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The Sensation of Deception and the Prohibition of the “Graven” Images: On the Power of Image Making and Monotheism
As an art historian, I have always been intrigued by the power of visual imagery particularly by the role art has played in the implementation of power in the hands of organized religion. This compelled me to embark on a critical investigation of the issue of power within the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, particularly as it relates to monotheism. The results of this study to date will be the subject of this paper that focuses on the significance of an understanding rooted in the very three Abrahamic religions, which reveals a direct relationship between religion, art, power and secularism. Given the important role each of these three religions are presently playing in the formation of policies that affect the lives of millions of people in the Middle East today, I believe there is urgency in considering an alternative view that can contribute to a potential solution for the current crises experienced by many in the world. A critical view of the issue of image making can offer an opportunity to revisit the relationship between art and the Abrahamic monotheist religions; this can further stimulate a dialogue on other critical issues within these three religions. This paper will explore questions such as: what is monotheism’s concern with image making? Why was it prohibited? Why this prohibition did not stop the production of the arts within the three Abrahamic religions? Is there a connection between monotheism and democracy? If there is one, can understanding it have any impact on current affairs and policies?
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Inter-Relation Patterns in The Holy Qur’an: Special Reference to Surah Al-Isra’ And Surah Al-Kahf
This study focuses on the knowledge of inter-relations between surah al-isra’ and surah al-kahfi and aims to derive patterns of thematic relation between them and discloses its hypothesis by responding to two main questions: the first, whether they have limited and strong relationship. The second, what are types of relationship between the two surahs in terms of the topics, contents, and meanings. As for the method followed for this study is descriptive and resolving the issues by referring to the main references.The outcome of the study appears in two main points.Relationship between the two surahs very strong in terms of the objectives and aims, strong connection between beginning and ending of the both surahs, as well as between the ending of the al-isra’ and the beginning of the surat al-kahf. It appears that thematic harmonization in both surah, particularly regarding the issues; of the faith, prophethood, truthfulness of the message and the high ranking of the status of the Prophet.
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Studies on the Origin of Divine and Resurrection Christology
The Studies presently under review draw together and extend Loke's arguments for nothing less than the historic foundations of the Christian faith: the rise of belief in Jesus's deity (The Origin of Divine Christology [Cambridge University Press, 2017]) and in Jesus's resurrection (Investigating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ [Routledge, 2020]). According to our sources, they struggled to digest the messiah's death, not to envisage a multitarian deity per se. True, in response to hubrisistic ruler cults after the time of Antiochus IV \"Epiphanes,\" the Palestinian Jews' attitude stiffened against human beings affecting divinity.
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JESUS'S SUCCESSION PLAN: REFLECTIONS ON JOHN 17:20–23
(ProQuest: ... denotes non-USASCII text omitted.) May I ask how long have you been an evangelical? I made an adult commitment to Christ in the summer between my junior and senior years of college, more than 50 years ago. (NIV) And so, in the first century, a defense of monotheism was necessary to show that Christians do not worship two Gods but the one God of Israel's Scriptures. Similar to the use of logos in John 1, the possible Hellenistic connotations of \"oneness\" might have piqued the interest of the Greeks, but its reference in the immediate textual context would be constrained to Jesus Christ and, in the last analysis, be understood within the historical context and traditions of firstcentury Judaism. 3. John 17:20-23 is highly structured in the Greek: two main clauses, each followed by three hina clauses, where the initial hina clause is expanded by the comparative conjunction kathos.
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