Excerpt from The Book of Jonah: The Text Analyzed, Translated, and the Accents Names; Being an Easy Introduction to the Hebrew Language Besides the Opinion that the Book of Jonah is historical, two other views have been advanced: the one, that it is an account of a vision seen by Jonah while in a trance, or state of somnambulism the other, that it is a parable. The vision theory is, no doubt, ingenious. Its manifest purpose is to eliminate the miraculous; but even its Author admits that it gets rid of miracles only in ...
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Excerpt from The Book of Jonah: The Text Analyzed, Translated, and the Accents Names; Being an Easy Introduction to the Hebrew Language Besides the Opinion that the Book of Jonah is historical, two other views have been advanced: the one, that it is an account of a vision seen by Jonah while in a trance, or state of somnambulism the other, that it is a parable. The vision theory is, no doubt, ingenious. Its manifest purpose is to eliminate the miraculous; but even its Author admits that it gets rid of miracles only in part. In regard to the parabolic theory we would simply remark, that the passage in 2 Ki. Xiv. 25, and, more especially, the peculiar character of the references to the narrative made by our Lord (matt. Xii. 38 41; xvi. 4; Lu. Xi. 29 lead to the conclusion that the work is historical, and worthy of its place in the Sacred Canon. But we do not propose to enter the arena of controversy. We would only remark that, as seems to us, each of the above theories is attended not with less, but greater difficulty than the acceptance of the Book as a veritable history. Our object in the choice of the Book of Jonah has been to furnish the beginner with an easy introduction to the study of the Hebrew language; to which end it is admirably adapted by the brevity and pathos of the story, the purity and simplicity of the style, and the poetic chapter it contains. In the plan here adopted every word of the Book is consecutively taken, grammatically analysed, the meaning given, the pronunciation and accent carefully indicated. The advantage is thus secured that the student's mind becomes impressed with important rules through their recurrence, without taxing the memory; while the book can be opened and used with equal facility at any page, and independently of Bible, Grammar, or Lexicon the learner being enabled, if necessary, to verify the correctness of his own construing by reference to the literal Translation prefixed to the Analysis. After mastering this little production no difficulty should be experienced in making further progress, with moderate application, to a thorough knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures. Should any be thus led forward in their Biblical studies by means of these pages the Author will be abundantly rewarded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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