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A Bible for the Liberal.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Philosophical Library, Incorporated, 2012Copyright date: ©1946Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (458 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781504012935
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Bible for the LiberalDDC classification:
  • 220.52
LOC classification:
  • BS391 .R8 1946
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Authors of the Biblical Writings -- From the Book of Law of the Israelites -- The Ballad of Job -- From the Book of Psalms -- The Parables of King Solomon -- The Sermon on Vanity -- The Vision of Isaiah, the Martyr -- The Lamentations of Jeremiah -- From the Wisdom of Solomon -- The Writings of Jesus, son of Sirach -- From the Gospel of Levi (Gospel of Matthew) -- A Letter by Saul (Paul, the Apostle) -- Copyright Page.
Summary: This Bible is not a new book. It is, rather, a selection of the principles of ethics, taken from all biblical literature, including the HebrewBooks of Wisdom and TheApocrypha, without the usual mythological and ritualistic framework. Liberals of our time will find in this selection the essence of true Judaism and Christianity. The purpose of this anthology is to help those with critical, with even prejudicial eyes, to get a view of the majestic panorama that unfolds in the writings of the great Hebrew and Christian Men of God. The believer, as well as the non-believer, will be able to find in this book the essential ethics of the great law-givers and prophets of biblical times.
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Foreword -- Contents -- Preface -- Authors of the Biblical Writings -- From the Book of Law of the Israelites -- The Ballad of Job -- From the Book of Psalms -- The Parables of King Solomon -- The Sermon on Vanity -- The Vision of Isaiah, the Martyr -- The Lamentations of Jeremiah -- From the Wisdom of Solomon -- The Writings of Jesus, son of Sirach -- From the Gospel of Levi (Gospel of Matthew) -- A Letter by Saul (Paul, the Apostle) -- Copyright Page.

This Bible is not a new book. It is, rather, a selection of the principles of ethics, taken from all biblical literature, including the HebrewBooks of Wisdom and TheApocrypha, without the usual mythological and ritualistic framework. Liberals of our time will find in this selection the essence of true Judaism and Christianity. The purpose of this anthology is to help those with critical, with even prejudicial eyes, to get a view of the majestic panorama that unfolds in the writings of the great Hebrew and Christian Men of God. The believer, as well as the non-believer, will be able to find in this book the essential ethics of the great law-givers and prophets of biblical times.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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