Not exact matches
While this book itself is too late in origin to have affected Christian thought since it comes from perhaps the
ninth century A.D., it is probably true that Zoroastrian beliefs concerning eschatology, here carried to
such an extreme, did materially affect late Hebrew and early Christian ideas of the ending of the world and the final judgment.
But
such times have also, on occasion, witnessed evangelical renewal, as in the
ninth - and thirteenth -
century revivals of Roman Catholic monasticism.
It is quite otherwise, however, with Elijah, the
ninth century prophet, who, according to the Biblical tradition, had been carried up to heaven in a whirlwind riding in a chariot of fire, drawn by horses of fire.13 Elijah had made
such an impression on the men of his own generation as a man of vitality and divine power that he continued to be a living legend.
The persecutions in the
ninth century were primarily against Buddhism and not against Christianity as
such.
As far as I can tell from a quick read of the
ninth installment, titled Take the Money and Run, Escapology is a kind of very extreme early retirement worldview that puts the focus on freedom rather than material possessions and the myriad of costly services most of us regard as a necessity in this gadget - crazy 21st
century (i.e. wireless access, cable TV, smartphones and social media, subscriptions to movie services and magazines and all those other services provided by businesses
such as my employer, Rogers).
Highlights include: a unique collection of Asian ceramics from Japan, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Myanmar; sculptural masterpieces
such as the magnificent Japanese Amida Nyorai, the Sino - Tibetan White and the Jain Shri Mallinath and Vijayanagara period Siva nataraja from India; craftworks like the Javanese
ninth -
century Kala and Batak Mortuary puppet (si gale gale); a definitive collection of Indian textiles dating from 1350s to the 19th
century; ukiyo - e woodblock prints like the Thirty - six views of Edo by Utagawa Hiroshige; plus rare objects
such as a Celestial globe (1780 — 81), and a heterodox Mughal portrait of Prophet Muhammad riding the bouraq steed.