...Bible Dictionary Project Instructions For these 2 distinct projects, imagine you are writing a series of short articles for a Bible Dictionary. As we have seen in our study, Bible dictionaries are useful tools to learn more about the books, people, and places we encounter in Scripture. Your task will be to write: 1. Three concise 200–250-word essays about a book, person, and setting/place from the Old Testament (Due at the end of Module/Week 5). 2. Three concise 200–250-word essays about a book, person, and setting/place from the New Testament (Due at the end of Module/Week 8). Content Guidelines: Choose 1 book, person, and place from the list of the provided topics for each of the 2 projects. Your essay must include the following per item: Book: Your biblical book essay must include: The basic literary genre, authorship, date written, key themes, purposes, major events, and main personalities. Person: This essay must include: The dates of the character’s life, place of birth, summary of their role or positions held, defining events in their life and work, contemporaries (other biblical characters they are associated with, etc.), and their legacy. If they are a biblical author, list the related works. Setting/Place (i.e., municipality, kingdom, empire): This essay must include: The keys dates (i.e., founding, demise, etc.), clarification of the location (regional description, the relevance of the place from a biblical/Ancient Near East (ANE) perspective...
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...Bible Dictionary Project Instructions For these 2 distinct projects, imagine you are writing a series of short articles for a Bible Dictionary. As we have seen in our study, Bible dictionaries are useful tools to learn more about the books, people, and places we encounter in Scripture. Your task will be to write: 1. Three concise 200–250-word essays about a book, person, and setting/place from the Old Testament (Due at the end of Module/Week 5). 2. Three concise 200–250-word essays about a book, person, and setting/place from the New Testament (Due at the end of Module/Week 8). Content Guidelines: Choose 1 book, person, and place from the list of the provided topics for each of the 2 projects. Your essay must include the following per item: Book: Your biblical book essay must include: The basic literary genre, authorship, date written, key themes, purposes, major events, and main personalities. Person: This essay must include: The dates of the character’s life, place of birth, summary of their role or positions held, defining events in their life and work, contemporaries (other biblical characters they are associated with, etc.), and their legacy. If they are a biblical author, list the related works. Setting/Place (i.e., municipality, kingdom, empire): This essay must include: The keys dates (i.e., founding, demise, etc.), clarification of the location (regional description, the relevance of the place from a biblical/Ancient Near East (ANE) perspective...
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...D.Min. Project Prospectus Sharon L. Smith I. Title: Bridging the Gap: A Pilot Project Aimed at Mutually Equipping Church and Business Leaders for Kingdom Impact II. The Context: Followers of Jesus Christ who possess a divine calling, talents, and gifts to work and serve God through specific voluntary or paid vocations in the workplace face daily opportunities to impact the Kingdom of God. When believers walk by faith and obedience in the revelation that God’s divine presence and purpose is with them daily in their work lives, God empowers them to lead change that can transform lives, businesses, and even nations. Believers clearly see this truth in the lives of Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, and Nehemiah. The Great Commission (Matt. 28) commands believers to go into all the world and preach the gospel to every person. This directive includes Holy Spirit-empowered witness in the marketplace with signs, wonders, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit in operation. As His priests (1 Pet. 2:5; Rom. 12:1-2), God calls believers ordained for the twenty-first century workplace to worship and serve Him through their actions, words, and works. God’s Word calls for excellence in whatever a person does (Col. 3:17). Fruitfulness follows when believers root biblical ethics in excellence, and practice it in relationships and business decisions. Anthropologists and missiologists are observing major global shifts causing leaders to revise their understanding of the notion of culture...
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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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...BIBLE DICTIONARY PROJECT 2 CHARLIE MITCHELL BIBL 104 B-53 New Testament Bible Dictionary Project JAMES “And James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:” (Mark 3:17 KJV). The Book of James can be found in the twentieth Book of the New Testament, or in the division of the bible referred as the Letters of the Epistles. Twenty-one of the twenty-seven Books of the New Testament are letters (about thirty-five percent of the entire New Testament)” (Duvall, J., and Hays, J. (2008), Journey into God’s World: Your guide to understanding and applying the Bible, page 97). Scholars have noted, “James’s letter is one of the earliest (if not the earliest) books of the New Testament” (Hindson, E., and Towns, E. (2013), Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction, page 523). The Epistle letter is not without confusion and skepticism as to its authorship. There is much speculation as to James’s identity, since there are two mentioned as an apostle. “James the son of Zebedee and Salome (Matthew 4:21), who was martyred by Herod Agrippa, and James the son of Alphaeus (Matthew 10:3), who was perhaps the younger” (Hindson, E., Towns, E. (2013), Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction, pp 521-522). James, son of Mary and Joseph, half-brother of Jesus (Jewish traditionally refers to half-brother as a cousin, Galatians 1:19), wrote his letter to the around AD 40-42 to the twelve dispersed Tribes of Israel. His (James)...
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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: 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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...Bible Dictionary Project Your Name February 13, 2015 BIBLE DICTIONARIES New Testament 1st Romans This letter to the Christians of Rome was written by Paul around 57 or 58 A.D and happened when Paul was almost at the end of His 3rd missionary journey. In this letter, Paul addressed such things as the meaning of the gospel, the people who are in need of it, the importance of the gospel, the actual nature of God’s salvation, how salvation can be achieved by all individuals, the effects of salvation in a person’s life, and the impact of salvation in the whole community. Also in this epistle, Paul told the people that he would visit them once he gets time but he vested the town as a prisoner because he caused a riot in a temple that was located in Jerusalem. This book is the 6th New Testament book and out of all the letters that Paul wrote in his time, his letter to the Romans is the longest (New King James Version, 2008). Paul Paul was actually born as Saul, around 1-5 A.D in the city of Tarsus, Cilicia. He was from the ancestry of Hebrew lineage of Benjamin. Both of his parents were Pharisees who used to follow the commandments of Moses very strictly even to the point of warning their children from intermingling with the Gentiles. However, as Paul grew into a man, he developed hatred towards Christ and also his followers. During his thirties he used to go to Damascus to persecute Christ’s followers under the instructions of the high priest. One day during his many...
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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 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 I CHARLIE MITCHELL Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project RUTH Book of Ruth is a romantic drama and love story on how God use people to carry out his divine agenda. Even non-believers carries God message, as depicted with Ruth, a Moabite woman (Gentile). “Historically, Ruth is the lynchpin of the covenant. Theologically, the story of Ruth and Boaz illustrates the biblical concept of redemption” (Ed Hindson and Elmer Towns, Illustrated Bible Survey: An Introduction, 2013, page 111). While the authorship of the Book of Ruth is anonymous, some experts’ thinks possibly it was written by Nathan. The love story centers during the era of 1020 to 1000 BC, and signifies a “Ray of Hope” for the Israelites. If one were to view the genealogy of The Tribes of Israel, you will note The Moabites descended from Lot, the nephew of Abram (later changed to Abraham). Down through Ruth being the Great-Grandmother of King David, and in line with the Davidic and messianic lineage. Four elements of the Moabites one must know to grasp the full scope of God’s intentions. They are the descendants of Lot, and not friendly with Israel. Second, property inheritance were given first right to next of kin. Third, the Levirate marriages were the right of next of kin of a deceased man (Elimelech) to marry his widow. Fourth, a Moabite male or his descendants up to the tenth generation, could not hold public assembly in Israel. The beauty of this story is, Ruth’s devotion...
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...DEFINING WORDS PROJECT WRSP 510 LUO (fall 2012) Biblical Foundations Dr. Gray Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary Tammy Chesnic (ID#23451506) December 2012 Table Of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………….3 Praise……………………………………………………………………………….…..3-10 Honor………………………………………………………………………………......10-11 Rejoice…………………………………………………………………………………12-14 Bow Down……………………………………………………………………………..14-16 Shout……………………………………………………………………………….….17-19 Joy……………………………………………………………………………………..19-23 Chart Showing Relationship between OT and NT words……………………………..24 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….25-26 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………..……27-29 Introduction. The purpose of the defining Word Project is to learn of the immense benefit that can be gained from really searching out the meaning of a word. Looking up the synonyms and antonyms, understanding what the root word means, finding the primary root in Hebrew and Greek can bring such a depth of understanding to what the Holy Spirit means in a Bible verse. And by diligent study of words, you usually "get it." That's a challenge but we are commanded to do exactly this! 2 Timothy 2:15 “ Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth” This assignment is based on six words that I have researched and defined according to their Biblical use in both...
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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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...Course: BIBL 104 Date: October 18th 2014 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Genesis: The book of genesis is the first book of the Hebrew bible known as the Tanakh and the Christian Old Testament. It is not clear who actually wrote the book of genesis. But it has been noted that there are different styles of writing in Genesis and therefore, there are several different authors. Mark 12:26 says, “…have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”. It is noted many places in the new testament that most of the book of genesis was edited by Moses. But, Moses is traditionally recognized as the author of Genesis which he simply had to compile the book of Genesis from the records kept by Adam and his descendants. Thus Genesis can be read as eyewitness accounts.The first chapter was probably written by god himself because it tells of the beginning and there is no way of knowing what is written. Although it can be said that it was inspired by divine inspiration. The continuation of the book was written by others. The book of genesis tells the story of the beginning and the creation of the world and all there is. It uniquely tells the story of the successes and failures of people like Adam and Eve and shows it’s heroes as they really were giving a look of human’s nature in an ancient world (Hindson and Towns, 2013). Genesis teaches the theological truth of whom, why, when...
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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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