A Literary Guide to the Bible: A Study of the Types of Literature Present in the Old and New TestamentsGeorge H. Doran Company, 1922 - 269 Seiten |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
allegory Amos ancient Balaam beauty Bible Biblical Literature Biblical poetry blessing Bliss Perry Book of Job called chapter characteristic Commentary Compare David Deuteronomy doxology dramatic early earth English essay example expression fable fact feeling folk-lore folk-song Genesis genius Genung God's gods Greek Hallel hath heart heaven Hebrew poetry holy human hymn II Samuel imagination Isaiah Israel Israelites Jehovah Jesus King King James Version Koheleth later lines literary living Lord lyric meaning mind modern mountains myth Nature Numbers Old Testament original parable Paul Paul's picture poem poet poetic prayer primitive prophet prose Proverbs Psalm religious rhythm riddle Samuel scholars singing Sisera Song soul speech spirit stanza strophe Student's Old Testament style Suggested Study thee things thou thought tion to-day translation tribes truth unto verse Version vineyard vision vivid voice wisdom Wisdom Literature words writer Yahweh
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Seite 190 - And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge ; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not Love, I am nothing.
Seite 127 - Oh, our manhood's prime vigour ! no spirit feels waste, Not a muscle is stopped in its playing, nor sinew unbraced. Oh, the wild joys of living ! the leaping from rock up to rock — The strong rending of boughs from the fir-tree, — the cool silver shock Of the plunge in a pool's living water, — the hunt of the bear, And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair.
Seite 69 - Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Seite 209 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third...
Seite 169 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided ; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Seite 228 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Seite 185 - So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. O satisfy us early with thy mercy ; That we may rejoice and be glad all our days. Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, And the years wherein we have seen evil.
Seite 226 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north ; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Seite 257 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Seite 207 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: And they shall see his face ; and his name shall be in their foreheads.