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<p>The Editor's aim has been to provide a complete and independent Dictionary op the Bible in</p><p>a single volume and abreast of present-day scholarship.</p><p>1. Complete.—The Dictionary gives an account of all the contents of the Bible, the articles</p><p>being as numerous as in the largest dictionaries, but written to a different scale. The Index of</p><p>the Dictionary of the Bible in five volumes by the same Editor has been taken as basis, and such</p><p>additions made to it as the latest research has suggested. The persons, places, and important</p><p>events in the Bible are described. There are articles on the Biblical theology and ethics, on</p><p>the antiquities, and on the languages—English as well as Hebrew and Greek. The books of the</p><p>Bible are carefully explained in their origin, authorship, and contents; and full account is taken</p><p>of the results of literary criticism and archseological discovery.</p><p>2. Independent.—The Dictionary is not a condensation of the five-volume Dictionary. It is</p><p>not based upon it or upon any other dictionary. It is a new and independent work. All the signed,</p><p>and most of the unsigned, articles are written afresh, and (with few exceptions) by different authors</p><p>from those who treated the same subjects in the larger Dictionary. Even when the wording of the</p><p>large Dictionary has been retained, as in the case, for example, of proper names of minor</p><p>importance, every statement has been verified anew. The single-volume Dictionary wiU thus</p><p>be found as fresh and full of life as the largest dictionaries are.</p><p>3. In a single volume.—^This is to bring the contents of the Bible, in accordance with present</p><p>scholarship, within reach of those who have not the means to buy or the knowledge to use the Dictionary</p><p>in five volumes. This Dictionary contains no Hebrew or Greek except in transliteration.</p><p>It is however, a large volume, and it would have been larger had not the utmost care been taken</p><p>to prevent overlapping. For the great subjects are not treated with that excessive brevity which</p><p>makes single-volume dictionaries often so disappointing. The space has been so carefully husbanded</p><p>that it has been found possible to allow 24 pages to the article on Israel; 23 pages to the</p><p>article on Jesus Christ; and half that number to a further article on the Person or Christ.</p><p>There is another way in which space has been saved. The whole subject of Magic Divination and</p><p>Sorcery for example, has been dealt with in a single article. That article includes many</p><p>sub-topics each of which is found in its own place, with a cross-reference to this comprehensive</p><p>article- and when the word occurs in this article it is printed in black type, so that no time may</p><p>be lost in searching for it.</p><p>4. Abreast of present Scholarship.—That is to say, of the average scholarship of its day. There</p><p>are many reasons why a Dictionary of the Bible should not take up an extreme position on either</p><p>side But the reason which has proved to be most conclusive, is the impossibility of getting the</p><p>whole of the work done satisfactorily by either very advanced or very conservative scholars.</p><p>They are not numerous enough. And there could be no satisfaction in entrusting work to men</p><p>who were chosen for any other reason than their knowledge of the subject.</p>
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| Author: | Hastings, James, 1852-1922 |
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| Publication Year: | 1909 |
| Pages: | 1024 |
| Language: | other |
| File Size: | 59.1184 |
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| Price: | FREE |
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