Title Page : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], BIOGRAPHY OF THE BIBLE A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF ITS CHARACTER, AUTHORSHIP, TEXT, TRANSLATION AND INFLUENCE ON THE EVOLUTION OF MANKIND ERNEST SUTHERLAND BATES Editor Of THE BIBLE DESIGNED TO BE READ AS LIVING LITERATURE SIM...
Untitled : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 175 INDEX Abraham, 6, 7, 8, 20, 168 Achilles, 6 Acre, siege of, 85-86 Acts of the Apostles, 55-56. 143 "Acts of Solomon, The Book of the," 32 Adam, 14, 19, 70, 71 Aelfric the Grammarian, 79-80 "Aelfric's Heptateuch," 80 Aeneid...
Six. The Higher Criticism : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 132 SIX THE HIGHER CRITICISM THERE IS no particular mystery about the so-called "Higher Criticism." It is simply that study of the meaning of the Bible which employs the same combination of textual and historical criticism th...
About The Author : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], ABOUT THE AUTHOR ERNEST SUTHERLAND BATES comes from a long line of New England deacons and members of the clergy. His father was an Episcopal clergyman, his mother's father a Methodist. Their descendant, however, has devoted...
Five. The Great Translations : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 99 FIVE THE GREAT TRANSLATIONS IT IS NOW recognized that the Reformation and the great translations of the Bible which accompanied it were incidents in a social revolution. The Catholic Church was a part of the dying feudal...
Four The Bible Under Medievalism : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 75 FOUR THE BIBLE UNDER MEDIEVALISM THE MISSIONARIES went forth to Christianize the Northern barbarians with the Bible in their hands. As later with the American Indians, its simple touching stories of piety and suffering w...
Seven. The Bible And The Stream Of Life : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 150 SEVEN THE BIBLE AND THE STREAM OF LIFE HEINRICH HEINE, with customary grace, wrote as follows of the Bible: "The Bible, what a book! Large and wise as the world based on the abysses of creation, and towering aloft ...
Two. The Authors : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 11 TWO THE AUTHORS THE BIBLE is a unique literary product. Literature normally springs from and reflects national glory in other fields of human endeavor that to a degree at least would be significant in themselves without...
Three. The Conflict Over Creed And Canon : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 59 THREE THE CONFLICT OVER CREED AND CANON THE CHRISTIANS of the first century A. D. lived in expectation of the second coming of Christ, therefore they felt no need of a permanent creed or sacred canon. As most of them were...
One. General Character : * "The Biography of the Bible", by Ernest Sutherland Bates, [1937], p. 1p. 2 p. 3 ONE GENERAL CHARACTER A GREAT BOOK is a living organism. Months, years, or centuries may go into its gestation. When finally composed and written down, it can be said to be born, but only born. It then grows...