Paul's Messianic Idea in the Letter to the Romans
Paul's Messianic Idea in the Letter to the Romans
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Another Take on the Johannine Temple Cleansing Crux: A Perspective from Jewish Messianism
Another Take on the JohannineTemple Cleansing Crux: A Perspective from Jewish Messianism Josaphat C. TAM John 2:13-22 has been an interpretive crux throughout the history of Johannine studies. There has been a long controversy as to whether there is only...
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The Conflation of Messianic Traditions in Mark's Composite Scriptural References
The Conflation of Messianic Traditions in Mark's Composite Scriptural References Jonathan W. LO In this paper, I will examine Mark's portrayal of Jesus as Messiah from the perspective of his use of composite references to Old Testament scripture....
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The Messianic View of the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Messianic View of the Dead Sea Scrolls Tony HK SHER “Messiah” denotes someone who is being anointed with oil. In the Old Testament, the term is generally used to describe a person anointed and thereby installed to a certain position,...
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The Profile of Messianism in 2 Maccabees
The Profile of Messianism in 2 Maccabees Francis BORCHARDT This article explores the possibility of finding messianic figures in 2 Maccabees, a Jewish work written in Greek during the second century BCE. It argues that Judas Maccabeus, a central character...
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Christianity, Confucianism, Chinese Family and Modernization: A Reflection from Max Weber's Religious Sociology
Christianity, Confucianism, Chinese Family and Modernization:A Reflection from Max Weber's Religious Sociology HUNG Tsz Wan Andrew This paper explores Max Weber's three criticisms of Confucianism: lack of tension between this world and the...
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Church, Worship, and Preaching from the Perspectives of Gunton and Webster
Church, Worship, and Preaching from the Perspectives of Gunton and Webster Andres S. TANG The aim of this paper is not to discuss what preaching is, nor to teach how to preach. Rather it is to re-think how to think theologically about preaching .We cannot...
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The True Meaning of "Worship": A Biblical and Historical Re-evaluation of Public Worship
The True Meaning of “Worship”:A Biblical and Historical Re-evaluation of Public Worship Nathan K. NG What is the true meaning of worship? Is it just a meeting consisting of singing and praising God, as many modern churches perceive it? This ...
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Hymns in the Book of Revelation
Hymns in the Book of Revelation CHAN Yue Yan Grace Worship and hymns in Revelation have become a major interest in recent decades. Scholars generally agree that hymns play a significant role in Revelation as John uses them to convey and deliver important...
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Message in Prayer: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Jewish Tradition
Message in Prayer: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Jewish Tradition WONG Fook Kong I think no one doubts the importance of prayer in worship. What may not be obvious is that prayers convey messages to the believers no less than sermons and songs. In...
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