Hitchcock's New and Complete Analysis of the Holy Bible - Including Cruden's Concordance to the Holy Scriptures (Hardcover)

The Holy Bible: Complete and How to Understand It, publishedby author Roswell Hitchcock in 1869, breaks down the verses ofthe Bible (more than 30,000) based on their meaning into 27 Books, 242 Chapters, and 2,369 Sections. Topics include Scripture, JesusChrist, Miracles, the Hebrews, Civil and Social Law, Fallen Man, andEschatology. It also contains Hitchcock's "Bible Name Dictionary,"which describes more than 2,500 Bible and related names and theirdefinitions. Verses are cataloged with like verses, and, though large, thebook is extremely navigable. The Cosimo version is unabridged, includingthe original illustrations by Nast and Carpenter and Cruden's CompleteConcordance to the Holy Scriptures; all in all, a unique collection. The HolyBible: Complete and How to Understand It is a perfect tool for the seriousBible scholar and those who want to break the Bible down into its mostessential parts.ROSWELL DWIGHT HITCHCOCK (1817-1887) was an Americantheologian and writer who graduated from Amherst in 1836 and studiedat Andover theological seminary. Hitchcock was a professor at BowdoinCollege in Maine and Union Theological Seminary in New York City andwas also the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Exeter, NewHampshire, from 1945-1952. He was elected president of the AmericanPalestine Exploration Society in 1871 (after his many travels to Palestineand the Middle East) and of Union Theological Seminary in 1880. He isthe author of several books, including The New and Complete Analysisof the Holy Bible, Life of Edward Robinson, and Carmina Sanctorum, among others.