Companion To The Bible

About this eBook

Author

Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter), 1807-1888

Title

Companion to the Bible

Credits

Produced by John Hagerson, Juliet Sutherland, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible -- Study and teaching

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17265

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17265

Release Date

December 9, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.COMPANION TO THE BIBLE.
2. 2.BY REV. E.P. BARROWS, D.D., — PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.
3. 3.GENERAL PREFACE.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.PART I. — EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION. — PREFATORY REMARKS.
6. 6.EVIDENCES OF REVEALED RELIGION.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. — GENUINENESS OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. — UNCORRUPT PRESERVATION OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE GOSPEL NARRATIVES.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. — THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED EPISTLES.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — THE DISPUTED BOOKS.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — INSPIRATION AND THE CANON
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — INSEPARABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW TESTAMENT.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. — AUTHORSHIP OF THE PENTATEUCH.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. — AUTHENTICITY AND CREDIBILITY OF THE PENTATEUCH.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. — REMAINING BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. — EVIDENCES INTERNAL AND EXPERIMENTAL.
19. 19.PART II.
20. 20.INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
21. 21.PREFATORY REMARKS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XIII. — NAMES AND EXTERNAL FORM OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
23. 23.CHAPTER XIV. — THE ORIGINAL TEXT AND ITS HISTORY.
24. 24.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.
25. 25.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.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVII. — CRITICISM OF THE SACRED TEXT.
27. 27.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A WHOLE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XIX. — THE PENTATEUCH. — I. GENESIS. — II. EXODUS. — III. LEVITICUS. — IV. NUMBERS. — V. DEUTERONOMY.
29. 29.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.
30. 30.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.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXII. — THE GREATER PROPHETS. — I. ISAIAH. — II. JEREMIAH AND THE BOOK OF LAMENTATIONS. — III. EZEKIEL. — IV. DANIEL.
32. 32.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.
33. 33.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.
34. 34.PART III. — INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. — FIRST DIVISION, GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIV. — LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXV. — EXTERNAL FORM OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE NEW TESTAMENT TEXT AND ITS HISTORY. — I. THE MANUSCRIPT TEXT. — II. THE PRINTED TEXT. — III. PRINCIPLES OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXVII. — FORMATION AND HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT CANON.
39. 39.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.
40. 40.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.
41. 41.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.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE CATHOLIC EPISTLES. — I. EPISTLE OF JAMES. — II. EPISTLES OF PETER. — III. EPISTLES OF JOHN. — IV. EPISTLE OF JUDE.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXII. — THE APOCALYPSE.
44. 44.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.
45. 45.PRINCIPLES OF BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXIII. — INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
47. 47.FIRST DIVISION. — INTERPRETATION VIEWED ON THE HUMAN SIDE.
48. 48.CHAPTER XXXIV. — GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERPRETATION.
49. 49.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE OF SCRIPTURE.
50. 50.SECOND DIVISION. — INTERPRETATION VIEWED ON THE DIVINE SIDE
51. 51.CHAPTER XXXVI. — THE UNITY OF REVELATION.
52. 52.CHAPTER XXXVII. — SCRIPTURAL TYPES. — I. HISTORICAL TYPES. — II. RITUAL TYPES.
53. 53.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.
54. 54.CHAPTER XXXIX. — QUOTATIONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE NEW.
55. 55.INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
56. 56.INDEX OF TEXTS.
57. 57.FAC-SIMILES OF ANCIENT NEW TESTAMENT MANUSCRIPTS, TO ILLUSTRATE CHAPTER XXVI., PAGE 380.

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