Título: John Calvin's Commentaries On Daniel 7- 12 (Annotated Edition)
Autor: John Calvin
Sinopse: This is the extended and annotated edition including * an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life Calvin produced commentaries on most of the books of the Bible. His commentaries cover the larger part of the Old Testament, and all of the new excepting Second and Third John and the Apocalypse. His commentaries and lectures stand in the front rank of Biblical interpretation. THE PROPHECIES OF DANIEL are among the most remarkable Predictions of THE ELDER COVENANT. They are not confined within either a limited time or a contracted space. They relate to the destinies of mighty Empires, and stretch forward into eras still hidden in the bosom of the future. The period of their delivery was a remarkable one in the history of out race. The Assyrian hero had long ago swept away the Ten Tribes from the, land of their fathers, and he in his turn had bowed his head in death, leaving magnificent memorials of his greatness in colossal palaces and gigantic sculptures. The Son of the renowned SARDANAPALUS, the worshipper of ASSARAC and BELTIS, had already inscribed his name and exploits on those swarthy obelisks and enormous bulls which have lately risen from the grave of centuries. The glory of NINEVEAH, passed away, to be restored again in these our days by the marvelous excavations at KOYUNJIK, KHORABAD, and NIMROUD. Another capital had arisen on the banks of the Euphrates, destined to surpass the ancient splendor of its ruined predecessor on the banks of the Tigris. The worshipper of the eagle-headed NISROCH a mighty leader of the Chaldean hordes had arisen, and gathering his armies from their mountain homes, had made the palaces and halls of NINEVE a desert, had marched southwards against the reigning PHARAOH of Egypt had encountered him at CARCHEMISH hurried on to THE HOLY CITY, and carried away with him to his favorite capital the rebellious people of the Lord. Among them was a captive of no ordinary note. He was at that time a child, yet he lived to see this descendant of the hardy Chasdim grow great in power and fame to hear the tale of the fall of TYRE, and the daughter of the ZIDONIANS, and of the triumph over PHARAOH HOPHRA, whom modern researches have discovered in the twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypts kings. At length the haughty conqueror returns, and dreams mysteriously. This forgotten prisoner becomes the only interpreter of wondrous visions of Empires about to arise and spread over distant centuries. The dreamer is at length gathered to his fathers, yet the interpreter lives on through the reign of the grandson, and explains a mysterious writing on the palace wall, amidst revelry which ends in the citys overthrow. Cryus and his Pers
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “John Calvin’s Commentaries On Daniel 7- 12 (Annotated Edition)”, de John Calvin, publicado pela editora Jazzybee Verlag, em 2023 e com 528 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Jazzybee Verlag
Páginas: 528
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: eng
ISBN: 3849620565
ISBN13: 9783849620561
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A leitura dos livros da editora Jazzybee Verlag conduz o leitor a um universo marcado por obras que transitam entre o clássico e o filosófico, com narrativas que frequentemente exploram debates teológicos, dilemas morais e históricos. O catálogo privilegia textos densos, muitos deles em formato de ensaio, autobiografia ou romance com forte carga reflexiva, onde o ritmo pode variar entre o contemplativo e o dramático. As obras sugerem uma atenção especial a contextos culturais e intelectuais europeus, com personagens que dialogam com tradições filosóficas e literárias, além de um tom que ora se mostra mais narrativo, ora mais didático e argumentativo.
