And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life" King James Version ( Exodus 21:22-23) This is an example of an abortion case which is minimal yet needs justice to be served by the civil authorities. In this example, there are four sensitive phrases which needs to be emphasized and interpreted in order to bring out the intensity of this abortion issues, the phrases/sentences are; "If men

Bible Verses Selected Scriptural Passages The following interpretations of passages from the Holy Bible are based on the scriptures as recorded in the New International Version (NIV). Jeremiah 15:16 Jeremiah 15 finds the prophet pleading with the Lord on behalf of the children of Israel. God intends to bring carnage and punishment upon the Jews for failing to adopt the Hebrew law and to reform their lives. Jeremiah argues that this is not a

The historiography also refers to the selection and synthesis Old Testament materials. The most complete list include Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Ruth, Judges, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Chronicles, Esther and Ezra-Nehemiah. Major characteristics of historiography in the Old Testament are as follows: Historiography is a general term for Old Testament historical texts; It illustrates Israeli's national development and life; The Old Testament literature is ethological because it seeks to render

This is the Jealous God that Huston carries throughout his film as a representation of Godly power. This view also raises many associated questions; such as the fact that God must also have been the originator of the snake. In this section and in the others that follow it seems that the central impetus in the film is in reality a critique and an indictment of the God of the

Pilate and the Roman conversion To this day, Pilate is not seen as a hero to all sects of Christianity, and arguably with good reason. In short, he is not Abraham, nor Daniel,. Abraham did not kill his son, and Daniel successfully stopped the persecution of Susannah. Pilate, by contrast, was in a position to halt the execution of Jesus, but did not. The fact that he believed in Jesus' innocence,

This was accomplished based on the fact that he was a part of the social establishment for the Assyrians and he also had strong connections with many minorities. Over the course of time, this allowed him to teach and advocate different ideas that were confrontational in contemporary society. The most notable include: that Assyrian Empire (commonly called Babylon) would be overthrown for good, the birth of Christ and how