* The novel ' Hadassah ' by J. Francis Hudson ( Lion Publishing 1996 ) integrates the Biblical narrative with ancient Greek accounts of the reign of Xerxes ( Ahasuerus ).

Notwithstanding the accounts of Biblical figures like Moses, Enoch and Solomon being associated with magical practices, when Christianity became the dominant faith of the Roman Empire, the early Church frowned upon the propagation of books on magic, connecting it with paganism and burned books of magic.

His works frequently cite Talmudic, Midrashic and medieval commentaries on Biblical creation accounts, such as commentaries written by the Jewish philosopher Nachmanides.

Divergences between the passage's presentation and the Biblical accounts of John include baptism for those whose souls have already been " purified beforehand by righteousness " is for purification of the body, not general repentance of sin ( Mark 1: 4 ).

However, the following account of the Assyrian kings, which was among the archaeological discoveries in Babylon, differs from the Samaritan and Jewish Biblical accounts:

An Ethiopian account ( Kebra Nagast ) maintains that the Queen of Sheba had sexual relations with King Solomon ( of which the Biblical and Quranic accounts give no hint ) and gave birth by the Mai Bella stream in the province of Hamasien, Eritrea.

Alan V. Murray, however, has argued that, at least for the accounts of Persia and the Turks in his chronicle, William relied on Biblical and earlier medieval legends rather than actual history, and his knowledge " may be less indicative of eastern ethnography than of western mythography.

Busby, an ardent and outspoken Royalist ( he had the school observe a fast-day on the anniversary of the King's beheading ), was by all accounts trying to preserve the nascent spirit of scientific inquiry that had begun to flourish in Carolean England but which was at odds with the literal Biblical teachings of the Protectorate.

" This argument resembles the criterion of embarrassment, an analytical tool used in assessing the historicity of Biblical accounts of Jesus, which holds that material that would seem to be " embarrassing " to scriptural figures such as Jesus but is nevertheless included in the canon is likely to be true.

* The literal nature of the Biblical accounts, especially regarding Christ's miracles and the Creation account in Genesis.

Despite criticisms that Gibson deliberately and severely departed from historical accounts of first century Judea and Biblical accounts of Christ's crucifixion, some scholars defend the film as not meaning to be historically accurate.

Hebrew and Arab peoples are generally classified as Semitic, a concept derived from Biblical accounts of the origins of the cultures known to the ancient Hebrews.

This is the current view for the majority of the Christian, Islamic and Jewish faiths, although according to Biblical accounts the Arab people traditionally have had long-standing alliances with the descendants of the Assyrians and the Medes.

These Biblical accounts influenced later European ceremonies, together with those of Ethiopia and Tonga, following the conversion of those lands to Christianity.

Specific ethical behaviors originate in the Old Testament ’ s Ten Commandments, and are enriched by teachings in the Psalms and morals contained in historical accounts, see also Biblical law in Christianity.

While Hillel is not often quoted in connection with Jewish law, he was an able interpreter of the Hebrew Bible ; this accounts for Origen seeking his society and consulting him frequently on difficult Biblical passages.

If et-Tell is indeed Ai, this poses a problem for defenders of the literal historicity of the Biblical accounts concerning the origin of ancient Israel.

Many Biblical scholars concluded that the account was a piece of political spin, which had been intended to disguise atrocities carried out by the tribe of Judah against Benjamin, probably in the time of King David as an act of revenge or spite by David against the associates of King Saul, by casting them further back in time, and adding a more justifiable motive ; more recently, scholars have suggested that it is more likely for the narrative to be based on a kernel of truth, particularly since it accounts for the stark contrast in the biblical narrative between the character of the tribe before the incident, and its character afterward.

According to one of the two Biblical accounts ( does not have the account of Manasseh's captivity or repentance ), Manasseh was restored to the throne, () and abandoned idolatry, removing foreign idols () and enjoining the people to worship in the traditional Israelite manner.

Anecdotal accounts of prohibitions against maternal alcohol use from Biblical, ancient Greek, and ancient Roman sources imply a historical awareness of links between maternal alcohol use and negative child outcomes.

If et-Tell is indeed Ai, this poses a problem for defenders of the literal historicity of the Biblical accounts concerning the origin of ancient Israel ; the reason for this is that traditional dating schemes place the Exodus from Egypt in 1440 BC and Joshua's conquest of Canaan around 1400 BC, a time at which the archaeological evidence shows Ai to have been completely unoccupied, as it had been for almost 1000 years.

Only the guardian monk may view the Ark, in accordance with the Biblical accounts of the dangers of doing so for non-Kohanim.

The album revolves heavily around Gnostic beliefs and critically revisits the traditional Christian mythology with regards to the creation of the Earth and the Biblical accounts of Adam and Eve.

Certainly, the meaning is clearer to one who is not familiar with Biblical teachings, in the New English Bible which reads: `` Then Jesus arrived at Jordan from Galilee, and he came to John to be baptized by him.

Among the most frequently quoted Biblical sentences are the Beatitudes and yet so few persons, other than scholars, really understand the true meaning of these eight blessings uttered by Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount.

These three propositions were further developed by his followers, who maintained that God revealed Himself in a threefold revelation, the first in the Biblical patriarch Abraham, marking the epoch of the Father ; the second in Jesus Christ, who began the epoch of the Son ; and the third in Amalric and his disciples, who inaugurated the era of the Holy Ghost.

Some Christians believe that the Law was " completed " by Jesus and has become irrelevant to " faith life ", for details see Biblical law in Christianity.

Christians refer to the Biblical books about Jesus as the New Testament, and to the canon of Hebrew books as the Old Testament, terms associated with Supersessionism.

In particular, his treatment of the Biblical gospels which he titled The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, but which subsequently became more commonly known as the Jefferson Bible, exhibits a strong deist tendency of stripping away all supernatural and dogmatic references from the Christ story.

Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by the Apostle Paul to explain that salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

After Montag starts to rip a few pages from the beginning of a rare copy of The New Testament ( one of the few left that actually contains God's word, rather than the bastardized versions that have Jesus and other Biblical characters shilling products ), Faber relents and teaches Montag about the importance of literature in its attempt to explain human existence.

Magus had been a contemporary of Jesus Christ's, and like the Biblical Jesus had supposedly performed miracles, but had been demonised by the Medieval Church as a devil-worshipper and evil individual.

All professors and lecturers in the Department of Biblical Studies must subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith, and all full-time faculty and staff members must submit a written statement confessing faith in Jesus Christ and the Christian religion.

* 1838 – Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God.

Biblical scholar John Dominic Crossan differentiates between Josephus's account of John and Jesus like this: " John had a monopoly, but Jesus had a franchise.

Julian Doyle, the film's editor, has written a book The Life of Brian / Jesus, which not only describes the filmmaking and editing process but argues that Monty Python's film is the most accurate Biblical film ever made.

Christianity interprets a wide range of biblical passages in the Old Testament ( Hebrew scripture ) as predicting the coming of the Messiah ( see Christianity and Biblical prophecy for examples ), and believes that they are fulfilled in Jesus ' own explicit life and teaching:

Biblical paraphrases and poetic renditions of stories from the life of Christ ( e. g., the Heliand ) became popular in the middle ages, as did the portrayal of the arrest, trial and execution of Jesus in Passion plays.

After hundreds of years these two earlier Biblical heroes suddenly reappear, and are seen walking with Jesus, then again vanish.

Many Christians support a secular state, and may acknowledge that the conception has support in Biblical teachings, particularly the statement of Jesus in the Book of Luke: " Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's .".

Both Jesus and Saint Paul are said to have visited it too ( see Biblical Sidon below ).

In the summer of 1844, Millerite Adventists came to believe that Jesus would return on October 22, 1844, understood to be the Biblical Day of Atonement for that year.

This Biblical interpretation is a call to action against poverty, and the sin engendering it, to effect Jesus Christ's mission of justice in this world.

It is a play about the Biblical Magi, three wise men from the East who followed a star and visited the baby Jesus in Bethlehem.

By these 2 examples set apart, one is made better aware of the necessity of a greater understanding, of the potential of virtue, as it is paralleled here by both ; in " substance ,' ' actions ' and by the ' Person " of Christ Jesus or The Living Word of God, that each doing their own parts and / or in parallel, act on faith, with virtue and according to Biblical reference, are able to manifest miracles, by the Word of God.