{"query": "The archetypes — figures of the Word", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_k_spine_archetypes", "title": "The archetypes — figures of the Word", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The people and scenes of Scripture read as living patterns — Jonah fleeing, Elijah under the juniper, Peter at the fire, Thomas doubting. Each is a seed of the Word, a figure the reader is invited to "}, {"id": "card_n_b184a75bce39", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_07_010: An opening thus made, ruminating with myself on the like things, that no one ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "An opening thus made, ruminating with myself on the like things, that no one of those dotards (who lived by such a trade, and whom I longed to attack, and with derision to confute) might urge against "}, {"id": "card_n_ae616b992662", "title": "Easton: Cherub", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture. They are first mentioned in connection with the expulsion of our first parents from Eden (Gen. 3:24). There i"}, {"id": "card_n_a02cbfe45d37", "title": "Easton: Hosea, Prophecies of", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "This book stands first in order among the “Minor Prophets.” “The probable cause of the location of Hosea may be the thoroughly national character of his oracles, their length, their earnest tone, and "}, {"id": "card_n_0eb13fc4e133", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_01_03: Happy is the man whom Truth by itself doth teach, not by figures and transien...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Happy is the man whom Truth by itself doth teach, not by figures and transient words, but as it is in itself.(1) Our own judgment and feelings often deceive us, and we discern but little of the truth."}, {"id": "card_n_f8e9031d529b", "title": "Easton: Key", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Frequently mentioned in Scripture. It is called in Hebrew maphteah, i.e., the opener (Judg. 3:25); and in the Greek New Testament kleis, from its use in shutting (Matt. 16:19; Luke 11:52; Rev. 1:18, e"}, {"id": "card_k_spine_the_word", "title": "The Word — special revelation, the other half of the floor", "shelf": "codex", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The floor has two halves and they are one. Alongside the created order stands the Word — the Scripture, its figures, its teachings. Special and general revelation are not two domains but one floor (se"}, {"id": "card_n_40cad63a9724", "title": "Pilgrim's Progress §78: CHR.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "CHR. Then said Christian to the Interpreter, Expound this matter more fully to me. INTER. So he said, These two lads are figures: Passion, of the men of this world; and Patience, of the men of that wh"}, {"id": "card_n_0d7b2ec525cd", "title": "Easton: Constellation", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the “Great Bear,” the “Bull,” etc.) for the sake of classifica"}, {"id": "card_src_word_introjection", "title": "introjection", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "introjection: (noun) (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego · (noun) (psychology) unconscious internalization of aspects of"}, {"id": "card_n_10e7d18ff7e6", "title": "Easton: Kanah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Reedy; brook of reeds. (1.) A stream forming the boundary between Ephraim and Manasseh, from the Mediterranean eastward to Tappuah (Josh. 16:8). It has been identified with the sedgy streams that cons"}, {"id": "card_n_45a18a8bc904", "title": "Easton: House", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were bu"}, {"id": "card_src_word_parallel", "title": "parallel", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "parallel: (noun) something having the property of being analogous to something else — syn: analogue, analog · (noun) an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator — syn: latitude, line of"}, {"id": "card_src_word_spherical_geometry", "title": "spherical geometry", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "spherical geometry: (noun) (mathematics) the geometry of figures on the surface of a sphere"}, {"id": "card_src_word_accuracy", "title": "accuracy", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "accuracy: (noun) the quality of being near to the true value — syn: truth · (noun) (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number"}, {"id": "card_src_word_michelangelo", "title": "michelangelo", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "michelangelo: (noun) Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564) — syn: Michelangelo Buonarroti"}, {"id": "card_n_7af13606b208", "title": "Easton: Castor and Pollux", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The “Dioscuri”, two heroes of Greek and Roman mythology. Their figures were probably painted or sculptured on the prow of the ship which Luke refers to (Acts 28:11). They were regarded as the tutelary"}, {"id": "card_src_word_figurative", "title": "figurative", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "figurative: (adjective) (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal — syn: nonliteral · (adjective) consisting of or forming human or animal figures — syn: figural"}, {"id": "card_src_word_michelangelo_buonarroti", "title": "michelangelo buonarroti", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "michelangelo buonarroti: (noun) Florentine sculptor and painter and architect; one of the outstanding figures of the Renaissance (1475-1564) — syn: Michelangelo"}, {"id": "card_src_word_recital", "title": "recital", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "recital: (noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events — syn: narration, yarn · (noun) performance of music or dance especially by soloists · (noun) a public instance "}]}