Word: winnowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Messianic Claims. Undiscouraged by the amount of chaff that they feel obliged to winnow from the Gospels, the Marburgers are delighted that they have so much left of Jesus that even the most skeptical historian must accept. Moreover, the sayings of Jesus that they believe to be his in whole or part-rather than creations of the church-are of such a quality, says Zahrnt, that "a single, absolutely distinctive picture of the person and work of Jesus emerges." This person was a prophetic rabbi who taught the imminence of the Kingdom of God and who dared...
...decline in the chorus of political voices, the equalizing effect of the big wire services, whose international coverage appears?often verbatim?in nearly every U.S. daily, the glandular growth of syndicated features and columnists, and even the steadily rising per-copy cost of newspapers have all combined to help winnow the ranks. Newsmagazines have cut heavily into newspaper readership. So .has TV, which, from a-dead start around 1948, now absorbs some 14% of every advertising dollar?and five hours daily of the average televiewer's leisure time...