The Syrian ChristHoughton Mifflin, 1916 - 425 pages |
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... OF ENEMIES · IV . " THE UNVERACIOUS ORIENTAL " V. IMPRESSIONS VS. LITERAL ACCURACY . VI . SPEAKING IN PARABLES VII . SWEARING • VIII . FOUR CHARACTERISTICS . • 81 • 91 • 96 · 107 • 115 · • 140 167 . 175 · · 191 • · · 196 · • 205 [ xi ]
... OF ENEMIES · IV . " THE UNVERACIOUS ORIENTAL " V. IMPRESSIONS VS. LITERAL ACCURACY . VI . SPEAKING IN PARABLES VII . SWEARING • VIII . FOUR CHARACTERISTICS . • 81 • 91 • 96 · 107 • 115 · • 140 167 . 175 · · 191 • · · 196 · • 205 [ xi ]
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... speaking of Jesus as the son of a certain country , I do not mean in the least to localize his Gospel , or to set bounds and limits to the flow of his spirit and the workings of his love . Nor is it my aim in these chapters to imitate ...
... speaking of Jesus as the son of a certain country , I do not mean in the least to localize his Gospel , or to set bounds and limits to the flow of his spirit and the workings of his love . Nor is it my aim in these chapters to imitate ...
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... speaking , the word " pilgrim- age " means to the Syrians a journey of great religious significance whose supreme purpose is the securing of a blessing for the pilgrim , with no reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage ...
... speaking , the word " pilgrim- age " means to the Syrians a journey of great religious significance whose supreme purpose is the securing of a blessing for the pilgrim , with no reference to a special need . The zeara is a pilgrimage ...
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... speaking of concep- tion and birth , lies a deeper fact . To Eastern peoples , especially the Semites , reproduction in all the world of life is profoundly sacred . It is God's life reproducing itself in the life of man and in the ...
... speaking of concep- tion and birth , lies a deeper fact . To Eastern peoples , especially the Semites , reproduction in all the world of life is profoundly sacred . It is God's life reproducing itself in the life of man and in the ...
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... speaking of reproduction is better than the delicate reserve of the Anglo - Saxons . In fact , I have been so ... speak of the creative power as it reveals itself in the gardens of roses and the fruiting trees . Here we have the ...
... speaking of reproduction is better than the delicate reserve of the Anglo - Saxons . In fact , I have been so ... speak of the creative power as it reveals itself in the gardens of roses and the fruiting trees . Here we have the ...
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Abraham American ancient Anglo-Saxon Arabic behold Bible blessed Book Book of Acts Book of Judges Book of Kings Book of Proverbs bread and salt camel chapter of St child Christ Christians church clan command disciples divine door drink East enemies faith father fear feast feet flock friends give guest hand hated hath hatred heart heaven holy host housetop husband Israel Israelites Jerusalem Jesus journey Last Supper living loaves Lord Luke Master Matt means Midianites mother Mount Lebanon ness never night occasions Occidental Oriental speech Oriental's parable parents passage prayer prophet Psalm rendering Revised Version sacred salutation say unto Scriptural servant sheep shepherd simple social soul speak spiritual star swear Syrian tares Testament thee things thou shalt thought threshing threshing-board tion twenty-third Psalm verse West Western wheat wife wine woman women word writer Yusuf zeara