Jerusalem: The Holy CityMargaret Oliphant viewed Jerusalem as the center of Western culture. "The story of Jerusalem is one of the most wonderful in the world, besides being of unparalleled importance to the human race.. And when we descend the course of the ages and come to a still more glorious and wonderful history, it is Jerusalem still which is the scene both of tragedy and triumph, of the greatest and most wonderful life which was ever lived among men," she wrote. In her examination of the city, she focuses on its people and rich history. She recounts the stories of David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Jesus. This book "is addressed only to those for whom the soil of Palestine, so fondly and so long known as the Holy Land, is peopled with the known and loved, the poets and sages and kings with whom we are familiar as with the records of our own lives." MARGARET OLIPHANT (1828-1897) was a prolific, versatile Scottish author who supported her family at a time when women rarely made their living through writing. She wrote almost a hundred novels, dozens of works of non-fiction, almost four hundred articles, and numerous short stories. |
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... Saul , his predecessor , had , it would appear , entertained no idea of royal state or central authority . He was a man of war , and no statesman ; the experiment of kingship was new , against all the previous ideas of the tribes : and ...
... Saul , his predecessor , had , it would appear , entertained no idea of royal state or central authority . He was a man of war , and no statesman ; the experiment of kingship was new , against all the previous ideas of the tribes : and ...
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... Saul was to be found , than any sign of future sovereignty made known to David . His broth- ers do not even taunt him with it , as Joseph's brethren taunted him with his dreams , though the firstborn , the head of the house , was so ...
... Saul was to be found , than any sign of future sovereignty made known to David . His broth- ers do not even taunt him with it , as Joseph's brethren taunted him with his dreams , though the firstborn , the head of the house , was so ...
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... Saul . Of the shepherd's youthful life we have no further record unless in the songs which , whether produced then or in an after day , are doubtless the product of his early thoughts and experiences as he watched his flocks by night ...
... Saul . Of the shepherd's youthful life we have no further record unless in the songs which , whether produced then or in an after day , are doubtless the product of his early thoughts and experiences as he watched his flocks by night ...
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... description of how the youth of Bethlehem , on account of his fame as a musician , was sought to soothe the troubled moods of Saul , is inde- pendent of chronology ; yet this must have occurred . 1. ] 11 THE HOUSE OF DAVID .
... description of how the youth of Bethlehem , on account of his fame as a musician , was sought to soothe the troubled moods of Saul , is inde- pendent of chronology ; yet this must have occurred . 1. ] 11 THE HOUSE OF DAVID .
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... Saul inquiring who was the stripling who went forth to defy Goliath after the intimate intercourse - which apparently preceded this , when we are told that Saul " loved greatly " the young harpist who stood and played before him when ...
... Saul inquiring who was the stripling who went forth to defy Goliath after the intimate intercourse - which apparently preceded this , when we are told that Saul " loved greatly " the young harpist who stood and played before him when ...
Contents
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CHAPTER III | 66 |
CHAPTER IV | 142 |
CHAPTER V | 184 |
THE PROPHETS | 225 |
JEREMIAH | 270 |
CHAPTER III | 327 |
PART IIITHE RETURN AND RESTORATION | 354 |
CHAPTER II | 388 |
CHAPTER III | 411 |
THE FINAL TRAGEDY | 430 |
CHAPTER II | 485 |
CHAPTER III | 521 |
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Page 37 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 9 - The Lord's my shepherd, I'll not want; He makes me down to lie In pastures green; he leadeth me The quiet waters by.