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Excerpt from The Bible Hand-Book: An Introduction to the Study of Sacred Scripture <p>In this reissue the original plan has been retained, with some rearrangement, substantially unaltered. The matter of the book however has been freely dealt with. While large portions most characteristic of the author'sstandpoint and purpose have been kept, with but slight revision, much else has been rewritten or added in view of later scholarship, and much omitted under necessities of space. The book is, therefore, a combination of old and new, and here and there the seams may, possibly be apparent. Yet it is hoped that even students of the old Handbook will welcome the new, and that after more than fifty years of usefulness it may, in spite of the in evitable limitations under which this revision has been conducted, fulfil still more amply the aim stated in the original Preface, 'to teach men to understand and appre ciate the bible.' <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.