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Barrows, E.P. – Companion to the Bible

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COMPANION TO THE BIBLE.

barrows-companion-to-bibleBY REV. E.P. BARROWS, D.D., PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE.

(Also known as “People’s Companion to the Bible”)

This is a Bible Companion Manual, with 39 chapters on various topics of the Bible, for example: the Genuineness of the Gospels, the preservation of the Gospels, the disputed books, Inspiration and canon, OT and NT relationships, authorship of the Pentateuch, formation of the canon, ancients versions, apocryphal books of OT, principles of Biblical Interpretation, figures in Scripture and Types, Interpreting prophecy. Continue reading →

Beet, J.A. – The Immortality of the Soul: A Protest

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The Immortality of the Soul: A Protest

by Joseph Agar Beet D.D.
“WHO ALONE HATH IMMORTALITY”
BY THE SAME AUTHOR Commentaries on St. Paul’s Epistles. 1. ROMANS. 2. CORINTHIANS. 3. GALATIANS. 4. EPHESIANS, PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS.

Summary: This is a brief 4 chapter work by Beet (Methodist) to examine immortality. He looks at the concept from before Christ, what Christ Taught, in the early church, and in modern theology. Continue reading →

Barclay, R. – An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

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An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

by Robert Barclay

Summary

first published in 1678

Robert Barclay (1648-1690) wrote his classic exposition and defense of Quakerism in Latin and published it in 1676 as Theologiæ Vere Christianæ Apologia. He then translated his own book into English. The Apology has since been reprinted over 60 times and translated into several other languages. Continue reading →

American Standard Version [ASV]

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The American Standard Version

Summary

The Revised Version, Standard American Edition of the Bible, more commonly known as the American Standard Version (ASV), is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901. It was originally best known by its full name, but soon came to have other names, such as the American Revised Version, the American Standard Revision, the American Standard Revised Bible, and the American Standard Edition. By the time its copyright was renewed in 1929, it had come to be known by its present name, the American Standard Version. Because of its prominence in seminaries, it was in America sometimes simply called the “Standard Bible”.




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