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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1954)
- f - - . - i Prestige of Bible Hig By GEORGE W. CORNELL ' xrvor vnrnr im - i t " - HUH AWAMfc l Ail viu USAtK r which has' been burned, .ridiculed, , loved, argued about and treasured today is commanding new and wi der attention. Hie book is the ; Bible. v -,- ; . ' ".There's an increasing general Interest in the Bible, and respect for it, both among the churched : and the unchurched' said Dr. Francis Carr SUfler, secretary of the American Bible Society. '; Many indications are that the book holds more prestige, in re ligious as well as other circles,1 than at any time since the mod ern period of scientific method be gan. . ; -.tl -& ..,. - Public demand for it has pt n j- aew records. In the last decade, many universities have set Hup KjBible courses. The intellectual fire once trained on the book Has I dimmed. . s : : 'Much of the early scientific i criticism has been modified in ! Tiew of later findings which turned I out to be closer to what the old .. : book said. , j Sonrte ti Insights 1 , "It was once aegarded in some ! : circles as just an adventure, but I it has proved to be a valuable j source of insights and historical j data," said Dr. Elias ;Bickerman, i Columbia University professor of j ancient history. j -"It commands more respect ' from scholars. Many of 'its. ac counts of ; traditions, laws and I chronology, have been t confirmed i by archeological material and rec-t- erds which previously weren't available." I Although friction still exists l especially between scholars and j literalists who reject an allegori cal view of some biblical accounts i the general shift has been to i ward more harmony, j 1 : This tendency has occurred in t Tarying degrees and ove? varying ; periods, in, many scholarly f fields f - biology, archeology and history. Modern . psychic findings i have r stirred a new scientific look at .biblical miracles. j f I "And among churches, the Bible ' has been getting- stronger empba- ais. : ' s Bible Centered "Seminaries have become -more t Bible-centered." Dr. Stifler said. 'In the liberal theological realm, .too, there is more Bible content The criticism of the Bible that . used to be popular in intellectual circles in the religious, field has definitely changed." . . Beginning on Thanksgiving Day, under sponsorship of the Bible Society, the llth annual "World wide Bible reading" period begins, with suggested scripture readings each day, it lasts until Christmas. More than 15 million copies of ttie reading lists have been dis tributed to churches throughout the country, with some 2,000 radio stations carrying announcements of the program. - "Faith for our day" is the theme of the period, -which has its cli mactic day on December 12, "Uni versal Bible Sunday." . Sales " at New -High f " " I i As foif-the book's current popu larity with the public, publishers report sales at new highs. f .. "At no time in mv menvirv haw. so many people shown sach a ser-1 jous nunger lor what the scrip-' tures have to say to us," said Dr, Gerald E. Knoff, head of the Christian Education Division I of the National Council of Churches. " Besides the public interest, there probably is more - scholarly inves tigation and church work going on . in connection with the Bible than in many years. , - : : , i - - Roman Catholic scholars 1 ire ' working on1 a new translation, the first since the Douay English Bible in 1610 which was t a k e a mostly from St. Jerome's 4th cen tury Latin Bible. : Forty. Protestant denominations joined in the 15-year project which resulted in the revised standard version of the Bible, which has surpassed all Bible publishing rec ords selling three million copies ; In two years. , . . FOAM RUBBER SLEEP-AIRE . . 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