Sentences with phrase «upon texts in»

these include: matching up exercise reading a definition of the idiom and deciding which idiom is being referred to improving upon texts in which students replace accurate but humdrum phrases with idiomatic ones learned.

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This longstanding investment paradigm is built upon ideas set forth by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd in their seminal 1934 text Security Analysis, and popularized by Warren Buffett.»

A dialogue about fundamental constitutional values attendant to constitutional adjudication must be focused upon the Constitution as a legal text, and, because it is a legal text, the debate must be grounded in legal sources and legal analysis.

With scant grounding in constitutional text or tradition, court majorities took it upon themselves (usually over strong dissents) to remove a number of matters from legislative and local control.

But they don't leave it there — they want to set laws based upon their religious beliefs, set school curricula based upon their religious beliefs, have their religious prayers in public meetings, put their religious texts on public buildings, etc..

And more often than not, it imposes upon an ancient Near Eastern text Western assumptions regarding gender roles and the nuclear family, rendering the woman celebrated in Proverbs 31, for example, into little more than a happy homemaker prototype.

Even while acknowledging some lat.itude in these early chapters, it appears that science is increasingly able to corroborate what we have held in faith based upon biblical texts, including bases for such matters as an ancient deluge, genetic linking back to one mother and possible on father, and the possibility of extended life - spans prior to the deluge.

In some instances, this constellation impressed upon Jews the need for a more robust identity expressed in a commitment to Judaism ¯ its texts, practices, and valueIn some instances, this constellation impressed upon Jews the need for a more robust identity expressed in a commitment to Judaism ¯ its texts, practices, and valuein a commitment to Judaism ¯ its texts, practices, and values.

Otherwise, this text is too close for comfort, and Kierkegaard knew it: «In the magnificent cathedral the Honorable and Right Reverend Geheime - General - Ober - Hof - Pradikant, the elect favorite of the fashionable world, appears before an elect company and preaches with emotion upon the text he himself elected: «God hath elected the base things of the world, and the things that are despised.»

Her rationale for such a view seems to rest upon (1) a highly questionable interpretation of one text in Process an Reality and the claims (2) that only such a view is compatible with human freedom and (3) that only such a view is compatible with human faith.

It is built upon the Burkian assumption that «the human situation created in literature is essentially dramatic» and devised as an analytical tool for students who would become «speakers» of an author's aesthetic text.

It is rather the risk of abuse to which canonical texts are subject that calls upon the teacher to be more restrained than the poets and prophets in the interpretations which he or she allows people to commend to one another.

Again... he may have the «original» language, but: The oldest surviving Hebrew Bible manuscripts date to about the 2nd century BCE (fragmentary), the oldest record of the complete text survives in a Greek translation called the Septuagint, dating to the 4th century CE (Codex Sinaiticus) and the oldest extant manuscripts of the vocalized Masoretic text upon which modern editions are based date to the 9th century CE.

Whereas lower - level classes were taught in the European style — a lecturer spoke and students listened — seminar courses centered upon group discussion of texts.

In his book Beegle attacked «inerrantists» for being overly rationalistic, obscurantist in fixing upon the «autographs» of Scripture, naive linguistically in thinking language can be precise, misguided in their use of proof - texting, Docetic in their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioIn his book Beegle attacked «inerrantists» for being overly rationalistic, obscurantist in fixing upon the «autographs» of Scripture, naive linguistically in thinking language can be precise, misguided in their use of proof - texting, Docetic in their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioin fixing upon the «autographs» of Scripture, naive linguistically in thinking language can be precise, misguided in their use of proof - texting, Docetic in their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioin thinking language can be precise, misguided in their use of proof - texting, Docetic in their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioin their use of proof - texting, Docetic in their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioin their denial of Scripture's humanness, and wrong in their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiratioin their commitment to a domino theory regarding inspiration.

Thus the focus of both Whitehead's diagnostic statements, already quoted, is upon the substance - quality categories (or mode of thought) which makes these two texts consistent with one another and with a third such statement occurring earlier in Process and Reality: «All modern philosophy hinges round the difficulty of describing the world in terms of subject and predicate, substance and quality, particular and universal» (PR 78).

Drawing upon both Hegel and Heidegger, these scholars affirm that real knowledge is self - knowledge and that the role of the text is to aid us in self - understanding.

A careful reading of the Greek text, says Stendahl, «must lead to the translation: «And as many as walk according to this standard [the new creation in Christ], peace be upon them — and mercy also upon the Israel of God.»

This author in my opinion deep inside is questioning her faith but like a security blanket to a child does not want to get rid of it and is looking for any explanation she can come up with to hold onto it even in the face of the reality that the text that faith is based upon is highly flawed and frankly quite silly.

In the case of Islam and Mormonism, these arguments center upon the character of the inspired text in question, as something dictated directly by God (through angelic mediation) and itself miraculous or as encompassed by miracleIn the case of Islam and Mormonism, these arguments center upon the character of the inspired text in question, as something dictated directly by God (through angelic mediation) and itself miraculous or as encompassed by miraclein question, as something dictated directly by God (through angelic mediation) and itself miraculous or as encompassed by miracles.

Although scripture derives its authority from God, in a sense it is the community that regards a text as authoritative that bestows authority upon it.

Hans Frei, a historian who reflected upon the history of biblical interpretation, was a theologian who called us to faith in Jesus Christ as presented in the texts, not behind the texts.

For even if, unlike a dream, I did not produce the story in the text, its capacity for evocation depends on its resonance with psychic and sociological realities within or impinging upon me.

If the text wrestles with serious questions and if the reader does also, then the reader's own questions are not extraneous intrusions upon a «pure understanding» of the text but vitally involved in a proper understanding of the text.

The problem of honest and relevant interpretation of texts is imbedded within the Bible itself and is not to be looked upon as an exercise post-biblical in origin.

Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who lived in the forest in a little round hut... you can order the complete text from the NOPP, the National Office for Pedophile Protection, (also known as the USCCB, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops).

Like Derrida, Gadamer thought that reading a text involves entering into a kind of play between text and reader in which the text has an effect upon us and we an effect upon the text.

In Exodus 14:24 - 25, after the Egyptian army had followed the Israelites into the Red Sea, the text says that God sought to turn the Egyptian army back by bringing trouble upon them.

The Court, if it had wished to rely upon Jefferson to determine the true and original intent of the First Amendment, could have served themselves and the American people well by referring to Jefferson's warning to Judge William Johnson regarding the de-ter-min-ation of the original intent of a statute or a con - st - itu - tion On every question of con - struc - tion, carry ourselves back to the time when the Con - st - itu - tion was adopted, recollect the spirit manifested in the debates, and instead of trying what meaning may be squeezed out of the text, or invented against it, conform to the probable one in which it was passed.»

Echoes build upon echoes in this text, reminding us that faithful suffering has always been part of the calling for God's people.

All of these texts, and numerous others in Scripture, clearly reveal that salvation is conditional upon how we live our lives and what we believe.

The English translation improves upon the original Italian text by shaping it to be more evidently in accord with Church teaching, but it does not succeed in removing all ambiguities.

Building upon his understanding that written texts can burst the world of the author, and indeed that of the reader as well, and upon his understanding that different genres accomplish this in different ways, Ricoeur comes to his understanding of «the world of the text» or, in other citations, «the world in front of the text,» by which he means «the... world intended beyond the text as its reference.

These texts and studies do not exhaust the various ways in which women were perceived, and their roles commented upon, by writers of the early church, but they offer points of departure for a discussion on the contribution of women to the life and witness of the early church without forgetting that the «ancient sources and modern historians agree that primary conversion to Christianity was far more prevalent among females than among males» [13] in the time of the early church.

Hamilton's pursuit of death - of - God themes also appears in essays on «Shakespearean Death,» «The Conversions of Michelangelo,» and a sermon delivered on the text «To Cast Fire Upon the Earth.»

This argument for the deficiency of Premise X seems to me to be better than the one upon which Griffin explicitly relies in his text.

If we discount appeals that had relevance only when considering the claim that Premise X is meaningless or the claim that Premise X is logically false (i.e., Griffin's appeal to the meaninglessness of «X is a powerless actuality» in the first case and to «the definition of «actual being» in the second case), Griffin's text provides nothing in the way of support for the assertion that the metaphysical principle upon which he is relying is correct.

In this book, basing himself, upon the direct meaning of Biblical texts as construed by him in a literal fashion, he denied the existence of the antipodes, and asserted that the world is a flat parallelogram whose length is double its breadtIn this book, basing himself, upon the direct meaning of Biblical texts as construed by him in a literal fashion, he denied the existence of the antipodes, and asserted that the world is a flat parallelogram whose length is double its breadtin a literal fashion, he denied the existence of the antipodes, and asserted that the world is a flat parallelogram whose length is double its breadth.

If you do believe this, why practice Mormonism, which has in its primary religious text: And [God] had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity.

I mean, really, all the thousands upon thousands of interviews you had to of done, all the mosques you must have visited, all the traveling and expenses you must have had to deal with, and even having to get to know every single Muslim in America well enough to have a very clear and deep understanding of these people, their practices, their very detailed personal beliefs, and how each of them interpret the text and follow through with their own meaning.

Though Calvinists may claim that Noah was only «perfect in his generations» because of God's irresistible grace upon Noah's life, the text of Genesis 6:8 indicates that «Noah found grace» in the eyes of God, not that God irresistibly gave grace to Noah.

If your religion was based upon no texts at all, my words would address whatever I found in it that deserved uncovering the truth on.

That the phrase «separation of church and state» does not appear in the text of the Constitution assumes much importance, it seems, to some who may have once labored under the misimpression it was there and, upon learning they were mistaken, reckon they've discovered a key to solving a Constitutional mystery.

And as regards the appearance to Simon, the text in First Corinthians, upon closer examination, calls into question the notions (1) that such an appearance was an «event» that occurred after Jesus had physically left his tomb and (2) that Jesus was made manifest to Simon in any visible or tangible way.

The power to understand Sacred Scripture trulyis bestowed upon the apostles and their successors, and this sure charism to interpret sacred texts authoritatively in Jesus» name remains a mark of the true Church for all time.

This is now our task: to receive the Council by drawing upon the Spirit of the texts to find power for Christian mission in the present, in continuity with Sacred Tradition.

«The much - touted «biblical argument» in support of corporal punishment is founded upon proof - texting a few isolated passages from Proverbs.

During my pregnancy I made a mental note on who among my friends are successfully breastfeeding or breastfed, I kept them in mind so I can text them if and when my morale is low or when I stumble upon roadblocks.

In the fall of 2013, Prof. Lawrence Lessig and I taught a seminar together at the Harvard Law School on the practical and theoretical problems that would be presented by a so - called «Article V convention,» which according to the text must be called by Congress upon the petition of two thirds of the fifty states (34).