If this distinction be correct, the meaning attached to nâham will give force to Pr 19:12. The terms which describe the movements of the animal are equally distinct: רָבִוֹ, râbats' (Genesis 49:9; Eze 19:2), is applied to the crouching of the lion, as well as...
• From the Biblical meta-concept of the day derives the specific solar day Our noun יום (yom), meaning day, is mostly used to indicate the light-part of a solar day, or rather, the part during which one can work, travel and trade. It's opposite of ליל (layil)...
for while Cappel contended against the authority of Rabbinical tradition, Morinus contended in behalf of Romish tradition, placing the same above the Scriptures, which he compared "to a mere nose of wax, to be turned any wavy," to prove thereby the necessity of one infallible interpretation. ...
“1 will place you sous rature, Professor Humboldt,” said Kraljevic, his face flushed, his eyes dark behind the pince-nez trembling on the bridge of his nose. “If my beloved Lorraine Alsace, my sweet contested territory, does not receive tenure by the end of the term … I shall erase...
The Hebrew meaning of the word is "Beloved," and according to one interpretation it was even at one time a title for a sun-god. David has come to signify both kingly and divine qualities, and the name of the youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem, is often associated with the celebrated...
This explains everything and gives meaning to life. - Albert Einstein Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to just make man a more clever devil. -CS Lewis I believe in Christianity, as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because ...
understanding of scripture developed by Irenaeus and Calvin, Wolterstorff flounders in his inability to overcome the threat of scripture's becoming a 'wax nose' in which the noematic content of what God now says in divine discourse is not identical with the meaning of the biblical sentence ...
(much less Ephrem or Bernard or the like). This leaves us with only one option when we need to call on the tradition – proof-texting. There are, of course, times when one verse from Scripture or one sentence from an historical figure has a meaning that is unequivocal and obvious. But...
And I thought,“Yes, that sounds about right. Bitterness (meaning grief, of course) and struggling with hopelessness (which is one big reasonI write about hope often). Of course an angry husband would bring his wife to such a state. That’s what the church is supposed...
Indeed, if anything is to be inferred from the meaning of the name Adam, it would go to make him the parent, not of the Caucasian, but of the copper-colored or Tartar tribes. — ED. To those who think the language of the Bible contemplates Adam as "the first being who could be ...