![]() ![]() Namely Zoology, can be treated in this work, although it is To us is so large that only one department of Natural History, Important, but in the case of the Holy Scriptures it is more than Even with secular books ofĮqually ancient date, the right understanding of them would be Were written, it is evident that we shall misinterpret instead Stand these writings as those understood them for whom they Sea, the birds of the air, and the beasts which abode with man orĭwelt in the deserts and forests. They embrace the barren precipitous rocksĪlternating with the green and fertile valleys, the trees, flowers,Īnd herbage, the creeping things of the earth, the fishes of the The Oriental character of the Scriptural books causes them toĪbound with metaphors and symbols, taken from the common Is to the full as important as either of the others. The true Biblical scholar and there is yet another science which Geography, and ethnology must all be pressed into the service of Written, it is impossible that they should be rightly understoodĪt the present day, and in this land, without the aid of manyĭepartments of knowledge. Under which the various books of the Holy Scriptures were ![]() OWING to the conditions of time, language, country, and race ![]()
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