seventy
seventy Seventy
elders accompanied Moses (Exod. 24: 9); and seventy
disciples were sent out by Jesus (Luke 10: 1–7); seventy years was predicted to be the period of the Exile (Jer. 25: 12), though it turned out to be less. Seventy years was regarded as a whole human lifespan (Ps. 90: 10). Peter was told that we are to forgive seventy times seven (Matt. 18: 21–2). Thus, seventy indicates completeness, as being a multiple of seven (the number of days in the week), which is therefore itself significant; seven men were to help the apostles (Acts 6: 1–6), and seven Churches are addressed in Rev. 2–3.
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Introduction: Cornelia and her maternal legacy.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Helios; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; At De lingua latina 10.41, Marcus Terentius Varro, one of our major authorities...media nox ad noctem). Whether Varro's analogy likens men and their...nighttime, is far from clear. But Varro clearly views Roman mothers as...
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Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007.(Presidential Address: Building resilience)
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...elegantly, defined sustainability was a Roman, Marcus Terentius Varro in the second century BC. Varro was a brilliant Roman who would have been...but we were a bit slow off the mark! Varro said that agriculture is an art and a science...
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES NORFOLK WOMAN CHRONICLES VISIONS IN BOOK.(NORFOLK COMPASS)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...KLEMENC THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT ``The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.'' - Marcus Terentius Varro, ancient Roman scholar and prolific writer BRENDA WRIGHT'S JOURNEY began nearly 50 years ago in a three-room...
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Introductory atmospheric sciences at a liberal arts university (1995-99)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and theology known as scholasticism. The seven liberal arts were codified in late antiquity by such writers as Marcus Terentius Varro and Martianus Capella. In medieval times, the seven liberal arts offered a canonical way of depicting the realms...
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Encyclopaedic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...would shape encyclopedias, he refers to encyclopedic surveys or cycles of the seven liberal arts dating from Marcus Terentius Varro's Disciplinarum Libri Novem of about 50 B.C.E. This genre, which experienced a revival during the sixteenth...
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The water's not so fine
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 2/12/2005; 343 words
; ...laying down the laws for his ideal state, says, "Let there be a law that no deformed child shall be reared." Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.), the Roman scholar who rose to the office of praetor, worked with Julius Caesar. In his...
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Marcus Terentius Varro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Marcus Terentius Varro Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.) was the greatest Roman scholar and an incredibly prolific writer. It is estimated that he wrote 74 separate works in 620 volumes on all aspects of contemporary learning. Varro...
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Encyclopedism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...term denoting a circle of learning. Works such as Marcus Terentius Varro's Disciplines (c. 50 b.c.e., now lost) defined...quadrivium of the medieval university curriculum. Varro also included medicine and architecture. However...
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