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.
Ehrman makes it a point throughout the textbook to emphasize that his approach is consistently from a historical perspective. His apparent goal is to familiarize the student with New Testament writings and early Christian writings by “emphasizing the rich diversity of the earliest Christian literature.” (xxvii) What the reader is left with is a textbook that comes across as being written from an interpretive standpoint where it is apparent Ehrman views his interpretation to be the one true expression of
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
Jorge Vela Mrs. Quintana TR1 May 25, 2016 Urim and Thummim The Hebrew bible reveals the valued beliefs of many Jews who practice this particular religion. Two particular mysterious objects that can be explained in the Hebrew bible are Urim and Thummim. Urim is associated with light whereas Thummim is implied to be its polar opposite, darkness. Urim and Thummim are religious objects that are found to be connected with the breastplate of the high priest.
“The Temple in the Old Testament” Before we discuss the Temple let’s look at the path that led to the Temple being constructed. The Tabernacle was a portable tent used to worship God, as explained in the previous chapter. The Temple is still where the Ark of Covenant was placed; however, the Temple was a permanent setting! Moses and his successor Joshua had died, now approximately 380 years later we come to David the King.
The story of Abraham and Sarah was written in Genesis, the first book in the Old Testament. According to the Hebrew bible Genesis is one of the Torah (the law) books but according to Christian Old Testament Genesis is one of the Pentateuch . Genesis explains the origin of the world and how God is the creator of everything, the stories that followed the creation story guided the readers to the idea of Hebrew believed in one God from the beginning, and for that reason Genesis was the opening book of the Old Testament . Although telling stories was nearly the most important source of entertainment for the ancient societies, it was also for learning from others experiences, mistakes and gain knowledge about life and the surrounded world.
Admittedly, from the verses 8 through verse 21 of Ezekiel, every stipulation was carried out on the mathematical dimensions, width, length, and cubits. It portrayed God as the inventor of the cubic centimeters, square roots and all the millimeters and it plays a vital role in dealing with town planning. Clearly then, humankind has learn to follow this direction from God. For example, when mankinds are buying their home, first and foremost, they want to know the square meter, the length and breadth of the house as a result of what they learned from the Bible.
Revelation is a book in the New Testament that always seems to be overlooked by most Christians because of it seeming a little unclear or maybe something that has to be read between the lines to mean something else. Yet, that may be true in order to study every aspect of it and have an understanding, every Christian has the ability to grow deeper into what John is really trying to say in the book of Revelation. John clearly wrote this book to reveal what will happen in the end times and to warn those who do not follow after Christ of the destruction that will come about if they are not to follow after him. In the beginning of Revelation, it states that John is shown visions and then it begins describing all of the visions he had,
Exodus is a book of law. Exodus is a book that tells how God set his people free from slavery. There are many stories in Exodus to explain all God 's Love for his people. The story of Moses is a true meaning of the Greek word for Exodus which means way Out or departure.
All throughout the Bible from cover to cover, one can read about man's futile attempts to stay the hand of God upon the lives of His people. Furthermore, it's even more fascinating that man actually believe that they have a shot at stopping God. For example, in the book of Exodus, it tells the story of a Pharaoh, who wouldn't let God's people go. Inasmuch as, he fought against God, until the LORD begin to strike the land, and the Egyptian people.
Old Testament Covenants In the Old testament you see God making a lot of promises. During Biblical times these were called Covenants. A Covenant is an “Arrangement between two parties involving mutual obligations; especially the arrangement that established the relationship between God and his people, expressed in grace first with Israel and then with the church. Through that covenant God has conveyed to humanity the meaning of human life and salvation Covenant is one of the central themes of the Bible, where some covenants are between human beings, other between God and Human Beings.”
