Thematic Guide to Biblical LiteratureBloomsbury Academic, 2007 M04 30 - 288 pages The 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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Page 70
... explains his transformation , " Through self - knowledge he learned to look upon the eternal light and ultimately came to the complete love of God . " He describes this in the tenth book of the Confessions . " The fruit of this love was ...
... explains his transformation , " Through self - knowledge he learned to look upon the eternal light and ultimately came to the complete love of God . " He describes this in the tenth book of the Confessions . " The fruit of this love was ...
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... explains the deep relationships that resulted in a sort of temporary homosexuality : Given this association between war and sex , and given the deprivation and loneliness and alienation characteristic of the soldier's experience - given ...
... explains the deep relationships that resulted in a sort of temporary homosexuality : Given this association between war and sex , and given the deprivation and loneliness and alienation characteristic of the soldier's experience - given ...
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... explains his role as " gadfly " to Athens , which he com- pares to a horse . For him , the " unexamined life is not worth living . " When offered a choice between exile from Athens and death by poison , he chooses to drink the hem- lock ...
... explains his role as " gadfly " to Athens , which he com- pares to a horse . For him , the " unexamined life is not worth living . " When offered a choice between exile from Athens and death by poison , he chooses to drink the hem- lock ...
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Earthly Paradise 13 2 5 8 5 3 1 | 13 |
Animals and Humans | 39 |
Gods Love Humans Response | 63 |
Copyright | |
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