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The New Testament uses a number of athletic metaphors in discussing Christianity, especially in the Pauline epistles and the Epistle to the Hebrews.Such metaphors also appear in the writings of contemporary philosophers, such as Epictetus and Philo, [2] drawing on the tradition of the Olympic Games; [3] this may have influenced New Testament use of the imagery.
Jericho Road - Sinclair Spectrum 48K, Acorn Electron; Galilee - Sinclair Spectrum 48K; Bible Computer Games - CP/M, VIC-20, Commodore 64, Apple IIe [1] Dawn Treader - Commodore 64, Apple II; Narnia - Commodore 64, Apple II; Computer Bible Games - Book 1 - TI-99/4A, Timex Sinclair, TRS-80 Color Computer; Right Again - Commodore 64, Apple II
These games usually emphasize the teachings of the ministry of Jesus, or retell Bible stories such as Noah's Ark or the life of Jesus.While Christian video games are considered a genre, they usually intersect with other genres, such as early computer title Bible Computer Games which is an educational game, [5] action-adventure games Spiritual Warfare and Super 3D Noah's Ark, the Guitar Praise ...
While Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, and the rest of the Peanuts gang have enjoyed the kind of success most cartoon characters can only dream about—becoming pop culture icons of the highest order and entering the global consciousness practically as family members—Robert Short's The Gospel According to Peanuts also has found a place in ...
A Christ figure, also known as a Christ-Image, is a literary technique that the author uses to draw allusions between their characters and the biblical Jesus.More loosely, the Christ figure is a spiritual or prophetic character who parallels Jesus, or other spiritual or prophetic figures.
Hebrew Inscriptions: Texts from the Biblical Period of the Monarchy with Concordance. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10397-7. OCLC 469281919. ——— (2015). Machinist, Peter (ed.). First Isaiah: A Commentary. Hermeneia – A Critical and Historical Commentary on the Bible. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press.
The Magician's Nephew has similar biblical allusions, reflecting aspects of the Book of Genesis such as the creation, original sin and temptation. [ 24 ] Parallels with events in the Book of Genesis include the forbidden fruit represented by an Apple of Life.
However, the Pauline letters clearly indicate that for Paul, Jesus was a real person (born of a woman as in Gal 4.4), a Jew ("born under the law", Romans 1.3) who had disciples (1 Corinthians 15.5), who was crucified (as in 1 Corinthians 2.2 and Galatians 3.1) and later resurrected (1 Corinthians 15.20, Romans 1.4 and 6.5, Philippians 3:10–11).