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Page 32
Thus breaking away from all the laws of ordinary exposition , it required no
uncommon genius to discover mountains of sense mystically wrapped up in
many a little word , or to give to a train of Hebrew accents , strange and
marvellous ...
Thus breaking away from all the laws of ordinary exposition , it required no
uncommon genius to discover mountains of sense mystically wrapped up in
many a little word , or to give to a train of Hebrew accents , strange and
marvellous ...
Page 33
The business of the sacred commentator is , according to Professor Hahn , who
has written ably on the subject of interpretation , to deduce from the holy
scriptures the very sense which the writers of them intended to contey , and to
exhibit , in a ...
The business of the sacred commentator is , according to Professor Hahn , who
has written ably on the subject of interpretation , to deduce from the holy
scriptures the very sense which the writers of them intended to contey , and to
exhibit , in a ...
Page 43
We are to seek for help , ” says he , “ only in those cases where it is absolutely
necessary ; that is , where our knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew tongues does
not afford us the means of ascertaining an easy sense , and one that corresponds
...
We are to seek for help , ” says he , “ only in those cases where it is absolutely
necessary ; that is , where our knowledge of the Greek and Hebrew tongues does
not afford us the means of ascertaining an easy sense , and one that corresponds
...
Page 44
... but by presenting you , as by a single stroke , with the original sense , both in
its local and general bearings and connections . Scaliger said that no
commentator : had better hit the sense of the prophets , 44 [ September , Biblical
Commentary .
... but by presenting you , as by a single stroke , with the original sense , both in
its local and general bearings and connections . Scaliger said that no
commentator : had better hit the sense of the prophets , 44 [ September , Biblical
Commentary .
Page 45
had better hit the sense of the prophets , than Calvin . His commentaries on the
epistles , no one who has read them will pronounce otherwise than able . An
edition of his writings on the New Testament has recently been published in
Germany ...
had better hit the sense of the prophets , than Calvin . His commentaries on the
epistles , no one who has read them will pronounce otherwise than able . An
edition of his writings on the New Testament has recently been published in
Germany ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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