The painful and even dangerous rite of circumcision was alone capable of repelling a willing proselyte from the door of the synagogue. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
They baptize a proselyte in such a confluence of waters as was fit for the washing of a menstruous woman. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
It has often been discussed whether Cornelius was a 'proselyte' or not. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts] Reference
It is disputed by the Babylonian Gemara, "A proselyte, that is circumcised and not baptized, what of him?. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
They do not baptize a proselyte by night. From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
What slave has it freed -- what proselyte can it ever make?. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
The mistake was not very considerable in so young a proselyte. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 67, May, 1863] Reference
Conversion by the sword was not enforced on any proselyte by Mohammad. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885] Reference
Scribes and Pharisees compassing sea and land to make one proselyte are. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860] Reference
And on this reasoning the proselyte was permitted to enter the congregation. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Prochorus and Nicanor, and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference
She had taken a number of workshops on and demonstrations of EMO and was now an ardent proselyte. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Wallace: The Goddesses at Starbucks, Part III] Reference
Maimonides adds, "They baptized not a proselyte on the sabbath, nor on a holy-day, nor by night.". From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
The same law shall be to him that is born in the land, and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
The daughters of a male proselyte who has married the daughter of a female proselyte are eligible to marry priests. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you go round about the sea and the land to make one proselyte. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
Then, as if some thought of the young proselyte, the Egyptian, arose in contrast, his eyes came back to Kenkenes again. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Hillel, an ancient Rabbi, said to a man who wished to become a proselyte, and who asked him to teach him the whole law. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
These, especially the latter, were urged with every species of cruelty -- a mode of attempting to proselyte, evincive of human folly. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
I think it's part of a professor's duty to try to fairly lay out different points of view, and I never did try to proselyte in class. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with William Patrick Murphy, January 17, 1978. Interview B-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
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