Sentences with phrase «historical traditions behind»

Pointing out the rich religious and historical traditions behind a maxim underlines its deep importance in human life.

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In contrast to the classical tradition, he declares that truth is not found in the unchanging essences lying behind the flow of time, but is essentially historical and ultimately eschatological.

Behind the written documents is both an ancient, oral tradition and some very particular historical circumstances and cultural phenomena which have clearly shaped the narratives.

Responding to the critical tradition's Quest for the historical Jesus (where the Jesus of history is thought to lie behind the layers of theological gloss of the Christian community), Redford shows how the real crux of the problem is the post-Cartesian scepticism of all things supernatural, above all the Incarnation.

Higher criticism includes an analysis of the literary genre of the text, its historical background, the history of the oral tradition behind the text, and the cultural and psychological factors at work on the author and editor (or editors) of the text.

Redford defends the birth at Bethlehem and, in view of multiple overlaps in the traditions behind Matthew and Luke, the historical reliability of the two accounts.

If we can not accept the basic presupposition that to take one step behind the sources is to arrive at firm historical tradition about Jesus, then this criterion becomes much less effective.

Tradition holds that the historical Arthur was one of the leaders of a band of Romano - British left behind after the Empire abandoned the island.

Nicholas Crombach in his solo exhibition «Behind Elegantly Carved Wooden Doors» has mined art historical tradition, assembling a body of work rich in citation.