Sentence examples for tradition of listing from inspiring English sources

The tradition of listing God's attributes can also be found, and might even have originated, in Judaism, especially in cabalism, a European school of thought that reigned from the eleventh to the thirteenth century.

Like the writings of Nicomachus of Gerasa and Philo, as well as a relatively short list of medieval Muslim and Jewish authors, Sefer ha-Ehad follows the Pythagorean tradition of listing which natural, mathematical, and other items, come in two's, three's, etc.

Though many countries have long traditions of people-listing — in records connected to baptism, taxation, or conscription — India does not.

This is the last you'll be hearing from the New York Tyrant until after the break so to keep with the tradition of year-end lists, I am giving you a life-end list.

In the letter to May, he said: "I was delighted to read reports in the Sunday papers that you are going to scrap the outdated and easily abused tradition of resignation honours lists.

But in California, Washington and Alaska, Western states without strong partisan traditions, primaries list the names of all candidates on the same ballot, allowing voters to mix and match, without even a one-day pretense of party affiliation.

And while it continues the long-standing tradition of Golden Globe wackiness, the list also rather bravely reflects the virtually unmeasurable nature of modern television.

Moreover, the number of incarnations is not fixed across all texts or traditions; some texts list 24 incarnations of Vishnu.

In a well-worn tradition, the list of finalists inspired some grumbling from publishing insiders who objected that the choices were too obscure.

Somewhere along the line, for reasons to various to list, the tradition of tap to which Mr. Grimes and Ms. Sumbry-Edwards belong lost its place in this kind of entertainment, once its home.

Founded in 1974 by trading sensation and later U.S. fugitive Marc Rich, Glencore has until now held on to a fiercely prized tradition of public discretion, but its May listing will propel the group and its top management it into the limelight.