An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures: Volume 2, the Text of the Old Testament Considered, Part 1 - Brossura

Horne, Thomas Hartwell

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1108067735 ISBN 13: 9781108067737

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Riassunto

Reissued in five parts, this is the revised four-volume tenth edition (1856) of an influential work of biblical scholarship.

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Descrizione del libro

Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780–1862) first published his most famous work in 1818. Reissued in five parts, this is the four-volume tenth edition (1856), with revisions by Samuel Davidson (c.1806–98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813–75). It remains a monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship.

Contenuti

Preface; Part I. Criticism of the Old Testament: 1. Preliminary; 2. Languages of the Old Testament; 3. The Hebrew characters; 4. Hebrew vowel points; 5. Hebrew accents; 6. Means by which a knowledge of the Hebrew language may be acquired; 7. Criticism of the text; 8. History of the text itself; 9. History of the printed text; 10. Sources of criticism; 11. The Septuagint translation; 12. Other ancient Greek versions; 13. Versions from the Septuagint; 14. Venetian-Greek version; 15. Targums; 16. Old Syriac version; 17. Arabic translations; 18. Samaritan version of the Pentateuch; 19. Vulgate version; 20. Versions made from the Vulgate; 21. Rules for using versions; 22. Hebrew manuscripts; 23. A few of the oldest MSS described; 24. Parallel passages; 25. Quotations; 26. Critical conjectures; 27. Application of the sources of criticism; 28. Table of the quotations from the Old Testament in the New; 29. Sources whence quotations were taken; 30. Introductory formulas of quotations; 31. On the external form of quotations; 32. On the internal form of quotations; Part II. Biblical Interpretation, Book 1: 1. Qualifications necessary to a good interpreter; 2. Grammatical interpretation; 3. Study of the text itself; 4. Study of the context; 5. Study of parallels; 6. External sources of grammatical interpretation; 7. Biblical exegesis; 8. Examination of the passage itself; 9. Examination of context; 10. Parallels, or parallel passages; 11. Analogy of faith; 12. Ancient versions; 13. On historical circumstances; 14. External circumstances; 15. On Jewish writings as aids in interpretation; 16. Assistance derivable from the Greek fathers in the interpretation of scriptures; 17. Limitations and cautions in the exegesis of the Bible; 18. Commentaries; Part II. Biblical Interpretation, Book II: 1. Interpretation of the figurative language of scripture; 2. On the interpretation of the metonymies occurring in the scriptures; 3. On the interpretation of scripture metaphors; 4. Anthropopathy and personification; 5. Allegory; 6. On the interpretation of scripture parables; 7. On the interpretation of scripture proverbs; 8. The interpretation of the poetical parts of scripture; 9. On the interpretation of types; 10. On the interpretation of prophecy; 11. On the doctrinal interpretation of scripture; 12. On the moral interpretation of scripture; 13. On the interpretation of the promises and threatenings of scripture; 14. On the interpretation and means of harmonising passages of scripture which appear to be contradictory; 15. On the inferential reading of scripture; 16. On the practical reading of scripture.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1108067735
• ISBN 13: 9781108067737
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 612
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile