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5921 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Belshazzar.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… an argument against the genuineness of the Book of Daniel. In 1854 Sir Henry Rawlinson found an inscription of Nabonidus which referred to his eldest son …
5922 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Daniel, Book of.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the arguments in its favour fully establish its claims. (1.) We have the testimony of Christ ( Matthew 24:15; Matthew 25:31; Matthew 26:64 ) and his apostles ( 1 Corinthians …
5923 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Elijah.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… his argument that God had not cast away his people. James ( James 5:17 ) finds in him an illustration of the power of prayer. (See also Luke 4:25; Luke 9:54 .) He was a type …
5924 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.2 (Matthew G. Easton)
… any argument to prove it. He who disbelieves this truth is spoken of as one devoid of understanding ( Psalm 14:1 ).
5925 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
The arguments generally adduced by theologians in proof of the being of God are:
5926 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
(1.) The a priori argument, which is the testimony afforded by reason.
5927 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
(2.) The a posteriori argument, by which we proceed logically from the facts of experience to causes. These arguments are,
5928 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.7 (Matthew G. Easton)
(b) The teleological, or the argument from design. We see everywhere the operations of an intelligent Cause in nature.
5929 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. God.8 (Matthew G. Easton)
… moral argument, called also the anthropological argument, based on the moral consciousness and the history of mankind, which exhibits a moral order and …
5930 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Isaiah, The Book of.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
The arguments in favour of the unity of the book are quite conclusive. When the LXX. version was made (about B.C. 250) the entire contents of the book were ascribed …
5931 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Jonah, Book of.3 (Matthew G. Easton)
… one argument is of sufficient importance to settle the whole question. No theories devised for the purpose of getting rid of difficulties can stand against …
5932 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pentateuch.4 (Matthew G. Easton)
… the arguments on which its speculations are built are altogether untenable.
5933 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Pentateuch.9 (Matthew G. Easton)
… valid argument can be drawn from the silence of Scripture in such a case. An examination of the following texts, 1 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 14:6; 2 Chronicles 23:18; 2 Chronicles …
5934 Easton's Bible Dictionary, p. Romans, Epistle to the.5 (Matthew G. Easton)
… treated argumentatively, and is a plea for Gentiles addressed to Jews. In the Epistle to the Galatians, the same subject is discussed, but there the apostle …
5935 Etymology dictionary, p. abduce (v.).2
… or argument, 1530s, from Latin abductus, past participle of abducere "to lead away, take away," also in figurative senses, from ab "off, away from" (see ab- ) + ducere "to …
5936 Etymology dictionary, p. abolition (n.).3
… or arguments to end American slavery itself, and after 1832 this was the usual sense of the word until the effort was accomplished by the 13th Amendment (1865 …
5937 Etymology dictionary, p. ad hominem.2
… an argument or appeal to the known preferences or principles of the person addressed, rather than to abstract truth or logic.
5938 Etymology dictionary, p. admit (v.).3
The sense of "concede in argument as valid or true" is recorded by early 15c. In Middle English the word sometimes also was amit, after Old French amettre, which was refashioned 15c. Related: Admitted; Admitting .
5939 Etymology dictionary, p. airtight (adj.).2
also air-tight, "impermeable to air," 1760, from air (n.1) + tight. Figurative sense of "incontrovertible" (of arguments, alibis, etc.) is from 1929.
5940 Etymology dictionary, p. analogy (n.).3
… , "an argument from the similarity of things in some ways inferring their similarity in others," c. 1600.