The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,
Brittney Chow Professor Kinnison Bible 300 14 September 2017 “Analysis of Chapter 4 of Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World” By the first century BCE, Rome has become a superpower amongst other empires. Rome has made it’s way to one of the top political, military, and economic powers. In 63 BCE, Rome takes control of Judea.
The Heart of the Old Testament is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated or believed any differently. Throughout the course of the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the foundation of the Old Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant 1 and covenant 2, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption.
In the book East of Eden, a young girl, Abra Bacon begins as the average girl for the time, a symbol of femininity and pureness in her family. However, as time went on she began to internally rebel, realizing that she didn’t have to conform to that standard and that she could be herself. In heart she is an magnificently kind and beautiful young women on the inside and out. In the book it is written that “It was only after Aron went away to college that abra really gotta know his family.”(ch. 44), to me this shows that she was being confined by her childhood wants and knowledge even though she had gained greater knowledge of the world and of herself since then.
Bart D. Ehrman. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, Fifth edition, 2012 SUMMARY The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings is an 536 page, illustrated, historical guide to early Christianity and many of the early writings of the time—not just those of the New Testament Canon. As the title boasts it is used as an introduction textbook for scholars studying the New Testament.
The heart of the Old Testament second edition is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Robert Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated as a separate entity. In the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament. He then discusses these nine themes of the Old Testaments with supporting scriptures from the New Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, covenant, law, sovereignty, theocracy, sacrifice, election, redemption and faith (Youngblood, 1998).
Jonathan, I agree with your statement we do tend to view the New Testament through the lens of our twenty-first-century culture. Even though we know that it's not the best way to interpret the New Testament we seem to get a better grasp from doing this. I like how you brought up the original authors of the New Testament and how they wrote through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Yes, it is difficult to fit in someone else's shoes, but the Holy Spirit that existed when scripture was penned can lead, guide and direct our path today just as it did then. I would agree with you that the three methods that the authors bring forth are a great way to view the New Testament.
The Bible is an extensive and challenging book that differs from all of the other books. It consists of several scriptures, that are very different in the scope, purpose and content. Therefore we must read them in a different way compared to the rest of the literature. 2. The Bible was put together in thousands of years.
Gary Burger, a co-author of The New Testament in Antiquity, intrigues us with his overview of the very first chapter in the authors’ book. As he explains the need for understanding the antiquities of the land, history and culture of Bible text, Burger says, “We don’t want you to think of the New Testament as a 21st century book. We want to help you to see the New Testament as a 1st century book” (Chapter 1 Overview Video). The authors make a valid argument for their passion in pointing out that “knowing history…builds the context in which present events can be understood. ” “Without a strong grasp of the historical context, we may misunderstand or even misrepresent what is happening” (Burger, Cohick, and Green 20). Understanding the antiquities
To orient the Old Testament timeline, Richter uses: Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and David to display their roles and why they are considered the main characters on this timeline. Let’s start with Adam, he is the one that disobeyed God’s command in the Garden of Eden. After Adam comes Noah who does not disobey God and therefore sees the wonderful works of the Lord. To give insights on the Real Time aspects of this chapter, Richter uses Abraham, Moses, and David to show their contribution to this topic. In reading, Richter uses geography because, “The biblical stories happened in real space, and that space affected the choices and actions of the players as well as the plot line of the drama (55).”
Compare and Contrast Essay The unlimited possibilities that the future holds for us as well as for the present times are greatly different than the times that the Frank family experienced during hiding from the Nazis starting in 1942. Their restrictions in hiding included limited bathroom time, quiet hours, food shortage, couldn’t go outside or have any social interactions whatsoever and didn’t experience sunlight for two whole years. This did not relieve their hope but the truth was, at times it was hard for them to keep any hope. Although Anne Frank and Margot Frank are pretty close in age sisters, their lifestyle and personalities differ throughout their hiding experience.
Divided, violent, rebellious are all adjectives that describe the problems and the state of our current nation. Has the country that prides itself on freedom and liberty, lost these key founding principles? Is the United States really united? With all of today’s disputes, riots, and violence it may seem we stray from the ideas held in The Declaration of Independence, do we still realize and believe that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness” ? To fix these many problems and bring our country together in sight of our many differences we need to embrace and apply these unalienable rights to everyone.
The writer's primary concern was showing authority and organizing pieces of literature. "In various ways, it is argued that God's governance is to maintain an order that cannot be mocked, disregarded, or nullified, however, while this function contains an important religious affirmation, it also lends itself to ideological use by those in positions of power"( Brueggemann,1985). According to the attending section in unit 1, "The Old Testament has been the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity for over 2,500 years and are one of the most important collections of texts in the Western World"(Tullock,& McEntire,2012). Nevertheless, The Old Testament is also referred to as The Hebrew scriptures.
The book of Exodus consists of two genres, Narrative History and Laws. God rescuing his people from slavery by using an unlikely hero named Moses is the theme. The Hebrew children are living in bondage under Pharoah. When he sees them multiplying he gets worried and gives orders to kill all the Hebrew sons at birth.
Everyone knows the gospels are very important to the Catholic Church, But why? We read them at mass every Sunday so they must have a deeper meaning. Well that’s just it. They teach about Jesus’ life on earth, his death and resurrection. They might differ from each other but that is because they were written by four different authors.
