What is his latter Paul’s about?

Does Jewish have their own book other than bible?

What does Torah mean to the Jewish?

Did Jewish believe in Christians?

Why did they connect the Bible in History?

Why there are Old and New Testaments?

 What I think about “the Bible as literature” still does not give you all the meaning in the bible only if you know Hebrew, that bible has been written in Hebrew and you will know what the meaning is.

Today, Mark presented on the book of Timothy. Timothy is thought to be have written by Paul. He told of the story of “Timothy” and the believers. He believed that we should pray for everyone. Timothy is being a good savior of Christ by continuing his work from a chained dungeon. Mark told us about how the authorship of these stories is questionable. People agree that Paul did not write these letters. I enjoyed when Mark shared his opinion of “Who Cares?” I agree with him on this matter. Mark is a great and natural speaker! Shawn presented next on First and Second Peter. He said that the author could possibly have been Peter or Silvanus. Silvanus was one of Peter’s secretaries. Shawn feels that no one really knows the true author. These writings were meant as a “Last Wish” from Peter to the nonbelievers. He told that one of the points of this book was to show good values and how women should treat their husband. He mentioned two important parts of the book: Harrowing of Hell Piece, in which Jesus died, and Mention of the Devil, in which there is a direct reference to the devil. Shawn clearly did a lot of outside research that strengthened his presentation. Juanita was the next to present on her books First, Second, and Third Letters of John. She explained how at this time there were a lot of false doctrines going around. She explained how people of that time denied the virgin birth of Jesus. Juanita explained about Jesus Christ vs. the Devil as our advocate. Juanita’s powerpoint was very well made. Michelle was the final presenter and her book was First Corinthians. Paul’s apostolic authority is being called into question. This book is pointing out the problems of the Church. Each chapter showed the problem and how it should be solved. Michelle’s use of quotes was very helpful to summarizing each of the chapters and problems. I liked that Michelle laid out her initial reactions to the beginning, middle, and end of her book. Unfortunately, I missed Bernice’s presentation because I was late, but I’m sure it was superb! I really think everyone put a lot of time and effort into their final presentations. Everyone was confident and their message was sent across. GREAT JOB!

-Olivia (:

Katie, Mohamed, myself and presented today. Katie began with the book of Zephaniah, or “Zeppy.” God is really angry because everyone is resilient. Zephaniah had predicted the downfall. Katie wondered how the consequences of a God you don’t believe in play out. She compared her reading to the readings of Revelations. She ended saying we were all going to die. Katie said that if she was in the situation, she would not be involved. I enjoyed her logic and she was well-prepared for her book. Mohamed presented his book, Zachariah, next. Zachariah wrote chapters 1-8. Chapters 6-14 may have been written by other authors. Chapters 1-8 showed the visions. I really liked the way Mohamed presented each vision individually. His visuals were really helpful. The visions were of the horseman, horns and smiths, the measuring man, Joshua before and after, lamp stand and olive trees, the flying scroll, the woman in the basket, and the final vision is of the four chariots. Mohammed did a good job explaining each of these visions. I went next and my book was Malachi. I really enjoyed exploring the mystery and great importance of this book.

-Olivia

 
– Chapters 1-9 Geneology, name after name, really hard to pronounces, easily get lost
– Order different than Hebrew bible than Christian Bible
Hebrew
– Prophets wrote history and interpreted what was happening, and gods will, book of kings regarded as something totally different
– Chronicals is last book
Christians
– had priests
– more about history
– not prophetic
– may appear to be like kings, but authors had totally different approaches and ideas
 
*Lots of duplications in the bible, Gospels: are four accounts of jesus, but each author has a different approach to it, trying to make a different meaning
​- As the Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, and the writer of the Chronicles and other selections ​of the bible
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Samuel/Kings​​     Chronicles
-500 Years -Starts earlier finishes later
-Written soon
after event -Written long after event
-Political
Viewpoint -Religious history
-Human Failings -Divine faithfulness
-Royal Vices -Royal Virtues
-NEGATIVE -POSITIVE
 
The writers of each books had different Tasks 
Why it went wrong
Knew all went wrong, let’s go back to how it was
 
 
 
Big Focus on David and Samuel
Ark and temple… more or the ritual and spiritual aspect, Priest/ not Prophet
The author doesn’t idolize, remember not good to idolize anything but God, but idealizes the Royalty
 
*The reason Chronicles was written was because the Hebrews were set free from Babylon by the Persian King Cyrus
*They had no identity and the chronicles were used as a way to bring back the identity
So of course things are written in a positive way to influence the Hebrews back to their routes  
What does it mean to be Jewish? God’s Chosen people, so of course they have to be righteous

The presenters did an awesome job with their presentations. I liked the detail and organization of each. I liked that Andrew used a map again in his presentation, because it was very helpful for visually seeing the locations he was explaining. The organization of his presentation was great! I liked Anne’s presentation and the organization. She did a great job going into detail on each section so we were able to clearly understand her chapter. Kia did a great job with using good pictures and good organization to form her presentation. She was very enthusiastic and a great speaker.

great job everyone!

-Nicollete 🙂

I really liked the presentations from Wednesday! The power points were awesome and the presenters did a great job of engaging the audience with their power points as well as vocally. They showed interest and knowledge of their chapter. I learned so much from the presenters. The symbolism was very interesting in Katherine’s presentation. She was very enthusiastic during her presentation, which made it more interesting. I liked the pictures in Tom’s presentation; very funny and the organization of his presentation. Nick’s presentation was well organized and I liked how he separated and explained each vision and used pictures to help us visualize them. Redgina’s presentation was well structured and colorful.

You all did a great job!

-Nicollete 🙂

Today, Andrew, Anne, and Kia presented their short books. Andrew’s powerpoint was very well-made and his presentation on Hosea was very good. I like how he connected it back to his Gabel presentation through the map of Israel. Anne went next presenting on Amos. She explained about Amos’ visions including the locusts and the shower of fire. I liked her confidence in the material and how she was able to explain the story in such a way that we could understand exactly what happened. Then, Kia presented on the book of Jonah. I liked her powerpoint style and the pictures she used. Kia organized her presentation very well by breaking up all of the chapters of her book. This made it easier to follow the story an understand it. I also enjoyed our discussion of God as a parent/bully. It was very interesting to think about.

-Olivia