The Bible and the Common ReaderMacmillan, 1944 - 316 pagina's "This book makes no claim to profound biblical scholarship. As its title clearly implies, it is written for the common reader; and from those common readers who may perhaps enjoy its pages I am myself distinguished only by the fact that I may possess more knowledge of its subject than they. I write it because for many years I have taken more delight in the Bible than in any other book I know and because I have become convinced that too few persons know how to read it." Mary Ellen Chase. |
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Pagina 116
... Perhaps , indeed , we should welcome the conflicting stories told about him , the shadow of legend always cast over him from his days as a little boy in the temple at Shiloh to his coming back from the grave at the command of the wise ...
... Perhaps , indeed , we should welcome the conflicting stories told about him , the shadow of legend always cast over him from his days as a little boy in the temple at Shiloh to his coming back from the grave at the command of the wise ...
Pagina 203
... Perhaps , indeed , these earlier poems were neither known to its author nor accessible to him . At all events , his book is perhaps the most original work in the literature of mankind . It fits into no sphere or category . The abundance ...
... Perhaps , indeed , these earlier poems were neither known to its author nor accessible to him . At all events , his book is perhaps the most original work in the literature of mankind . It fits into no sphere or category . The abundance ...
Pagina 244
... Perhaps , indeed , he knew Alexandria or had even been to school there , for it is evi- dent that Greek thought interested and influenced him . At all events , we should think of him as a cultured and cosmopolitan man , not in any sense ...
... Perhaps , indeed , he knew Alexandria or had even been to school there , for it is evi- dent that Greek thought interested and influenced him . At all events , we should think of him as a cultured and cosmopolitan man , not in any sense ...
Inhoudsopgave
A Short Sketch of Their His | 29 |
The Earliest Stories of the Hebrews | 83 |
The Great Leaders of Ancient Israel | 97 |
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