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Author : William Simpson
Publisher : London : Grant Richards
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1899
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015051367277
Author : R.H. Bowers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401030540
Author : R.H. Bowers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : 9401194971
Author : Alexander Raleigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000660112
Author : William Simpson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153040018X
Among the narratives of the Bible which have stood in the paths of the old mode of literal interpretation the story of Jonah has proved to be one of the worst stumbling blocks. Nowhere have the rationalistic school, the symbolical, the allegorical, the historical-and many others besides-better succeeded in maintaining the impossibility of adhering to the letter of the story; but nowhere also have they made a poorer show of their own respective latch-keys. As Dean Stanley said, at the funeral of Sir Charles Lyell in Westminster: "There were and are two modes of reconciliation which have each totally and deservedly failed: the one attempts to wrest the words of the Bible from their real meaning and force them to speak the language of science; the other attempts to falsify science in order to meet the supposed requirements of the Bible." Bro. Simpson's remarkable essay is not one more attempt to put new wine into old bottles, but simply to seek how the Jonah legend has originated and grown. To that effect, the author resorts to the comparative method, which, he says, throws the older process of investigation into the shade, "as idle or vague speculation." In the very prayer which Jonah utters from the whale's belly, the Prophet represents himself as speaking "from the womb of Sheol" and even adds: "I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me forever." Such language would hardly apply to a fish. In later iconography, Hell is often represented by the head of a sea-monster with the jaws open. The Bible contains more than one story, which according to Bro. Simpson, has its origin in some initiatory legend of the same kind; for instance, the translation of Enoch, whose name means " the Initiate," and whom our author compares to the culture-hero of the Chaldæans, the Fish-God Oannes - also the translation of Elijah, which so closely resembles that of Enoch. Elijah, among other feats, recalls to life a Widow's son, by stretching himself three times on the body and crying to the Lord. Here again Bro. Simpson is inclined to suppose some form of ritual rather than pretended miracles. According to a Mahomedan tradition, referred to in Mirkhond, the Widow's son was Junas or Jonah, "the Companion of the Fish." - Ars Quatuor Coronatorum [1900]
Author : William Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Bible
ISBN : IND:39000005905570
Author : Os Guinness
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830898503
2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year in Apologetics/Evangelism One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books of 2015 Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural Engagement In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse. Yet many Christians still rely on cookie-cutter approaches to evangelism and apologetics. Most of these methods assume that people are open, interested and needy for spiritual insight when increasingly most people are not. Our urgent need, then, is the capacity to persuade—to make a convincing case for the gospel to people who are not interested in it. In his magnum opus, Os Guinness offers a comprehensive presentation of the art and power of creative persuasion. Christians have often relied on proclaiming and preaching, protesting and picketing. But we are strikingly weak in persuasion—the ability to talk to people who are closed to what we are saying. Actual persuasion requires more than a one-size-fits-all approach. Guinness notes, "Jesus never spoke to two people the same way, and neither should we." Following the tradition of Erasmus, Pascal, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, Malcolm Muggeridge and Peter Berger, Guinness demonstrates how apologetic persuasion requires both the rational and the imaginative. Persuasion is subversive, turning the tables on listeners' assumptions to surprise them with signals of transcendence and the credibility of the gospel. This book is the fruit of forty years of thinking, honed in countless talks and discussions at many of the leading universities and intellectual centers of the world. Discover afresh the persuasive power of Christian witness from one of the leading apologists and thinkers of our era.
Author : William Simpson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0332931749
Excerpt from The Jonah Legend: A Suggestion of Interpretation IF thucydides did really write these words which are attributed to him, he must have been far in advance of his time. We live now in a critical age, and all history, traditional or otherwise, is being tried by the test which the Old historian indicated as being necessary. Still, it has taken a long time to reach this mental condition; and even yet it may be assumed that many will reject this method when applied to the story Of Jonah. Biblical criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Fern Howard,Margaret Sanfilippo
Publisher : Ladybird Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0721452604
Retells the story of Jonah who is swallowed by a great fish.
Author : William Simpson
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497891345
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1899 Edition.
Author : Jo Ann Davidson
Publisher : Review & Herald Publishing
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0828017697
The author analyzes the text as literature, exposing the hidden literary patterns, such as mirror writing and panel writing, that provde clues to the meaning of the text.
Author : Thomas Lumisden Strange
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Bible
ISBN : BL:A0026646198
Author : Karl Keating
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490793
Karl Keating defends Catholicism from fundamentalist attacks and explains why fundamentalism has been so successful in converting "Romanists". After showing the origins of fundamentalism, he examines representative anti-Catholic groups and presents their arguments in their own words. His rebuttals are clear, detailed, and charitable. Special emphasis is given to the scriptural basis for Catholic doctrines and beliefs.
Author : Barbara Green
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0814650384
The book of Jonah has been richly commented upon by centuries of Christians and Jews. Writers of prose and poetry have loved it as well as those interested in liturgy. Jonah is a small book about a man swallowed by a big fish while running from God. Yet it is concerned with issues powerful over time among readers of many types and cultures. In essence, interpreters of Jonah have a great deal of territory to explore. In Jonah's Journeys, Barbara Green, OP, focuses on the character Jonah and explores the variety of way in which the prophet and the book have been represented and understood over the ages. The question of how readers construct meaning is central to the text.
Author : Stanley Campbell
Publisher : Legend Writer Publications
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780999597125
When supernatural forces threaten to rip Chip's world apart, he must find a power he never thought possible and defeat the darkness within himself as well. When Chip accepts a stranger’s offer to earn more money, unexplainable things begin to happen. Soon, he discovers that dark forces are at work, lurking in the shadows and threatening to destroy everyone he cares about. If he wishes to protect those he loves, he must find a power he never thought possible and defeat the darkness inside himself as well.