THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE
ON CIVILISATION

THE
INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE
ON CIVILISATION

BY
ERNST VON DOBSCHÜTZ
PROFESSOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
HALLE-WITTENBERG

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1914

Copyright, 1914
By Charles Scribner's Sons

Published April, 1914

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PREFACE

One of the greatest questions of our day is howmodern civilisation and Christianity can go on inharmony. One can approach this question by severalways, but historical investigation has alwaysproved to be the surest. The author has in mindto write in German a full "History of the Bible,"when time will allow. Meanwhile this brief sketchmay prove useful. Readers who look for referenceswill find most of them in an article contributed bythe present writer to Dr. J. Hastings's Encyclopædiaof Religion and Ethics, vol. II, on "TheBible in the Christian Church."

The author wishes to express his thanks to hisfriend, Professor J. H. Ropes, for kindly readingthe proofs for him, to Mr. W. J. Wilson and Mr.H. A. Sherman, who helped him in improving thediction, and to Professor Williston Walker for[Pg vi]valuable information regarding early American documents.If any reader should find fault with theEnglish style of this book, he must not blame anytranslator—the author himself is responsible.

Ernst von Dobschütz.

Cambridge, Mass.
    January, 1914.

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