Sentence examples for study of the bible from inspiring English sources

Her proclivity for religion was evident early on, and study of the Bible was the bedrock of her religious life.

I agree wholeheartedly with Bruce Feiler's call for more study of the Bible as literature rather than religious text ("Teach, Don't Preach, the Bible," Op-Ed, Dec. 21).

Among many other innovations, Erasmus had rejected the idea that study of the Bible should be confined to a Latin version produced in the year 400.

A barrage of Karaite treatises presenting new views of scriptural exegesis stimulated renewed study of the Bible and the Hebrew language in Rabbinite circles as well.

Protestants have made educational requirements, especially study of the Bible, a basis for ordained ministry, often at the expense of a full lay involvement.

Spinoza then turns his attention to the study of the Bible, arguing that it should be studied in almost the same way in which nature should be studied.

This was also the year that following a thorough self-study of the Bible and sacred history Withering changed from an atheist to a Christian.

Loisy, however, was deeply committed to historical and critical methods in his studies of the Bible and, particularly, to the introduction of new 19th-century developments in scholarship.

In the Reformation era, many individuals sought to revise or reject Trinity theories based on their own studies of the Bible, and influenced by the biblical scholarship of Erasmus of Rotterdam (d.

It included many works of theology, studies of the Bible, scholastic theologists and juridical studies.

Along with his scientific fame, Newton's studies of the Bible and of the early Church Fathers were also noteworthy.