An intense rivalry — indebted to Old
Testament denunciations of idolatry and images — existed in Calvin's mind between the visual image and the spoken word.
A female deity was a surprise to me when I first went to India and brought to mind Old
Testament denunciations of Baal worship and flagrant sexuality.
Not exact matches
Such ideas always have given rise to a special class of people, witches and wizards, who practice necromancy, and in the Old
Testament they are repeatedly mentioned in terms of
denunciation.
After reviewing various episodes of Jewish courage in the Old
Testament, from the battle - hardened Israelites to the
denunciations of Jeremiah, Newman comes to this conclusion: