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A Compendious Introduction To The Study Of The Bible - Softcover

Thomas Hartwell Horne

 
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A Compendious Introduction To The Study Of The Bible by Thomas Hartwell Horne. This nineteenth?century introductory handbook (Part I of a four?part work) defends the genuineness, authenticity, inspiration, and authority of the Bible for students and general readers. Edited posthumously by John Ayre, the volume outlines how to study Scripture critically and responsibly, situating its claims within Horne’s broader apologetic project. The work argues that divine revelation is possible and necessary for humanity, and that biblical books claim and deserve infallible authority. It blends external (historical and manuscript) evidence with internal (doctrinal and ethical) reasoning, treating miracles and prophecies as primary proofs of divine origin. Major themes include the genuineness and preservation of the biblical text, the credibility of its witnesses, the concept of inspiration as a cooperative process between God and human authors, and the evidential force of miracles and fulfilled prophecy. It also addresses common objections with reasoned replies and presents an overarching apologetic: the Bible as a divinely originated, historically verifiable, morally transformative corpus.

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