Sentences with phrase «vast literature»

But as a whole the picture in Genesis [of the Patriarchs] is historical, and there is no reason to doubt the general accuracy of the biographical details and the sketches of personality which make the Patriarchs come alive with a vividness unknown to a single extrabiblical character in the whole vast literature of the ancient Near East.8

An engaging and informative contribution to the vast literature on the man commonly described as, next to the Virgin Mother, the most popular of saints.

This little book is an important addition to the vast literature on questions that will remain troubled and troubling.

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There is a vast literature describing the life of Muhammad that, from the Muslim point of view, proves his unique status as the Prophet of God.

In the vast literature about Krishna, he is seen as the divine child, the young herdsman and endearing lover and as an avatar of God.

Matthewes teaches religious studies at the University of Virginia and here brings the vast literature on the «problem» of evil, and especially the writings of Reinhold Niebuhr and Hannah Arendt, into conversation with St. Augustine.

He is similarly unacquainted with the vast literature on human embryology or fetology that makes so compelling a case for the humanity of the unborn child.

There is a vast literature which is acknowledged as sacred by other sects of Buddhism.

As for the vast literature devoted to parenting, discriminating reliable sources from misinformation can be daunting.

«There is a vast literature and a lot of mythology on verb regularization and irregularization,» Clark said, «and a lot of people have claimed that the tendency is toward regularization.

As for the current work, Ginther says, «we tried to get our arms around a vast literature, and I hope that we can move the discussion past the headline and the op - ed and more towards points that we agree on, the points that we disagree on, and where we need to concentrate our efforts in order to have a diverse academic science professoriate.»

Amber Ruigrok, who carried out the study as part of her PhD, said: «For the first time we can look across the vast literature and confirm that brain size and structure are different in males and females.

Apparently you are not aware of the vast literature on thyroid dysfunction caused by soy foods, nor of Dr. Messina's position as a consultant and promoter for the soy industry.

But, the vast literature of psychometrics from the 60's and before, as real experts should have been steeped in, showed clearly the obvious flaws in the NCLB approach.

The Milwaukee study is part of a vast literature.

One was Robert Brulle, a sociologist at Drexel University who became a vital guide to the vast literature on behavioral impediments to environmental action.

There is a vast literature on this topic.

Response There is a vast literature on model evaluation, and a good place to start is the IPCC report, chapter 8 — William.

So cite some more of this vast literature that you have heretofore ignored.

There's a vast literature on cultural evolution, and a more modest yet still sizeable one on memetics (more than I will live long enough to read!).

There exists a vast literature about advocates of both smoking and carbon emission.

Charles Mann, in his book 1491, published in 2006, marshaled a vast literature documenting how enormous populations of native peoples, before they were exterminated by disease and conquest, occupied and cultivated the pre-Columbian landscapes of the New World.

Knowledge is not accrued in a day, so it follows that it may not be easy to start reading up on your area of interest especially given the vast literature of articles, reviews and online resources.

This tension between speaking and writing is productive, I think, and there's a vast literature on the subject that I won't go into here, much of the best Canadian, by the way.Let me, for fun, point you to the CBC archives on Marshall McLuhan, an important writer on the subject.

The vast literature in this area clearly presents evidence that PA, even among adolescents, is abnormal, can persist for many years, and is associated with extensive psychological damage.

Children's needs are considered paramount within such a perspective, and the vast literature on children's adjustment to the consequences of parental separation is used as a foundation for the development of a new approach to child custody determination.

Another example is social support (7): although this vast literature conclusively demonstrates that people (and animals) who lack social companionship have higher rates of illness and a higher risk of early death, until recently, much of this research merely demonstrated these links without identifying pathways by which these relations might occur.

Compared with the vast literature on parent feeding practices, little is known regarding parent feeding styles, and the mechanisms through which child eating behaviors and parent feeding styles influence child body mass index (BMI) remain poorly understood.