Sentences with phrase «other ancient writer»

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

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

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.

Not exact matches

Ancient writers mentioned a number of other gospels which they knew about, but which apparently no longer survive.

These examples show that, just as the creation account of Genesis 1 should be read in light of other Ancient Near Eastern creation texts, so the New Testament writers should be read in light of Second Temple texts.

There are certainly some great insights into what it means to be Christian given to us by other New Testament writers and by ancient teachers.

Examples of these human marks include the fact that the Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, that the Old Testament world was a world of temples, priests and sacrifice, that Israel as well as the surrounding nations has prophets that mediated divine will to them, that Israel was ruled by kings, that Israel's legal system shares striking similarities with those of surrounding nations, that the creation narrative and the story of Noah resemble other ancient stories of the time, that the writers of Scripture operated within the paradigm of ancient cosmology, etc..

But I care not a jot, just like the other almost as old ancient history this pathetic article writer is dredging up to interest anoraks.

The writers slowly produce answers all of these questions — and many more — in the hours that follow, as Aloy moves beyond the protected confines of her tribe's dominion and into the larger world, where we discover the towering skeletons of ancient buildings, splinter tribes in the far reaches that have developed their own beliefs and rituals, and a stunning contemporary city in the heart of a desert, among many other wonders.