A Commentary on EcclesiastesRivingtons, 1873 - 92 pages |
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Page iii
... writer . It is alleged that internal evidence is against the supposition of so early a date ; for that the language and tone of thought in the book point to a writer further on in Jewish history . The favourite opinion amongst Ger- man ...
... writer . It is alleged that internal evidence is against the supposition of so early a date ; for that the language and tone of thought in the book point to a writer further on in Jewish history . The favourite opinion amongst Ger- man ...
Page vii
... writer must confess himself homo unius libri ; for some years past all his Hebrew and Greek studies have been devoted to the investigation of the meaning of this one book in the Sacred Canon , and all his conclusions must be taken with ...
... writer must confess himself homo unius libri ; for some years past all his Hebrew and Greek studies have been devoted to the investigation of the meaning of this one book in the Sacred Canon , and all his conclusions must be taken with ...
Page ix
... writer . It is alleged that internal evidence is against the supposition of so early a date ; for that the language and tone of thought in the book point to a writer further on in Jewish history . The favourite opinion amongst Ger- man ...
... writer . It is alleged that internal evidence is against the supposition of so early a date ; for that the language and tone of thought in the book point to a writer further on in Jewish history . The favourite opinion amongst Ger- man ...
Page x
... writer , on the contrary the point and moral of the book will be enhanced if we suppose it to be written rather in a time of pros- perity than of adversity or oppression . Thus , if we turn to the expressions of chap . iv . 1 we shall ...
... writer , on the contrary the point and moral of the book will be enhanced if we suppose it to be written rather in a time of pros- perity than of adversity or oppression . Thus , if we turn to the expressions of chap . iv . 1 we shall ...
Page xxiv
... writers ' own words , the different opinions of critics , Jewish and Christian , who have written on this book . His vast reading and erudition are thus made available for future scholars . Once for all , I must acknowledge the deep ...
... writers ' own words , the different opinions of critics , Jewish and Christian , who have written on this book . His vast reading and erudition are thus made available for future scholars . Once for all , I must acknowledge the deep ...
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alliteration Almighty argument beautiful befooled better Bishop Canon Church of England CHURCHMAN clause College Commentary comp contracted relative Crown 8vo Deity devotion Ditchingham Divine Ecclesiastes Edition EDWARD MEYRICK GOULBURN emphatic English equivalent equivoke evanescent evil follows folly fool full relative gives Gospels hath heart Hebrew hence HENRY PARRY LIDDON Hexapla hiphil Holy human idea instance of evanescence JOHN HENRY BLUNT JOHN HENRY NEWMAN king Koheleth labour living Masorets matter meaning Melvill Moreover niphal notice noun observed Oxford participle passage peculiar phatic plural Prayer Preacher present profit R. C. JEBB reason Rector render respect REVIEW Rugby School Scripture sense sermons Small 8vo soul Symmachus Syriac theology thing thou tion toil translation treatise Trinity College vanity verb vexation of spirit volume Vulgate whole wicked wisdom wise word work-day world writer καὶ
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Page 2 - The Greek Testament: with a critically revised Text; a Digest of Various Readings; Marginal References to verbal and Idiomatic Usage; Prolegomena; and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary. For the Use of Theological Students and Ministers, By HENRY ALFORD, DD, Dean of Canterbury. Vol. I., containing the Four Gospels.
Page xxiv - All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 22 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 80 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 44 - Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. "Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
Page 78 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, and the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 30 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Page 62 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest...
Page 6 - College, and Rector of St. Botolph's, and the Rev. WJ Beamont, MA, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. With a Preface by the Lord Bishop of Winchester.
Page 7 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...