# The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament

Author: Kent, Charles Foster, 1867-1925

Genre: Judaism

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8566

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Origin+and+Permanent+Value+of+the+Old+Testament+Kent&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

During the past generation the Old Testament has commanded equally with the New the enthusiastic and devoted study of the great body of biblical scholars throughout the world. Two out of every three graduate students in our universities who specialize in the general field of biblical literature choose the Old as the special centre of their work. At the same time the tendency of the rank and file of the Christian church within the past decade has undoubtedly been to neglect the older Testament. Preachers as a rule select less than a fourth of their texts from it; the prevailing courses of Bible study devote proportionately less time to it; and teachers and scholars in the great majority of...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-origin-and-permanent-value-of-the-old-testament-8566/chapters/13/index.md)