Word: hebrews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Lyon lectured last evening at the College Conference upon the Old Testament in the light of Hebrew history. He divided his subject into two parts, talking last evening on the history, and reserving until next time a fuller consideration of the Old Testament itself...
...important fact that political history is recorded in the Bible never for its own sake, but only in so far as it influences, or is produced by, religious development. There are two sources from which we draw our knowledge of Hebrew history, namely, native and foreign. The first consists chiefly of the Old Testament itself, a Jewish writer named Josephus, and the ruins and inscriptions in Palestine. The most important foreign source is the cuneiform writing of Mesopotamia. The whole Hebrew Biblical history may be divided into five distinct periods, each marked by various characteristics. The adoption of monotheism...
Seventh College Conference on the Study of the Bible. The Old Testament in the light of Hebrew History 1. Professor Lyon. Sever...
Seventh College Conference on the Study of the Bible. The Old Testament in the light of Hebrew History 1. Professor Lyon. Sever...
...Everett began by taking up the question whether there was anything in the Bible to fit it especially for being the sacred book of nations in an advancing state of civilization. The Hebrew religion began its development at an advanced stage. It was the outgrowth of former polytheistic religions and began its growth with the a lvanced idea of monotheism. The Hebrews' one God grew to be the God who created the land and sea. Later he became the God of the Hebrews alone; he cared for no other people. Thus the Hebrew religion grew up inside a strict wall...