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The present study is limited to the related questions of Darius the Mede and the Four World Empires of Nebuchadnezzar's dream and of Daniel's first vision. So far as Darius the Mede is concerned, it is still generally agreed within the critical school that he has no place in history, and that he is a fictitious creation out of confused traditions. But anti-critical orthodoxy has not given up the attempt to find a place in history for him. . . . So far as the Four World Empires are concerned, the issue is not between critical orthodoxy and anti-critical orthodoxy. For here almost every solution which is proposed . . . goes back far beyond the foundation of the critical school. . . . The prese...
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"Just as a trip abroad enables you to see your native land in sharp new perspective, so an intensive look at the great prophetic tradition in China enable you to see the Old Testament in a fresh new light. In this book Dr. Rowley, a foremost Old Testament scholar and log-time resident and teacher in China, reveals new dimensions in the ideas of some of the greatest prophets and sages before Christ. In roughly similar periods there lived in Israel the prophets Amos, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial and Hosea, while in the eight and seventh centuries B. C. Confucius, Mencius and Mo-tzu had a vast effect on the Eastern world. Dr. Rowley has chosen to compare and contrast their teachings on statesmansh...
Now available in paperback, this classic commentary, drawing on the expertise of over sixty scholars, gives students of the Bible a thorough grounding in the origin and meaning of all the books of the Bible. Special attention is given to how the teaching of Scripture has been affected by archaeology, more accurate translations of the text, and the discovery of new manuscripts. The General Editors had the help of over sixty contributors, each being an expert in his own subject, They are representative of every branch of the Prostestant Church in Europe and America. This Commentary is based on the revised Standard Version of the Bible. Key Features include: 32 special introductory articles Full bibliographies and an extensive index 62 contributors Over 1000 double column pages 16 maps in full colour
‘Delicately observed’ Sunday Times‘Laugh-out-loud funny and searingly poignant’ Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones and the Six
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
If a hole could be dug from London straight down through the centre of the earth, one would eventually emerge close to the small, remote Antipodes Islands in the New Zealand subantarctic. Straight Through From London vividly details the history and natural history of the Antipodes and their tiny neighbours, the Bounty Islands. With their undisturbed vegetation and a flourishing wildlife, the islands are truly unique, and totally protected as National Nature Reserves on the World Heritage List.