George A. Barton (1859–1942)
Autor/a de A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (International Critical Commentary)
Sobre l'autor
Obres de George A. Barton
A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes (International Critical Commentary) (1908) 80 exemplars
Sumerian business and administrative documents from the earliest times to the dynasty of Agade (1915) 3 exemplars
Archaelogy and the Bible 2 exemplars
Studies in New Testament Christianity 2 exemplars
Miscellaneous Babylonian inscriptions 2 exemplars
The royal inscriptions of Sumer and Akkad 2 exemplars
A year's wandering in Bible lands 1 exemplars
Christ And Evolution: A Study Of The Doctrine Of Redemption In The Light Of Modern Knowledge 1 exemplars
A Hittite chrestomathy with vocabulary 1 exemplars
A Hittite manual for beginners 1 exemplars
Archaeology & the Bible 1 exemplars
Haverford Library Collection of cuneiform tablets or documents from the temple archives of Telloh, part III 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Barton, George Aaron
- Data de naixement
- 1859-11-12
- Data de defunció
- 1942-06-28
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- East Farnham, Quebec, Canada
- Lloc de defunció
- Weston, Massachusetts, USA
Membres
Ressenyes
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 30
- Membres
- 232
- Popularitat
- #97,292
- Valoració
- 3.5
- Ressenyes
- 2
- ISBN
- 24
- Preferit
- 1
For a hundred years or more the explorer and the excavator have been busy in many parts of the world. They have brought to light monuments and texts that have in many cases revolutionized our conceptions of history and have in other cases thrown much new light on what was previously known.
In no part of the world have these labors been more fruitful than in the lands of the Bible. In Egypt and Babylonia vistas of history have been opened to view that were undreamed of before exploration began. The same is true for that part of the history of Palestine which antedates the coming of Israel. Information has also been obtained which illumines later portions of the history, and makes the Biblical narrative seem much more vivid. It is now possible to make real to oneself the details of the life of the Biblical heroes, and to understand the problems of their world as formerly one could not do. Exploration has also brought to light many inscriptions in the various countries that confirm or illuminate the traditions, history, poetry, and prophecy of the Bible. The sands of Egypt have even yielded us some reputed new sayings of our Lord.
It is the purpose of this book to gather into one volume the most valuable information of all sorts that the excavations in Bible lands have afforded, and to put it in such form that it may be of service to the pastor and Sunday-school teacher. An attempt has been made so to present the material that one may not only have the wealth of illumination for Biblical study that exploration has produced, but also that he may possess an outline of the history of the exploration and of the countries sufficient to enable him to place each item in its proper perspective. Whether in handling so large a mass of data the writer has achieved his aim, the reader must judge. The preparation of the volume was undertaken at the request of the Board of Managers of the American Sunday-School Union, for publication under the John C. Green Income Fund,—a fund founded in 1877 “for the purpose of aiding ... in securing a Sunday-school literature of the highest order of merit ... by procuring works ... germane to the objects of the Society.” The foundation requires that the manuscripts procured by the fund shall become the exclusive property of the American Sunday-School Union, and, that the selling price may be reduced, the Society is prohibited from including the cost of the manuscript in the price of the book.
This work is confined to those phases of archæology upon which light has been thrown by exploration. No attempt is made, for example, to treat the constitution of the Hebrew family, or the dress worn in ancient Palestine, for these are subjects to which exploration has contributed no new knowledge.… (més)