General Biblical Introduction By: H. S. Miller

There are good reasons for writing this book. It is not simply an addition of one more book to the many; there are no "many." The writer has taught the subject of General Biblical Introduction for years, and he does not know of one book suitable for classroom work, covering the entire subject, telling the entire story concerning our Bible from GOD to US in sufficient detail and with sufficient simplicity to meet the needs of the theological student or the Bible Institute student and the ordinary Christian worker. In this respect, then, the need is great, and the field is unoccupied. There are good books from both the liberal and the conservative standpoints, as well as from positions friendly to both sides, but even these do not cover the entire subject, only certain phases of it; they do not define terms and are more suitable for reference than for textbooks. The scope of this book ranges from the beginning to the present day (1937), from GOD, giving His Word through the Holy Spirit through men to men (Inspiration), through the extensive subject of Canonicity and the Apocrypha, then through the subject of Genuineness, Authenticity, and Authority, embracing languages, writing, materials, original manuscripts, manuscript copies, catalogues, ancient versions, quotations from the Fathers, mediaeval and modern versions to the great American Standard Revised Version (1901), to US, and beyond, through the private and modern-speech versions to the last one (1937). It is hoped that the book will not only furnish a comprehensive and somewhat complete view