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Pages from the life of the apostle Paul, by W. and E. Bennett
Pages from the life of the apostle Paul by W and E Bennett Author:William Bennett Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. Preliminary Stetch of the History of the Jews.—The Land of the Bible—The Calling of Abraham—The Patriarchs- Joseph—The Famine—Jacob's Emigration i... more »nto Egypt —Birth and Education of Moses—His Flight from Egypt—The Burning Bush—The Divine Commission to Moses—Aaron. In order to have the subject fairly before us, we must first say something further of the origin and history of the Jews; the nation to which the Apostle Paul belonged. They are the same as the ancient Hebrews or Israelites, with whose history and records the whole of the Old Testament, directly or indirectly, is occupied. That Volume is a compendium of all that has come down to us of their Sacred Literature, and comprises a variety of Books, written or compiled at different periods, by their inspired historians, legislators, psalmists, kings, and prophets; and preserved to us with the utmost care, and most scrupulous accuracy that human ingenuity could invent. With the addition of the various Books of the New Testament, they constitute our Bible. The Christian Scriptures are, likewise, wholly written by those belonging to, or who had identifiedthemselves with, the Jewish nation; so that the Inspired Vohime contains nothing but what is derived from the same hereditary sources. That nation, therefore, stands out as the sole channel of written Divine Revelation; no other writings, in fact, being acknowledged by the Churches to be inspired. The highest interests of mankind have thus been closely interwoven with this extraordinary people, ever since their first appearance in the history of the world. They are among the earliest races of whom we have any authentic records; and these records point them out from the beginning, in the most remarkable manner, as the peculiar, or " Chosen People of God." The gre...« less