Judas Priest

The most important theme found in the three synoptic gospels Matthew, Mark, and Luke is the divine necessity of Jesus; this theme can also be found in the non-canonical gospel of Judas. This theme is an important building block for Christianity. The divine necessity of Jesus is that he must be rejected by man and killed by man. There are many passages in the four gospels that show this theme. In the synoptics, the four most important are, the passion prediction scenes, the parable of the wicked…

With Saul in particular, we have typology of the Antichrist and Christ side-by-side. Scripture says, “The women sang as they played, and said, ‘Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.’” (1 Sam. 8:7) David here is a type of Christ who would later have His own triumphal entry into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. (John 12:14-15) The foremost and consummate antichrist type in the Bible is Antiochus Epiphanes. In the book, “The Understanding of Ornament in the Italian Renaissance”,…

I explored Canto XXXIV of Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno. This canto describes Dante’s and Virgil’s expedition into the last circle of hell, Cocytus. As well as detailing their interactions with a number of significantly important characters. Virgil leads Dante into the last circle of hell and they are immediately shaken by a great icy wind. They look over to see a massive horrid creature stirring up the windstorm by flapping it’s wings. Dante said “I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath”…

I am from euphoria, A city enclosed by beautiful peaked mountains, Adventures leading to remarkable destinations. Barbara Kingsolver, the author of the essay "Knowing Our Place", once said, “Our greatest and smallest explanations for ourselves grow from place” (40). This “place” that Barbara is talking about can vary from person to person. It can be as unique as a red barn roof top or as generic as a shadowed bedroom. Everyone has a place like this in mind and it may even change often. Places…

The incessant push for smaller class sizes is a result of extensive research conducted over various years. Research supports an overall positive impact, from additional attention for students by teacher that can lead to lower retention numbers, and more efficient special need referrals, to more active student participation and a higher morale due to a more efficient educational environment. It has been proven time and again that not all children, persons for that matter, have the ability to…

Describe the key issues related to the Serrano v. Priest decision. What did the court decide? What action did the State take following the court’s decision? In 1968 a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of Mr. Serrano in the Superior Courts of Los Angeles. Serrano claimed the funding system for California schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, as well as the Equal Protection clause in the California Constitution. At the time of the Serrano case, per pupil…

Buddhism and Christianity are both religions that have been around for thousands of years. There are many aspects of Christianity that correspond with Buddhism and vice versa. One of the most important similarities between the two religions is that they both have a founder, or originator. Christianity being Jesus Christ and Buddhism being Siddhartha Gautama, unlike some religions who have no founder. Despite that these two religions share similarities, they also poses many distinct differences.…

Annotated Bibliography Dyrendal, Asbjørn. “Devilish Consumption: Popular Culture in Satanic Socialization.” Numen: International Review For The History Of Religions 55, no. 1 (January 2008): 68-98. Religion and Philosophy Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed September 26, 2017). In the bimonthly, peer-reviewed, academic journal, Numen: International Review For The History Of Religion, Asbjørn Dyrendal explains how mainstream and popular media perpetuated the spread and influence of satanism. The…

You can tell that the Jewish priest, Caiaphas, is not too happy about it, because the townspeople rush to Jesus and embrace him with the fanning of palm leaves. To end this, the leaders talk about killing Jesus “for the sake of the nation, Jesus must die” (Betsworth, p. 3). In the records of Matthew, the chief priest and some of the elderly people of the town decide to kill him, but they do not want to while everyone is…

A very Old man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garia Marquez is a religious allegory that is represented with the author’s use of literary devices to express his feelings about the Christian religion. Marquez mocks the believers of God and their true lack of faith, which is represented with metaphoric allusions resembled in his story. He reveals the ignorance of believers, which repetitively happened since the Old Testament, the doubt that occurred towards prophets of God especially the Messiah.…