Excerpt from The Doctrine of a Future Life as Contained in the Old Testament Scriptures: A Discourse Delivered in Wesley Chapel, Camborne, July 28th, 1874, in Connection With the Assembling of the Wesleyan-Methodist Conference; Being the Fifth Lecture of the Foundation of the Late John Fernley, Esq.
In speaking thus, we do not confound things which differ. We shall pay no homage to the professed sceptic. He is commonly the smallest and most self-suficicient of mankind; and we are as little careful to satisfy his sentimental doubts, as we are disposed to recognize his principles, or adopt his methods. Neither do we accept - on the contrary, we utterly disallow and repudiate - a number of conclusions, touching the origin, constitution, and character of certain books of the Old Testament, at which the Biblical critics of the so called advanced school claim to have arrived, and which, as they declare, the ignorant, the prejudiced, and the interested alone can scruple.
For example, according to the critics in question, the books of Moses are a blundering patchwork of fragments taken from different sources, and seamed together by various hands, at times long posterior to the Mosaic epoch; the book of Deuteronomy, in particular, being clearly written not long before the Babylonish The last twenty-seven chapters of the prophecy of Isaiah, again, are no work, it is affirmed, of the mind and pen which produced the first thirty-nine chapters; they are the composition of an unknown author - call him the Pseudo or deutero-isaiah.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. Unveiling the secrets of the afterlife as perceived by ancient societies, this book delves into the Old Testament scriptures to trace the evolution of the concept of a life beyond death. The author, a renowned expert in Hebrew scripture, guides us through the historical and literary context of the Old Testament, examining how beliefs about the afterlife shaped the lives and writings of those who lived thousands of years ago. Exploring themes of immortality, retribution, and the nature of the soul, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the spiritual beliefs of our ancestors and provides a deeper understanding of the roots of our own religious traditions. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331547921_0
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