LAND OF THE BIBLE

A Bird's-eye View of the Land 97

Understanding Geography by Pictures 100

Locating Bible Characters in the Land 105

PART IV

THE BIBLE IN LITERATURE

The Bible's Place in Literature 113

Questions bringing out the Bible's Literary Value 116

1. The Poetry of the Bible 116

2. The Oratory in the Bible 118

3. Other Literary Forms Found in the Bible 119

4. The Literary Value of the Books of Prophecy 120

5. The Bible--an Inspiration to Writers 121

The Bible's Gift to Our Language 125

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PART V

THE BIBLE AND THE TEACHER

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How the Foregoing Suggestions for the Use of THE BIBLE
STORY may be Employed by the Bible School Teacher 161

1. In the Primary Department 161

2. In the Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Departments 162

PART VI

PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY

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INTRODUCTION

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KEY

Throughout this volume initials are used to indicate titles of volumes
in which references are found, as follows:--

G.B. Golden Book.

H.T. Hero Tales.

T.J. Tales of Old Judea.

L.J. Life of Jesus.

S.A. Songs of the Ages.

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INTRODUCTION

Why Read the Bible?

If Bible readers everywhere could return their answers what diverse
and interesting points of view the replies would bring!

For instance, one perceives in the Bible record the worst and the best
that men have always thought and felt; for him it is full of the
universal motives of humanity. He has noticed, too, that in sketching
often but the single act of a character, the Book brings the essential
man or woman vividly out of the darkness and into the light for all
time. As a student of men, we can imagine such a one replying that the
Bible is "The Book of Human Nature."

Another knows that it has been the inspiration of countless writers,
and that its sayings and teachings are woven by the hundreds and
thousands through and through the texture of our English masterpieces.
A student of books might well say that the Bible is