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Title: The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation

Author: Ernst von Dobschütz

Release date: July 4, 2011 [eBook #36610]

Language: English

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THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE

ON CIVILISATION

THE

INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE

ON CIVILISATION

BY

ERNST VON DOBSCHÜTZ

PROFESSOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF

HALLE-WITTENBERG

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1914

Copyright, 1914

BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

Published April, 1914

PREFACE

One of the greatest questions of our day is how modern civilisation and Christianity can go on in harmony. One can approach this question by several ways, but historical investigation has always proved to be the surest. The author has in mind to write in German a full "History of the Bible," when time will allow. Meanwhile this brief sketch may prove useful. Readers who look for references will find most of them in an article contributed by the present writer to Dr. J. Hastings's Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics, vol. II, on "The Bible in the Christian Church."

The author wishes to express his thanks to his friend, Professor J. H. Ropes, for kindly reading the proofs for him, to Mr. W. J. Wilson and Mr. H. A. Sherman, who helped him in improving the diction, and