This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II SOME CONTENTS OF THE LOST LIBRARY I The Crea-Now we are to seek for ourselves in tionand the Bible, traces of this old lost literaDeluge ture by methods which are explained Legends. jn g iater chapter. And at the very first step--in the very first chapters of Genesis--straightway we are ...
Read More
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II SOME CONTENTS OF THE LOST LIBRARY I The Crea-Now we are to seek for ourselves in tionand the Bible, traces of this old lost literaDeluge ture by methods which are explained Legends. jn g iater chapter. And at the very first step--in the very first chapters of Genesis--straightway we are carried back to the oldworld days, to the infancy of the Hebrew race, when Abram came wandering out of Ur of the Chaldees, one thousand years before Moses. For there in the twilight of history in the cradle of the Hebrew race, there were around him prehistoric legends of the Creation and the Flood. We have found them and can read them to-day. Abram and the men of his time must have known them. And if so, they must have remembered them. 'God did not obliterate the whole contents of the religious consciousness of the Abrahamic family when he called Abraham to leave his country.' These legends were primitive, childish, almost grotesque in parts, and they clearly belonged to a people who believed in many gods. That is perfectly natural, just what we should expect in those old Semitic races from which Israel sprang, when "their fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods" (Josh. xxiv. 2). They were blind guesses of the old child-races long ago, puzzling in wonder and awe over the mystery of Creation--blind guesses about a Creatormay we not say blind gropings after God. At first sight we should feel sure that they could never touch the Bible. But it is hard to judge beforehand what may or not happen in the mysterious working of God's Providence. At any rate, if we are seeking truth we must face the facts before us. There are such reminiscences of them in the great...
Read Less
Add this copy of The Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $8.00, very good condition, Sold by Gils Book Loft rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Binghamton, NY, UNITED STATES, published by James Pott & Co, no date since title page gone.
Publisher:
James Pott & Co, no date since title page gone
Published:
0
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10317128181
Shipping Options:
Standard Shipping: $4.99
Trackable Expedited: $9.99
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Very Good. No Jacket. pp. 219. 10600 shelf. Vintage edition. Bright gold-stamped dark blue cloth. Title page neatly removed. Inked name verso front cover, old price stamped front endpaper. Clean text. No dust jacket. With b/w photos. 219 pgs.
Add this copy of Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $14.76, good condition, Sold by Sperry Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rollinsford, NH, UNITED STATES, published 1921 by James Pott & Co.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Good. Ex church library w/ markings, good navy cloth boards, no jacket, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.
Add this copy of The Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $18.00, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of The Bible In The Making In The Light Of Modern Research to cart. $25.72, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2014 by Literary Licensing, LLC.
Add this copy of The Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $28.30, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2022 by Legare Street Press.
Add this copy of The Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $35.56, new condition, Sold by BargainBookStores rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grand Rapids, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Franklin Classics.
Add this copy of The Bible in the Making in the Light of Modern Research to cart. $42.88, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by BiblioBazaar.
