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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a key city throughout the Old and New Testaments. Learn about how Jerusalem turned into a city and why it featured so prominently in Scripture. The story of the Good Samaritan takes place on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Is the reference to Jerusalem important for understanding the story? To decide that, it helps to know something…
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Jericho
Jericho is located near the southern end of the Jordan Valley. It has been an oasis and a population center in the otherwise mostly barren valley. Some scholars think Jericho is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.Jericho is located near the southern end of the Jordan Valley about eight hundred twenty-five feet below the level of the Mediterranean…
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Inns and Innkeeping
An “inn” in the world of the Bible might refer to one of several possibilities. It could be merely a place to stretch out on the ground for a night's sleep, or a room in someone's home situated by the highway. It could also be a public building where rent was charged and food would be served. An inn is…
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Inheriting Eternal Life
The phrase “to inherit eternal life” reflects more than a simple description of a time line. Its deeper meaning hints at a life where one is free of the restraints typical of human existence. In the phrase “to inherit eternal life” the focus is not so much on enjoying infinite duration in a diachronic continuum as it is on becoming…
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Formation of the New Testament
How did we get our Bible? When were the writings that make up the New Testament selected, arranged, and collected? Learn more about what biblical scholars have discovered.The New Testament we have today is a collection of writings that have been gathered and edited. The titles, the fixed number of books, and the uniform arrangement in our modern editions could not…
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How the Gospel Came to Be
The Gospels might seem to be biographies of Jesus’ life, but they more than this. As John 20:31 says, "These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that by believing you may have life in his name." Find out more about how the Gospels came to be.The titles of the four…
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