This paper answers what the community at Qumran think about new covenant. It covers three manuscripts (Temple Scrolla [11Q19], Rule of the Community [1QS, 4Q255-264a, 5Q11, 5Q13] and Damascus Document [4Q266-273, 5Q12, ...

Humor is such a fundamental aspect of human nature. Humor was found in ancient near eastern texts and inevitably it is found too in the Hebrew bible. Humor is dependent upon the cultural conventions of the moment and so ...

The formation of faith in adolescents and young people is rooted in their interaction with parents, both father, and mother, as well as friends. Adolescence and young adulthood are periods of seeking faith in various aspects ...

Di tengah kehidupan manusia yang dipacu oleh banjirnya informasi, diperlukan dorongan untuk terus melakukan inovasi atau penemuan-penemuan baru supaya tidak ketinggalan dan ditinggalkan oleh orang-orang sezamannya. ...

This article applied rhetorical analysis to an analysis of Amos’ prophetic oracle against Israel’s social injustices in Amos 2:6–8. The prophet uses a major rhetorical genre, namely judicial rhetoric, and several smaller ...

Tidak ada yang lebih urgen bagi gereja dan pendeta pada masa kini selain memikirkan ulang posisi teologi mereka dan teologi seperti apa yang mereka ajarkan kepada jemaatnya, sebab apa yang kita pikirkan sedang membentuk ...

Ruwatan is a ritual that has been practiced by the Javanese people (the largest ethnic group in Indonesia) for centuries. The word ruwatan comes from ruwat, which means ‘to free’ or ‘to liberate’. Ruwatan is ‘a ritual to ...

This book investigates stories of Jesus’ exorcisms in the Gospel of Mark. The story of Jesus’ first public ministry in the synagogue (Mark 1:21–28) and the Beelzebul controversy story (3:20–30) are examined to understand ...