Michael Leno researched this project while completing a Masters of Religion degree at the H.M.S. Richards Divinity School, La Sierra University in Riverside California. He received the university's President's Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, for his work. Leno has been a pastor for 35 years, leading churches in Oregon, Arizona, Georgia, and California. He is currently the Senior Pastor at the Palm Springs, California Seventh-day Adventist Church. The author has had a life-long interest in ancient literature and the progression of theological ideas through history. This project is part