Essays on Bethlehem

1566, oil on wood

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium "'THE CENSUS AT BETHLEHEM'". Google Cultural Institute, https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/u/0/exhibit/zQKyGcrY3z1hKQ. The Census at Bethlehem (also known as The Numbering at Bethlehem) by Pieter Bruegel is a part of the collection of Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium as Bruegel was Flemish renaissance artist. The painting can be seen in great detail through Google Cultural Institute, which is very handy because, similarly to Bosch, Pieter Bruegel includes a lot of details and a diverse number of actions going on. Because of that the viewer may be looking at a painting for a long ...

Background

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Introduction/Thesis

Christians believe that the Jewish people do not accept Christ as the Messiah because they are waiting for a political leader rather than a spiritual one. The Jewish people do not believe that Jesus is the Messiah because he does not fulfill all of the requirements. This paper will discuss the differences between the two beliefs. Christians believe that Jesus is the Messiah because fulfills the criteria that was laid out in the Bible. This criterion was dominated by the fact that Jesus said that he was the Messiah. In John 4:25-26, when a woman told him that she ...

A shepherd refers to a person who tends and takes care of sheep. Matthew 2:6 provides thus, “And you, O Bethlehem in the land of Judah, are not least among the ruling cities of Judah, for a ruler will come from you who will be the shepherd for my people Israel.” Here, God is comforting the people of Judah and making them aware that they are not alone because he is sending them a shepherd in the name of Jesus Christ who is born in Bethlehem. It is important to note that a shepherd plays three very important roles ...

The Court of Appeals should reverse the district court’s decision, and grant to Ms. Eriksen a motion for preliminary injunction, because Ms. Eriksen engaged in constitutionally protected free speech. This case encompasses the violation of First Amendment rights and this court ought to “conduct an independent examination of the record as a whole, without deference to the trial court.” Bery v. City of N.Y., 97 F.3d 689, 691 (2d Cir. 1996). For the First Amendment issues, the appellate courts must make an independent inspection of the whole record in order to ensure that lower court decisions do not ...