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The first in a series exploring the Jewish sacrifices in the Old Testament book of Leviticus, and how they find their fulfilment in Jesus Christ in the New Testament. Designed as an inductive Bible study for groups or individuals, this first study looks at the Burnt Offering in Leviticus Chapter 1. The author leads readers through Bible references and questions to draw out the meaning. Ideal for people wanting to discover more about the relationship between Old Testament and New Testament, and how the Old Testament is fulfilled in Christ.

The development of literature between 1800 and 1860 in the United States was heavily influenced by two wars. The War of 1812 hastened the development of nineteenth-century ideals, and the Civil War uprooted certain growths of those vigorous years. The half century between these dramatic episodes was a period of extravagant vigor, the final outcome being the emergence of a new middle class.

Parrington argues that America was becoming a new world with undreamed potential. This new era was no longer content with the ways of a founding generation. The older America of colonial days had...

A series of inductive Bible Studies on the five sacrificial offerings in the Old Testament book of Leviticus. They highlight the prophetic nature of God's plan of redemption and their fulfilment in the New Testament in Christ. Suitable for individual or group use, these studies are suitable for anyone seeking to understand better the fullfilment of the Old Testament sacrificial offerings in Christ. While Book 1 of this series covered the Burnt Offering, this book includes all five offerings ((Burnt, Grain, Peace, Sin and Guilt) under one cover.

When Parrington's Pulitzer Prize-winning history of American ideas was first published, Henry Seidel Canby wrote, "This is a work of the first importance, lucid, comprehensive, accurate as sound scholarship should be, and also challenging, original in its thinking, shrewd, and sometimes brilliant." Alfred Kazin has called "Main Currents in American Thought ""the most ambitious single effort of the Progressive mind to understand itself."

In the Foreword to this new edition, David W. Levy argues that Parrington's intellectual survey "will stand as a model for venturesome scholars for years...

Main Currents in American Thought will stand as a model for venturesome scholars for years to come. Readers and scholars of the rising generation may not follow Parrington's particular judgments or point of view, but it is hard to believe that they will not still be captivated and inspired by his sparkle, his daring, and the ardor of his political commitment.

In Volume II, The Romantic Revolution in America, 1800 - 1860, Parrington treats such influential figures as John Marshall, John C. Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville,...