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BIBLE ECHOES IN ANCIENT CLASSICS

BIBLE ECHOES

IN

ANCIENT CLASSICS

BY

CRAUFURD TAIT RAMAGE, LL.D.

AUTHOR OF 'NOOKS AND BY-WAYS OF ITALY;'

'BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS FROM LATIN AUTHORS;''BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS
FROM GREEK AUTHORS,' ETC.

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Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.

PREFACE.

IN bringing together the finer thoughts of Greek and Roman authors, it was impossible not to be struck by their great likeness to what is found in the inspired writings of the Old and New Testament. Here and there in my Greek and Latin volumes, attention was drawn to this parallelism, but it was done in too cursory a manner to carry out my views as fully as could have been wished. It has been, therefore, thought that it might not be without interest to enter more at length into the subject, and to illustrate the Sacred Writers by placing alongside of them the parallel thoughts which are to be found in profane authors. I am not aware that any complete work of this kind has ever appeared. Duport's work (1660) only refers to the Iliad and Odyssey, and Luxdorph's small essay (1790) only shows the similarity of some of the thoughts of Plato to those of the Bible. Schneider's work (1865) is a valuable collection to illustrate the doctrines of the Christian religion, but to what extent he has succeeded must be left to learned theologians to determine. All these are only available to the learned, and are of a limited nature. This work has a wider scope, and aims at bringing within reach of a large body of educated men, though their knowledge of the classical languages may be slight, the profound thoughts of the ancient poets and philosophers, that may be

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