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Human nature in the Bible /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Phelps, William Lyon, 1865-1943
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 1922.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > O.T.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The creation and the flood
  • Four great personalities--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,Joseph
  • Moses and the ten commandments,--Famous fighters in Canaan
  • Ruth, Eli, Samuel, Jonathan and King Saul
  • King David
  • Solomon in all his glory--the romantic figure of Elijah
  • The prophet Elisha
  • Downfall of Isreal and Judah--the patriotic stories of Daniel and Esther
  • The Apocrypha
  • Wisdom and philosophy--Proverbs and Ecclesiastes
  • Human nature revealed in poetry--Job, Song of songs, Psalms, Isaiah.