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The Syrian Christ by Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY ABRAHAM MITRIE RIHBANY
CONTENTS
Preface
Part 1. The Syrian Christ
Chapter 1. Son of the East
Chapter 2. Birth of a Man Child
Chapter 3. The Star
Chapter 4. Mystic Tones
Chapter 5. Filial Obedience
Chapter 6. Feast and Sacrament
Chapter 7. The Last Scene
Part 2. The Oriental Manner of Speech
Chapter 1. Daily Language
Chapter 2. Imprecations
Chapter 3. Love of Enemies
Chapter 4. “The Unveracious Oriental”
Chapter 5. Impressions Vs. Literal Accuracy
Chapter 6. Speaking In Parables
Chapter 7. Swearing
Chapter 8. Four Characteristics
Part 3. Bread and Salt
Chapter 1. The Sacred ‘Aish
Chapter 2. “Our Daily Bread”
Chapter 3. “Compel Them to Come In”
Chapter 4. Delaying the Departing Guest
Chapter 5. Family Feasts
Part 4. Out in the Open
Chapter 1. Shelter and Home
Chapter 2. Resigned Travelers
Chapter 3. The Market Place
Chapter 4. The Housetop
Chapter 5. The Vineyards and the Fields
Chapter 6. The Shepherd
Part 5. Sisters of Mary and Martha
Chapter 1. Woman East and West
Chapter 2. Paul and Woman
Chapter 3. Jesus and His Mother
Chapter 4. “A Gracious Woman”
Part 6. Here and There In the Bible
Here and There In the Bible
Preface
This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for the general public the understanding of the Bible. As may be readily seen, from its perusal, the present work is not intended to be a commentary on the Bible, nor even an exhaustive study of the subject with which it deals. That it leaves many things to be desired is very evident to the author, who fears that his book will be remembered by its readers more by the things it lacks than by the things it contains.
Yet, from the cordial reception with which the opening chapters of this publication (which made their first appearance in the Atlantic Monthly) met from readers, of various religious affiliations, the author has been encouraged to believe that his aim has not only been clearly discerned, but thoroughly approved. The books which undertake the systematic “expounding of the Scriptures” are a host which no man can number, nor is there any lack of “spiritual lessons drawn from the Bible.” Therefore, as one of the Master’s fellow countrymen, and one who has enjoyed about twenty years of service in the American pulpit, I have for several years entertained the growing conviction that such a book as this was really needed. Not, however, as one more commentary, but as an Oriental guide to afford Occidental readers of the Bible a more intimate view of the original intellectual and social environment of this sacred literature. So what I have to offer here is a series of suggestions, and not of technically wrought Bible lessons.
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY ABRAHAM MITRIE RIHBANY
CONTENTS
Preface
Part 1. The Syrian Christ
Chapter 1. Son of the East
Chapter 2. Birth of a Man Child
Chapter 3. The Star
Chapter 4. Mystic Tones
Chapter 5. Filial Obedience
Chapter 6. Feast and Sacrament
Chapter 7. The Last Scene
Part 2. The Oriental Manner of Speech
Chapter 1. Daily Language
Chapter 2. Imprecations
Chapter 3. Love of Enemies
Chapter 4. “The Unveracious Oriental”
Chapter 5. Impressions Vs. Literal Accuracy
Chapter 6. Speaking In Parables
Chapter 7. Swearing
Chapter 8. Four Characteristics
Part 3. Bread and Salt
Chapter 1. The Sacred ‘Aish
Chapter 2. “Our Daily Bread”
Chapter 3. “Compel Them to Come In”
Chapter 4. Delaying the Departing Guest
Chapter 5. Family Feasts
Part 4. Out in the Open
Chapter 1. Shelter and Home
Chapter 2. Resigned Travelers
Chapter 3. The Market Place
Chapter 4. The Housetop
Chapter 5. The Vineyards and the Fields
Chapter 6. The Shepherd
Part 5. Sisters of Mary and Martha
Chapter 1. Woman East and West
Chapter 2. Paul and Woman
Chapter 3. Jesus and His Mother
Chapter 4. “A Gracious Woman”
Part 6. Here and There In the Bible
Here and There In the Bible
Preface
This little volume is sent forth in the confident hope that it may throw fresh light on the life and teachings of Christ, and facilitate for the general public the understanding of the Bible. As may be readily seen, from its perusal, the present work is not intended to be a commentary on the Bible, nor even an exhaustive study of the subject with which it deals. That it leaves many things to be desired is very evident to the author, who fears that his book will be remembered by its readers more by the things it lacks than by the things it contains.
Yet, from the cordial reception with which the opening chapters of this publication (which made their first appearance in the Atlantic Monthly) met from readers, of various religious affiliations, the author has been encouraged to believe that his aim has not only been clearly discerned, but thoroughly approved. The books which undertake the systematic “expounding of the Scriptures” are a host which no man can number, nor is there any lack of “spiritual lessons drawn from the Bible.” Therefore, as one of the Master’s fellow countrymen, and one who has enjoyed about twenty years of service in the American pulpit, I have for several years entertained the growing conviction that such a book as this was really needed. Not, however, as one more commentary, but as an Oriental guide to afford Occidental readers of the Bible a more intimate view of the original intellectual and social environment of this sacred literature. So what I have to offer here is a series of suggestions, and not of technically wrought Bible lessons.
Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
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