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The title is an English transliteration of Greek for "the hope of Israel", taken from Acts 28:20.The book was based on a series of lectures given by Thomas in 1848 and consists of three parts, The Rudiments Of The World, The Things Of The Kingdom Of God And Of Jesus Christ and The Kingdoms Of The World In Their Relation To The Kingdom Of God.
In Greek mythology, Elpis (Ancient Greek: Ἐλπίς, romanized: Elpis, lit. 'hope') is the minor goddess ( daimon ) of hope, about which the Greeks had ambivalent feelings. She was never the centre of a cult, as was Spes , her Roman equivalent, and was chiefly the subject of ambiguous Greek aetiological myths.
Dr. John Thomas (12 April 1805 – 5 March 1871) was a British religious leader and founder of the Christadelphians.He was a dedicated Bible expositor, and author of Elpis Israel, the first major writing to bring to light the subject of "God Manifestation" and the hope of Israel for future generations.
The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
The word is mentioned together with such other personifications as Elpis (Hope), sophrosyne (Prudence), and the Charites, who were all associated with honesty and harmony among people. [1] Her Roman equivalent was Fides, a personified concept significant in Roman culture. [citation needed]
People in the United States have an increasingly shifting outlook on the Bible, according to a new poll from Gallup.. Only 20% of people in the U.S. now say they view the Bible as the literal word ...
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible says that he was “surnamed Justus” or who “was called Justus”: “This is a Latin name, meaning just, and was probably given him on account of his distinguished integrity.” [citation needed] The Anglican Bible scholar J. B. Lightfoot “supposes that he [Joseph Barsabbas] was the son of Alphaeus and ...