HOW TO KNOW THE BIBLE

How to Know the Bible

By
GEORGE HODGES

Dean of the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Author of
EVERYMAN'S RELIGION
SAINTS AND HEROES

Etc.

INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

B

COPYRIGHT 1918
THE BOKBS-MERRILL COMPANY

UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Printed in the United States of America

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & Co.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS

BROOKLYN, N. Y.

CONTENTS

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I THE MAKING OF THE BIBLE
II THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW SPIRIT
III WHAT, THEN, IS INSPIRATION?
IV THE PENTATEUCHAL ALPHABET
V SONGS AND STORIES
VI THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN
VII THE Two HISTORIES
VIII THE PROPHETS: THE ASSYRIAN PERIOD
IX THE PROPHETS: THE CHALDEAN PERIOD .

X THE PROPHETS: AFTER THE EXILE
XI THE POETS
XII THE WISE MEN
XIII BETWEEN THE TESTAMENTS
XIV THE RECOLLECTIONS OF ST. PETER .
XV THE RECORDS OF ST. MATTHEW
XVI THE WRITINGS OF ST. LUKE
XVII THE EARLIER EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL I
XVIII THE EARLIER EPISTLES OF St. Paul II
XIX THE LATER EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL
XX THE FIVE SERMONS
XXI THE JOHANNINE Books
XXII THE LIBRARY OF THE GRACE OF GOD

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