http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/bible Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:58:35 -0400 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:58:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/619/william-tyndale-contribution-to-the-english-language-and-father-of-the-english-bible By Veronika Walker - The English language is constantly changing. More and more editions of the Webster’s Dictionary are being published every decade, more vernacular is being considered as “standard English,” and more and more leniency is being advocated for by students in higher-level academics. English, on the whole, has always been a language of variation, a turbulent construction of roots, suffixes, and tenses. Due to a very long process and many historical upheavals, however, English has stabilized into the useable vocabulary taught today. Still, one has to wonder how it got to be what it now... Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:46 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/619/william-tyndale-contribution-to-the-english-language-and-father-of-the-english-bible http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/381/gender-specific-language-of-the-major-prophets-in-the-hebrew-bible-the-case-of-the-first-and-second-isaiah By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku - Prophecy is one of the most important institutions in the Hebrew Bible. The prophet is regarded as the voice of the Lord, bringing God’s will and commandments to the people who often forget to follow the rigors of the Law. The prophets have, also, designated roles. Some are advisors to the king (in the way Samuel advises Saul and Nathan advises David), sometimes even admonishing the monarch. Others are mendicants, unattached to a specific court and living off of what people give them. They travel extensively, prophesize the word of God, and they also perform symbolic actions (Elijah and... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/381/gender-specific-language-of-the-major-prophets-in-the-hebrew-bible-the-case-of-the-first-and-second-isaiah http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/310/the-matthaean-exception-clause-a-21st-century-interpretation By Jonathan D. Brackens - Sexism is not unique to Christianity; however, in the Christian religion many of those who identify themselves as Christian fundamentalists are more likely to hold sexist views of women. Because the scriptures were written during a time in which women had few rights, laws regarding conduct favored males. The new 21st Century interpretation of the Matthaean exception clause now encompasses the various domestic issues which compromise the bonds of matrimony. This interpretation looses women from the chains of sexist fundamentalist interpretations and binds everyone to a new standard in which integrity... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:18 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/310/the-matthaean-exception-clause-a-21st-century-interpretation http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/60/milk-and-honey-how-the-old-testament-speaks-to-a-people-in-exile By Lindsay D. Clark - Mortal glory is fleeting. The Old Testament generally does not concern itself with militant triumph or climactic discovery. It much rather prefers to employ “legends, folktales, artfully constructed stories, and the like”[1] to spin a web of frustration and disappointment. Taken as a whole unit, it is a product of the post-exilic period[2], for even its oldest pieces underwent editing to suit the purposes of authors addressing an audience during the Babylonian exile[3]. And so it sought to form a bond of struggle, and it succeeded, as “Judaism flourished in exile…&rdquo... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:41 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/60/milk-and-honey-how-the-old-testament-speaks-to-a-people-in-exile