@THE BIBLICAL WORLD FOR 19012 
The Revival of Bibli- 
cal Study 
The past few years have seen a revival 
a the study of the Bible unparalleled 
since the Reformation. It was needed 
Evangelists had been working for : 
generation to convert sinners, but very 
few religious teachers had thought of 
the Bible as anything more than a col- 
of detached texts to be used as 
2 The Sunday school tried 
om ct the young, but it, too, sought 
% ae rather than instruc- 
E.. on educated people lost con- 
aa a and especially in the 
S. st then the spirit of historical 
. . to spread. Men at first 
. med; then they grew inter- 
* . ed awoke to a new love 
ss ete of the Bible. Today 
nisi Soa upon thousands 
‘i - Scriptures as sensibly and 
Aiea, usiastically than ever they 
school or college. 
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| “Biblical World’”’ 
nd Bible Study 
The Bia/j 
a eae hod ‘ventures to claim 
Ration tc n bringing this new refor- 
ss i. Nineteen years ago its 
af The =. a under the name 
Rokk ts, vudent. It has changed 
heres. Tt b - times, but its purpose 
eration of ad stood for the con- 
ts hecce Scholarship to the Bible. 
| Ithas reject ai to face new views. 
tome. Th a many, it has championed 
Meader of rel; often — how often, any 
1glous newspapers knows— 
Noused 
°pposition, but it has never 
entered into controversy. Nor willit. 
It believes the Bible to be its own best 
defender, and that to get men and 
women to study the Bible properly is 
to get them to follow its inspiration. 
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In the “Biblical 
World” for 1901 
an attempt will be made to meet the 
needs both of recent subscribers who 
have been attracted by the attention 
given by the magazine to the teaching 
of the Bible, and of those other readers 
who for years have looked to the Bid- 
ical World for help in biblical study. 
It will contain among other impor- 
tant papers 
A New Series of Construct- 
ive Studies 
The “Constructive Studies ” by Profes- 
sors Burton and Mathews published 
during rg0o have been most cordially 
received, the first edition being almost 
immediately out of print. The series 
for 1901 will be upon 
The Priestly Element in the Old 
Testamen 
and will be prepared by the Editor, 
PresIDENT W. R. HarPER. 
Another important series of articles 
will be composed of 
Studies in the History of the 
Idea of th Atonement 
by the Editors 
1. In Non-C 
PROFESSOR GEORGE 
In the Old Testament. 
pENT W. R. HARPER: 
In the New Testament. By PRo- 
sor E. D. BURTON: 
hristian Religions. By 
S, GOODSPEED. 
By PrEsI- 
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