BIBL 104

Name: Brandon Livelsberger

Student ID: 27717477
Course: BIBL104
Date: 4-10-16
New Testament Bible Dictionary Project:

Paul
To this day Paul is known to be one of the most well known theologians in Church
history. He was born in 5AD as Saiul in Tarus of Cilic aand died in 67AD as Paul. Throughout

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the course of his lifs Saul began as a persecuter of Jesus followers. By the power of the

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Holyspirit he was converted to a Christian and went down in history as on the most influencial
Saints in history. Through out the course of history Paul began more than 14 Chrurches in the

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course of his life. The Apostle Paul was known to write the letters to the Romans, 1 and 2
Corinthians, Galatians, Philipians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thesalonians, 1 and 2 timothy, titus, and

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Philemon. Overall Pauls letters to the Churches take up about 2/3 of the new testament.

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In between the years 33 and 34 Paul was commissioned but God on his way to

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Damascus for a short time. Paul finds himself in Arabia for a short time only to return back in
efforts of escaping arrest. 36 and 37 Paul meets Peter and James in Jerusalem. 37 to 45 AD saul
was a minister in Syria. The apostle apent 1.5 years on his first missionary journey with

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Barnabas. In 51 Paul finds himself returning to Jersusalem. 57 Paul firnds himself arrested in

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Corinth and writes to the Romans. Later he is arrested in Jeruaselem, takeb to Caesarea where
he stays for two years. Paul mad many other missionary Journeys and wrote to eight different

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Churhes to help grow their faith and proclaim Jesus to the world.

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John
The book of John is one og four gospels; it was written by John the Baptist between 6595 BC. One of the themes is the promise of the spirit in Christ. He talks and discusses his
missionary journey of taking the gospels to the nations. John had an emphasis on the new bith

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and the new life found in Christ.

John wrote the gospel of John so that people would believe in Christ for salvation. John
makes a very strong claim about detity of Jesus in being fully man and fully God. Jesus exsisted

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in the beginning and his triune nature created the heavens and the earth. Believe is found 100
times in the gospels of John and shows the readers the importance on the message God is
revealing to Men through John.
In the pages of John he tells the story of 7 distrinct miracles of Jesus to show that Jesus

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was God. He was found weeping over the tomb of Lazarus knowing that he will raise him from
the dead soon. Jesus offers forgiveness to the Samaritain women who was a not worthy in the

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eyes of many. Jesus explained his death to Nicodemus and prepared his desciples for his death.
John ends with Jesus willingly diening on a cross for our sins, buried, and rose in complete

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victory.
Thre are 10 main Characters found in the book of John. Jesus, the messiah who
ministered to people, died for the sin of the world, and rose in complete vicrory. Nicodemus first

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began as a Pharisee and later became a deciple of Jesus. Many of his deciples went alongside of

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Jesus as the changed the world for Christ.

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Galilee
Galilee was a very important location where a lot of the events in the gospel took place. Sea of
Galilee remainded the same since Jesus walked the shore and recruited four fisherman. The lake is 21O

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metre below sea level. The sea of galiee is featured 74 times in the bible 9 in the old and 65 in the new

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testament. It appears in Number, Joshura, 2 and 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Isaiah, and all four of the Gospels

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and Acts.
Jesus walked and his apostles fisted on the Sea of Galilee in the gospels. It is known as the public
ministry of our lord. Jesus fed 5000 people near the sea. It was also where he delived the sermon on the

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mount. Most of his ministry happened around the sea of galilee. It is also a memorable place for jewish

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religion. Most people around the sea of galilee made their living through fishing. Many of the fisherman
were poor.
The lake is 43 meters long and is 13km across. It I s the lake where Jesus took his steps ontop of
the water. It is Fed mainly by the Jordan River and drained by it, the lake serves as Israels chief water
reservoir,(Holyland). Sea of gallee has a surface area of 64 miles with a max depth of 157 feet. It
extends 13 miles Nore to saoun and7 miles from east to west. From a view on high the lake is shaped lik a
pear.

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Work cited
"Jesus and the Sea of Galilee." Jesus and the Sea of Galilee. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.

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"New Testament Timeline." New Testament Timeline. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.
"Sea of Galilee." See The Holy Land. N.p., 07 Sept. 2009. Web. 10 Apr. 2016.
Strobel, Lee. The Case for Christ Study Bible: Investigating the Evidence for Belief. Grand Rapids, MI:
Zondervan, 2009. Print.

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Criteria
Development

Organization
& Structure

Grammar &
Diction

Paper
Requirements

BIBLE DICTIONARY PROJECT GRADING RUBRIC

Levels of Achievement
Advanced
Competent
Novice
37 to 42 points
30 to 36 points
0 to 29 points
Major points are stated
clearly and are wellsupported.
Content is persuasive
and comprehensive.
Content and purpose of
the writing is clear.
Essential data has a
strong claim.
The audience is clear
and appropriate for the
topic.
Supportive information
(if required) is strong
and addresses writing
focus.
37 to 42 points

Major points are

addressed but clarity or
support is limited.
Content is somewhat
persuasive or
comprehensive.
Content is inconsistent
(lack of clear purpose
and/or clarity).
Essential data could be
stronger.
Supportive information
(if required) needs
strengthening or does not
address writing concepts.

Major points are

unclear and/or
insufficiently
supported.
Content is missing
essentials.
Content has
unsatisfactory purpose,
focus, and clarity.
Supportive
information (if
required) is missing.

30 to 36 points

0 to 29 points

Writing is wellstructured, clear, and

easy to follow.
37 to 42 points

Adequately organized
with some areas difficult
to follow.
30 to 36 points

Organization and
structure detract from
the writers message.
0 to 29 points

The writing reflects

grammatical,
punctuation, and
spelling standards.
Language is accurate,
appropriate, and
effective.
Writings tone is
appropriate and highly
effective.
12 to 14 points

The writing contains

some grammatical,
punctuation, and/or
spelling errors.
Language is unclear,
awkward, or
inappropriate in parts.
The writings tone is
generally appropriate and
moderately effective.
9 to 11 points

The writing contains

many grammatical,
punctuation, and/or
spelling errors.
Language use is
largely inaccurate or
inappropriate.
The writings tone is
ineffective and/or
inappropriate.
0 to 8 points

Writing correctly
follows formatting
guidelines.
Parenthetical and
bibliographical source
citations are used
correctly and
appropriately.

Writing follows most

formatting guidelines, but
some flaws are detected.
Parenthetical and
bibliographical source
citations are incorrectly
formatted or used.

Writing lacks many

elements of correct
formatting.
Parenthetical and
bibliographical source
citations and/or
references are not
provided.
Total

Points
Earned

42/42

42/42

30/42

10/14

124/140

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