Search results for "Parable" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Papias (d. mid-second century) was one of the early literary figures of the Christian church. Recognized as a saint and martyr, his five-volume ...14 KB (2,122 words) - 07:32, 18 November 2022
- assertion was, in fact, intended as a parable; further, where Haggadot can be understood literally, they may be taken on this level. This is ...13 KB (1,890 words) - 17:38, 27 January 2024
- Jesus goes on to interpret the parable of the fig tree for Peter and warns the disciples of the coming of "false Christs." In the last ...14 KB (2,201 words) - 06:02, 11 August 2023
- |John|10:1-5 is potentially a stand-alone parable of Jesus, which UBS calls "Parable of the Sheepfold," |John|10:6 calls it a "figure ...37 KB (5,608 words) - 20:09, 13 September 2023
- Peter holds a dialog with Jesus about the parable of the fig tree and the ... *The Acts of Peter and the Twelve, an allegory similar to the parable ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- was undoubtedly Mendelssohn, and in which the parable of the three rings was the epitome of the pragmatic position. In the play, Nathan argues that ...14 KB (2,061 words) - 16:58, 10 November 2022
- 24:32-35, where Jesus is quoted teaching the parable of the fig tree, which is proposed as the key that unlocks the understanding of the general timing ...32 KB (4,883 words) - 17:23, 16 April 2023
- Mirror: Two Parables of Paedobaptism and One Parable of the Death of Jesus Christ. iUniverse, Inc., 2007. ISBN 0595438164 *Jeremias, Joachim. ...16 KB (2,399 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- Midrash (מדרש; plural midrashim) is a Hebrew word referring to the exposition, or exegesis, of a biblical text. The term can also refer to ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- or her own, appropriate tasks. Socrates uses the parable of the chariot to illustrate his point: a chariot works as a whole because the two horses’ ...34 KB (5,251 words) - 21:23, 4 October 2022
- the world. From this, Panspermia, as in the parable of the mustard seed, all things eventually evolved. According to Hippolytus, in contrast to ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- Nachman of Breslov (Hebrew: נחמן מברסלב), also known as Nachman of Bratslav, Nahman of Breslov, Naḥman ben Simḥah, or simply as ...16 KB (2,514 words) - 23:00, 10 November 2022
- On some occasions it is made exactly parallel to sin. Thus, the parable told by the prophet Nathan to King David (2 Sam. 12:4ff) is interpreted ...17 KB (2,843 words) - 11:10, 24 May 2023
- Barbary Shore (1951) was a surreal parable of Cold War left politics set in a Brooklyn rooming-house. His 1955 novel, The Deer Park, drew on ...16 KB (2,360 words) - 02:46, 16 November 2022
- The Gospel of Thomas is an important but long lost work of the New Testament Apocrypha, completely preserved in a Coptic manuscript discovered ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- Edutainment (also educational entertainment or entertainment-education) is a form of entertainment designed to educate as well as to amuse. Edutainment ...16 KB (2,367 words) - 18:18, 12 February 2024
- displays a different attitude in its famous parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10). The district of Samaria is further mentioned in Luke 17:11-20, in ...17 KB (2,670 words) - 02:05, 23 December 2022
- * Varieties of Parable (1965, criticism) * Selected Prose of Louis MacNeice, ed. Alan Heuser (1990) == References == * MacNeice, Louis, and Michael ...17 KB (2,543 words) - 04:06, 4 November 2022
- Mme de Staël had really desired to take up her parable against Napoleon seriously, she need only have established herself in England at the peace of ...18 KB (2,968 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- The Church Fathers or Fathers of the Church are the early and influential theologians and writers in the Christian Church, particularly those ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- 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
- wealthy are criticized. Luke alone tells the parable of the Good Samaritan, while in Acts a large number of Samaritans join the church (Acts 8:4-25) ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- biblical writers and characters employed symbolism, parable, figures of speech, and poeticism. Jehovah's Witnesses hold that the Bible alone should ...37 KB (5,392 words) - 01:06, 9 February 2023
- for a medical doctor. He later wrote that the parable of Dives [rich man] and Lazarus had spoken to him. Europeans were "Dives," Africans ...33 KB (4,954 words) - 05:02, 17 June 2023
- Stalin. Orwell's Animal Farm is a political parable in which animals overthrow the authority of the farmer and take power. The novel satirizes ...31 KB (4,584 words) - 15:56, 18 December 2022
- did not. Jesus answered them using a parable (Luke 5:33-39, Matthew 9:14-15, Mark 2:18-20). *Jesus also warned against fasting to gain favor from ...36 KB (5,745 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Millennialism or millenarianism is a Christian belief, based on the Book of Revelation 20:1-6, that Christ will establish a kingdom on earth ...47 KB (6,873 words) - 18:00, 9 November 2022
- * Baron, D. The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature. New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 2004. ISBN 0393058077 ...41 KB (6,179 words) - 00:14, 15 January 2023
- xian (僊). Chapter 11 contains a parable about "Cloud Chief" (雲 將) and "Big Concealment" (鴻 蒙) that ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Arabic literature (Arabic ,الأدب العربي ) Al-Adab Al-Arabi, is the writing produced, both prose and poetry, by speakers (not necessarily ...44 KB (6,658 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- *Danner, Mark. The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War. New York: Vintage Books, 1994. ISBN 978-0679755258 *Foley, Erin and Rafiz ...41 KB (5,922 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2024
- themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny speaks to anyone who has speculated on the worth and meaning ...48 KB (7,374 words) - 07:29, 22 January 2024
- The parable of His Light Is like a Niche And within this is a lamp Enclosed in Glass. The Glass is like a brilliant star Lit from a blessed tree ...49 KB (7,703 words) - 20:37, 24 January 2023
- to an obvious interpretation of the book as a parable for the evils of authority in general, rather than the evils of one particular authority. ...54 KB (8,294 words) - 21:10, 16 April 2023
- Augustine of Hippo or Saint Augustine (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), bishop of Hippo, was one of the most important figures in the development ...65 KB (10,156 words) - 11:55, 9 May 2024
- Philosophy of religion is the application of the philosophical method to the subject matter of religion. Accordingly, it is the rational study ...73 KB (11,277 words) - 04:18, 24 November 2022
- story of Cain and Abel. Another biblical story, the parable of the Prodigal Son, contains a moment of parental intervention to diffuse a sibling rivalry ...66 KB (10,046 words) - 00:36, 25 March 2024
- Kabbala (or Kabbalah) (Hebrew: קַבָּלָה, meaning "received tradition") refers to an esoteric collection of Jewish mystical ...68 KB (10,629 words) - 21:49, 4 October 2022
- to have to work with such, according to the Parable of the Banquet, in which all the invited guests find excuses not to come, leaving the master ...78 KB (12,289 words) - 02:54, 1 August 2022
