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Recent Examples of scriptural
Huckabee emphasized that archaeological discoveries continue to affirm the scriptural narrative connecting the Jewish people to the land.
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Many participants likened their experience to those of historical and scriptural figures.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The play allows for heady scriptural dialogue, which speaks to Weinstein and Rafaeli’s faith in the audience’s intelligence.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2025
Many participants likened their experience to those of historical and scriptural figures.
—Michael Pollan, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
The play allows for heady scriptural dialogue, which speaks to Weinstein and Rafaeli’s faith in the audience’s intelligence.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
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.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptural
biblical
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The director’s handling of mystical visions that haunt Ray is less than seamless, but his embrace of elemental forces is effective, particularly a hailstorm of near-biblical proportions that proves cathartic.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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The biblical love story gets a predictable but uplifting retelling with this romantic drama.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Scriptural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptural. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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