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Background On January 11, 27 B.C. Octavian closed the doors of the temple of Janice to mark the return of peace to Rome. Five days later the Roman senate bestowed upon Octavian the title of Augustus Caesar. Augustus was the undisputed master of the world. His Empire ran from Spain and France to Nort...

Wisdom Literature Introduction Revelation is perhaps the most controversial Book of the whole Bible. It has been studied and examined from the early Church to the present day, with four major interpretations. This being the case it demands a careful approach. The Scriptures must be allowed to interp...

Introduction A distinctive Old Testament literature is what is called the Poetical books or wisdom literature. The Poetical books are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.For Further Study see Book Introductions They are called Poetical because they are composed almost entirely of ...

Origin of Prophecy 'For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.' Romans 15:4 'All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable' 2 Timothy 3:16 On Mount Sinai, God spoke directly to ...

Pauline Epistles Many of the New Testament writers used the Epistles to communicate in. The Epistolary is a personal letter written to Christian people that were known personally. They would begin with a formal salutation 1 Corinthians 1:1 then display the body of the letter with a concluding greeti...

DefinitionAuthorshipDocumentary HypothesisDefinitionArchaeologyConservative ViewDefinition The term Pentateuch is the Greek name given to the first five books of the Old Testament. It comes from two Greek words, Pente meaning five and Teuchos meaning book or volume. It represents a five volume book....

Historical Background The second section of the Old Testament is the historical narratives. This section would include the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah. There were two major groups which occupied the land of Palestine in the early days...

Are there Lost Book of the Bible? Are there Lost Book of the Bible?Are there additional books which could and should have been included in the Bible? Books, apparently deemed reliable by the Bible's authors that were either omitted from the Bible, or lost to history before the Bible was assembled. T...

DefinitionLiterary StyleSynoptic GospelsSynoptic ProblemThe ProblemProposed SolutionsTheory of Mutual DependenceTheory of Documentary HypothesisTheory of Oral TraditionEclectic ViewWhy SimilaritiesWhy Diferences?Definition The Term Gospel comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word godespel meaning God's tid...