The Bible for home reading

ed. with comments ... by C. G. Montefiore

Leaving Home: Philo of Alexandria on the Exodus.

For Jewish-Hellenistic authors writing in Egypt, the Exodus story posed unique challenges. After all, to them Egypt was, as Philo of Alexandria states, their fatherland. How do these authors come to terms with the biblical story of liberation from Egyptian slavery and the longing for the promised land? In this chapter I am taking a close look at Philo’s detailed discussion of the Exodus and locate it within the larger context of Jewish-Hellenistic literature (Wisdom of Solomon, Ezekiel’s Exagoge). In Philo’s rewriting of the Exodus the destination of the journey is barely mentioned. Contrary to the biblical narrative, in the scene of the burning bush, as retold by Philo, God does not tell Moses where to go. Philo’s main concern is what happens in Egypt: both in biblical times and in his own days. The Exodus is nevertheless important to Philo: He reads the story allegorically as a journey from the land of the body to the realms of the mind. Such a symbolic reading permitted him to control the meaning of the Exodus and to stay, literally and figuratively, in Egypt.

The philosophy of the Bible

by David Newmark

The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with copious marginal references : also, the introductions to all the books and chapters in the Bible : with the general preface, as affixed to the commentary of Thomas Scott.

New Testament has special t.p.: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ : with copious marginal references by Thomas Scott.

The exhaustive concordance of the Bible : showing every word of the text of the common English version : together with a comparative concordance of the Authorized and Revised versions : also brief dictionaries of the Hebrew and Greek words of the original, with references to the English words /

Mode of access: Internet.

Translating the Bible /

"Published to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the King James version of the Holy Bible."

The Bible and the rights of labor /

Reprint edition from "Labor balance," of North Abington, Mass.

The Bible in common schools. The reports of the Committee of the Board of education, of the city of Detroit, on the petition for the admission of the Bible into the public schools of the city.

Mode of access: Internet.

How to read the Bible /

First published in 1956.

The birds of the Bible. /

"Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Lindsay & Blakiston ... Stereotyped by J. Fagan, printed by C. Sherman, plates printed by T. Sinclair"--Verso of title page.

The Bible-reader's companion /

Mode of access: Internet.

Leading cases in the Bible,

"Thirteen of the cases appearing in this volume were published in the ʻGreen bag' of Boston during the years 1900 and 1901. ʻThe trial of Jeremiah' appeared in the ʻBiblical World' of Chicago in December, 1900."--Pref.