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Readings from the Hebrew Prophets. "Isaiah." Sever 11, 7.30 p. m. Open to the public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 4/21/1888 | See Source »

READINGS FROM THE HEBREW PROPHETS.On successive Wednesday evenings, Professor Lyon is giving in Sever 11 a course of public readings from the Hebrew Prophets. The passages read will be such as illustrate the style of the prophet and the course of the prophetic thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 4/21/1888 | See Source »

...first of a series of readings from the Hebrew prophets by Professor Lyon was given last evening in Sever 11. The reading was preceded by a very interesting lecture on the historical and literary value of the Old Testament. The Bible contains an historical account of the Hebrew nation from its foundation to the time of Christ. Mingled with the purely historical are the books of prophecy, the poetical and devotional books and the books of ritual and law which formed the governing code of church and state. In this course Professor Lyon intends to read and discuss the writings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Book of "Amos." | 4/19/1888 | See Source »

...needs of the time. Between the years 775 and 520 B. C., Israel was invaded many times by great armies-first by the Assyrians, then by the Babylonians, and still later by the Persians. At the same time there was great corruption, social and moral, within the Hebrew nation. These men, believing themselves the mouth-pieces of God, kept the old Jewish faith and patriotism alive by denouncing the wretchedness of the rulers and painting the glorious future of the Jewish people. They declared that all the misfortunes of the nation were manifestations of God's displeasure. Their prophecies concerning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Book of "Amos." | 4/19/1888 | See Source »

READINGS FROM THE HEBREW PROPHETS.On successive Wednesday evenings, beginning April 18, Professor Lyon will give in Sever 11 a course of public readings from the Hebrew Prophets. The passages read will be such as illustrate the prophets' literary skill and the course of the prophetic thought...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 4/14/1888 | See Source »

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