Search results for "Parable" - New World Encyclopedia
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- A fable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, that employs the literary device, anthropomorphism - that is giving animals, plants, inanimate ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- In a Christian New Testament parable, Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a pearl of great price. Additionally, the twelve gates of heaven ...20 KB (3,138 words) - 19:56, 22 April 2023
- in the millions who have been influenced by his parable about the a boy and a fox, and in reminding his readers of the profound truth that it is only ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- her to be converted, not by force, but by "parable and sermon." The Franks then return to Aix-la-Chapelle, where Roland's fiancée (and ...19 KB (2,962 words) - 17:33, 30 April 2023
- article titled "The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism," educator ... Littlefield | title = The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism | year = 1964 ...56 KB (8,538 words) - 21:33, 6 June 2023
- creation by a prophet to convey a divine message or parable. On the other hand, the Talmud (in Tractate Baba Batra 15a-16b) goes to great lengths trying ...21 KB (3,491 words) - 00:11, 19 November 2023
- Contained within Economic Sophisms is the famous satirical parable known as the "Candlemakers' petition" which presents itself ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 10:54, 19 December 2023
- fallen humanity. Augustine’s commentary on the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20: 1-10) indicates that an individual is rewarded ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- explanation as that Atlantis was a parable of Plato's, or was based on a known civilization, such as the Minoans. The fact that Plato often ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- as "porcupines." Schopenhauer's parable describes a number of hedgehogs who need to huddle together for warmth and who struggle to ...24 KB (3,799 words) - 15:21, 29 January 2024
- Hazel Motes (whose name recalls the parable of [Jesus of Nazareth|[Jesus]] that warns the listener not to criticize the mote in another's ...24 KB (3,778 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- prophet Nathan to denounce David by means of a parable. David is completely taken in, declaring at the end of it, "The man who did this deserves ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- research the witch trials of 1692. The Crucible, a parable play in which Miller likened the situation with the House Un-American Activities Committee ...28 KB (4,477 words) - 11:12, 16 August 2023
- Sai Baba of Shirdi (d. October 15, 1918), also known as Shirdi Sai Baba, was an Indian guru, yogi and Sufi who is regarded simultaneously by ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, among others, from the Hebrew: חסידות Chassidus, meaning "piety") is a Haredi Jewish religious ...28 KB (4,280 words) - 08:41, 20 January 2024
- The parable of the unmerciful servant concludes with a retributive judgment that requires an amount of suffering equivalent to the crimes committed: ...29 KB (4,671 words) - 22:22, 25 October 2022
- mysticism. Sufis make extensive use of parable, allegory, and metaphor to express divine longing and mystical experience. The following allegory ...29 KB (4,602 words) - 13:45, 28 April 2023
- face up to the consequences of such a world. This parable represents the last in a line of Dostoevsky's indictments of the attempt to create a secular ...29 KB (4,183 words) - 07:25, 15 April 2024
- quot; (2 Corinthians 3:6). The Buddha in his Parable of the Raft spoke about the scriptures as a raft—useful on the path to Enlightenment but ultimately ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- life on earth. As Jesus taught in the parable of the sheep and the goats ... Sheol when they died. In the New Testament parable of the rich man and Lazarus ...65 KB (10,516 words) - 06:08, 16 June 2023
