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THE BIBLE

IN

MANY TONGUES.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY;

Instituted 1799.
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CONTENTS.

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Biography of Books-The Iliad - Cæsar's Commentaries--

Bacon's Organum-Bunny's Resolutions and Richard Baxter

-Wycliffe and Luther-Knox and Wesley-Doddridge and

Wilberforce-Richmond and the Dairyman's Daughter-Col.

Gardiner and Dr. Chalmers. The Bible and its influence on

individuals:-Usher and Toplady-The earl of Rochester-

Greenland-Andrew Fuller and Dr. McAll.-Luther and the

Psalms-Chrysostom and Paul's Epistles-Ridley and Boyle-

Sir Isaac Newton and Locke-Leighton's French Bible-The

Great Bible-Translators of modern times. Literary beau-

ties: Petrarch-Hale-Milton-Steele-Addison-Sir W.

Jones-Mrs. Hemans-Sir Walter Scott. The Bible and our

race:-Its influence-The patriarchs-The law. Missions:-

South America-Japan-Madagascar. The Reformation in

Germany, England, and Bengal-Its influence. Philology and

Historv-Europe, India, China-Universities of Germany-

Scotland and Italy-England and Spain-The Bible and

freedom-The spiritual results of the Bible most important.

CHAPTER II.

THE BIBLE IN THE ANCIENT BAST AND AT ROME.

The Captivity and the Targums-Jewish dispersions and their
moral purpose-Hebrew printing-The language of the Cymri
-Diffusion of Greek-The Ptolemies-The Alexandrian
Library and the Seventy-The story of Aristeas and l'hilo-A
dilemma-The Codex Alexandrinus written by a lady-All not
satisfied with the Seventy--Origen's Polyglot--Jerome's labours
-The Vulgate Antiquity, what P-Judge or witness ?-Did
the church at Rome originally read the Bible in the language
of Italy ?-Infallibility turns printer-Results. Syriac versions
-Claudius Buchanan-The churches in Malabar-Testimony
of Syrian churches against Romish corruptions. The Bible
speaks the language of barbarians-The Coptic version--The
Thebaic-The Ethiopic-Book of Enoch. Armenian version
and the Nestorians-The Georgian. The Goths, their origin
and version-The Silver Manuscript of Upsal-The Vandals-
The Sclavonic version. Arabic, one of the oldest and most
extensively spoken of all languages- Lessons. Who read
these books?-Ancient and modern libraries-The circulating
library of Cæsarea -- Fenelon's opinion -The Fathers-
Destruction of early books-Number of manuscripts now
existing-Results on the character of the early church, and
the extension of the gospel

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