Sentences with phrase «in ancient religious texts»

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.

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

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Religious virtuosos, on the other hand, engage in ressourcement: they draw on the resources of profound traditions and project them into the future, calling for action in light of what the ancient texts themselves project.

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.

This is such a truism that one is almost ashamed to pen the words, and yet it remains a fact that, in a great deal of the more conservative biblical scholarship, it does seem to be assumed that the appeal to factual accuracy would he as valid and important a factor in the case of ancient Near Eastern religious texts as it would be in a modern western court of law or in a somewhat literally - minded western congregation.

He is mentioned in at least two no religious texts by historians of that era in ancient Judea.

When the text thus interprets its interpreter, it does so not through re-engaging belief in ancient religious categories but by raising questions about the would - be interpreter's existence — his estrangement from himself and others, his experienced «fulfillment gap» between what he is and what be could be.

if were only going to use the KJV why stop at greek, or latin why not only read the original texts which were written in Coptic the simple fact is not a single one of us, including our highest religious leaders, other then about 30 ancient language specialist in the world have ever read an original scripture.

If religious authorities interpret their ancient texts in a way that allows them to give this new food their blessing, now - banned kosher cheeseburgers and Hindu hamburgers, as well as an undisputed method of producing halal meat, could be possible.

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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.

Another problem is Westerners tend to embrace the philosophical aspects of Daoism (primarily by reading the ancient text called the «Tao Te Ching» or popular works like «The Tao of Pooh») while rejecting the religious aspects that mark the lives of millions of folks in Asia.