Sentences with phrase «testament biblical figures»

But, according to The Atlantic, «Scandal is no more salacious than the accounts of Old and New Testament biblical figures, from King David and his philandering - but-wise son, King Solomon, to Apostle Paul, pre-conversion.»

Not exact matches

James Sanders, for example, a well - known and respected figure in American biblical studies, receives less than a page, since, Barr explains, «he does not do much to claim that [his work] leads toward an «Old Testament theology» or a «biblical theology,»» while David Brown, a British theologian of whom Barr says the same, is the subject of a substantial and highly laudatory chapter.)

The memre were on biblical figures — Joseph, Samuel, Solomon, Job, John the Baptist, Paul, Mary and others; on New Testament events such as the birth of Jesus, temptations etc, and on the events in the history of salvation: Resurrection, Ascension and Pentecost.