The Modern Reader's Bible: A Series of Works from the Sacred Scriptures Presented in Modern Literary Form..., Volume 3Macmillan Company, 1896 |
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Page vii
... historic criticism : the questions of history raised by biblical criticism are not so much important as inevitable . I do not even say that historical investigations into ancient documents are with- out results on purely literary ...
... historic criticism : the questions of history raised by biblical criticism are not so much important as inevitable . I do not even say that historical investigations into ancient documents are with- out results on purely literary ...
Page viii
... historical surroundings , though this may be considerable , yet it is least important just where the literature is most worthy of study . Lesser works may owe much , or even all , to their historic setting . But the masterpieces of ...
... historical surroundings , though this may be considerable , yet it is least important just where the literature is most worthy of study . Lesser works may owe much , or even all , to their historic setting . But the masterpieces of ...
Page x
... historic analyst — on pain of inac- curacy must do the detail justice to the full extent of its difficulty . When he has finished , the small has been expanded , as regards demand on mental attention , to the dimensions of the great ...
... historic analyst — on pain of inac- curacy must do the detail justice to the full extent of its difficulty . When he has finished , the small has been expanded , as regards demand on mental attention , to the dimensions of the great ...
Page xi
... historic criticism , is ( so to speak ) a horizontal structure - elements drawn from different sources running side by side ; the literary is a vertical structure — the succession of parts from beginning to end . Neither treatment is ...
... historic criticism , is ( so to speak ) a horizontal structure - elements drawn from different sources running side by side ; the literary is a vertical structure — the succession of parts from beginning to end . Neither treatment is ...
Page xiv
... historic survey , entirely free from the straining after effect which makes a speech all peroration . But when the feel- ing rises when Moses tells of all the way the Lord has led the people in the wilderness , or depicts the bright ...
... historic survey , entirely free from the straining after effect which makes a speech all peroration . But when the feel- ing rises when Moses tells of all the way the Lord has led the people in the wilderness , or depicts the bright ...
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abomination Amorites Anakim Arabah Argob Aroer Bashan behold bless thee brethren children of Israel cities command thee covenant Cursed daugh destroy Deuteronomy dwell dwelt earth Egypt evil fire fruit of thy giveth thee hear hearken unto heave offering heaven Heshbon Horeb inheritance judgements Kadesh-barnea king land of Egypt lest Levites Levites and elders literary LORD hath LORD said unto LORD spake LORD sware unto LORD thy LORD thy God midst of thee mighty hand Moab mount nations neighbour pass preface Rephaim shew Sihon Song of Moses spake unto statutes stone stranger sware unto thy thee this day thereof thine enemies thine eyes thine heart thine house thing thou art thou hast thou mayest thou shalt thou shalt eat thou shalt surely thy brother thy flock thy gates thy God giveth thy God hath thy land thy soul tribes unto the LORD unto thee unto thy fathers wife wilderness