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Recent Examples of scriptural
Even as Christians moved away from Judaism, the evangelists continued to work within a Jewish scriptural tradition that expected later writers to build on earlier ones.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
The soft-brain theory has been pretty thoroughly debunked, but scriptural notions have proved harder to dismiss.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
This is the scriptural way of handling issues in the church.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a half-skeptical lament for the process of tyranny and dissent, as alluded to in the scriptural epigraph about the strangling Ficus religiosa tree that gives the film its title.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
The soft-brain theory has been pretty thoroughly debunked, but scriptural notions have proved harder to dismiss.
—Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
This is the scriptural way of handling issues in the church.
—Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a half-skeptical lament for the process of tyranny and dissent, as alluded to in the scriptural epigraph about the strangling Ficus religiosa tree that gives the film its title.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptural
biblical
Adjective
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Press releases, rife with references to Sodom and biblical implications, appeared to be focused as much on titillation as on science.—
Mark Boslough,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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Workers must often reckon with complicated geography, demanding bosses, ever more biblical weather, and schedules that force time-conscious drivers to urinate in bottles.—
Simon Parkin,
The Atlantic,
23 June 2025
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“Scriptural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptural. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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