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The Influence of the Bible on Civilisation By: Ernst Von Dobschutz |
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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 to
Professor Williston Walker for valuable information regarding early
American documents. If any reader should find fault with the English
style of this book, he must not blame any translator the author himself
is responsible. ERNST VON DOBSCHÜTZ. CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
January , 1914.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE BIBLE MAKES ITSELF INDISPENSABLE FOR THE
CHURCH (TO 325 A. D.) 3 II. THE BIBLE BEGINS TO RULE THE CHRISTIAN
EMPIRE (325 600 A. D.) 28 III. THE BIBLE TEACHES THE GERMAN NATIONS (500 800 A. D. ) 47 IV. THE BIBLE BECOMES ONE BASIS OF MEDIÆVAL
CIVILISATION (800 1150 A. D.) 67 V. THE BIBLE STIRS NON CONFORMIST MOVEMENTS (1150 1450) 94 VI. THE BIBLE TRAINS PRINTERS AND TRANSLATORS (1450 1611) 117 VII. THE BIBLE RULES DAILY LIFE (1550 1850) 138 VIII. THE BIBLE BECOMES ONCE MORE THE BOOK OF DEVOTION 164
ILLUSTRATIONS PLATE TO FACE PAGE
I. HARVARD PAPYRUS. ROMANS 1 : 1 7 14
II. ORIGEN'S HEXAPLA 16
III. CODEX SINAITICUS 28
IV. ROLL AND BOOK 30
V. VIENNA GENESIS 32
VI. JOSHUA ROLL 38
VII. THE LORD'S PRAYER ON A POTSHERD 46
VIII. GOTHIC BIBLE 50
IX. ALCUIN'S BIBLE 52
X. THEODULF'S BIBLE 54
XI. LINDISFARNE GOSPELS 66
XII. BYZANTINE MINIATURE 70
XIII. ENGLISH MINIATURE 82
XIV. WYCLIFFE'S BIBLE 116
XV. GUTENBERG'S FIRST PRINTED BIBLE 122
XVI. FIRST PRINTED GERMAN BIBLE 126
THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE ON CIVILISATION
I THE BIBLE MAKES ITSELF INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CHURCH (UNTIL 325 A. D.)
There is a small book; one can put it in one's pocket, and yet all the
libraries of America, numerous as they are, would hardly be large enough
to hold all the books which have been inspired by this one little
volume. The reader will know what I am speaking of; it is the Bible, as
we are used to call it the Book, the book of mankind, as it has
properly been called. It has been commented upon, treated in every way,
but, curious to say, hardly any one has attempted to trace its history
through the centuries and mark the influence which it exerted upon our
civilisation... Continue reading book >>
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