General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture: The Principles, Methods, History, and Results of Its Several Departments and of the Whole

Charles Augustus Briggs

C. Scribner's Sons, 1899 - Religion - 688 pages

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THE ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY OF HOLY SCRIPTURE	1

Obstacles to the study of Holy Scripture 4 Bibliolatry 5 Sectarian partisan	8

Biblical Literature 18 Biblical Canonics 21 Textual Criticism 23	24

Biblical History 35 Historical Criticism 37 Biblical Archæology	37

The Shemitic family 46 the Arabic group 46 the Assyrian group 47 the Hebrew group 47 the Aramaic group	49

The Hebrew language 51 its origin 51 simple and natural 54 correspond	59

The Greek language 64 complex and artistic 65 style of speech 66 beauti	68

Inherent necessity of criticism 76 historical necessity	77

CHAPTER XIV	355

Ancient theories of Hebrew poetry 361 compared with Arabic poetry 361	361

Lowths doctrine of parallelism 366 Bishop Jebbs introverted parallelism 367	367

THE MEASURES OF BIBLICAL POETRY	373

Measures by word or accent 376 trimeter 376 tetrameter 379 pentameter	384

Parallelism of members 385 the couplet 385 the triplet 388 the tetrastich	390

The strophe 398 of two lines 400 of three lines 401 of four lines 401	413

Composite poetry 418 dramatic poetry 419 Psalm xxiv 419 Hosea xiv 419	419

Principles of criticism 81 derived from General Criticism 81 from Historical	94

Criticism of Holy Scripture 109 confronted by traditional theories 109	115

Formation of the Old Testament Canon 118 The Ten Words 118 Deuter	124

Canon of Jesus and His Apostles 131 general terms do not decide 131 they	132

The Canon of the Church 137 Decisions of Synods 137 two streams	138

The Canon in the Reformation 140 Luther and the Reformers 142 Decision	147

The Puritan Canon 149 The Westminster Confession 150 Cosin 151 Herle	154

The Canon of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries 155 dogmatic reac	158

Determination of the Canon 163 testimony of the Church 163 character	166

The original text of the Hebrew Bible 169 primitive script 170 Aramaic	173

The legendary hypothesis 497 Renan 497 failure of the legendary hypothe	182

Hebrew Manuscripts 183 Palestinian 183 Babylonian 185 Samaritan Codex	185

The Greek New Testament 190 at first separate writings on rolls 190	191

The Egyptian text 197 Alexandrian Codex 197 Codex Ephraem	198

Later Syrian text 205 characteristic conflation	205

Aramaic Targums 210 Onkelos 211 Jonathan 211 others	211

Other versions 216 German 216 French 217 Dutch 217 others	217

Textual criticism in the seventeenth century 222 Cappellus Morinus	226

The genealogical principle 231 text of Ben Asher 231 the Mishna Baraithoth	238

CHAPTER XI	246

Hellenistic and Christian theories 256 Josephus and Philo 256 Apocalypse	257

Rise of the Higher Criticism 273 Spinoza and Simon 274 scholastic opposi	282

CHAPTER XII	293

The Historical Evidence 295 the Second Isaiah 295 date of the Apocalypse	299

The evidence of citation 304 in the Psalter 304 in Jonahs Psalm 305	305

The Integrity of Scripture 309 single writings 309 collections of writings	314

Anonymous Holy Scripture 319 Histories 319 Wisdom Literature 320	320

Poetry and Prose 328 Rhetorical Prose and Poetry	329

Historical use of the Legend 335 early chapters of Genesis 335 legends	337

The Book of Ruth an Idyll 342 scenery of the times of the Judges 343	343

The Story of Jonah 345 sets forth a prophetic lesson 345 the miracles	349

CHAPTER XVIII	427

Rabbinical interpretation 429 legal or Halacha 430 illustrative or Haggada	433

Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New Testament 436 Jesus use	443

Interpretation of the Fathers and of the Schoolmen 447 Tertullian 447	447

Interpretation of the Reformers and their successors 456 Erasmus and Tyn	458

Compilations 326 Kings and Chronicles 326 Luke and Acts 326 Matthew	468

Biblical interpretation of modern times 469 Ernesti 469 Semler 469	471

Logical and rhetorical interpretation 476 laws of thought 476 logic of Bibli	478

Practical interpretation 484 the Bible a book of life 484 Holy Spirit	485

Study of Biblical History in the eighteenth century 490 conflict of supernatu	491

The development hypothesis 498 F C Baur and Vatke 498 schools of Baur	504

CHAPTER XXI	511

Genuineness of historical material 519 illustrated in question of the historicity	527

CHAPTER XXII	533

Biblical History proper 538 the types of Biblical History 538 the theophanic	550

Sources of Biblical History 555 mythical sources 557 legendary sources 558	558

The Historic Imagination	564

The four types of theology 569 the mystic 570 the scholastic 570	571

Development of Biblical Theology 578 Strauss 578 F C Baur 578 theory	579

The Idea of Biblical Theology 592 limited to canonical writings 592 not	594

Methods of Biblical Theology 601 the genetic method 601 the inductive	603

The Bible and other sacred books 608 errors in sacred books 608 mistake	610

Textual criticism and credibility 621 errors in best texts obtainable 621	624

Historical Criticism and credibility 631 discrepancies 631 errors in sources	631

Must God speak inerrant words to men? 637 argument from the Book	638

Gradual development of morality 643 laws sufficient for the time 643	645

CHAPTER XXVI	651

The Grace of God in Holy Scripture 654 Scripture contains the Gospel of Sal	656

The appropriation of the Grace of Holy Scripture 660 attention 661 faith	668

Books Authors and Subjects	679

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Title	General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture: The Principles, Methods, History, and Results of Its Several Departments and of the Whole General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture, Charles Augustus Briggs General Introduction to the Study of Holy Scripture: The Principles, Methods, History, and Results of Its Several Departments and of the Whole, Charles Augustus Briggs Limited editions library
Author	Charles Augustus Briggs
Edition	revised
Publisher	C. Scribner's Sons, 1899
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	8 Feb 2011
ISBN	0608361755, 9780608361758
Length	688 pages
Subjects	Religion › Biblical Criticism & Interpretation › General Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General

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