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A Book About the English Bible / Josiah H. Penniman.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Penniman, Josiah H., author.
- Series:
- Anniversary Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible--English--History.
- Cultural Studies.
- Literature.
- Religion.
- Religious Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural Studies.
- Literature.
- Religion.
- Religious Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 444 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1931]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- An interpretation of the Bible, including an explanation of its sources and their contents, the literary background and characteristics of the constituent books, and a history of English translations.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I. THE SOURCES OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
- CHAPTER II. THE BACKGROUND OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
- CHAPTER III. THE BACKGROUND OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
- CHAPTER IV. POETIC FORMS IN THE BIBLE
- CHAPTER V. THE USES AND SOURCES OF IMAGERY AND ALLUSION IN THE BIBLE
- CHAPTER VI. BIBLICAL HISTORY
- CHAPTER VII. BIBLICAL STORIES
- CHAPTER VIII. THE PSALMS
- CHAPTER IX. THE SONG OF SOLOMON
- CHAPTER Χ. THE WISDOM BOOKS
- CHAPTER XI. THE BOOK OF JOB
- CHAPTER XII. PARABLES
- CHAPTER XIII. PROPHETS
- CHAPTER XIV. LETTERS AND HOMILIES
- CHAPTER XV. APOCALYPSES
- CHAPTER XVI. THE ENGLISH BIBLE IN MANUSCRIPT
- CHAPTER XVII. THE PRINTED ENGLISH BIBLE 1525-1539
- CHAPTER XVIII. THE ENGLISH VERSIONS 1539-1582
- CHAPTER XIX. THE ENGLISH VERSIONS 1582-1611
- CHAPTER XX. THE ENGLISH VERSIONS 1611-1881
- CHAPTER XXI. MODERN REVISIONS OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE 1881-1917
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-435).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-5128-2107-1
- OCLC:
- 1024015713
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