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I'm working on a religion writing question and need an explanation to help me learn
sacred text and topic: justice in the Tanakh
link for resources and passages: https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/63255/jewish/The-Bible-with-Rashi.htm
After you have chosen your text and topic and found your five verses that discuss your chosen topic, you are going to write your paper!
Your paper should be at least 1000 words long and should following this format:
1. Introductory Paragraph
Tell me about your topic and text - what is it and why did you choose it?
Tell me about your expectations - what were your assumptions or expectations about what the text would say about this topic? Did you have any previous experience with this topic or text?
2. Five Verses
Then you are going to include your 5 verses. Be sure to include the full text of the verse (the sentence or paragraph in which your topic is mentioned) and tell me where in the text it is from (book, section, chapter, and/or verse number).
For each verse I want you to write a 2-3 sentence interpretation of what you think that verse is saying about the topic. You could include information about the context of the verse in the sacred text or what you think the verse means.
3. Conclusion Paragraph
Overall, do you think that the scripture has a single teaching about your topic? What does your text ultimately say about your topic? Do you think that the sacred text has a consistent message about your topic? Or does it describe your topic differently in different verses?
How did your findings match up to your expectations? After finding and interpreting these passages, were your assumptions/expectations confirmed? Or did you find that the text said something very different about your topic from what you expected?
What did you learn overall about this religion from writing this paper?
Your paper should be double-spaced, Times New Roman, size 12 font.
You should include a link or bibliographic information for where you found your verses.
Explanation & Answer
View attached explanation and answer. Let me know if you have any questions.
Running Head: JUSTICE IN THE TANAKH
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Justice in the Tanakh
Student’s Name
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JUSTICE IN THE TANAKH
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Tanakh is an acronym that comes from the three divisions of the Hebrew Bible: Torah,
Nevi'im, and Ketuvim. Torah is the book of Instruction or the Law, also referred to as the
Pentateuch. Nevi`m is the book of the Prophets while Ketuvim is the book of Writings. The
Torah has five books namely Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The
Nevi`im has eight books, four about the former prophets: Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings;
while the last four have the latter prophets: Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the twelve minor
prophets. The Ketuvim consists of religious poetry and literature such as psalms, Proverbs, Job,
the Five Megillot, and Daniel, Ezra, and Nehemiah, as well as Chronicles (Encyclopedia
Britannica, n.d.). In Tanakh, a lot is said about how God delivers justice. This is echoed in the
Book of Mormon which is my chosen text. I chose this text because there have been
controversies about the accuracy of the accounts in the Book, and I would wish to do a
comparative analysis to confirm whether there are any similarities between God’s justice as
chronicled in the Hebrew Bible and the God spoken about in the Book of Mormon. I posit that
the characteristics of God and his dispensation of justice in the texts are similar.
The Book of Mormon is my chosen text for the discussion. It is conceived as another
witness of Jesus Christ and a confirmation of the truth found in the Holy Bible. However, the
prophets who wrote this book are not chronicled in the Holy Bible and document the lives of the
inhabitants of the ancient Americas. The essence of this essay is to draw a c...