Sentences with phrase «ancient writers»

So also with Augustine, the North African whose writings have been more influential than those of any other ancient writer in subsequent Western theology.

Ancient writers say the Greeks used signal fires earlier, before 1100 BC, to relay news of the fall of Troy across the Aegean Sea.

An interesting note: «The same phenomena and portents of the sudden darkness at the sixth hour, a strong earthquake, rent stones, a temple entrance broken in two, and the rising of the dead have been reported by multiple ancient writers for the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.»

«The same phenomena and portents of the sudden darkness at the sixth hour, a strong earthquake, rent stones, a temple entrance broken in two, and the rising of the dead have been reported by multiple ancient writers for the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.»

Mark, like other ancient writers generally, has no interest in «personality,» which is a very modern conception.

Numerous ancient writers wrote about him.

Plato and other ancient writers linked Mount Lykaion specifically to human sacrifices to Zeus — the legends say a sacrificed boy would be cooked with sacrificed animal meat and those who consumed it would become a wolf for 9 years.

Aristotle and various other ancient writers also describe the dogs and speculate about their origins.

There is debate among ancient writers over whether the dogs actually came from Malta or the island of Melita or Meleda in the Adriatic.

An interesting note, which should not be ignored: «The same phenomena and portents of the sudden darkness at the sixth hour, a strong earthquake, rent stones, a temple entrance broken in two, and the rising of the dead have been reported by multiple ancient writers for the death of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.»

The ancient writers did not foresee all of the evils of this world.

certainly an ancient writer some time after the fact and outside the region fabricating that information would not be able to match up the names and identifiers.

And then that moment of birth being one of complete relief and release and joy, yes absolutely, but instead of popping champagne corks or bursting into laughter, I cried from the core of myself — like some ancient writer said, I lifted up my voice and I wept, because she was finally here and we were alive and we were safe and I felt held by the God - with - us; it was the most human and most sacred thing I'd ever done in my life, it felt like a glimpse of Incarnation.

These ancient writers saw God as having a heart.»

The ancient writers of Scripture seem to affirm what all women know -

Using all available means, they examine the ways of living and thinking, the customs and institutions, and the life - situations of the people originally addressed by the ancient writers in order to determine the intended meaning.

We know Caesar crucified slaves, but he never refers to crosses or crucifixions in any of his writings, and Hengel tells us that «no ancient writer wanted to dwell too long on this cruel procedure.»

People have always struggled knowing which verses / doctrines apply today, how they are meant to be applied, or what the ancient writer actually meant when they penned the verse itself.

The ancient writers... were operating without the vaguest idea of what we have learned to call «sexual orientation.

«These ancient writers had an adequate understanding of God for them in their time,» he writes, «but not for all of time — and if we take that to heart, we will actually be in a better position to respect these ancient voices and see what they have to say rather than whitewashing the details and making up «explanations» to ease our stress.

If you investigate what marriage was to the ancient writers of the Bible, you will find that harems were the norm.

He concludes that while it is not possible to demonstrate the historical existence of the figures in Genesis, we may understand that the ancient writers were able to recall authentic memories and to retell them with a theological intent.

Ancient writers had no knowledge of the heliocentric solar system, or of the spherical nature of the earth.

If the ancient writer observed this pattern, how would he feel today?

Gilad Efrat, who lays layers of thick oil paint only to engrave within it or the subtract from it, functions much like that ancient writer, who imprints marks by stakes onto a soft mortar plaque, hurrying to affix meaning onto the surface of the material before it will harden.