Allegorical interpretation - answer is an interpretive method (exegesis) which assumes
that the Bible has various levels of meaning and tends to focus on the spiritual sense
(which includes the allegorical sense, the moral (or tropological) sense, and the
anagogical sense) as opposed to the literal sense.
Ka'bah - answer a small, cubical building in the courtyard of the Great Mosque at Mecca
containing a sacred black stone: regarded by Muslims as the House of God and the
objective of their pilgrimages.
Hubris - answer Arrogance, out of natural place in society
(in Greek tragedy) excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis.
Myth of the metals - answer Gold, Silver, and Bronze/iron
To ensure that there is never controversy over who should rule, Socrates suggests
telling all citizens a useful fiction, usually termed "the myth of the metals." The myth
contends that all citizens of the city were born out of the earth.he myth holds that each
citizen has a certain sort of metal mixed in with his soul. In the souls of those most fit to
rule there is gold, in those suited to be auxiliaries there is silver, and in those suited to
be producers there is either bronze or iron.
Hellenism - answerthe national character or culture of Greece, especially ancient
Greece
Synoptic gospels - answerWitness literature (Life of Jesus)
the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, which describe events from a similar point of
view, as contrasted with that of John.
Augustus Caesar - answera term with strong religious connotations suggesting the
divine nature of its holder, would rule virtually unopposed and fashioned an imperial
government that guided Roman affairs for the next three centuries.
Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC
until his death in 14 AD. He was born Gaius Octavius into an old and wealthy equestrian
branch of the plebeian Octavii family.
Original sin - answerthe tendency to sin innate in all human beings, held to be inherited
from Adam in consequence of the Fall. The concept of original sin was developed in the
writings of St. Augustine.
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