Excerpt from The Dramatic Poem of Job: A Close Metrical Translation With Critical and Explanatory Notes N the twenty-eighth chapter of this book we have a remarkable Interlude, which seems to have strayed from some other source, - commencing with an allusion to mining operations and the bringing to light Of hidden things'of value; and leading up to the consideration Of a greater and more important search. The allusion to mining, might almost be applied to the book itself and its study; so much labour has been spent in the ...
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Excerpt from The Dramatic Poem of Job: A Close Metrical Translation With Critical and Explanatory Notes N the twenty-eighth chapter of this book we have a remarkable Interlude, which seems to have strayed from some other source, - commencing with an allusion to mining operations and the bringing to light Of hidden things'of value; and leading up to the consideration Of a greater and more important search. The allusion to mining, might almost be applied to the book itself and its study; so much labour has been spent in the elucidation of its difficulties. As time goes on men work with better tools, and profit by others' advances and discoveries. With an increasing knowledge of Semitic lore much light has been thrown on the book in late years; and the learned men who three hundred years ago translated Job would be surprised could they see how their work has been improved upon. The mine, however, is not yet exhausted. And therefore still, as with the rest of our Sacred Writings, the solitary student here, and groups of scholars there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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