Companion to the Bible

Name: Companion to the Bible
Author: E. P. Barrows

by E. P. Barrows

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COMPANION TO THE BIBLE.
PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
GENERAL PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
A CONCISE VIEW OF THE EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION.
PART II.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
PART III.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
PART IV.
A DISCUSSION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION.
PART I.
EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION.
PREFATORY REMARKS.
EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
CHAPTER II.
GENUINENESS OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
CHAPTER III.
UNCORRUPT PRESERVATION OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
CHAPTER IV.
AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
CHAPTER V.
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED EPISTLES.
CHAPTER VI.
THE DISPUTED BOOKS.
CHAPTER VII.
INSPIRATION AND THE CANON
CHAPTER VIII.
INSEPARABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.
CHAPTER IX.
AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH.
CHAPTER X.
AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE PENTATEUCH.
CHAPTER XI.
REMAINING BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
CHAPTER XII.
EVIDENCES INTERNAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.
PART II.
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
PREFATORY REMARKS.
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
FIRST DIVISION, GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER XIII.
NAMES AND EXTERNAL FORM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
CHAPTER XIV.
THE ORIGINAL TEXT AND ITS HISTORY.
CHAPTER XV.
FORMATION AND HISTORY OF THE HEBREW CANON.
I. THE PENTATEUCH.
II. THE HISTORICAL BOOKS.
III. THE PROPHETICAL BOOKS.
IV. THE POETICAL BOOKS.
V. THE COMPLETION OF THE CANON.
CHAPTER XVI.
ANCIENT VERSIONS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
I. THE GREEK VERSION CALLED THE SEPTUAGINT.
II. OTHER GREEK VERSIONS.
III. THE CHALDEE TARGUMS.
IV. THE SYRIAC PESHITO.
CHAPTER XVII.
CRITICISM OF THE SACRED TEXT.
SECOND DIVISION: PARTICULAR INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER XVIII.
THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A WHOLE.
CHAPTER XIX.
THE PENTATEUCH.
I. GENESIS.
II. EXODUS.
III. LEVITICUS.
IV. NUMBERS.
V. DEUTERONOMY.
CHAPTER XX.
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS.
I. JOSHUA.
II. JUDGES AND RUTH.
III. THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL.
IV. THE BOOKS OF KINGS.
V. THE BOOKS OF CHRONICLES.
VI. EZRA AND NEHEMIAH.
VII. ESTHER.
CHAPTER XXI.
THE POETICAL BOOKS (INCLUDING ALSO ECCLESIASTES AND CANTICLES).
(A.) CHARACTERISTICS OF HEBREW POETRY.
(B.) THE SEVERAL POETICAL BOOKS.
I. JOB.
II. THE PSALMS.
III. THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON.
IV. ECCLESIASTES.
V. THE SONG OF SOLOMON.
CHAPTER XXII.
THE GREATER PROPHETS.
I. ISAIAH.
II. JEREMIAH AND THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS.
III. EZEKIEL.
IV. DANIEL.
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE TWELVE MINOR PROPHETS.
I. HOSEA.
II. JOEL.
III. AMOS.
IV. OBADIAH.
V. JONAH.
VI. MICAH.
VII. NAHUM.
VIII. HABAKKUK.
IX. ZEPHANIAH.
X. HAGGAI.
XI. ZECHARIAH.
XII. MALACHI.
APPENDIX.
THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
I. THE TWO BOOKS OF ESDRAS.
II. TOBIT.
III. JUDITH.
IV. ADDITIONS TO THE BOOK OF ESTHER.
V. THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON.
VI. ECCLESIASTICUS.
VII. BARUCH AND THE EPISTLE OF JEREMIAH.
VIII. ADDITIONS TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL.
IX. THE PRAYER OF MANASSES.
X. THE BOOKS OF THE MACCABEES.
PART III.
INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT.
FIRST DIVISION, GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER XXIV.
LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
CHAPTER XXV.
EXTERNAL FORM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT AND ITS HISTORY.
I. THE MANUSCRIPT TEXT.
II. THE PRINTED TEXT.
III. PRINCIPLES OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM.
CHAPTER XXVII.
FORMATION AND HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
ANCIENT VERSIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
I. LATIN VERSIONS.
II. SYRIAC VERSIONS.
III. EGYPTIAN AND ETHIOPIC VERSIONS.
IV. THE GOTHIC AND OTHER VERSIONS.
SECOND DIVISION, PARTICULAR INTRODUCTION CHAPTER XXIX.
THE HISTORICAL BOOKS.
I. THE GOSPELS AS A WHOLE.
II. MATTHEW.
III. MARK.
IV. LUKE.
V. JOHN.
VI. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.
CHAPTER XXX.
THE EPISTLES OF PAUL.
I. EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS.
II. EPISTLES TO THE CORINTHIANS.
III. EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS.
IV. EPISTLES TO THE COLOSSIANS, EPHESIANS, AND PHILEMON.
V. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS.
VI. EPISTLES TO THE THESSALONIANS.
VII. THE PASTORAL EPISTLES.
VIII. EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES.
I. EPISTLE OF JAMES.
II. EPISTLES OF PETER.
III. EPISTLES OF JOHN.
IV. EPISTLE OF JUDE.
CHAPTER XXXII.
THE APOCALYPSE.
APPENDIX TO PART III.
WRITINGS OF THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS, WITH SOME NOTICES OF THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS.
I. WRITINGS OF CLEMENT.
II. THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS.
III. THE EPISTLE OF POLYCARP.
IV. THE WRITINGS OF BARNABAS AND HERMAS.
V. THE APOSTLES' CREED.
VI. APOCRYPHAL GOSPELS AND ACTS.
PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
FIRST DIVISION.
INTERPRETATION VIEWED ON THE HUMAN SIDE.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION.
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE OF SCRIPTURE.
SECOND DIVISION.
INTERPRETATION VIEWED ON THE DIVINE SIDE
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE UNITY OF REVELATION.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
SCRIPTURAL TYPES.
I. HISTORICAL TYPES.
II. RITUAL TYPES.
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
INTERPRETATION OF PROPHECY.
I. PROPHECIES RELATING TO THE NEAR FUTURE.
II. PROPHECIES RELATING TO THE LAST DAYS.
III. THE QUESTION OF DOUBLE SENSE.
IV. THE QUESTION OF LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE MEANING.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
QUOTATIONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE NEW.
INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
INDEX OF TEXTS.
FAC-SIMILES OF ANCIENT NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS, TO ILLUSTRATE CHAPTER XXVI., PAGE 380.
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