Bible Dictionary Project: Proverrbs Of The Old Testament Bible
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Name: Jamika Rollins
Student ID: L25951188
Course: Bible 104
Date: September 22, 2014
Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project:
Proverbs
Author: Solomon and others
Date: 950-700 BC
Key Word: Wisdom
Key Verse: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding”(9:10)
The book of proverbs is the words of wisdom. The Proverbs are wise saying that express deep truths in capsules form. (Ed Hindson and Elmer L. Towns, Illustrated Bible Survey, An Introduction, p.193). A proverb is a short poetic sentence conveying wisdom in a concise and memorable form. Wisdom is meant to be applied, not just studied or memorized. In terms of function, Proverbs are wisdom literature, …show more content…
Satan asked God for permission to go to Job ,and put him to a test. God allowed Satan to do so because God knew that there was none like Job on earth. Satan came into Job life and took away all of his earthly possessions and all of his children. “Job arose and shaved his head and fell to the ground, and worshipped(1:20) and said, “Naked came I out of my Mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (1:22). In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God …show more content…
It is first mentioned in the Armana letters fourteen centuries BCE.
Bethlehem is sacred to all three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Bethlehem plays a significant part in the Old Testament, in the history of the Israelites, both before they entered Egypt and slavery, and after the Exodus. It appears in the Old Testament as Ephrat, where Rachel the beloved matriarch of the Jewish People, the favorite wife of Jacob, died during childbirth. The Tomb of Rachel, is a pilgrimage place for Jews and Muslims alike. Among other Biblical mentions and Holy Sites in Bethlehem: Rachel 's tomb, Naomi and Ruth, Samuel anoints King David and the well from which David 's warriors brought him waters. In the bible it is called "Bethlehem of Judah" (belonging to the tribe of Judah), to distinguish it from the other Bethlehem, which was in the North in the territory of the
Name: Jamika Rollins
Student ID: L25951188
Course: Bible 104
Date: September 22, 2014
Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project:
Proverbs
Author: Solomon and others
Date: 950-700 BC
Key Word: Wisdom
Key Verse: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding”(9:10)
The book of proverbs is the words of wisdom. The Proverbs are wise saying that express deep truths in capsules form. (Ed Hindson and Elmer L. Towns, Illustrated Bible Survey, An Introduction, p.193). A proverb is a short poetic sentence conveying wisdom in a concise and memorable form. Wisdom is meant to be applied, not just studied or memorized. In terms of function, Proverbs are wisdom literature, …show more content…
Satan asked God for permission to go to Job ,and put him to a test. God allowed Satan to do so because God knew that there was none like Job on earth. Satan came into Job life and took away all of his earthly possessions and all of his children. “Job arose and shaved his head and fell to the ground, and worshipped(1:20) and said, “Naked came I out of my Mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. (1:22). In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God …show more content…
It is first mentioned in the Armana letters fourteen centuries BCE.
Bethlehem is sacred to all three religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Bethlehem plays a significant part in the Old Testament, in the history of the Israelites, both before they entered Egypt and slavery, and after the Exodus. It appears in the Old Testament as Ephrat, where Rachel the beloved matriarch of the Jewish People, the favorite wife of Jacob, died during childbirth. The Tomb of Rachel, is a pilgrimage place for Jews and Muslims alike. Among other Biblical mentions and Holy Sites in Bethlehem: Rachel 's tomb, Naomi and Ruth, Samuel anoints King David and the well from which David 's warriors brought him waters. In the bible it is called "Bethlehem of Judah" (belonging to the tribe of Judah), to distinguish it from the other Bethlehem, which was in the North in the territory of the