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6081 Etymology dictionary, p. topic (n.).2
… probable arguments can be drawn," singular form of "Topics" (1560s), the name of a work by Aristotle on logical and rhetorical generalities, from Latin Topica …
6082 Etymology dictionary, p. tu quoque.2
Latin, literally "thou also" (or, in modern vernacular, "so are you!"); an argument which consists in retorting accusations.
6083 Etymology dictionary, p. worst (v.).2
"damage, inflict loss upon," c. 1600, from worst (adj.). Meaning "defeat in argument" is from 1650s. Related: Worsted; worsting .
6084 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abi (2).8
… . The argument is more or less complicated by the fact that each scholar looks to see what bearing it may have on the critical theories he holds. In the Hebrew …
6085 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abiathar.13
… an argument that is sometimes used by some scholars.
6086 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Abraham.57
… the arguments relied upon to establish this identification of Abraham with Sin may be judged by the following samples: "When further the consort of Abraham …
6087 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.24
… of arguments. He has not carried his point with all, though he has won a respectable following. Zahn (Einl, II, 338 ff, 1899) had already been working toward the same …
6088 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.30
… his argument by Ramsay in Pauline and Other Studies (1906, 302-21). "I think his clever argumentation is sophistical" (305). Harnack is fully aware that he has gone …
6089 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.31
… . The arguments from the use of medical terms are not all of equal weight. But the style is colored at points by the language of a physician. The writer uses medical …
6090 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.33
… ). The argument about Josephus may be definitely dismissed from the field. With that goes all the ground for a 2nd-century date. Other arguments have been adduced …
6091 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.35
… the arguments in favor of the date 70 to 80 are by no means conclusive. He writes "to warn critics against a too hasty closing of the chronological question …
6092 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 1-7.37
… historical arguments the precise nature of Luke's sources in Acts. Only in broad outlines the probable materials may be sketched.
6093 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Acts of the Apostles, 8-12.6
… strongest argument for the critical position is the correspondence between the acts of Peter and the other apostles on the one rode and those of Paul on …
6094 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.6
… apostle's argument in the entire chapter.
6095 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adam in the New Testament.8
… his argument for the subordination of woman ( Genesis 2:7 - 25 ). This is no mere Jewish reasoning, but an inspired statement of the typical meaning of the passage …
6096 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Adullam.7
… one argument for the tradition to the effect that Chariton's cave, a few miles Southeast of Bethlehem, is Adullam, is the larger size of this cave, as compared …
6097 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Angel.30
… an argument in its favor. Why should there not be such an order of beings, if God so willed it? For the Christian the whole question turns on the weight to be attached …
6098 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.43
… : Darwin's argument may be presented in the following form. In Nature around us there is to be observed a struggle for existence, to which every organism is …
6099 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Anthropology.54
… teleological argument has received from Darwin, may after all not be so serious. At any rate Lord Kelvin (Sir William Thomson) in 1871 before the British Association …
6100 International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, p. Apocalyptic Literature, 1.23
… . His arguments from the alleged impossibility of certain grammatical constructions being found in Hebrew are due to mistake. The presence of such words …