Jesus and the Gospels
This subject is a survey of the New Testament and covers the Gospels and Jesus. It is interesting and engaging.
Category: Biblical Studies
Pilate in Josephus and the Gospels
Title of Essay Compare and contrast the portrait of Pilate that emerges in the Gospels with that found in Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 18.55-64 (18.3.1-3); and, The Jewish Wars, 2.169-177 (2.9.2-4). What implications...
Saul and David
Commentary I got a distinction for this exam answer (84%). I can’t recall the question but it related to the transition from the Judges to the Kings and Yahweh’s role as ultimate king. The...
Joshua
Commentary I haven’t kept the questions for these exams, so the titles will be just covering the broad subject area. I got a distinction for this exam answer (80%). All in all, I was...
The central message of Job
Commentary I got a high distinction for this exam answer (86%). The exam question asked what the central message of Job is and gave a quote from Hill and Walton (as I recall). All...
The purpose of the book of Chronicles
Commentary I got a high distinction for the exam answer (86%). The question contained a quote from I think Dumbrell regarding the value of the presence of God rather than of Kings. The quote...
“The Nations”
Title of Essay “The nations ‘remain on the sidelines’ (R. N. Whybray, Isaiah 40-66, 32) in the Writing Prophets’ view of the future.” Discuss this assertion in relation to the prophecies of Isaiah, Amos...
The Purpose of God in the Covenants of the Pentateuch
So I made a bit of a mistake in this one by writing this essay in a systematic theology style rather than writing this as a historical survey of the topic from the Pentateuch....