Sentences with phrase «earliest writings contain»

Thus, for example, James» earliest writings contain detailed attacks against what he called the «correspondence theory of truth.»

Not exact matches

It is increasingly clear that Deuteronomy and the Priestly writings contain at least some material much older than is indicated by the usual dating of the documents.9 Increasingly, too, it would appear that scholars are disposed to accept the substantial reliability of the persistent tradition which sees Moses as a lawgiver.10 That law was an early and significant aspect of Israelite culture is further attested not only by ancient Near Eastern parallels but even more strikingly in the life, the work and the character of the first three great names in Israel's national history: Moses, Samuel and Elijah.

In his writings in the earlier 1920s, Whitehead held that there was continuity of events such that every event contained other events and was itself a part of larger events (cf. e.g., CN 59 and 76).

The first reason the Bible is unique among all the writings of the world religions is that the Hebrew Scriptures contain an early unmasking and critique of what René Girard calls «mimetic rivalry» which he claims is not found in any other religious writings.

On the other hand, there are quotations from the Book of History found in writings that recognizably go back of the time of the destruction of the books, which give support to the belief that the «Ancient Script» is reliable, or that at least it contains genuine early material.

Donald Judd: Complete Writings 1959 - 1975, first published on the occasion of Judd's 1975 retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada, contains his art criticism and early essays and was published by Judd Foundation in its reprint edition in 2015.