Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

אֵיפֹ֣ה הָ֭יִיתָ בְּיָסְדִי־אָ֑רֶץ הַ֝גֵּ֗ד אִם־יָדַ֥עְתָּ בִינָֽה׃

God

Job 38:4

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Topic

Creation of the world God and man

Speaker

God

Source

Book of Job The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Question

Language

Hebrew

Time

500 BC 500s BC 6th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Job 38:4).

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If cows and horses or lions had hands, or could draw with their hands and make things as men can, horses would have drawn horse-like gods, cows cow-like gods, and each species would have made the gods' bodies just like their own.

Xenophanes

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Nature of God God and man God Anthropomorphism

Author

Xenophanes
Medium
Presocratic fragment Fragment
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Xenophanes. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK21 B15.

Current Citation

Xenophanes. "Xenophanes of Colophon." The First Philosophers: The Presocratics and Sophists. Oxford World Classics, 2009, DK21 B15.

Another quote from the 6th century BC

Some say cavalry and others claim infantry or a fleet of long oars is the supreme sight on the black earth. I say it is the one you love.

Sappho

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Loved ones

Author

Sappho
Medium
Poem
Language
Greek
Time
570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Sappho. Supreme Sight on the Black Earth. c. 570 BCE.

Current Citation

Sappho. The Complete Poems of Sappho, edited by Willis Barnstone. Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again.

Acts 9:18

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New perspective Seeing Perception
Source
Book of Acts The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Greek
Time
62 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Acts 9:18).

Another quote originally in Hebrew

My beloved is mine, and I am his.

Song of Solomon 2:16

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Devotion Love Relationships
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Song of Solomon The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
965 BC 960s BC 10th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Song of Solomon 2:16).

Another quote of the following type Question

Can you dig it?

The Warriors

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Cyrus
Actor
Roger Hill
Source
The Warriors
Medium
Film
Genre
Action (film) Crime (film) Action Crime
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Warrors. Directed by Walter Hill, Lawrence Gordon Productions, 1979.