Sentences with phrase «other literary conventions»

First, the doctrine of inerrancy allows for figures of speech, proper use of genre, and other literary conventions that were in use at the time the Bible was written.

Not exact matches

It would therefore be inappropriate to tryto distinguish the message being communicated from its literary form or any other culturally determined conventions and patterns of speech it may utilise.

The similarity in style and content between the stories I knew from the Bible and the myths of other Mesopotamian cultures suddenly made those strange tales of talking snakes and forbidden fruit and boats packed with animals seem colloquial, routine — nothing more than myths operating from the religious and literary conventions of the day.

It's a celebration of artists» books, zines, mini-comics and other independent publications that they describe as «part book convention, part literary event and part flea - market art show.»