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... conclusion that the best way to understand a book is to be in sympathy with the man that wrote it . My interest in the subject , therefore , is not primarily of a dogmatic or theological character . I am less con- cerned to defend a ...
... conclusion that the best way to understand a book is to be in sympathy with the man that wrote it . My interest in the subject , therefore , is not primarily of a dogmatic or theological character . I am less con- cerned to defend a ...
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... conclusions . These conclusions , I may be allowed to say , are arrived at by a method that is admirable for its fairness in the treatment of details , and its cautious reserve in face of doubtful or conflicting evidence . So far as ...
... conclusions . These conclusions , I may be allowed to say , are arrived at by a method that is admirable for its fairness in the treatment of details , and its cautious reserve in face of doubtful or conflicting evidence . So far as ...
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... XV . THE THREE CODES , 353 381 XVI . THE LAW - BOOKS , · 414 XVII . LAW AND PROPHECY , XVIII . CONCLUSION ,. NOTES ,. 440 464 493 INDEX , 521 • • EARLY RELIGION OF ISRAEL . INTRODUCTION . Attitude of the xvi Contents .
... XV . THE THREE CODES , 353 381 XVI . THE LAW - BOOKS , · 414 XVII . LAW AND PROPHECY , XVIII . CONCLUSION ,. NOTES ,. 440 464 493 INDEX , 521 • • EARLY RELIGION OF ISRAEL . INTRODUCTION . Attitude of the xvi Contents .
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... conclusions . drawn from them must be entirely left aside at the outset , or else they must be able to justify themselves to the plain reason of the ordinary reader . It is the advocate's aim to maintain his thesis , but it is the duty ...
... conclusions . drawn from them must be entirely left aside at the outset , or else they must be able to justify themselves to the plain reason of the ordinary reader . It is the advocate's aim to maintain his thesis , but it is the duty ...
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... conclusion of the religion of Israel ; but we must not apply to the religion of Israel the maxim of Schleiermacher , derived from a consideration of Chris- tianity , that a religion is seen in its greatest purity at its source . On ...
... conclusion of the religion of Israel ; but we must not apply to the religion of Israel the maxim of Schleiermacher , derived from a consideration of Chris- tianity , that a religion is seen in its greatest purity at its source . On ...
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Page 409 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
Page 149 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 509 - Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
Page 116 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? How shall I deliver thee, Israel? How shall I make thee as Admah? How shall I set thee as Zeboim ? Mine heart is turned within me, My repentings are kindled together.
Page 258 - Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
Page 101 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Page 445 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
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