The English Bible as LiteratureRoutledge, 2015 M07 24 - 330 páginas The religious associations surrounding the Bible make it difficult for the general reader to appreciate, in its full purity, the value which the Scriptures bear as literature, and as an epic in no way inferior, in cultural worth, to the greatest works of Greece and Rome. Dealing as it does with elementary passions and principles, the English Bible is, in the author’s view, the greatest book of all the ages. This book, first published in 1931, will be of interest to students of literature and religious studies. |
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An Epic of Redemption | |
How Did a Literature so Great Come from a People | |
Mental and Spiritual Characteristics Which | |
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