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  1. The Land, the Bible, and History: Toward the Land That I Will Show You (Abrahamic Dialogues) by Alain Marchadour, David Neuhaus, et all 2006-11-15
  2. A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam by Karen Armstrong, 1994-08-09
  3. Joshua and the Flow of Biblical History by Francis Schaeffer, 1976
  4. Israel in Exile: The History and Literature of the Sixth Century B.C.E (Studies in Biblical Literature) (Studies in Biblical Literature) by Rainer Albertz, 2003-11-01
  5. Searching the Scriptures A History of the Society of Biblical Literature, 1880-1980 by Saunders, 1982
  6. A History of Ancient Israel and Judah, Second Edition by James Maxwell Miller, John Haralson Hayes, 2006-10-01
  7. Old Testament History by Charles F. Pfeiffer, 1973-06
  8. Unfolding the Deuteronomistic History: Origins, Upgrades, Present Text by Antony F. Campbell, Mark A. O'Brien, 2000-11
  9. Alternatives to Global Capitalism: Drawn from Biblical History, Designed for Political Action by Ulrich Duchrow, 1996-03-01
  10. Students of the Covenant: A History of Jewish Biblical Scholarship in North America (Confessional Perspectives Series) by S. David Sperling, 1992-02
  11. History of Biblical Judaism: An Introductory Study of the Bible by Hap C. S. Lyda, 1994-04
  12. The Black Apostle: Ancient Biblical History Of The Black Or Negro Race, Proven By The Bible by J. Justice, 2007-03-01
  13. Ancient Israel: A New History of Israelite Society (Biblical Seminar, 5) by Niels Peter Lemche, 1988-01
  14. A brief Biblical history (Old Testament) by F. J Foakes-Jackson, 1930

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122. Biblical Personalities: David
A contemporary Jewish look at the king and national poet of Israel.
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Biblical Personalities: David
Said David before the Holy One, Blessed is He: “Master of the Universe, despise not my prayer, for Israel’s eyes are raised to me in hope, and my eyes are raised to you in hope. If You hear my prayer, it is as if You heard theirs” (Shocher Tov 25:5). Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and prudent in affairs, and a comely person, and the Lord is with him” (I Samuel 16:18). “Skillful in playing” - in understanding Scripture; “a mighty man of valor” - in Mishnah; “a man of war” - who knows how to give and take in the battle of Torah discussion; “prudent in affairs” - in good deeds; “a comely person” - in Talmud (Ruth Rabbah 4:3). He is almost always viewed as Israel’s hero, despite his frailties, and notwithstanding his immoral and unforgivable disposal of Uriah the Hittite. Remembrance of David will always be associated with the slaying of the inimical Goliath and as the concomitant inspiration of Saul’s armies. His love of Jonathan, perfectly reciprocated, is also his legacy, although one must be careful not to read the ultraliberal mores of the late twentieth century into the biblical world. His love of women, particularly his attraction to Bath-sheba, which both ruined and resurrected the king, reveals the unbridled, instinctive nature of a man who placed his passions even above the law.

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124. Pro-life Resources: Defend The Right Of The Unborn Child To Live. Life Begins At
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PRO-LIFE TOOL KIT 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. (2 Timothy 2:15) PRO-LIFE TOOL KIT provides tools for pastors, teachers, and other men and women of faith to proclaim boldly the truth in The Holy Bible that God loves every person, from the moment of conception (fertilization) until natural death. For the woman contemplating abortion, this site outlines God's instructions on the sanctity of life, as written in The Holy Bible. For the woman who has had an abortion, God provides a plan of salvation and forgiveness, if His Gospel message is accepted and sin is confessed and repented. DIRECTORY: PRO-LIFE TOOLS FOR YOUR USE INTRODUCTION An overview of abortion and other pro-life issues. SCRIPTURAL REFERENCES References from The Holy Bible relevant to pro-life issues. ANCIENT FEASTS God's capture of a baby's development in the feasts of Israel THREE WOMEN Unexpected pregnancies in three Jewish women changed the course of history SECULAR QUOTATIONS Quotations relative to pro-life issues from non-Biblical sources.

125. Eternal Security: A Biblical Perspective
Examines the biblical, theological, and historical basis for the doctrine of eternal security. Extensive articles, links to other pages, and forums.
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129. Children's Spirituality Research Page
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130. Biblical Personalities: Elijah
A contemporary Jewish look at the revered prophet.
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Biblical Personalities: Elijah
Why was Elijah privileged to be able to revive the dead? Because he did the will of the Holy One, Blessed is He, and he would sigh over the honor of Israel every day as if Israel were in danger of being destroyed from the world. In every generation that Elijah found righteous men, he would embrace and kiss them and bless the Holy One (Tanna d’Bei Eliyahu Rabbah 5:11). Elijah still lives (Seder Olam Rabbah 21). Perhaps more than any of the glo- rious personalities depicted in the Bible, Elijah the Prophet has transcended Jewish history and Jewish time. At the most dramatic moment of the Passover seder, the door is opened for Elijah, the “cup of Elijah” is symbolically raised, and the messianic strains of “Eliyahu Hanavi” are intoned, thus revealing a deep and age-old Jewish belief in the coming of the messiah. Elijah is welcomed at every circumcision ceremony, where the kos Eliyahu (“Elijah’s cup”) is transformed into kisei Eliyahu (“Elijah’s chair”). He graces many midrashim, stories, and narratives - often in mufti - where he performs acts of kindness and redemption. On Shabbat Hagadol, the Sabbath preceding Passover, his name is invoked in the Haftarah lection: “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord (Malachi 3:23). The biblical Elijah, interestingly, seems devoid of sentimentality. He accepts his prophetic mission piously, first with a small act of lovingkindness to a widow, later exacting punishment upon Ahab and Jezebel’s false prophets of Baal. The brutality of the punishment is rivalled by Elijah’s powers over nature. He brings forth the rain and resurrects the dead in a parable redolent of the New Testament (I Kings 17:17-24). He travels forty days in the desert to receive, like Moses, God’s testimony on Mount Horeb. There, after experiencing the power of the Lord’s natural forces (earthquakes, wind, fire), Elijah hears a “still small voice.” Truly alone, he accepts Divinity’s commands, sounding much like Herman Melville’s Ishmael: “I, even I only, am left” (I Kings 19:14).

131. Biblical Lives: Noah
A Baptist perspective on the life of the arkbuilder.
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    Series written and published to the Web by Dale Sullivan Noah This lesson is based on the following passages:
    Genesis 6
    Genesis 7:1-5 Genesis 8:15ff Genesis 9 Also see
    Luke 17:26
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    Discuss the follwoing questions:
  • How were the social conditions at the time of Noah's call like our own or different from our own?
  • What was God's opinion of human culture at that time? Why?
  • What was God's opinion of Noah? Why?
  • In what ways did Noah show his faith? Why did these actions require faith on Noah's part?
  • How did God respond to Noah's faith and obedience?
  • What are the good things in Noah's life that we should try to imitate?
  • Are there any failures in his life that we should try to avoid? If so, how can we live our lives in ways that will help us avoid the failures?
  • In the history of God's work with human kind, why is Noah an important figure?
  • In summary, what does the study of Noah's life teach us about God and about human beings? Life Summary: Noah As we read about Noah's life, we discover that he lived in a decadent society. The Bible says that all the imaginations of peoples' hearts were continually wickedthey were always thinking about things that God finds detestable. However, even when things seemed so bad, God picked out Noah because he was a person who tried to do what was right. He chose Noah to do a very special work in his day.
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    135. Daniel - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    Profile of the biblical prophet from an 1897 Christian source.
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    For other uses, see Daniel (disambiguation)
    Daniel Standard Hebrew Daniyyel Tiberian Hebrew Dāniyyªl ) is the name of two people from the Bible . The name means "My judge is God ", or "God has judged".
  • David 's second son, "born unto him in Hebron, of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Chr. 3:1). He is called also Chileab (2 Sam. 3:3). Jewish exile in Babylon, subject of Book of Daniel
  • Christians consider Daniel to be one of the great prophets , whose life and prophecies line the Book of Daniel although he is not once spoken of in the Old Testament as a prophet. Judaism does not consider Daniel to be a prophet. In the Christian Old Testament Daniel appears in "Prophets" but in the Jewish Tanach he appears in "Writings." There are two reasons Jews do not consider Daniel to be a prophet.
  • Daniel never spoke directly to God. Per Torah prophets (navis) speak to God, not to intermediaries like angels. Daniel saw angels and never spoke to God. This is the primary reason (navi) speaks to his or her generation, not to future generations. The Prophets in the Jewish Tanach (e.g., Isaiah, Ezekiel) spoke primarily to their generation, but their message was also pertinent to the future. Daniel's who codified the Jewish bible (Tanach) argued about including Daniel in the bible and placed him in Writings, not Prophets.
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    137. Discover Biblical Israel! - Tools Linking Land And Word
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    138. Biblical Lives: Rebekah
    A Baptist perspective on the life of the wife of Isaac.
    http://www.evangelbaptist.org/highschool/lessons/rebekah.htm
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    High School Class Series: Biblical Lives to Live By
    Genesis-II Samuel
  • Noah
  • Rebekah
  • Jacob
  • Joseph ...
    Return to Evangel Home Page
    Series written and published to the Web by Dale Sullivan Rebekah This lesson is based on the following passages: (If you are online, you can look them up at Bible Gateway
    Discuss the following questions:
  • Based on chapter 24, what kind of character would you say Rebekah had as a young woman?
  • How do you think she felt about leaving her family and traveling with a stranger to a strange land?
  • If you were Rebekah, how would you have felt about having twins, especially considering that she had not been able to have children before?
  • What do you think Rebekah thought about having to pretend to be someone other than who she really was in chapter 26?
  • Why do you think Rebekah wanted Jacob to receive the blessing rather than Esau?
  • What does chapter 27 seem to imply about Rebekah's relationship to her husband, Isaac, and her two sons?
  • Do you think it was easy or hard for Rebekah to send Jacob away?
  • What do you think were Rebekah's strengths and weaknesses?
  • 139. Biblical Personalities: Job
    A contemporary Jewish look at the suffering believer.
    http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/100.html
    Biblical Personalities: Job
    Job never existed; this story was only a parable (Bava Batra 15a).
    No one among the nations of the world was more righteous than Job (Devarim Rabbah 2:4).
    "Blaspheme God, and die” (Job 2:9). Pray before the Holy One, Blessed is He, that you should die, so that you will go from this world innocent, whole, and righteous before you come to sin; for you cannot accept the pain and you will regret your deed of the past (Midrash Iyov 14).
    When suffering came upon Job, had he restrained his anger and not complained of injustice, he would have attained an extremely praiseworthy level. Just as we now say in the prayer, "God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob,” so we would have said, "God of Job” (Pesikta Rabbati 47:20).
    The whole time that Job opposed his friends and his friends opposed him, the Attribute of Strict Justice was poised. Only when he was appeased by them and prayed for them did the Holy One, Blessed is He, return to him (Pesikta Rabbati 38).
    It begins simply, but unrea-sonably. Job, "a whole-hearted and upright man, one that feared God, and shunned evil” (Job 1:1) finds himself in the midst of a not so gentlemanly wager between God and Satan. This could be a revival of the serpent’s temptation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, particularly since Job lives a life of extraordinary blessing. The difference, however, is that Job’s version, up to this moment, reads more like "Paradise Found.” That is, knowing the inclination toward evil that resides in the heart of every man, Job resisted, and pursued the good. The rewards: of material opulence (seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses) and family (seven sons and three daughters) were kingly, if not profligate.

    140. Biblical Personalities: Isiah
    A contemporary Jewish look at the humble prophet.
    http://www.emanuelnyc.org/bulletin/archive/86.html
    Biblical Personalities: Isiah
    The Holy One, Blessed is He, said to Isaiah, “My children are troublesome and rebellious. If you undertake to be hit and degraded by My children, you will go on My mission; otherwise you will not.” Isaiah replied, “I accept the condition and I am not worthy of going on a mission to your children.” Then the Holy One said, “All the prophets received the spirit of prophecies from another prophet, but you will receive your prophecies from the mouth of the Lord. All the prophets prophesied simple prophecies, but you will prophesy double comforts: Be comforted, be comforted” (Isaiah 40:1) (Vayikra Rabbah 10:2). Isaiah prophesied many more prophecies than all the other prophets; moreover, he prophesied about all the nations of the world (Pesikta Rabbati 33:25). The call of God brought forth from his chosen prophets a typical response: Who are we to serve the Almighty in truth? The characteristic of humility - in Abraham, in Moses, and now in Isaiah - was a prerequisite for service. When one considers the rigors of their prophetic careers, and Divinity’s imperative to stand up against injustice, corruption, and sinfulness, he might wonder if “humility” were truly the most important attribute possessed by a potential leader of the people. It certainly wouldn’t work that way today. “Ambitious,” “aggressive,” “fearless,” are modernity’s watchwords of success - which causes one to pause. Why, in the ancient world, was humility considered an essential part of leadership? Perhaps because the humble person was more comprehending and more responsive to a force in life much greater than himself. This does not mean he suppressed his personality and his talents, but rather saw himself in proper perspective: that is, he was merely a vessel of God’s desires for His people.

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