Oriental Dialogues

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Excerpt from Oriental Dialogues: Containing the Conversations of Eugenius and Alciphron on the Spirit and Beauties of the Sacred Poetry of the Hebrews He does not judge of the books of the Old Testament, and the merit of Hebrew poetry, by comparing them with the regular productions of ages and nations more refined, but by going back to the times of the writers, and considering men and things in the light in which they viewed them. This is, no doubt, a wise and judicious method of proceeding. In his explication of the passages of Scripture, he considers them principally in an historical view, and, at the same time, by examining and illustrating the rhetorical and poetical manner of expression so frequently used by the Oriental writers of Sacred History, he often ascertains the facts which they transmit, and never fails to animate, by his manner of treating them, the virtuous and religious feelings which they are adapted to excite. In some instances, perhaps his explanations will be deemed more ingenious and fanciful, than solid. But we all know that genius has its whims. Humanum est errare. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.