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21Nahum M. Sarna — Nahum Mattathias Sarna (March 27, 1923–June 23, 2005) (Hebrew: נחום סרנה) was a modern Biblical scholar who is best known for the study of Genesis and Exodus represented in his Understanding Genesis (1966) and in his contributions to the first… …
22Framework interpretation (Genesis) — This article focuses on the views of certain Christian commentators and theologians. For a more general account of the topic, see Creation according to Genesis. For a canvass of some of the Jewish approaches, see Jewish views on evolution. The… …
23David Morrieson Panton — (D. M. Panton) (1870–1955) was the pastor of Surrey Chapel, Norwich, Norfolk, UK, where he succeeded Robert Govett. He was the editor (1924–1955) of The Dawn Magazine, a writer of books and numerous tracts, and a British leader amongst those… …
24literalism — literalist, n. literalistic, adj. literalistically, adv. /lit euhr euh liz euhm/, n. 1. adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense, as in translation or interpretation: to interpret the law with uncompromising literalism. 2. a peculiarity …
25SPENSER, Edmund — (1552 1599) Edmund Spenser was the outstanding nondramatic poet of the English Renaissance and Reformation, the author of numerous poetical works, most notably the epic romance The Fairie Queene (1590 96). He was known as a poet s poet ; his… …
Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary
26Hoffmann, Melchior — (c. 1500 1543) Millennarian leader of the Radical Reformation One of the radical voices of the Radical Reformation, Melchior Hoffmann s apocalyptic or millennarian views did much to discredit the Anabaptists in their first decade. Hoffman… …
27Sabbatarian — Synonyms and related words: Albigensian, Catharist, Franciscan, High Churchist, Trappist, Waldensian, abstainer, abstinent, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, austere, bhikshu, bigoted, creedbound, dervish, dogmatic, eremitic, evangelical, fakir,… …
28bigoted — Synonyms and related words: Sabbatarian, authoritarian, balking, balky, biased, bigot, borne, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, case hardened, closed, conceited, conservative, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf, deaf to reason,… …
29creedbound — Synonyms and related words: Sabbatarian, authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, borne, closed, constricted, cramped, deaf, deaf to reason, dogmatic, evangelical, fanatical, fundamentalist, hidebound, hyperorthodox, illiberal, insular, literalist,… …
30dogmatic — Synonyms and related words: Sabbatarian, a priori, antiblack, arbitrary, arrogant, assertive, assured, authoritarian, authoritative, balking, balky, believing, biased, bigoted, blind, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, canonical, case hardened …
