Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Prayer in Bible and Talmud
Most people think, How strange, nowadays, to occupy one's self with the Bible! It is not strange. Whoever is conversant with Scripture, and knows its beauties, daily discovers new charms therein. All great thinkers and poets have drawn inspiration therefrom. Goethe found in Job, Schiller, in the Proverbs Of Solomon, the most profound stimulus; and who knows to what extent the savants Of other nations are indebted to it? In the fact that nearly every family possesses a Bible, and scarcely any knows its contents, is hidden a problem Of great bearing. It would indeed be an honor able life-task to solve this problem satisfactorily. But now to our theme. Strictly speaking, the Bible contains but one prescribed prayer. In the laws concerning the first fruit Of the earth (deuteronomy xxvi.) we find the command (verse Thou shalt take Of the first fruits (3) And thou shalt come unto the priest (5) And thou shalt commence, and say, etc. Then follow verses 6 - 14, which form an introduction and a historic review. After the words, I have done all, just as thou hast commanded me comes the actual entreaty and prayer: O, look down from the habitation Of thy holiness, from the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given us, as Thou hast sworn unto our fore fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
