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Many good things will be found in this book, but no trace will be found of t h e dispensational aspects of prayer. 86 pages; cloth; Wm. B. Eerd- mans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.; $1.50. TH E F A IT H Edited by Frederick A. Tatford This remarkable volume is a sym posium of articles of varying length on the whole range of Biblical theo logy. The subjects include among others: The Right Use of Knowledge, The Scriptures, The Holy Trinity, The Fatherhood of God, The Deity of Christ, The Saviour, The Resurrection of Christ, The Ascended Christ, The Holy Spirit, Creation, Man, Sin, The New Life, Eternal Security, Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibil ity, The Christian Path, Israel, Angels, Satan, Christ’s Second Ad vent, The Last Things, and Doctrine and the Personal Life. Appendixes on How We Got Our Bible, The Virgin Birth, and The Kenosis Theory conclude the dis cussions. The authors include F. F’. Bruce, W. E. Vine, A. Rendle Short, and H. St. John. The material is well written, true to,the Word, premillen- nial—valuable for individual or class study. General and Scripture indexes put the contents of the volume at the full disposal of the user. Nine pages of bibliography are a most valuable fea ture of the book. 359 pages; cloth; Pickering & Inglis Ltd., London; available from Fleming H. Revell Company, Westwood, N. J., $5.00. Book Brevities A PICTURE FOR JOY SHOP by Brenda Can- non. 58 pages; boards; Moody Press; 85c. Grandmother's stories for small children— Bibli cally centered, interesting. BY STRANGE PATHS by Sallie Lee Ball. 212 pages; cloth; Zondervan Publishing House, $2.50. An historical novel of old New Orleans with the struggles of a Christian girl toward victory in her Saviour. THE LANGUAGE OF HEAVEN by D. A. McCall. 142 pages; cloth; Sword of the Lord Publishers; $2.00. Gospel sermons based on the book of Revelation. Not an exposition of the book, but good preaching. JUNGLE DOCTOR AND THE WHIRLWIND by Paul White. 120 pages; cloth; Paternoster Press; 4s, 6d. More adventures of the missionary doc tor, this time during the fearsome Infulafumbi, the whirlwind. GALATIANS AND YOU by* C. Norman Bart lett. 128 pages; paper; Moody Press; 35c. Moody Colportage Library series. An excellent antidote to legalism, studies in the Epistle to the Gal atians. IRELAND AWAKENING by Eva Stuart Watt. 127 pages; paper; Moody Press; 35c. Moody Colportage Library series. A vivid, heart-warm ing story of revival in and around Dublin, Eire. Much Roman Catholic background. BIBLE PINNACLES by Ivor Powell. 176 pages; cloth; Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 8s, 6d. Bible character studies, two pages each, from Genesis to Revelation, richly suggestive. THE PRESIDENTS, MEN OF FAITH by Bliss Isely. 284 pages; cloth; W. A. Wilde Co., $3.75. Sketches of the lives of the presidents of the United States with emphasis upon their re ligious connections. Thumbnail chronologies of each.
By Donald G. Davis, Ph.D. All recommended books may be obtained from the Blola Book Room, 560 South Hope Street, Los Angeles 17, Calif. THE U T I L E J E T T S YOU TH TA LK S By Wade C. Smith Readers of Sunday School Times have watched for years the “ Little Jetts” as under the master hand of Wade C. Smith they have illustrated the Sunday School lesson. The fifty illustrated youth talks are interesting and challenging, both to read and use for teaching material—true to the Bible in every way. 192 pages; cloth; W. A. Wilde Co., Boston, Mass.; $ 2 . 00 . E X P O S IT O R Y NOTES O X THE P R O P H E T IS A IA H By H. A. Ironside This is the last of several expository works to appear after the death of the late beloved pastor of Moody Memorial Church, Chicago. Dr. Iron side prepared for the first 39 chapters from lectures given in 1949 at Dallas Theological Seminary, and the rest of the book was transcribed from wire recordings of the lectures after his Homegoing. The book does not claim to be a detailed exegesis of Isaiah’s long prophecy but provides brief comment on all sections of the book—literally “ Expository Notes.” Here are no solutions to critical problems, but rather an expository outline of the book, pointing the reader to the ful filment of the majestic events dealt with by Isaiah. The volume, uniform in binding with the author’s long series of expositions will be a wel come addition to the others. 369 pages; cloth; Loizeaux Brothers, Inc.,' New York,- N. Y., $3.75. Two new volumes from the Min ister’s Hand Book Series are here re viewed. This book will provide fresh material for the pre-Easter season, presenting as it does a full length sermon, several sermon outlines, and selected poetry on each of our Lord’s severf utterances from the cross. The sermons are by such pulpit giants as Spurgeon, Stalker, Simeon, Burrell, and F. W. Robertson. 107 pages; cloth; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich., $1.75. A F T E R TH IS M AN N E R By J. C. Mocauley The chapters of this monograph de veloped from three messages delivered by the author, a member of the teaching staff of Moody Bible Insti tute, on the so-called “ Lord’s Prayer.” 22 SERM ON S A X » OUTL INES O X TH E SEVEN W O R D S
"Truth . . . Out of thé Earth" Charles L. Feinberg, Th.D., PhD. THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Probably the most keenly alive subject in the realm of archaeology today is that of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The manner in which they came to light reminds us strongly of the chance occurrence where a peasant woman at Tell El-Amama in Eyypt in 1887 unearthed the valuable Amama Tablets while digging to get dust from the ruins to fertilize her garden, and the instance where, through the plowing of an Alaouite peasant at Ugarit in Syria in 1929, were discovered the significant Ras Shamra texts. It was in Jerusalem in February, 1948. Dr. John C. Trever, Acting Di rector of the American School of Ori ental Research in the absence of Dr. Millar Burrows, the Director, received a telephone inquiry about some an cient Hebrew manuscripts. Exper ience has taught scholars to be cau tious about ancient manuscript finds, for some have turned out to be for geries. The inquirer was Father Butros Sowmy, a priest of St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Convent in Jerusa lem. He was seeking information in order correctly to catalogue five scrolls in ancient Hebrew. When Father Sowmy arrived the next day at the American School, he showed Dr. Trever the scrolls wrapped in newspapers. Care had to be exercised because some of the manuscripts were quite brittle. The largest of all was much more pliable and so was soon unrolled for a dozen columns. The script looked ancient enough, but certainty was a prime factor. It was found that the script strongly resembled that of the Nash Papyrus, a manuscript in the Man chester Library in England contain ing Deuteronomy 6:4 and the Ten Commandments, which has been dated to the second century before Christ. Dr. Trever was permitted to copy a passage from the scroll at his request. How had the Syrian Convent come into possession of these scrolls? Bedouin, transporting goods from the Jordan Valley to Bethlehem, claimed to have come upon a cave, high in the cliffs, near the northern end of the Dead Sea. The cave was partly collapsed, closing the main entrance except for a small hole. At the time of the collapse of the cave, some jars
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