Lectures On The History Of The Jewish Church

Author : Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330312018
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church, Vol. 3 of 3 written by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church, Vol. 3 of 3 These Lectures, begun at Oxford, and interrupted by the pressure of inevitable engagements in a more laborious sphere, have been resumed during the leisure of an enforced seclusion - under the impulse of an encouragement which overbore all obstacles - in the hope of finding relief from an anxiety which forbade all external occupations. The first volume was dedicated, thirteen years ago, to a dear and most sacred memory, fresh at the time and fresh for ever. This last is bound up with another like memory, if possible, still nearer, still more dear, and no less enduring. It had been my hope to have comprised in this volume the last stage of the Jewish history from the Captivity to the final destruction of Jerusalem, so as to complete the cycle contemplated in the original plan. Such an arrangement alone would accord with the logical sequence of the narrative and with the due proportions of the subject. To conclude that history without embracing the crowning scenes and characters of its close would be as unjust to the Jewish race itself as it would be derogatory to the consummation which gives to this preparatory period, not, indeed, its only, but unquestionably its chief attraction. But it appeared to me that the argument allowed if it did not invite, a division. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.