| The mythical gods gave imaginative expression to human needs, fears and desires, and cultic practices bound communities together. |
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| Leviticus is a rigorous laying out of the law especially in regard to the tabernacle, temple, and cultic practice. |
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| The group values ties to the international Mennonite movement to counter criticism that it is a cultic or an independent group. |
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| During that phase, temple A was destroyed and a new building, which may have been of cultic character, was built immediately on top of it. |
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| This implies that cultic life was largely interiorized and that the whole world was given a new and esoteric meaning. |
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| A glance at architectural history shows how grottoes and underground spaces were used for cultic or aesthetic and cultural purposes. |
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| A bicipital axe was a cultic physical object of the Minoan civilisation. |
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| Each of these elements, although not directly related to Saint John the Baptist, are witnesses to a long cultic tradition in this area of Judaea. |
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| This informative travel will lead us to some of the main cultic sites of the matriarchal goddess in four countries of the Alps. |
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| It takes the necessary « material » solely from the cultic sphere. |
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| Although I do not accept the politics of the mujahedeen and think they are more of a cultic phenomenon than a legitimate political group, I think their human rights need to be respected. |
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| Eammon recalled that Jesus sent his disciples to go out to the world and preach the word and so there is need for us to move away from cultic priesthood. |
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| The poetry of the Hellenistic and Roman ages was primarily composed as a literary rather than cultic exercise. |
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| In some ways the most surprising of all, Paul even uses technical cultic language to describe his evangelistic activity. |
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| Both the Norwegian kings' sagas and Adam of Bremen's account claim that kings and chieftains played a prominent role in cultic sacrifices. |
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| She is influential — her cultic following included the young Alan Greenspan — but she is contemned by many intellectuals and is no patron saint to the bloggers at Secular Right. |
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| At the base of the building a fire glows in the half-light, watched over by two figures, as if what were being tended here is a cultic flame that still burns for the divine in the heart of man. |
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| It is worth noting that this reading fits nicely with the cultic goals of the Deuteronomist author. |
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| Many myths explain ritual and cultic customs. |
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| It is rare to find evidence of cultic activity in gnostic texts. |
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| Myths about the gods described their births, victories over monsters or rivals, love affairs, special powers, or connections with a cultic site or ritual. |
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| Using cultic terminology, the author of the Letter to the Hebrews states that Jesus Christ is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being. |
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| What would be helpful at this point is further clarification on the role of cultic centralization in Judahite resistance, as Otto conceives it, to the Neo-Assyrian threat. |
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| The find is so far unique, and the scientific research assumes that the melting down of the lump was not completed, therefore the aim was to form cultic offerings. |
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