Author: Agnes S. Lewis
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1597522856
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Is there any improbability in supposing that these Greek Gospels were translated into Syriac, the vernacular of Palestine, very soon after their promulgation? . . . The Semitic natives of the country, most of whom were unacquainted with Greek, or who had a knowledcge of it sufficient only for commercial purposes, would demand at a very early period a version in their own tongue. Is it not possible that this version (from Greek into Syriac) was made by men who had either been themselves eye-witnesses of the events recorded, or in whose ears were still ringing certain phrases or expressions heard by them in the synagogue from the lips of those who had been eye-witnesses? If this were so, they would, whilst giving in general a faithful rendering of the Greek text before them, occasionally and naturally fall into the habit of incorporating with it, or modifying it so as to incorporate, those phrases or expressions with which they had acquired a sacred familiarity. And the result would be just what we have in the Old Syriac Gospels, and in the Western texts generally. --from chapter 1

Author: Agnes Smith Lewis
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Author: Agnes Smith Lewis
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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Author: Mary F. McVicker
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476603073
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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The past quarter-century has seen a number of biographies and anthologies on women travelers but to date there has been little comprehensive reference work done on the travelers themselves. Some of the women were eccentric, many were very adventurous, some were in search of a different world... British women make up the largest portion of the book's focus--these particular adventurers being backed in many cases by family money, scientific inquiry, and the ready availability of the British seafaring tradition. Entries include the woman's family background, her educational history, and a summary of her world travels, with in many cases evocative extracts from their writings (many are literary gems).

Author: Tambi-Piḷḷai Isaac Tambyah
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Category : Buddha (The concept)
Languages : en
Pages : 528

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Author: Boston Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 894

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Author: British Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 1582

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Author: William Baird
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451420180
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Stressing the historical and theological significance of pivotal figures and movements, William Baird guides the reader through intriguing developments and critical interpretation of the New Testament from its beginnings in Deism through the watershed of the Tubingen school. Familiar figures appear in a new light, and important, previously forgotten stages of the journey emerge. Baird gives attention to the biographical and cultural setting of persons and approaches, affording both beginning student and seasoned scholar an authoritative account that is useful for orientation as well as research.

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Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Author: James Hastings
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Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 584

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