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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... light . They that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death , Upon them hath the light shined . Good and evil he looked at just as Amos and Hosea had , judging them by the way men acted toward each other . To do the will of God was to ...
... light upon either are never tossed aside as unproved and untenable . Light needs no proof . It needs only to be seen . The prophets were men with extraordinary minds , able to reflect greatly upon human life and to see deep into human ...
... light at its brightest , and it is the light that counts , not the dark places it has not yet reached . There would be no end to the use of the poor by the rich , of the weak by the strong , until men wished to end it , from no ...
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FOREWORD | 13 |
FEAR AND FORM IN RELIGION 25 | 25 |
II | 40 |
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