Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature. Various

Greek or modern European writers furnish no parallel. It is a literature numbering among its authors some who—by critics entirely outside the ranks of theologians—have been classed with the greatest names in the world's roll of honour. More than this, the English reader who gives attention to the literary side of the Bible is studying what is to him ancestral literature. The Hebrew writers of the Old Testament, and their followers the Christian Hebrews of the New Testament, have been the inspiration of those who have inspired our own writers: their style has largely leavened the style of modern English, their thought has become so closely interwoven with English thought of the last three centuries that it is impossible to sever the two. And, if the question be of what is higher than literary impressions, no reader need fear that the more sacred uses of the Bible will be imperilled by his reading, not with the spirit only, but with the understanding also.

      In this, as in the other volumes of this series, the text of the Selections is that of the Revised Version, the marginal alternatives being often substituted for the readings in the text. For the use of this Revised Version I express my obligation to the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge. A Reference Table at the end connects the Selections with the volumes of the Modern Reader's Bible from which they are taken, and with the chapters and verses of the ordinary versions.

      STORIES

		PAGE
I	Joseph and his Brethren	5
II	The Witness of Balaam to Israel	32
III	The Crowning of Abimelech	43
IV	Samson's Wedding Feast	49
V	The Expedition against Elisha	53
VI	The Dream of the Tree cut down	55
VII	Belshazzar's Feast	60
	ORATORY
I	The Oration of Moses at the Rehearsal of the Blessing and the Curse	67
II	A Discourse on Immortality and the Covenant with Death	75
III	Isaiah: The Great Arraignment	84
IV	Isaiah: The Covenant with Death	87
V	Isaiah: The Utter Destruction and the Great Restoration	90
VI	Ezekiel: The Sword of the Lord	93

VII	Ezekiel: Wreck of the Goodly Ship Tyre	98
VIII	Prophetic Sentences (from Jeremiah)	101
	WISDOM
	Wisdom Brevities	107
	Essays
i	Wisdom's Way with her Children	112
ii	Prosperity and Adversity are from the Lord	113
iii	Against Gossip	114
iv	On the Tongue	115
v	Choice of Company	116 Скачать книгу В начало < 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 > В конец