The Christian Faith and the Old Testament
By John M. Thomas

This is a 5 division (13 chapters) book on understanding the Old Testament by Thomas (Presbyterian).

PRESIDENT OF MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1908,

CONTENTS of Thomas Christian Faith and the Old Testament

Preface ix

I. The Christian Faith and the Old Testament
Jesus the Man of Faith …. 2
The Old Testament the First Scriptures of the Religion of Jesus …7
The Advantage to Christianity from its Connection with the Old Testament . 12
The Injury to Christianity from its Adoption of the Old Testament … 26
The Old Testament and the Faith of To-day 42
II. The Difficulty of Understanding the Old Testament 51
III. The Five Points of Old Testament Criticism 66
The Trustworthiness of the Historical Books 70
The Origin of Deuteronomy in the Time of Josiah 77
The Four Sources of the Hexateuch . 82
The Gradual Growth of Hebrew Legislation 87
The Work of the Prophets in the Religion of Israel 90
IV. A Sketch of the Development of the Religion of Israel to the Time of Amos 95
V. The Heightening of Tradition in the Old Testament 120

Thomas Christian Faith and the Old Testament

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