The Religion of Israel (Classic Reprint)
Book Details
Author(s)Alfred Firmin Loisy
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1330000609
ISBN-139781330000601
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Excerpt from The Religion of Israel
An attempt has been made in the following pages to transfer the thought of M. Loisy's La Religion d'Israel into English; so that its fine scholarship may be available to readers who are not on easy terms with the original. French prose is the most perfect instrument of thought and speech that the modern world has given us. Indeed, it might be argued that it is more perfect, in some of its qualities, than even Greek and Roman. Though it may not have all the force, weight, and brevity of the latter, nor the opulent variety and the subtil distinctions of the former, yet in lucidity, precision, irony, and above all in lightness of touch, it yields to neither. In these respects, it is far superior to all other existing European languages, and even to those curious variations in one of them which are being manufactured so capriciously in Australasia, South Africa and North America.
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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.
An attempt has been made in the following pages to transfer the thought of M. Loisy's La Religion d'Israel into English; so that its fine scholarship may be available to readers who are not on easy terms with the original. French prose is the most perfect instrument of thought and speech that the modern world has given us. Indeed, it might be argued that it is more perfect, in some of its qualities, than even Greek and Roman. Though it may not have all the force, weight, and brevity of the latter, nor the opulent variety and the subtil distinctions of the former, yet in lucidity, precision, irony, and above all in lightness of touch, it yields to neither. In these respects, it is far superior to all other existing European languages, and even to those curious variations in one of them which are being manufactured so capriciously in Australasia, South Africa and North America.
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.
