What is the meaning of the prophecy of Zechariah?[401 S.A.]

5. The Bible-an Inspiration to Writers

Compare Victor Hugo's account of the Fall of Jericho with the Bible account.[293 H.T.], [287-292 H.T.]
Show how the wilderness journey of the children of Israel is traced out in the poem, "Lead Me On".[238 H.T.]
How many of the twenty and more allusions to the Bible in Whittier's poem, "Palestine," can you pick out and explain?[15-17 H.T.]
To what event of Israelitish history does the "Song of the Manna Gatherers" refer?[198 H.T.] ([196 H.T.])

Poems Inspired by the Bible

The following well-known poems were inspired by passages in the Old Testament. Bring out some of the beauty and power which the poets saw in these passages by comparing them with the poems.

The Finding of Moses. [134 H.T.] ([138 H.T.])
The Seventh Plague of Egypt. [162 H.T.] ([166 H.T.])
The Burial of Moses. [274 H.T.] ([272 H.T.], [273 H.T.])
Saul and David [395 H.T.] ([396 H.T.])
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Cave of Adullam. [437 H.T.] ([438 H.T.])
Ruth. [49 T.J.] ([35 T.J.])
Belshazzar. [211 T.J.] ([201-206 T.J.])
The Destruction of Sennacherib. [315 T.J.] ([271-276 S.A.])
Hymn by the Euphrates. [316 T.J.] ([346 T.J.], [347 T.J.])
How does Dante, in his "Divine Comedy," use Psalm 114 ([134 S.A.], [135 S.A.])? [504 S.A.]
What famous writer at the age of fifteen composed a hymn founded on Psalm 136 ([162 S.A.], [163 S.A.])? [506 S.A.]
What Psalm has been most often translated into English verse? [35 S.A.]
Name some poets who have translated the Shepherd Psalm into verse. [498 S.A.]
Consider the passages descriptive of the relation of the Eastern shepherd to his sheep, on pages [200 L.J.] and [201 L.J.] and [285 S.A.], and study the pictures, noting the inscription on back, on pages [210 G.B.] and [288 G.B.] What qualities had this relationship peculiar to the East? State the peculiar qualities of this relationship that make the figure of the shepherd used in the first three lines of Psalm 23 particularly appropriate as applied to God. [35 S.A.]
Find the lines in Psalm 72 ([88 S.A.]) on which is based the tradition, evidenced by many poems, that the three Wise Men from the East were Kings. [501 S.A.], [29 L.J.], [41 L.J.]
What lines of Psalm 80 ([91 S.A.]) underlie Elizabeth Barrett Browning's, "The Measure," stanza 2? [501 S.A.]
What lines in Psalm 86 ([98 S.A.]) are beautifully used by Tennyson in the verse quoted from "Rizpah"? [502 S.A.]
What lines in Psalm 87 ([100 S.A.]) furnished the motto for Augustine's great work, "The City of God"? [502 S.A.]
What well-known tune derived its name from the number of the Psalm which was used with it? [116 S.A.], [503 S.A.]

Story Suggested by the Bible

Can you name a popular modern story that has its inspiration in "The Wise Men"?[41 L.J.]

Read the following stories from the volume, "The Life of Jesus," with your reading of Van Dyke's beautiful story, "The Other Wise Man," and note the interesting correspondence. Alternate Van Dyke's story with THE BIBLE STORY and read as follows:--

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