Ancient Hebrew Stories and Their Modern InterpretationCosimo, Inc., 1 gru 2005 - 348 This short story has called forth the highest praise from the most competent critics for its simple beautiful presentation of scenes from the rural life of ancient Israel. It is artistic in the noblest sense, though it is not likely that in those days there was much consciousness of art of discussion as to the technique of story-telling.-from "Ruth: A Woman's Faithfulness and Its Reward"With an emphasis on the Bible as literature, this classic 1922 work examines the stories of the Old Testament with a modern eye, exploring not only their religious and historical significance but their beauty and effectiveness as prose and as examples of the art of storytelling. Among the tales considered are: .The Creation of the World.The First Murder.The Tower of Babel.The Story of Jacob.Samson: or A Strong Man's Failure.Saul and the Witch of Endor.The Story of Job: The Problem of Suffering.The Story of Jonah: A Prophetic Satire.and more.Canadian scholar W. G. JORDAN was professor of Hebrew language and literature at Queen's University, Kingston. He also wrote Biblical Criticism and Modern Thought (1909). |
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... divine spirit which has led men slowly to larger views of the world and nobler thoughts of God . Though it is difficult to place our- selves in the position of men who centuries ago tried to express in story or in song their ideas of ...
... divine spirit which has led men slowly to larger views of the world and nobler thoughts of God . Though it is difficult to place our- selves in the position of men who centuries ago tried to express in story or in song their ideas of ...
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... Divine . Spirit is working , revealing those fundamental beliefs and spiritual principles which give meaning and value to the history of mankind . We view the Bible then not as a mere collection of books , but as a great litera- ture ...
... Divine . Spirit is working , revealing those fundamental beliefs and spiritual principles which give meaning and value to the history of mankind . We view the Bible then not as a mere collection of books , but as a great litera- ture ...
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... noted that it did not stand alone . Recently considerable discus- sion has been raised regarding the original clue , the difference in the divine names , the fact that in one story the name " Yahweh " ( LORD ) , 20 INTRODUCTION.
... noted that it did not stand alone . Recently considerable discus- sion has been raised regarding the original clue , the difference in the divine names , the fact that in one story the name " Yahweh " ( LORD ) , 20 INTRODUCTION.
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... divine vocation . It had its own simple reckoning , the early popular stories are without dates , then such connecting links were introduced as " two years before the earthquake " ( Amos i . 1 ) , " In the year that King Uzziah died ...
... divine vocation . It had its own simple reckoning , the early popular stories are without dates , then such connecting links were introduced as " two years before the earthquake " ( Amos i . 1 ) , " In the year that King Uzziah died ...
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... divine power it could grow only by claim- ing for God things that had been saturated with “ heathenism " ; it was a process of conflict and con- quest , always with a certain sharpness and narrowness but yet unconsciously absorbing ...
... divine power it could grow only by claim- ing for God things that had been saturated with “ heathenism " ; it was a process of conflict and con- quest , always with a certain sharpness and narrowness but yet unconsciously absorbing ...
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68 | |
THE CREATION OF THE WORLD Genesis i ii 4 | 74 |
III | 83 |
PARADISE LOST Genesis iii | 90 |
vi | 108 |
THE ABRAHAM CYCLE | 126 |
OR THE GLORY OF BEGINNINGS | 153 |
A STRIKING SERMON Joshua vii | 167 |
AN ANCIENT TRAGEDY 2 Samuel xxi | 232 |
DAVID THE FOUNDER OF THE KINGDOM | 239 |
ABSALOMS REBELLION | 252 |
THE ELIJAH CYCLE | 260 |
A WOMANS FAITHFULNESS AND | 277 |
THE PROBLEM | 283 |
THE BEGINNING | 289 |
A PROPHETIC SATIRE | 298 |
THE SWORD OF YAHWEH AND OF GIDEON | 180 |
xvi | 191 |
ROBBERY AND RITUAL Judges xvii xviii | 199 |
SAUL AND THE WITCH OF ENDOR 1 Samuel | 222 |
JEWISH PATRIOTISM | 319 |
BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY | 333 |
INDEX OF SCRIPTURE REFERENCES | 342 |
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Strona 200 - In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Strona 51 - Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?
Strona 259 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Strona 128 - And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich...
Strona 257 - And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
Strona 153 - The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
Strona 118 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. " And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. " And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
Strona 116 - I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake ; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.