Principles of Biblical Interpretation
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ISBN13: 9780217032865
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: preserve them from all misapprehension and misrepresentaiion, there being no other conceivable way in which their knowledge could with certainty have been rendered available for its intended purpose.] II. For though doubts did exist at an early period respecting some books, those doubts did not extend to the fact of inspiration, as in the case of the Epistle to the Hebrews; or were entertained by a few only, who judged without a sufficient knowledge of the facts.b b It is notorious that the case is otherwise; for if the Apocalypse be taken from St John, if the Epistle to the Hebrews be given to some Alexandrine Jew, see Zdgler's Einleitung, p. 256, and the Second and Third Epistles of John attributed to John the Presbyter, then the inspiration of these books is invalidated, whose authenticity, together with the genuineness of the Epistles of James and Jude, and of the Second Epistle of Peter, ought in the first place to be proved. III. Nor are the arguments of ancient heretics, denying the apostolic origin of these books, of any force, since it is clear that their only object was to obtain a shelter for their impiety; nor those of later deists, who bring forward the frequency of pious frauds in the early church, and similar topics; in all of which they do not attempt to establish by historical proofs what really was done, but rashly conjecture what may have been done; a method more chapter{{Section 4suited for those who eagerly desire some particular result, than for those who wish truly and accurately to instruct.8 0 Respecting the controverted (amXiyipua) books first mentioned, we may further observe, 1st, That neither moral nor dogmatic theology would receive any injury though they were all to be declared spurious, since no truth of Christianity rests upon their e...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217032865 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217032869 |
| Weight | 1.08 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.74 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 332 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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