7 sentences with 'interpretation'
Example sentences and phrases with the word interpretation and other words derived from it.
• « For hundreds of years, Christians debated and argued about what Christ's message had "really" been because many of Jesus' teachings were, and are, open to interpretation. »
• « Armed with their newfound system of Aristotelian logical interpretation, key figures within the Church began to analyse the Bible and the works of early Christian thinkers with new energy and focus. »
• « Rather than simply presenting an interpretation of Christian thought and expecting pupils to absorb it verbatim, scholastic teachers used disputatio (disputation) with pupils to hone the argumentative skills, insight and logical analysis of their students. »
• « It is important to note that Ismail and his followers were Shi'ite Muslims, the branch of Islam that had long had a strong presence in Persia, and Ismail could claim to represent the true interpretation of Islam against the corruption of the (Sunni) rulers in the neighbouring lands. »
• « In 1524, a huge peasant uprising took place throughout Germany, inspired by this interpretation of Lutheranism and demanding a reduction of feudal rights and duties, an end to serfdom and greater justice on the part of the feudal lords. »
• « Archaeological discoveries in the mid-19th century also linked human civilisation to very long time frames, with the discovery of ancient tools and the remains of settlements that pushed the existence of human civilisation back thousands of years from earlier concepts (all of which had been based on a literal interpretation of the Christian Bible). »
• « The Weimar constitution was never officially repudiated, but the letter of the laws became far less important than their interpretation in the "spirit" of Nazism. »