In Psalms 1-41, the people of God give voice to their trust in the goodness of God through lament, praise and petition. They are the source of ethics and morality, praise, penitence, prayer and doctrine. They have been part of the hymn book of the church in every place and in every generation.Presenting new research alongside the best of old wisdom, Benjamin Sargent's commentary will inspire readers to discover the riches of the Psalms, to reflect deeply upon the living word, and -...

Benjamin Sargent offers a detailed examination of the use of scriptural quotations and allusions in the letters of Ignatius, employing methods used in the study of the use of Scripture in the New Testament.He aims to define an Ignatian 'hermeneutic' whilst also using a more accurate picture of interpretation in Ignatius to consider its significance in early Christianity.Sargent first focuses on the seven letters of the middle recension, as well as the long ...

The Sherlock Holmes Archive (1921-1927) is Doyle's last collection of stories about the famous detective. Over the seven years of their coexistence, Holmes bored Doyle. In 1893, in the story The Last Case of Holmes, the author tried to end his hero by putting him to death. The detective's fans, whose interest only grew, were outraged. By the will of fate, in 1901, Doyle heard the legends about a giant ghost dog, and since there was no need to invent a new hero, he resurrected Holmes so tha...

Dr. Joseph Bell - this is who the portrait of Sherlock Holmes was written from! Bell was thin, lithe, with a sharp gaze and a quick gait. By the mere appearance of the patient, he could tell what the patient was sick with, and tell a number of details of his life before he had time to open his mouth. Isn't it true that the image of the famous detective is recognized? Doyle learned the method of deduction and analysis from Dr. Bell, and could become a talented detective, because he had his ...

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Arthur Conan Doyle - English writer, was knighted in 1902 for his work in a field hospital during the Boer War. Sherlock Holmes is back! The more Doyle wrote about Holmes, the more he resembled his creator. But the author did not use drugs and was not fond of playing musical instruments. The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist The Adventure of Black Peter The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a Gothic novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, released in 1886. The work is also known as , Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, or simply Jekyll & Hyde The book follows a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.This classic novella introduced the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" to refer to people with an unpredictably dual nature: usually very ...

The main character of the novel "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, after returning from the distant 802701, tells an incredible story. In the future, he found humanity divided into two classes - the Eloi, beautiful little bums living on the surface of the earth, and the Morlocks, reduced to an animal level, working for the Eloi deep underground. However, the situation is gradually changing, and the careless eloi become food for the Morlocks, who crawl out at night "to hunt" from their dunge...