Essays on Religious Texts

The Special Characteristics and Critical Analysis of the Gospel of John

Gospel of John

The Gospel of St John The Gospel of St John has sixteen (16) characteristics divided in parts from 1 to 16 and in this essay I will identify and briefly explain each distinguish parts of the Gospel of John and the characteristics of how he...

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Critical Analysis of the Gospel of John: Divinity, Exorcism, Salvation and the Kingdom, Crucifixion

Gospel of John

Divinity Over the centuries the concept of Jesus being both divine and human has been highly debated amongst scholars and philosophers and even Christians. The author of the gospel of John deliberately starts the book with a prologue ‘John 1:1-3,14’ which introduces readers to a...

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Critical Analysis of the Article: Author’s Use of Seven Revelations Given to Abraham Lincoln

Revelation

In his article Abraham the seer Martin Buber discusses the role of Abraham in the bible, especially in the book of Genesis chapters 12-25. Buber suggests that there is more to Abraham than meets the eye and that he is not just to be taken...

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Issue of Meursault’s Revelation: Critical Analysis

Revelation

The main character, Meursault, will be argued to be extremely dynamic. In the novel, The Stranger, he lives a seemingly meaningless life throughout the entire story where all he seems to do is sleep and complain about the heat. He never made any of his...

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Narrating the Death and Resurrection of Jesus in The “Gospels”: Comparative Analysis of The Gospel of John

Gospel of John Gospel of Mark Jesus Christ

The “Gospels” which are better known as the good news biographies of the teachings concerning Jesus Christ. These biographies have been passed down by “oral tradition”. Which include stories of Jesus’s miracles, healings, parables, teachings and death/resurrection. (Lecture 2). Each Gospel proclaims a different interpretation...

4 Pages 2029 Words

Isabel’s Divine Revelation in James’s The Portrait of a Lady: Critical Analysis

Revelation

James’s The Portrait of a Lady generates an atmosphere in which the complexities of consciousness are examined through his heroine Isabel Archers reckoning with her husband’s deceitfulness. Mediated within the preface is the notion of the female protagonist affronting her destiny, noted as the ‘germ’...

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Biblical Relations In The Book Lord Of The Flies

Bible Lord of The Flies

Published in 1954, Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a classic novel that talks about the conflict between the human impulse towards savagery and the rules of civilization. It is an allegorical tale where Golding explains the brutality of World War II, as...

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The Progression Of Western Tradition In The Bible, Quran, Epic Of Gilgamesh And The Odyssey

Bible Quran The Odyssey

The books read in Search are historical texts that laid the foundation for societies, ancient and modern. The western philosophy of society is illustrated throughout the texts. The common themes that link them shows the moral compass that was valued, then and now. Western tradition...

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Chronicle Of A Death Foretold: Cultural Traditions And Social Order In Latin-American Biblical Society

Bible Chronicle of a Death Foretold Traditions

Throughout Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez symbolizes Santiago Nasar as a Christlike figure by utilizing numerous parallels with the physical and moral characteristics of Jesus Christ. While the shared themes of fate, sin, and honor are chronicled within both Marquez’s novel and...

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Domestic Abuse: Theological Analysis

Abuse Bible Domestic Violence

What is domestic abuse? (Experience). Using the term “domestic violence” has caused difficulties in what the term exactly entails; due to it being interchangeable with phrases such as “wife battering”, this often relegates abuse to sometimes stereotypical terms i.e. only women can become victims of...

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