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biblical
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[ adjective ] (Bible) of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with the Bible
Synonyms Examples "biblical names" "biblical hebrew" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)During the making recently of an important Biblical film , some 40 volumes of research material and sketches not_only of costumes and interiors , but of architectural developments , sports_arenas , vehicles , and other paraphernalia were compiled , consulted , and complied with . The drama itself - and this seems to be lavishly true of Biblical drama - often has hardly any relationship with authenticity at_all . (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)In it important elements of Christianity and of the Biblical view of reality in_general , which now cause us much difficulty , could be responded to quite naturally and spontaneously . The progress of science over these last few centuries and the gradual replacement of Biblical by scientific categories of reality have to a large extent emptied the spirit_world of the entities which previously populated it . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '' , as represented by Barth , rests_on the following thesis : The only tenable alternative to Bultmann 's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at_least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ( 2 ) accepts instead a special biblical hermeneutics or method of interpretation ; and ( 3 ) in so doing , frees itself to give appropriate emphasis to the event Jesus_Christ by means of statements that , from Bultmann 's point_of_view , are mythological . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (Bible) in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or people
Examples "biblical styles in writing" "a beard of biblical proportions" "biblical costumes" Related terms |
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