THE HISTORICAL SERIES FOR BIBLE STUDENTS.
Edited by Professor CHARLES F. KENT, Ph.D., of Yale University,
and Professor FRANK K. SANDERS, Ph.D. of Yale University.

In response to a widespread demand for non-technical yet scholarly and reli-
able guides to the study of the history, literature, and teaching of the Old
and New Testaments, and of the contemporary history and literature, this series
aims to present in concise and attractive form the results of investigation and
exploration in these broad fields. Based upon thoroughly critical scholarship, it
will emphasize assured and positive rather than transitional positions. The series
as a whole is intended to present a complete and connected picture of the social,
political, and religious life of the men and peoples who figure most prominently in
the biblical records.

Each volume will be complete in itself, treating comprehensively a given sub-
ject or period. It will also refer freely to the biblical and monumental sources,
and to the standard authorities. Convenience of size, clearness of presentation,
and helpfulness to the student, will make the series particularly well adapted for
(I) practical text-books for college, seminary, and university classes; (2 hand-
books for the use of Bible classes, clubs, and guilds; (3) guides for individual
study; and (4) books for general reference.

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