Sentences with phrase «ancient religious texts»

A copy of this long lost gospel was discovered as part of a large collection of ancient religious texts unearthed near the Egyptian city of Nag Hammadi in 1945.

The use of numbers in ancient religious texts was usually numerological rather than numerical; that is, their symbolic value was more important than their secular value as counters.

One who is armed with historical knowledge may silently slip into the role of a superior modern man who condescendingly reads ancient religious texts.

While radical Muslim groups like ISIS use ancient religious texts to support their horrific deeds, others violate historical and scriptural witness to promote a more appealing version of Muhammad.

But after 1900 years ago, India's caste system became a major cultural force, the team concludes, based on its new genetic findings and confirmed by evidence from ancient religious texts.

The great fallacy of this authors argument is it fails to acknowledge the HIGHLY subjective nature of any modern effort to translate the true meaning of ancient religious texts.

Faith in any ancient religious text being literal truth is faith in error.

If you refute Buddhism with an ancient religious text like the Bible, can I refute Christianity with my ancient religious text?

Like the ancient religious texts you read, you are simply making things up.

The collection of images includes historic maps, botanical illustrations, unique manuscripts, photographs, ancient religious texts, and plenty of photos.

Harris grew up in Northern California on a commune operating under the philosophy of G.I. Gurdjieff, a Greek - Armenian spiritual teacher who claimed a secret understanding of ancient religious texts.