The English Bible

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BRITAIN IN
THE ENGLISH BIBLE
by
Sir Herbert Grierson
Sir Herbert Grierson is a distinguished scholar and a leading authority on English seventeenth century literature. He was for many years Professor of English Literature in the University of Edinburgh. He is a distinguished editor and has written many books ; two of the best known being Metaphysical Poets, Donne to Butler and Cross Currents in the Literature of the Seventeenth Century. No living writer is better equipped than Sir Herbert Grierson to expound the fascinating history of the English Bible and its great influence on our language and literature.
In this book he has used his immense scholarship to present to the general reader a clear and absorbing story of the Bible in English, from the earliest to the latest versions, and of the remarkable men who took part in what was once a dangerous, and has always been a fascinating, task.
BRITAIN IN PICTURES
The Nations and Britain
A New Series
Each volume with ii Colour... Tovább

Fülszöveg

BRITAIN IN
THE ENGLISH BIBLE
by
Sir Herbert Grierson
Sir Herbert Grierson is a distinguished scholar and a leading authority on English seventeenth century literature. He was for many years Professor of English Literature in the University of Edinburgh. He is a distinguished editor and has written many books ; two of the best known being Metaphysical Poets, Donne to Butler and Cross Currents in the Literature of the Seventeenth Century. No living writer is better equipped than Sir Herbert Grierson to expound the fascinating history of the English Bible and its great influence on our language and literature.
In this book he has used his immense scholarship to present to the general reader a clear and absorbing story of the Bible in English, from the earliest to the latest versions, and of the remarkable men who took part in what was once a dangerous, and has always been a fascinating, task.
BRITAIN IN PICTURES
The Nations and Britain
A New Series
Each volume with ii Colour Plates and 50-70 Illustrations in Photogravure 8/6 net
RUSSIA AND BRITAIN Edward Crankshaw
CHINA AND BRITAIN Sir John T. Pratt
GREECE AND BRITAIN Stanley Casson 7/6
Further volumes on U.S.A., Holland, France, etc.
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Omnibus Volumes
THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND EMPIRE Edited and with an introduction by W. J. Turner With 48 Plates in Colour and 173 Illustrations in photogravure 16/- net
This volume comprises the complete text and a full selection of the illustrations of the 7 volumes published in the British Commonwealth in Pictures series and sold separately at 4/6 net
IMPRESSIONS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
Edited by W. J. Turner with an introduction
by Kate 0*Brien With 48 Plates in Colour and 150 Illustrations in photogravure 16/- net
This volume comprises the complete text and a full selection of the illustrations of Sir Herbert Grierson's English BiblCi Lord David Cecil's PoetSy Graham Greene's Dramatists^ E. L. Woodward's Historians, Kate O'Brien's Diaries and Journals, Elizabeth Bowen's Novelists, and
Kenneth Matthews* Philosophers All published in the Britain in Pictures Series and sold separately at 4/6 net Vissza