THE MODERN READER'S BIBLE

FOR SCHOOLS

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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THE

MODERN READER'S BIBLE

FOR SCHOOLS

The New Testament

BY

RICHARD G. MOULTON, M.A. (CAMB.), Ph.D. (Penn.)

PROFESSOR (EMERITUS) OF LITERARY THEORY AND INTERPRETATION

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1920

All rights reserved

ANDOVER-ARVARD
THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

CAMBRIDGE, MASS,

1447, 434

COPYRIGHT, 1920,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set

up and electrotyped. Published March, 1920.

Norwood Press
J. 8. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co.

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPELS

THE GOSPELS

Gospel of Mark: Historic Memoirs

Gospel of Luke the Historian .

Wisdom Gospel of Matthew

Philosophical Gospel of John.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

INTRODUCTION TO THE EPISTLES AND REVELATION

THE EPISTLES

Thessalonians.

Galatians

I Corinthians

II Corinthians

Romans.

Ephesians

Colossians

Philemon

Philippians

Timothy and Titus .

Hebrews.

James

I Peter

II Peter and Jude

Three Epistles of John

THE REVELATION

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