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 84
... written much earlier . It seems best in my book to discard actual chronology of composition , or at least not to be hampered by it , to begin this study of the great literature of the Bible with those stories of the beginning of things ...
... written much earlier . It seems best in my book to discard actual chronology of composition , or at least not to be hampered by it , to begin this study of the great literature of the Bible with those stories of the beginning of things ...
Pagina 291
... written by him . If we examine our New Testaments , we shall see that the title of every book from that of Romans to Hebrews inclusive is " the Epistle of Paul the Apostle , " that , in all , four- teen letters are assigned to his pen ...
... written by him . If we examine our New Testaments , we shall see that the title of every book from that of Romans to Hebrews inclusive is " the Epistle of Paul the Apostle , " that , in all , four- teen letters are assigned to his pen ...
Pagina 299
... written with an undertone almost of playfulness . In it he begs for- giveness for Onesimus and asks Philemon to receive him again " not now as a servant " but as " a brother beloved . " If thou count me therefore a partner , receive him ...
... written with an undertone almost of playfulness . In it he begs for- giveness for Onesimus and asks Philemon to receive him again " not now as a servant " but as " a brother beloved . " If thou count me therefore a partner , receive him ...
Inhoudsopgave
The Earliest Stories of the Hebrews | 83 |
The Great Leaders of Ancient Israel | 97 |
The Folk Tale of Samson | 121 |
Copyright | |
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