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A book of many books-The Israelites-The people of the Old
Testament-Moses-The beginning of the Bible: The Law-
The books of the Old Testament The priestly writers-The
growth of the Old Testament-The Prophets-The loss of early
documents-The spirit of Hebrew monotheism-The planning
and preaching of Ezekiel-"The Writings"-The national
literature of the Jews-A great drama-The Apocrypha-The
Wisdom literature of the Jews-The dignified beauty of
Ecclesiasticus-The New Testament-The writers of the New
Testament-Jesus of Nazareth-The four Gospels-St. Paul—
Translations of the Bible-The first printed English Bible.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

"A READING FROM HOMER," BY SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Coloured Frontispiece

Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

PORTION OF THE STORY OF THE DELUGE, FROM A TABLET WHICH
PROBABLY BELONGED TO THE PALACE LIBRARY AT NINEVEH

Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

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ENGRAVING, TAKEN FROM A DRAWING IN GELL's Pompeiana, CONSIST-
ING OF A UNION OF ALL THE IMPLEMENTS OF WRITING, COLLECTED
FROM A GREAT NUMBER OF ANCIENT PAINTINGS IN POMPEII AND
HERCULANEUM

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FACSIMILE OF THE PAPYRUS INSCRIBED WITH HIEROGLYPHIC TEXT OF The
Book of the Dead

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Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

PAPYRUS INSCRIBED IN THE HIERATIC CHARACTER WITH AN EGYPTIAN
ROMANCE AND BEARING THE NAMES OF ANTEF, ELEVENTH Dynasty,
ABOUT B.C. 2600, AND THOTHMES III, EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY, ABOUT
B.C. 1600

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Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

JEAN MIELOT, A FAMOUS SCHOLAR AND CALLIGRAPHER OF THE MIDDLE
AGES.

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Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ATTENDED BY ANGELS, FROM A COPY OF THE "OFFICES OF THE VIRGIN"

"APOLLO AND DAPHNE," BY BERNINI

Photo: Anderson.

"PAN AND PSYCHE," BY SIR EDWARD BURNE-JONES.

Photo: Fredk. Hollyer, London.

"ENDYMION," BY G. F. WATTS

Photo: Fredk. Hollyer, London.

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"ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE," BY G. F. WATTS.

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Photo: Fredk. Hollyer, London.

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STORY OF PYGMALION, "THE HEART DESIRES," BY SIR EDWARD BURNE-
JONES

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From a drawing by Paul Chenavard in the Museum, Lyons. Photo: Braun PREPARING FOR THE SIEGE OF TROY

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From a drawing by Paul Chenavard in the Museum, Lyons. Photo: Braun "THE WINE OF CIRCE" (Coloured Illustration)

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From the painting by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. Reproduced by per-
mission of Frederick Hollyer.

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From a drawing by Paul Chenavard in the Museum, Lyons. Photo: Braun

"THE FORGE OF VULCAN," BY VELASQUEZ

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Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

"PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS," BY J. W. WATERHOUSE

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Reproduced by special permission of the Director of the Aberdeen Art
Gallery.

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"CIRCE AND THE COMPANIONS OF ULYSSES" BY BRITON RIVIÈRE, R.A.

Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

"THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS," BY RUBENS

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National Gallery, London. Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

GEORGE CHAPMAN.

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Photo: Rischgitz Collection.

HOMER, "THE GREAT BLIND FATHER OF SONG," BY HARRY BATES.

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Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

"THE SCAPEGOAT," BY W. HOLMAN HUNT

Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

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MOSES: PROPHET, LAWGIVER, STATESMAN, AS CONCEIVED BY MICHAEL
ANGELO

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"MOSES BREAKING THE TABLES OF THE LAW," BY REMBRANDT VAN RYN Photo: Braun, Clément & Co.

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"AND THERE WAS A GREAT CRY IN Egypt," BY ARTHUR HACKER, A.R.A. Reproduced by special permission.

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"JOSEPH INTERPRETS PHARAOH'S DREAMS," BY HAROLD SPEED

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Reproduced by permission of the artist.

A PAGE OF THE Codex Sinaiticus

Reproduced by kind permission of the British and Foreign Bible Society

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DAVID, THE GREATEST OF THE HEBREW KINGS.

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ISAIAH: THE STATESMAN AND PROPHET ROUND WHOSE NAME
THE FINEST RELIGIOUS LITERATURE OF JUDAISM WAS GATHERED

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From Michael Angelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
Photo: Anderson.

JEREMIAH: PERHAPS THE FINEST EXAMPLE In the Old TESTAMENT OF A
CHARACTER DISCIPLINED AND STRENGTHENED BY SUFFEring

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From Michael Angelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
Photo: Anderson.

EZEKIEL: THE MYSTIC AND PRIEST WHO, MORE THAN ANY OTHER MAN,
MADE POST-EXILIC JUDAISM

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From Michael Angelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican.
Photo: Anderson.

"RUTH AND NAOMI," BY P. H. CALDERON

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From the picture in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Reproduced by
permission of the Liverpool Corporation.

"TOBIT WITH THE ARCHANGEL," BY BOTTICELLI

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CHRIST, AS IMAGINED BY LEONARDO DA VINCI

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"CHRIST WASHING PETER'S FEET," BY FORD MADOX BROWN. Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co.

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MASACCIO'S FRESCO OF ST. PETER VISITED IN PRISON BY ST. PAUL.

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BISHOP WESTCOTT

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Photo: Elliott & Fry, Ltd.

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