Jerusalem: The Holy CityCosimo, Inc., 1 de març 2005 - 608 pàgines Margaret Oliphant viewed Jerusalem as the center of Western culture. "The story of Jerusalem is one of the most wonderful in the world, besides being of unparalleled importance to the human race.. And when we descend the course of the ages and come to a still more glorious and wonderful history, it is Jerusalem still which is the scene both of tragedy and triumph, of the greatest and most wonderful life which was ever lived among men," she wrote. In her examination of the city, she focuses on its people and rich history. She recounts the stories of David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Jesus. This book "is addressed only to those for whom the soil of Palestine, so fondly and so long known as the Holy Land, is peopled with the known and loved, the poets and sages and kings with whom we are familiar as with the records of our own lives." MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897) was a prolific, versatile Scottish author who supported her family at a time when women rarely made their living through writing. She wrote almost a hundred novels, dozens of works of non-fiction, almost four hundred articles, and numerous short stories. |
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Pàgina xiii
... imagine , strike the ordinary reader who has himself no parti pris . I have no claim to set myself forth as one who has any authority in these matters , but I may say on my own part , what every individual has a right to say , that to ...
... imagine , strike the ordinary reader who has himself no parti pris . I have no claim to set myself forth as one who has any authority in these matters , but I may say on my own part , what every individual has a right to say , that to ...
Pàgina 18
... imagine a story more deeply moving , more tragically true to nature . The great warrior , now fading from the glory of his youth , never a man of judgment , hasty , passionate , mis- taken , unable to learn the self - command and obey ...
... imagine a story more deeply moving , more tragically true to nature . The great warrior , now fading from the glory of his youth , never a man of judgment , hasty , passionate , mis- taken , unable to learn the self - command and obey ...
Pàgina 22
... imagine . A king whose kingdom was passing from him , a great war- rior overpowered and outdone , a man who had lost all guidance , and was stumbling and crashing downward on the wrong way - and last and worst of all , who saw and knew ...
... imagine . A king whose kingdom was passing from him , a great war- rior overpowered and outdone , a man who had lost all guidance , and was stumbling and crashing downward on the wrong way - and last and worst of all , who saw and knew ...
Pàgina 38
... David should have interposed in this mat- ter , which of course was the business of the legal de- fenders of Israel , it would be difficult to imagine . If it was the latter argument which moved him he was soon 38 [ CHAP . JERUSALEM .
... David should have interposed in this mat- ter , which of course was the business of the legal de- fenders of Israel , it would be difficult to imagine . If it was the latter argument which moved him he was soon 38 [ CHAP . JERUSALEM .
Pàgina 39
... imagine that the addition of six hundred outlaws ( to which number the band had now increased ) , with the wildness of their wandering life about them , to feed and lodge , could not be an agreeable element in the life of the crowded ...
... imagine that the addition of six hundred outlaws ( to which number the band had now increased ) , with the wildness of their wandering life about them , to feed and lodge , could not be an agreeable element in the life of the crowded ...
Continguts
1 | |
29 | |
66 | |
CHAPTER IV | 142 |
CHAPTER V | 184 |
THE PROPHETS | 225 |
JEREMIAH | 270 |
CHAPTER III | 327 |
PART IIITHE RETURN AND RESTORATION | 354 |
CHAPTER II | 388 |
CHAPTER III | 411 |
THE FINAL TRAGEDY | 430 |
CHAPTER II | 485 |
CHAPTER III | 521 |
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Jerusalem: The Holy City, Its History and Hope Margaret Oliphant Previsualització no disponible - 2016 |
Jerusalem: The Holy City, Its History and Hope (Classic Reprint) Mrs. Margaret Oliphant Previsualització no disponible - 2017 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 262 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming ; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Pàgina 98 - There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb...
Pàgina 37 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Pàgina 482 - They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man...
Pàgina 98 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Pàgina 561 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Pàgina 9 - The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; he leadeth me The quiet waters by.
Pàgina 233 - Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered. Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.
Pàgina 505 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.