The Prophets of IsraelW. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1936 - 178 pagina's The splendors of worship grew more splendid, writes Miss Hamilton, the multitudes of priests and devotees perpetually greater; ceremony followed upon ceremony yet the temples and the shrines were empty....And then something happened, one of the most important events that ever happened, which was to result in nothing less than a completely new idea of religion, an altogether different relation of man to God. In a little country of no consequence to the ruling powers...Egypt, Nineveh, Babylon...a man arose, one man, all alone, to set himself against the force of the whole world's conviction; and after him another, and then another, each always by himself against the nations, in all a mere handful of men, who had a vision of a new heaven and a new earth, a new motive power for mankind and a new road to God, and who proclaimed this strange conception with a passion and a power never surpassed in the 3000 years that stretch out between their day and ours. The Prophets were men of extraordinary minds, able to reflect greatly upon human life and to see deep into human nature. They were men of passion and fire. In the present volume Miss Hamilton brings these ancient Hebrews to life for us as she brought those other ancient peoples to life in The Greek Way and The Roman Way, at the same time interpreting their significance for us today. |
Vanuit het boek
Resultaten 1-3 van 24
... heart with thee . " But this new and unformulated idea failed to make a real impress . When it dawned Egypt was nearing the end of her power to seek and find . She was turning back to the past as the source of illumina- tion . The new ...
... heart not to let the Israelites go , and the motive ascribed to Him is : " I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians ; and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh and upon all his host . " But power is His completely , limitless and utterly ...
... heart . . . and the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fury of the anger of the Lord . " He was a God grandly and majestically conceived : " Am I a God at hand , saith the Lord , and not a God afar off ? Can any hide ...
Inhoudsopgave
FOREWORD | 13 |
FEAR AND FORM IN RELIGION 25 | 25 |
II | 40 |
Copyright | |
7 andere gedeelten niet getoond