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Oral Tradition Late Antiquity
2,076 wordsErroneous beliefs and preconceived ideas are a lock on the door of the human mind; they have proven to be very effective in keeping the truth at bay. In the past, the belief systems of most people were acquired directly from their parents as they grew up. Countless generations clung to their inherited beliefs with great tenacity, vigorously promoting them as bequeathed truth. Yet in the vast majority of cases, the origin of these beliefs was not based on fact, but rather on supposition or hearsa...
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Mount Sinai J W
2,244 words... : GENESIS 22: 1 Now it came to pass after these things that God [ha " elohim] tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am. " 2 Then He said, "Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you. " (NKJV) Targum Pseudo-Jonathan further identifies the 'elohim who told Abraham to sacrifice his son: GENESIS 22: 1 The Word of the Lord at once tried Abr...
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Mount Sinai Promised Land
2,199 words... (Hag. 1: 13); Malachi says that people should seek the law from the mouth of a priest, who is a "messenger (mal " ak) of the LORD" (Mal. 2: 7). Let's look at a couple of key verses in the story of the Israelites' escape from Egypt: EXODUS 13: 21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. (NKJV) EXODUS 14: 19 And the Angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and wen...
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Taking Sides Clashing Sides Clashing Views
940 wordsWhen a child opens his (or her) first puzzle and the pieces fall to the ground, it may seem very confusing. What are they to do with this pile of shapes in front of them? It often takes a parent to explain to them that all the different pieces fit together into one whole picture. Although every piece is different and unique, when they are all put into their place they form one whole picture. In the same way, teachers can teach multiculturalism in the classroom. Although every member of our socie...
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View Of Human Nature Put To Death
6,084 wordsThe historical Thomas More, the author of Utopia, was an extraordinarily complicated man who tied up all the threads of his life in his heroic death. The Utopia is the sort of complicated book that we should expect from so complicated a man. It is heavy with irony, but then irony was the experience of life in the Sixteenth Century. Everywhere in church, government, society, and even scholarship profession and practice stood separated by an abyss. The great difficulty of irony is that we cannot a...
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Lowest Common Denominator Public School System
1,424 wordsThe purpose of our modern education: The delicate tools necessary for our intellectual workshop are achieved by schooling. I suspect that our best tools are realized rather automatically, but if there is to be outside influence, then, best it is done early, as the human mind matures all too rapidly. Children are not consumed with anxiety to learn anything; least of all has it ever crossed their minds that they must learn English. How shall we teach it to them, when the few of us who have begun t...
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Earnings Per Share Wall Street Journal
2,007 wordsReebok International Ltd. BUSINESS SUMMARY I. General Background Information Reebok International Ltd. is a worldwide sports and fitness company influencing the athletic lifestyle of the world since 1895. The story of Reebok International Ltd. began in Victorian England when Joseph William Foster created the first known running shoe with spikes for members of his local running club. Mr. Foster had a victorious clientele of distinguished athletes through his company J. W. Foster &# 038; Sons. Wit...
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