" A prisoner interviewed by Moyers explained his literal interpretation of the second verse: "' Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved " by saying that the fear became immediately real to him when he realized he may never get his life in order, compounded by the loneliness and restriction in prison.

While most Anabaptists adhered to a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount which precluded taking oaths, participating in military actions, and participating in civil government, some who practiced re-baptism felt contrariwise.

Calvin took a literal interpretation of ch. 1, but allegorical view of chapter 2, a position echoed by some modern interpreters.

Most modern interpreters, however, see Joel speaking of a literal locust plague given a prophetic / apocalyptic interpretation.

( Not all interpreters agree with this literal interpretation of the chronology of Revelation, however.

Held by many Protestant groups who take what they believe is a more literal interpretation of the Bible, including many, but not most, Pentecostal Charismatic and Baptist churches and Independent and ' Non-denominational ' churches as well as a few of the Presbyterian Church and Wesleyan / Methodist churches.

Belief in the allegorical interpretation of the Bible does not exclude belief in praxeological or literal hermeneutics.

This perception is based on a literal interpretation of Dyson's original short paper introducing the concept.

Even if one wanted to follow the literal word of God, the need for people first to understand that word necessitates human interpretation.

He argued against the belief in revelation and the holding on to a literal interpretation of the Bible by the predominant orthodox doctrine through a problem later to be called Lessing's Ditch.

In the late 19th century the major debates were between fundamentalist Calvinists and theological liberals, who rejected a literal interpretation of the Bible.

In Christianity, iconoclasm has generally been motivated by people who adopt a literal interpretation of the Ten Commandments, which forbid the making and worshipping of " graven images or any likeness of anything ".

Justin's mention of the fire on the Jordan without comment suggests that he was relying on an intermediate source for these gospel quotations, and his literal interpretation of a pseudo-etymology of the Hebrew word Satan indicates a dependence on a testimony source with a knowledge of Hebrew, which was probably the Dialogue of Jason and Papiscus.

A literal rendering of the first interpretation would be " achievement of man ", while the second is often described as " work and time / effort ".

In an interview in the March 28, 2000 issue of the Assembly of God magazine Pentecostal evangel, he insists that " Left Behind is the first fictional portrayal of events that are true to the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy.

According to the PaRDeS approaches to exegesis, interpretation of Biblical texts in Judaism is realized through peshat ( literal or plain meaning, lit.

It also saw the growth of Fundamentalist Christianity ( a movement of those who believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible as the fundamental source of the religion ) as distinguished from Modernist Christianity ( a movement holding the belief that Christianity needed to be re-interpreted in light of modern scientific theories such as evolution or the rise of degraded social conditions brought on by industrialization and urbanization ).

By the later stages of the trial, Clarence Darrow had largely abandoned the ACLU's original strategy and attacked the literal interpretation of the Bible as well as Bryan's limited knowledge of other religions and science.

Despite some similarities between these two causes, the creation science movement represented a shift from overtly religious to covertly religious objections to evolutionary theory — raising what it claimed to be scientific evidence in support of a literal interpretation of the Bible.

The Protestant Reformation inspired a literal interpretation of the Bible, with concepts of creation that conflicted with the findings of an emerging science seeking explanations congruent with the mechanical philosophy of René Descartes and the empiricism of the Baconian method.

The soul-creationist's difficulty of God creating souls for such monsters may be why most later churchmen rejected the literal interpretation of Genesis 6 as referring to angels interbreeding with human women.

Many Protestants reject a literal interpretation of these words.

At a time when most people in Britain still believed in a literal interpretation of Genesis, that the earth was only a few thousand years old and that species did not evolve or become extinct, the find raised questions in scientific and religious circles about what the new science of geology was revealing about ancient life and the history of the earth.

Denominations like the Amish, Old Order Mennonites, and Conservative Mennonites believe in a literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount.

Origen argues against such literal interpretations of the passages from Matthew and Mark in his < cite > First Principles </ cite >.

Historically, this has been one of the most difficult passages to resolve with a literal interpretation of the text.

Scholars also examine the historical context of Bible passages, the importance ascribed to events by the authors, and the contrast between the descriptions of these events and historical evidence of their occurrence to learn information beyond the literal information presented in the Bible.

He did however believe that Scripture sometimes uses metaphorical language, but that those without the philosophical training to appreciate the true meaning of the passages in question were obliged to believe the literal meaning.

The earlier halakha did not confine itself to the mere literal meaning of single passages, but sought to draw conclusions from the wording of the texts in question by logical deductions, by combinations with other passages, etc.

As a result of some of these rules of interpretation the literal sense of certain passages of the Bible must be excluded altogether ; e. g., passages in which according to a literal interpretation something unworthy is said of God ; or in which statements are made that are unworthy of the Bible, senseless, contradictory, or inadmissible ; or in which allegorical expressions are used for the avowed purpose of drawing the reader's attention to the fact that the literal sense is to be disregarded.

This view was strongly supported by adherents of Abrahamic religions based on a largely literal interpretation of their religious scriptural passages.

Instead, a more allegorical rendering of the Bible was more common and translations of the Bible often included the writer ’ s own commentary on passages in addition to the literal translation.

As an archconservative and a believer in both the inerrancy and the literal interpretation of the Bible, Hodge supported the institution of slavery in its most abstract sense, as having support from certain passages in the Bible.

Due to the concern of some Torah scholars that misunderstanding these passages as literal descriptions of God's image might lead to blasphemy or idolatry, there was great opposition to studying this topic without the proper initiation.

Interpretation of these verses varies, as do many passages from the Bible, from literal to metaphorical.

Failing to set things right in the hidden passages beneath the school will result in a literal fate worse than death.

Although a literal interpretation of the Book of Exodus would conclude that the mercy seat, along with the remainder of the Ark, was constructed according to the commands of Yahweh at the time of Moses, textual scholars regard the passages referring to its construction as originating from the priestly source, which they date to the 7th Century BCE.

Hesse's novels themselves contain many passages of literal verse.

Moderate and liberal Christians generally accept the historicity and reliability of scripture in varying degrees, but differ primarily on interpretation of particular passages — from literal meanings to metaphorical intent in some regard.

These areas, by virtue of their abrupt density of pattern, stated the literal surface with such new and superior force that the resulting contrast drove the simulated printing into a depth from which it could be rescued -- and set to shuttling again -- only by conventional perspective ; ;

Instead of isolating the literal flatness by specifying and circumscribing it, the pasted paper or cloth releases and spreads it, and the artist seems to have nothing left but this undepicted flatness with which to finish as well as start his picture.

Our endeavor to capture even a faint sense of how strenuous was the fight is muffled by our indifference to the very issue which in the Boston of 1848 seemed to be the central hope of its Christian survival, that of the literal, factual historicity of the miracles as reported in the Four Gospels.

* Giuseppe Barzilai goes back for explanation to the first verse of the prayer attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben HaKanah, the literal rendering of which is “ O, with thy mighty right hand deliver the unhappy ,” forming from the initial and final letters of the words the word Abrakd ( pronounced Abrakad ), with the meaning “ the host of the winged ones ,” i. e., angels.

Abstraction is a process by which higher concepts are derived from the usage and classification of literal (" real " or " concrete ") concepts, first principles, or other methods.

Strictly speaking, it refers to art unconcerned with the literal depiction of things from the visible world — it can, however, refer to an object or image which has been distilled from the real world, or indeed, another work of art.

Determining the satisfiability of a formula in which each clause is a Horn clause ( i. e. it contains at most one positive literal ) is P-complete ; this problem is called Horn-satisfiability.

The name " Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon " is a literal translation of the Chinese proverb " 卧虎藏龍 " which refers to the mysteries ( or hidden talents, undiscovered talents ) that lie beneath the surface of an otherwise normal-looking individual.

Some interpret a literal, future, thousand-year time period in which Christ will rule over the Earth, a time which will be characterized by peace and harmony.

For example, Roman Catholic hermeneutics holds that there are many senses in which the Bible is true in addition to literal truth.

Another reason for doubting the literal nature of these early genealogies is that the etymology of the names of several early members of the dynasty do not appear to be Germanic, which is the origin of these peoples.

In the society in which it is told, a creation myth is usually regarded as conveying profound truths, metaphorically, symbolically and sometimes even in a historical or literal sense.

" Refusing to give a literal reading to the state-granted charter of the Southern Pacific Railroad, which specified that the company could " collect and receive such tariffs ... as it may prescribe, Hughes contended that this clause " necessarily implies that the charges shall be reasonable and does not detract from the power of the State ... to prescribe reasonable rates.

A subclass of daffynition is the goofinition which relies strictly on literal associations and correct spellings, such as " lobster = a weak tennis player ".

The common theme in gibberish statements is a lack of literal sense, which can be described as a presence of nonsense.

This calculated duality means that Contarini ’ s doge, which the second book of De magistratibus is almost entirely devoted to discussing, represents the closest point in his text to what actually occurred, because the Doge served as a literal embodiment of the idealisation of the reality of Venetian politics.

According to the Book of the Dead, departed souls would undergo a literal journey to reach Heaven, along the way to which there could exist hazards and other entities attempting to deny the reaching of Heaven.

The name Halakha is derived from the Hebrew halakh ה ָ ל ַ ך ְ, which means " to walk " or " to go "; thus a literal translation does not yield " law ", but rather " the way to go ".

* The short story " There is a Tide " begins by speaking of a metaphorical tide of fate which guides one's destiny, but the existence of literal tides on a planet in the story is a key to the plot.

The literal translation of the Hebrew word moshiach ( messiah ) is “ anointed ,” which refers to a ritual of consecrating someone or something by putting holy oil upon it.

In French, it is called " Nouvelle-Ecosse ", which is a literal translation from Latin to French.