PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I THE BIBLE MAKES ITSELF INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CHURCH (UNTIL 325 A. D.)

II THE BIBLE BEGINS TO RULE THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE (325-600 A. D.)

III THE BIBLE TEACHES THE GERMAN NATIONS (500-800 A. D.)

IV THE BIBLE BECOMES ONE BASIS OF MEDIAEVAL CIVILISATION (800-1150 A. D.)

V THE BIBLE STIRS NON-CONFORMIST MOVEMENTS (1150-1450)

VI THE BIBLE TRAINS PRINTERS AND TRANSLATORS (1450-1611)

VII THE BIBLE RULES DAILY LIFE (1550-1850)

VIII THE BIBLE BECOMES ONCE MORE THE BOOK OF DEVOTION

THE INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE
ON CIVILISATION

THE
INFLUENCE OF THE BIBLE
ON CIVILISATION

BY
ERNST VON DOBSCHÜTZ
PROFESSOR OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
HALLE-WITTENBERG

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1914

Copyright, 1914
By Charles Scribner's Sons

Published April, 1914