We ask at this stage of the subject, what was the meaning of pagan offerings? As they understood their religious rites, the unbloody were expressions of gratitude and acknowledgment for protection. Whatever the form of offering was, the god was conceived of as being pleased with them. How ...
Mohammed or Mahomet (written also Mahonsmed or Mahommet, and Mtuhamed or Muhamet, an Arabic word meaning the predicted Messiah; applied to him in allusion to Hag 2:7; but formerly called, according to a tradition quoted by Halabi, Kothanm) was a great Arabian legislator, who not only ...
D. What approach will be used in this course for studying the Old Testament? The Old Testament will be examined for: 1. Meaning (the author's intentions). 2. Exegesis (the process of drawing out the meaning from the text - we subordinate ourselves to the text (isogesis means putting ...
Lauralee Blisshas always liked to dream big dreams. Part of that dream was writing, and after several years of hard work, her dream of publishing was realized in 1997 with the publication of her first romance novel,Mountaintop, through Barbour Publishing. Since then, she’s had twenty books...
“In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.16 You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee!You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be...