Structure

10.1093/wentk/9780190867683.003.0003 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Jane McAuliffe

Keyword(s):

Does the Qur’an have Different Parts? Compared to the Bible or the library of Buddhist scriptures, the Qur’an is not a very long book. While the Bible is an assemblage of many books whose composition coalesced over more than a millennium, the Qur’an is a...

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Angels, Demons, and a Talking Ass

A Most Peculiar Book ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190651732.003.0004 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 60-81

Author(s):

Kristin Swenson

Keyword(s):

The Bible ◽

Different Parts

This chapter examines the Bible’s divine world. Along with different varieties of angels and demons there are medically prophylactic snakes, a talking ass, a curse-wielding box (the Ark), supernatural rocks, giant fish, and more that are discussed in this chapter. The chapter asserts that even angels defy easy categorization in the Bible; for example, they can be human or divine depending on the context. Their counterparts too—demons and even “Satan”—the chapter shows mean different things in different parts of the Bible.

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Learning to Take Scripture Seriously

ANVIL ◽

10.2478/anv-2013-0013 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 30 (1) ◽

pp. 31-40

Author(s):

Evan D. Garner

Keyword(s):

Human Sexuality ◽

Bible Study ◽

Cultural Backgrounds ◽

Christian Community ◽

International Conference ◽

The Bible ◽

Diverse Backgrounds ◽

The Church ◽

Different Parts

Abstract This paper is mainly the product of an international conference on sexuality and scripture that was held in Limuru, Kenya, during the summer of 2013. For almost two-thousand years, Christians have held different views on the role and authority of scripture in the Church. Those differences were made manifest by the participants in this conference. Largely because of their diverse cultural backgrounds, leaders from different parts of the global Christian community continue to use the Bible in the debates over human sexuality in remarkably different ways. This paper identifies the Contextual Bible Study method as a promising hermeneutical tool for finding agreement in the interpretation of scripture among individuals from such diverse backgrounds and from competing theological positions. After reviewing the Contextual Bible Study method and its applicability to the issue of human sexuality, the paper suggests the benefits of leaving behind familiar arguments over those passages of scripture most often cited in these debates in favour of a robust discussion of yet largely unexplored theological arguments.

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Reconciliation in Deuteronomy

Verbum et Ecclesia ◽

10.4102/ve.v26i1.223 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 26 (1) ◽

pp. 263-274

Author(s):

H F Van Rooy

Keyword(s):

Old Testament ◽

Central Position ◽

Promised Land ◽

The Bible ◽

The People ◽

God's People ◽

The Relationship ◽

Different Parts ◽

The Way

The Book of Deuteronomy holds a central position in the Old Testament, and indeed in the Bible as a whole. It provides a summary of what the faith of Israel in the Old Testament is all about. It speaks about the covenant God made between himself and his people, about faithfulness to that covenant and of the implications of breaking the covenant. This covenant had implications not only for the way the people of Israel had to live as God’s people in God’s land, but also for the relationship among the members of the covenant. This article discusses the structure of the book of Deuteronomy, and then the way in which reconciliation appears in each of the different parts. The theme of reconciliation is not dealt with explicitly in all the passages discussed, but it does form a part of the subtext of the book of Deuteronomy. The people could only experience the Lord’s blessings in the promised land after He had brought about reconciliation between Himself and them. To keep on experiencing the Lord’s blessings, they had to remain faithfull to Him, obey his commandments and live within the boundaries He prescribed.

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