Sentence examples for scriptural law from inspiring English sources

CRAFTY: Several years ago, A. J. Jacobs had a best seller with "The Year of Living Biblically," about his attempt to follow scriptural law as literally as possible.

You may wish to blame it on the universally evident wonkiness of Islamic scriptural law or even the absence of such in a remote village.

The Mishna is a collection of originally oral laws supplementing scriptural laws.

The Mishna supplements the written, or scriptural, laws found in the Pentateuch.

The missionary kingdoms addressed problems of European lawlessness in the islands by attempting to enforce a scriptural code of law.

Because the nation lacks a written constitution, the judges cannot plausibly claim to be guardians of any scriptural "rule of law".

Tahitian chief Pomare II (1803 24) embraced Christianity in 1815, triumphed over the other Tahitian rulers, and established a "missionary" kingdom with a scriptural code of law.

Since when are the workings of the free market and the regulation of civil laws scriptural issues?

He's lashed out at politicians who he says use obscure biblical texts as scriptural cover for laws that hurt people.

In time it developed into a sophisticated interpretive system that reconciled apparent biblical contradictions, established the scriptural basis of new laws, and enriched biblical content with new meaning.

Four years ago, after issuing his warning to the bishops at Vatican II, Cardinal Ottaviani said in an interview that the Church's doctrine on marriage could never change, because it was based on "the natural law and several scriptural texts".