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. |
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... knew the ways of the rich . " They lie upon beds of ivory , " he said , " and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall , that drink wine out of bowls " ; they " have planted pleasant vineyards " and ...
... knew where I might find him I would order my cause before him . And fill my mouth with arguments . But I cannot behold him . · • He hideth himself that I cannot see him . And the stern conclusion : Let him slay me , I have no hope ...
... knew human nature . They wanted a different world but they knew the only way to get it was for men to be different . They never worked out a system or built up an organization - not until Ezekiel . Justice and mercy would prevail on the ...
Inhoudsopgave
FOREWORD | 13 |
FEAR AND FORM IN RELIGION 25 | 25 |
II | 40 |
Copyright | |
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