarship. It explores biblical scholarship from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries and then discusses its new place in the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century where such scholarship would flourish. Far from merely an objective and neutral method, such scholarship was never without philosophical, theological, and political underpinnings. The book concludes with a look at the separation of biblical studies from theology, using …

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“The Fate Of Catholic Biblical Interpretation In America.”, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

“The Fate Of Catholic Biblical Interpretation In America.”, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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“The Acid Of History: La Peyrère, Hobbes, Spinoza, And The Separation Of Faith And Reason In Modern Biblical Studies.”, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

“The Acid Of History: La Peyrère, Hobbes, Spinoza, And The Separation Of Faith And Reason In Modern Biblical Studies.”, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Pillars In The History Of Biblical Interpretation Volume 1: Prevailing Methods Before 1980, Ed. Stanley E. Porter And Sean A. Adams., Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Pillars In The History Of Biblical Interpretation Volume 1: Prevailing Methods Before 1980, Ed. Stanley E. Porter And Sean A. Adams., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Jesús En La Carta Als Hebreus: Una Cristologia De Matriu Jueva, By Jordi Cervera I Valls., Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Jesús En La Carta Als Hebreus: Una Cristologia De Matriu Jueva, By Jordi Cervera I Valls., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Commentary On Midrash Rabba In The Sixteenth Century: The Or Ha-Sekhel Of Abraham Ben Asher, By Benjamin Williams., Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Commentary On Midrash Rabba In The Sixteenth Century: The Or Ha-Sekhel Of Abraham Ben Asher, By Benjamin Williams., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Josephus’ Interpretation Of The Books Of Samuel, By Michael Avioz., Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Josephus’ Interpretation Of The Books Of Samuel, By Michael Avioz., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Una Biblia A Varias Voces: Estudio Textual De La Biblia Políglota Complutense, Ed. Ignacio Carbajosa And Andrés García Serrano, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Una Biblia A Varias Voces: Estudio Textual De La Biblia Políglota Complutense, Ed. Ignacio Carbajosa And Andrés García Serrano, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of Creation: Biblical Theologies In The Context Of The Ancient Near East, By Othmar Keel And Silvia Schroer, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of Creation: Biblical Theologies In The Context Of The Ancient Near East, By Othmar Keel And Silvia Schroer, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of The Samaritan Version Of Saadya Gaon’S Translation Of The Pentateuch: Critical Edition And Study Of Ms London Bl Or7562 And Related Mss, By Tamar Zewi., Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of The Samaritan Version Of Saadya Gaon’S Translation Of The Pentateuch: Critical Edition And Study Of Ms London Bl Or7562 And Related Mss, By Tamar Zewi., Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of The Birth Of The Trinity: Jesus, God, And Spirit In New Testament And Early Christian Interpretation Of The Old Testament, By Matthew W. Bates, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of The Birth Of The Trinity: Jesus, God, And Spirit In New Testament And Early Christian Interpretation Of The Old Testament, By Matthew W. Bates, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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Review Of The “Nocturnal Side Of Science” In David Friedrich Strauss’S Life Of Jesus Critically Examined, By Thomas Fabisiak, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

Review Of The “Nocturnal Side Of Science” In David Friedrich Strauss’S Life Of Jesus Critically Examined, By Thomas Fabisiak, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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“Thomas More On The Sadness Of Christ: From Mystagogy To Martyrdom.”, Jeffrey Morrow Dec 2016

“Thomas More On The Sadness Of Christ: From Mystagogy To Martyrdom.”, Jeffrey Morrow

Jeffrey L. Morrow, Ph.D.

No abstract provided.

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