The Syrian Christ The Original Classic Edition

Author : Abraham Rihbany
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ISBN 13 : 9781978486157
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book The Syrian Christ written by Abraham Rihbany and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The striking contrasts in Oriental and Western types of thought and expression have often proved grave obstacles to our understanding of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. It is to overcome some of these difficulties and to illumine from a new angle the life and teachings of Jesus that Mr. Rihbany has written 'The Syrian Christ.' The author's birth and early training, in Oriental surroundings little changed since the days of Jesus, and his thorough schooling for the last twenty-five years in American life and progressive Western thought specially qualify him to interpret the biblical atmosphere and customs in terms that appeal to the American mind. We must not forget that Jesus Christ was a Syrian peasant and that his message comes to us in an Oriental garb....Mr. Rihbany's delightful discourses on the customs of the common folk of Syria, drawn in part from his own early experience, and illumined by his wealth of historical and literary knowledge, will give the reader a sympathetic understanding of biblical incidents and teachings. The author does not write a story of Jesus' life, but rather makes clearer many of its episodes and much of the Master's teachings." -The Independent "Fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, for Jesus, as a prophet and seer, belongs to all races and all ages, but in His modes of thought and life, he was distinctly a Syrian.. Mr. Rihbany...is eminently fitted by temperament, antecedents, and experience to interpret the Christ of the Gospel in the terms of his native country." -Friends' Intelligencer "Mr. Rihbany interprets the famous passages regarding non-resistance to evil, loving one's enemies, turning the other cheek, as hyperbolic Oriental sayings tending to decrease brutal conduct and to make tranquil living a disposition among men." -Current Opinion "This interesting book, written by Mr. Abraham Mitrie Rihbany, a Syrian by birth and, as he says in his preface, an American by choice, will prove most helpful to unlearned and untraveled readers." -The Contemporary Review "Here in this book one breathes the atmosphere of the land of Jesus, and Jesus talks to us as he did to his first disciples." -The Homiletic Review "In its insight into Syrian life the book is delightful; in its interpretation of the teachings of Jesus it is inspiring." -New York Herald "Not merely a volume for the minister's study; it is for the library of every student of the Bible." -New York Evening Post "When a Syrian scholar discusses the Syrian Christ and seeks to interpret Him in the light of a familiar knowledge of His land and people, the consequences cannot fail to be edifying, especially when the motives are constructive and the purpose is to throw light." -The Living Church "Many interesting chapters on speaking in parables, swearing, imprecations, family feasts, the treatment of guests, the market place, the housetop, the vineyard and the shepherds. The writer came to this country a penniless immigrant, and lost his faith in Protestant surroundings. He is a champion of 'undogmatic' Christianity, and gives forth some undigested statements about the simple faith of Christ being changed into an authoritative creed by ambitious ecclesiastics and politicians." -Catholic World