The Syrian Christ
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About This Book
In what has been passed down to us about Jesus' life, there is not a single detail that is not in total conformity with the language and mode of thinking of the Near East - a culture completely different from our own. In this book we travel with the author, a Lebanese Christian born in 1869, back into this vanished Biblical world. He had experienced it first-hand, since during his boyhood living conditions were still identical with those of Jesus' time. When Abraham Rihbany tells us about the domestic life of his family and the world of Syrian shepherds and farmers, the Biblical world comes to...
Chapters (461)(click to expand)
- THE SYRIAN CHRIST
- CHAPTER I
- SON OF THE EAST
- CHAPTER II
- BIRTH OF A MAN CHILD
- CHAPTER III
- THE STAR
- CHAPTER IV
- MYSTIC TONES
- CHAPTER V
- FILIAL OBEDIENCE
- CHAPTER VI
- FEAST AND SACRAMENT
- CHAPTER VII
- THE LAST SCENE
- CHAPTER I
- DAILY LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER II
- IMPRECATIONS
- CHAPTER III
- LOVE OF ENEMIES
- CHAPTER IV
- "THE UNVERACIOUS ORIENTAL"
- CHAPTER V
- IMPRESSIONS vs. LITERAL ACCURACY
- CHAPTER VI
- SPEAKING IN PARABLES
- CHAPTER VII
- SWEARING
- CHAPTER VIII
- FOUR CHARACTERISTICS
- CHAPTER I
- THE SACRED 'AISH
- CHAPTER II
- "OUR DAILY BREAD"
- CHAPTER III
- "COMPEL THEM TO COME IN"
- CHAPTER IV
- DELAYING THE DEPARTING GUEST
- CHAPTER V
- FAMILY FEASTS
- CHAPTER I
- SHELTER AND HOME
- CHAPTER II
- RESIGNED TRAVELERS
- CHAPTER III
- THE MARKET PLACE
- CHAPTER IV
- THE HOUSETOP
- CHAPTER V
- THE VINEYARDS AND THE FIELDS
- CHAPTER VI
- THE SHEPHERD
- CHAPTER I
- WOMAN EAST AND WEST
- CHAPTER II
- PAUL AND WOMAN
- CHAPTER III
- JESUS AND HIS MOTHER
- CHAPTER IV
- "A GRACIOUS WOMAN"
- HERE AND THERE IN THE BIBLE
- INDEX
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