author: james hastings

The Expository Times

... fear the Lord " stands in parallelism with other expressions such as " seed " or " house of Israel . " Ps . xxii . 22 seq . is a remark- : - The question arises , Is the phrase " they that fear God " a designation of Gentile converts ...

The Expository Times

... life of holiness . Here it is well to distinguish causes and conditions from effects and manifestations . cause of ... life , are the effects and outcome of the work of God's Spirit . When we face the question as to man's part in the ...

The Expository Times

... most clearly seen when it is about to be denied . ' It is by considering the power of God's grace that we begin to understand the nature of the human effort required ... process that ends in a finished conclusion , it is the prelude to ...

The Expository Times

... Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man ( Sonnenschein ; 255. net ) . In that volume , which is plentifully illustrated , the whole earth is ransacked for evidence of the author's thesis . You must not , however , suggest that he formed a ...

The Expository Times

... way to go as our deplorable taste in religious Christmas and Easter cards so amply testifies . It is true to say that ... ( sheriruth ) the pejorative sense is still present . The persons who walk in the imagination of their heart , seek ...

The Expository Times

... quotes with approval the saying of Desjardins : The world has come back ... Dr. Driver's work , which has happily passed through five editions at home ... Amos and Zephaniah , Stade's analysis of Micah 4 f . , Wetzstein's view of the Song ...

The Expository Times

... nothing noble or good except what is true . There is nothing to be preferred to truth . Nay , there is nothing which ... book . This passionate love of truth gives life and colour to all the discussions , and we feel that Dr. Flint always ...

The Speaker's Bible

... God . There is much in that ! But it was not any of those things that made Jesus the Conqueror and King of men , but because He alone had dealt adequately with the sense of human guilt . ¶ One ... chords of the human soul which respond to the ...

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics

... darkness . This was a region which the sun , living or dead , could not pierce . A better fate for departed spirits , some if not all , was also conceived of - symbolized , e.g. , in the recovery of Tammuz from the under world ... Book of the ...

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume III: (Part I: Kir -- Nympha)

... Code , was 30 shekels , over £ 4 ( Ex 212 ) . Joseph was sold for twenty ... the biblical data are scanty in the extreme . In 2 K 71 a seah ( about 1 peck ) of fine flour was sold for a shekel ( 2s . 9d . ) , and ... MONEY - CHANGERS MONEY.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume I (Part I: A -- Cyrus)

... tau tend to lose their distinctive bars . At the same time the script ... 8th cent . The earlier forms are better , because the letters are free from ... codex , the A. of which is given in col . 7 , dates from the beginning of the 10th ...

A Dictionary of the Bible, Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology: A-Feasts

... tau tend to lose their distinctive bars . At the same time the script ... codex , the A. of which is given in col . 7 , dates from the beginning of ... 8th cent . The earlier forms are better , because the letters are free from useless ...

A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology

... bread is called 2 , as in Ex 1215 , when contrasted with leavened bread irrespective of shape . All forms of bread were broken when being used , not cut ( Mt 1419 2626 , Lk 2435 , Ac 242 ) , the pieces being kλáσuara , broken pieces ...

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Volume II, Part Two (Profit - Zion)

This is, first of all, a preacher's dictionary. The authors of the articles have been carefully chosen from among those scholars who are, or have been, themselves preachers.

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Volume I, Part One (Aaron - Excuse)

... Beatitudes . St. Paul is represented as giving utterance not only to some of the Beatitudes of Jesus , but also to such sayings as these- Blessed are they that keep themselves chaste , because they shall be called the temple of God ...

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Volume I, Part Two (Exorcism - Knowledge)

... meaning . From the OT associations of the valley of Hinnom the name Gehenna had in Christ's time been appropriated in Jewish thought for the place of the final punishment of the wicked - a place of burning and corruption , in which body ...

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume II: (Part II: I -- Kinsman)

For over a century the ten-volume Dictionary of the Bible has been the definitive reference.

A Dictionary of the Bible: Volume IV: (Part I: Pleroma -- Shimon)

For over a century the ten-volume Dictionary of the Bible has been the definitive reference.

A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels: Volume II (Part One -- Labour - Profession)

... Gospels ' ( Westcott ) , and the climax to which the scheme of St. Jolm's Gospel steadily leads up . In none of these cases did Jesus reject the worship , or rebuke those who offered it to Him . LITERATURE . - Works on the ...

A Dictionary Of Christ And The Gospels Labour Zion With Appendix And Indexes; Volume II

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A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, Vol. 1: Aaron-Knowledge (Classic Reprint)

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A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels, Vol. 2: Labour-Zion; With Appendix and Indexes (Classic Reprint)

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Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics

... ( 2 K 32 1028 ) . It is frequently conjoined with an ashērāh , which was ... divinity ( Gn_114-17 ) : The heaven is my throne , and the earth is my ... sharp stone from the hand of each of the two persons making the contract , and with part ...

The Book Of Job

James Hastings. A DRIVEN LEAF. A leaf driven to and fro. —Job xiii. 25 (AV). If you take a country walk just now, or go down any road where there are trees, you will find my text. It may wear a crimson dress, or a brown one, or a gold ...

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics

... Mothers prepare food and a bed for a dead child in much the same way . On ... death and burial customs . It was explained later that it was not customary ... makers and rain - making . - The rain- maker is the most important man in each ...

The Great Texts of the Bible: Jeremiah-Malachi

... like ; but the winding - sheet , the coffin , and the six feet of earth are facts that wait for us . We may change the colour of its livery , but the fact we cannot change . It has been supposed to be a religious thing to meditate on ...

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