Sentence examples for ancient text from inspiring English sources

It's formal pledge says things like "our ancient text says; "Keep pure!

By James Wood Alter's translation yields an ancient text stripped of Christian ideas.

Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet.

"Of Mountains and Seas" is an irreverent retelling of "Shanhaijing," an ancient text that includes the classic Chinese creation myth.

He spent the rest of the day preaching in Tibetan, reading from the strips of ancient text in his lap.

Ms. Doniger and Mr. Kakar used a number of tactics to communicate the surprising equality found in the ancient text.

But the church's opposition was not due just to fear that its claims to the ancient text would be disrupted.

To approach an ancient text, you need to approach it with some empathy, to understand it from the inside out.

To base an argument on an ancient text is effectively to abdicate your responsibility to understand the present.

It is a rendering of the action of the ancient text, filtered through a modern, at times "pop", sensibility.

The point is soon confirmed, when Beethoven comes to the portion of the ancient text concerned with Jesus' conception.