Ancient Hebrew Stories and Their Modern InterpretationCosimo, Inc., 1 dec. 2005 - 348 sidor 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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... God created the world in order to start the Hebrews on their great career ; for them all else was preliminary and ... God of the Hebrews is the God of the world , that from the beginning His Providence has and it was 1 Dr. Moffatt ...
... God created the world in order to start the Hebrews on their great career ; for them all else was preliminary and ... God of the Hebrews is the God of the world , that from the beginning His Providence has and it was 1 Dr. Moffatt ...
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... God . A king in Israel instead of being reverenced as " the Lord's anointed " may be regarded as an imitation of the foolish pride and splendour of nations that know not God . This tiny nation could only gain an independent existence at ...
... God . A king in Israel instead of being reverenced as " the Lord's anointed " may be regarded as an imitation of the foolish pride and splendour of nations that know not God . This tiny nation could only gain an independent existence at ...
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... gods . The god is proud and in his kingship will brook no rival near the throne , he hates specially man's arrogance , and to those who are carried away by their power and success he sends disaster . In the stories of Paradise , the ...
... gods . The god is proud and in his kingship will brook no rival near the throne , he hates specially man's arrogance , and to those who are carried away by their power and success he sends disaster . In the stories of Paradise , the ...
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... God and a purer spirit of worship . But in the centuries through which this gift revealed its real presence and divine power it could grow only by claim- ing for God things that had been saturated with “ heathenism " ; it was a process ...
... God and a purer spirit of worship . But in the centuries through which this gift revealed its real presence and divine power it could grow only by claim- ing for God things that had been saturated with “ heathenism " ; it was a process ...
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PAGE | 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 |
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