The English Bible as Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138917200 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 316 str.

Charles Allen Dinsmore

Opis

The religious associations surrounding the Bible make it difficult for the general reader to appreciate, in its full purity, the value which the Scriptures bear as literature, and as an epic in no way inferior, in cultural worth, to the greatest works of Greece and Rome. Dealing as it does with elementary passions and principles, the English Bible is, in the author s view, the greatest book of all the ages. This book, first published in 1931, will be of interest to students of literature and religious studies. "

Spis treści

Part 1: The Genius and Discipline of Hebrew People;  1. The Marks of a Supreme Book  2. An Epic of Redemption  3. How did a literature so great come from a people so small?  4. Mental and Spiritual Characteristics which differentiated the Hebrews from other peoples of their time  5. The Literary Qualities of the Hebrew Mind  6. How the Hebrew Writings Became an English Classic  7. The Diction of the English Bible;  Part 2: Literary Values of the Old Testament Books;  8. The Earliest Histories Ever Written  9. The Historic Books of the Old Testament  10. Biblical Poetry  11. Biblical Poetry (Continued)  12. The Prophets  13. The Humanists of Israel  14. Prose Fiction;  Part 3: The Literary Qualities of the New Testament;  15. The Gospels  16. The Sayings of Jesus as Literature  17. Paul as a Writer  18. New Testament History and Letters  19. Apocalyptical Writings;  Index

O autorze

Charles Allen Dinsmore