An edition of Practical handbook for the study of the Bible and of Bible literature
(1911)
Practical Handbook For The Study Of The Bible And Of Bible Literature
including Biblical Geography, Antiquities, introduction to the Old and the New Testament, and Hermeneutics
by Seisenberger, Michael, Buchanan, Anna Maud, and Thomas J. Gerrard
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Editorial Preface v
FIRST PART
THE HOLY LAND
GEOGRAPHY
Introduction 3
1. Situation of Palestine 4
2. Extent 6
3. Names 6
4. Climate 8
5. Configuration 9
6. Natural Products 11
7. Plagues of Common Occurrence 14
8. Dwellings, Food, and Clothing 15
9. Inhabitants Before the Israelites 19
10. Palestine as Divided among the Israelites 21
II. Descriptions of Places
I. Judea 22
II. Samaria 30
III. Galilee 31
IV. The Country East of the Jordan 32
SECOND PART
THE HOLY PEOPLE
BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
A. Outlines of the History of Israel
1. Traditional and Modern Accounts of the History of Israel 37
2. Results of the Modern Account 41
3. General Refutation 42
4. Refutation from the Old Testament 45
5. Refutation from the Samaritan Pentateuch 52
6. Refutation from Oriental Records 55
B. God, and the Gods, in Israel
1. Monotheism and Polytheism 56
2. Worship of the Stars 58
3. Worship of Images 59
4. Chanaanite Deities 60
5. Assyrian and Babylonian Deities 63
6. Egyptian Deities 65
C. The Religious Institutions of Israel
Sources of Information 66
FIRST SECTION
HOLY PLACES
I. THE TABERNACLE
1. General Description 69
2. The Court of the Tabernacle 72
The Sacred Furniture and Utensils
3. Furniture in the Court of the Tabernacle 74
4. Furniture in the Holy Place 75
5. The Holy of Holies 78
II. THE TEMPLE
(a) Solomon's Temple
6. Introductory SO
7. The House of the Temple 81
8. The Courts of the Temple 83
9. Furniture of the Temple 84
(b) The Second Temple
10. Zorobabel's Temple 85
11. Herod's Temple 87
12. The Synagogues 89
SECOND SECTION
HOLY PERSONS
13. Introductory 90
14. The Levites 91
15. The Priests 91
16. The High Priest 96
17. Consecration of Priests 99
The Mosaic Origin of the Priesthood 101
Appendix. The Synedrium and the Jewish Sects 103
THIRD SECTION
SACRED RITUAL
I. SACRIFICES
18. What could be Offered 106
19. Ritual of Sacrifice 107
20. Varieties of Sacrifice 109
(a) Bloody Sacrifices
21. Holocausts, or Burnt Offerings 109
22. Peace Offerings 110
23. Sin Offerings 112
24. Trespass Offerings 113
25. Special Kinds of Bloody Sacrifices 115
(b) Unbloody Sacrifices
26. Meat Offerings 117
27. Drink Offerings 118
28. Jealousy Offerings 119
29. The Temple Taxes 119
II. PURIFICATIONS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES
30. Legal Defilement 121
31. The Defilement of Death 121
32. Uncleanness Due to Leprosy 122
33. Sexual Uncleanness 12S
34. Marriage Laws 124
35. Circumcision 127
36. Reception of Proselytes 130
37. Laws Concerning Food 131
38. Fasting 133
39. Prayer 134
40. Music and Singing 134
41. Bearings 137
42. Vows and Curses 137
FOURTH SECTION
SACRED SEASONS
43. The Calendar 18B
44. Daily Worship in the Temple 141
45. The Sabbath 141
46. The New Moons 144
47. The Sabbatical Year 144
48. The Year of Jubilee 145
49. The Pesch 146
50. Pentecost 148
51. The Day of Atonement 160
52. The Feast of Tabernacles 168
53. Festivals Instituted after the Captivity 164
THIRD PART
HOLY SCRIPTURE
DECREES OF THE HOLY SEE RELATING TO HOLY SCRIPTURE
Encyclical of Pope on the Biblical Question 159
Syllabus of Errors 179
Pius X on the Decisions of the Biblical Commission, etc 184
INTRODUCTION TO THE BIBLE
1. General Principles. Historical Survey 187
2. Arrangement of an Introduction to the Bible 189
FIRST PART
ORIGIN OF HOLY SCRIPTURE, OR HOLY SCRIPTURE AS THE WORD OF GOD
3. General Survey 190
INSPIRATION
4. Teaching of the Church on the Subject of Inspiration 180
5. What is Meant by Inspiration 192
THE CANON OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
6. Meaning of the Expression 196
7. Old med New Testaments 196
8. Formation of the Old Testament Canon 196
9. Contents of the Old Testament Canon 196
10. Continuation 200
11. Origin of the Canon of the New Testament 202
12. Contents of the New Testament Canon 206
13. The New Testament Canon of the Earliest Chorohes 206
14. Ecclesiastical Decisions 207
Appendix. Protestant Opinions Regarding the Canon 207
16. Apocryphal Books 206
SECOND PART
GENERAL INTRODUCTION. THE BIBLE AS A WHOLE
16. Transition 212
THE ORIGINAL TEXT OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
17. Biblical Languages in General 212
18. Hebrew 213
19. Chaldee 214
20. Greek 215
21. Original Form of the Hebrew and Chaldee Texts 216
22. Later Forms of the Hebrew and Chaldee Texts 217
23. The Masora 220
21. Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Editions 222
25. Value of the Masoretic Text 225
26. The Original Text of the Greek Books of the Bible 226
27. The Greek Manuscripts 227
28. The Most Important Greek Manuscripts 228
29. Greek Printed Editions 231
TRANSLATIONS OF THE BIBLE
30. General Remarks 235
31. The Septuagint 235
32. Other Greek Translations 238
33. Later History of the Septuagint. Origen 240
34. Chaldee Translations (Targumim) 242
35. Samaritan Translation of the Pentateuch 244
36. Syriac Translations 244
37. Latin Translations. Itala and Vulgate 247
38. Continuation. The Vulgate In the Middle Ages 252
39. Continuation. The Council of Trent 263
THIRD PART
SPECIAL INTRODUCTION. THE SACRED BOOKS CONSIDERED SINGLY
The Books of the Old Testament
1. Surrey and Classification 257
FIRST SECTION
2. The Pentateuch. History, Criticism, Objections, Defense 258
SECOND SECTION
From the Entrance of the Israelites into Chanaan to the Division of the Kingdom
3. Surrey 275
4. Josue 275
5. Judges 277
6. Ruth 279
7. The Books of Samuel, or First and Second Books of Kings 280
8. Old Testament Poetry 282
9. The Psalter 284
10. Proverbs 291
11. Canticle of Canticles 294
12. Ecclesiastes 297
13. The Book of Job 298
THIRD SECTION
From the Division of the Kingdoms until the End of the Captivity
14. Historical Survey 302
15. Prophecy in General 304
16. Jonas 307
17. Amos 309
18. Joel 310
19. Abdies 812
20. Onee 313
21. Micheas 314
22. Imias 315
23. Nahum 318
24. Sophoniae 319
25. Habakuk 320
26. Jeremias 322
27. The Book of Lamentations 326
28. Baruch 326
29. Eschiel 828
30. Denial 330
FOURTH SECTION
From the Captivity to the Close of the Old Testament Revelation
31. Historical Survey 333
32. Kings. (Third and Fourth Book of Kings) 334
33. Chronicles or Paralipomena 336
34. Edrae and Nehernias 338
35. Esther 340
36. Tobias 342
37. Judith 344
38. The Books of Machabees 346
39. Aggous 348
40. Zecharias 349
41. Malachias 360
42. Sirach or Ecclesiasticus 362
43. Wisdom 355
THE BOOKS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
1. Classification 358
FIRST SECTION
2. The Gospels in General 358
2-9. St. Matthew 366
10-15. St. Mark 374
16-20. St. Luke 383
21. Synoptic Writers 390
22-26. St. John 391
27-31. The Acts of the Apostles 399
SECOND SECTION
32-36. St. Paul the Apostle 404
37. The Epistle to the Romans 412
38-39. The Epistle to the Corinthians 415
40. The Epistle to the Galatians 418
41. The Epistle to the Ephesians 420
42. The Epistle to the Philippians 422
43. The Epistle to the Colossians 423
44-45. The Epistles to the Thessalonians 424
46-47. The Epistles to Timothy 427
48. The Epistle to Titus 429
48. The Epistle to Philemon 431
50. The Epistle to the Hebrews 431
51. The Catholic Epistles 434
52. The Epistle of St. James 434
53. The Two Epistles of St. Peter 436
54. The Three Epistles of St. John 439
55. The Epistle of St. Jude the Apostle 442
THIRD SECTION
66. The Apocalypse 444
FOURTH PART
INTERPRETATION OF HOLY SCRIPTURE (HERMENEUTICS)
1. Introduction 449
FIRST SECTION
THE MEANING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE
2. The Meaning in General of Holy Scripture 460
3. The Application of the Literal and Mystical Meaning 453
4. Of Accommodation 457
SECOND SECTION
OF DISCOVERING THE MEANING OF HOLY SCRIPTURE (HEURISTICS)
5. Principles laid down by the Church 458
6. Hermeneutical Rules Based on the Peculiar Character of the Bible 462
THIRD SECTION
EXPLANATIONS OF THE TEXT
7. Paraphrases 466
8. Scholia 467
9. Glosses 468
10. Commentaries 470
11. Study and Reading of the Bible 472
Exegetical Bibliography 473
Works to which Reference has been Made 475
Conclusion 479
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 483
MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The Temple at the Time of Christ Frontispiece
Chanaan as Divided among the Twelve Tribes 20
Ancient Jerusalem 22
Environs of Jerusalem 26
Journeyings of the Children of Israel 38
The Tabernacle 69
Palestine In the Time of Christ 370
The Journeys of St. Paul 406
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