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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 19; Original Publisher: Printed for the Spenser Soceity; Publication date: 1876; Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / General; Poetry / American / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 19; Original Publisher: Printed for the Spenser Soceity; Publication date: 1876; Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / General; Poetry / American / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 3; Original Published by: Printed for the Spenser Society in 1873 in 398 pages; Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Poetry / General; Poetry / American / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; ... Read more

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Caveat emptor
As with all Kessinger titles, caution is advisable. This is NOT a reprint of the "Works" of Taylor but of a 19th C edition of those works "not included" in the standard collections of his work.

It is nonetheless interesting for a scholar or collector, but it is hardly what the title suggests! ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1870-78.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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A brilliant study with flawed conclusions
This merticulous study of the New Testament descriptions of the Miracle at Cana, and the beheading of John the Baptist, relatingthem to the Book of Esther andthe Targum on the Book of Esther is fascinating, intense, and at times dazzling. The author takes us on a deep journey into words, phrases, and verbal motifs, arguing that the New Testament writers invented the Cana miracle and John's martyrdom having been inspired by familiar Old Testament stories. Thrilled as I am by this wondrous scholarly detective work, I disagree totally with the conclusions. I thinkthey're naieve. IfAus can see clearly that Cana and Esther connect, why couldn't Jesus of Nazareth see it? If Aus can see a connection between the Emperor's lavish style and promises in Esther and that of Herod, why couldn't Herodias see it and be inspired to ask for John the Baptist's head on a platter? Another argument which counters Aus is that the similarity of language and phrasing which he notes betweeen NT and OT here might have to do with the reporting of real events because the NT writers were familiar with that language. In other words the events are actual and the language describingthem is literary.And lastly, let me say that it is highly unlikely that any gospel writer would have fabricated thestory of John's beheading simply because John the Baptist was so popular and had so many followers. A gospel writer wanting to claim authority would not have simply made up something that wentcounter to what was known about such a famous personage. Thegospels weren't written in isolation. They weren't written for isolated communities. Bauckham in his brilliant work has well established what anyone can see from theletters of Paul: word circulated widely and rapidlyin the Christian communities. Followers of John the Baptist, or their sons and daughters would have been outraged by a fancy story of a beheading that never took place. Scholars simply don't understand how good communications were in biblical times, how rapidly word of something spread by ship andby Roman road, and how united by news and story people were. So we can not simply throw out the story of "the damsel's" dance and the beheading of John. The way to go in scholarship is to try to figure out more about the incident as it is reported. The real mystery is why did Salome dance before drunken men? Did she risk her entire reputation as a marriageable young woman when she did that to please Herod and obtain the head of the Baptist? Or was that actually permissablefor a young woman? Just throwing out the whole story doesn't really help us. It's not realistic.Of course I can not go toe to toe with a scholar like Aus when it comes to studying the texts, but those are my strong conclusions. Nevertheless I recommend this book highly. I hope it finds wide circulation soon in attractive re-print. The trip is worth it but come to your own conclusions. ... Read more