Annotated In 'Thankful For Lamentations' Cynthia, I enjoyed reading your discussion post. I think this lesson is realistic as to how people behave the mercy that they receive from other people is not returned. The king forgave the servant so the servant should have forgiven the fellow servant ...
There are many points of wisdom (Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Job). Poems and hymns of the Hebrew people are expressed in Psalms. In the latter writings, there was a general belief in the "last days" (of the future around their time or at a time to come) and of the Messiah who...
Except for Lamentations and Baruch, each of these books is named for one of the well-known Hebrew prophets (as well as several minor ones), who were called by God to give these predictions, messages and warnings to kings and other leaders and to the people in general. The four Gospels ...
Book of Ruth, Old Testament book belonging to the third section of the biblical canon, known as the Ketuvim, or Writings. In the Hebrew Bible, Ruth stands with the Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther; together they make up the Megillo