The Washington times., 1921-05-22
THE SHORTER BIBLE.


Sons according to the preface is not
intended to be a substitute for the
compiste text Of the familiar version.
Rather. its purpose seems to be to pre-
sent IN. form suitable to the needs of
those whose time for reading Is
limited q clear picture of the origin
and development of Judaism and
Christianity, together with the work
and teachings of the great social and
spiritual leaders of those times.
From causes which II Is not neces-
sary to discuss in an article OF this
nature, there are many repititions In
the books of the Bible. Genesis alone
containing somewhere near forty.
Matthew, and again In Luke. Else
where. accounts of the same events
or teachings are repeated. In the
Shorter Bible, these Implications are
eliminated. kindred parts are brought
together, and the material arranged
in groups according to the nature Of
it's scortent or in the order in which
it WAS written. ".
AS an example of the arrangement Of
the work the book of Genesis is
divided into four general headings
I'D hTSl Ht
Narrative" and is again divided under
seven minor headings. These cap
tions are 1.-THE Poem of Creation"
The Provisions for Mans Physical,
Moral and Social Development; Sin
and Its Tragic Consequences; Cain,
the Criminal; "The Survival of the
Morally Fit; Ia really modern note,
ihiR; "The Rainbow Of Promise" and
the. Traditional Origin Of Nations
and. Languages"
The aim has been to translate the
orteinal Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek
idiGsns into modern English equiva-
len5s--thst is. literal, rather than lit
ers33stic--and in keeping with the
needing for the story of creation
'The Poem of creation"--the narra-
tive has been set out in rough poeti-
cals5orm.
mus the familiar story OF. the crea-
tio& appears as follows:
In b. beginning when God created the
heavens and the earth,
An& while the earth was still Uniformed
and chaotic,
Wt Ssrsnsss on the & surfacs ss,O OF tns DEEP
God said. ''Let there be light" and there
And God saw that light was good,
then he separated the light from the
darkness,
And he called the light Day and the dark
Add there was an evening and Q morning,
making the nrst day.
Then follow THE Abraham Narra-
tives," The Jacob-Esau Narratives"
and -The Joseph Narratives" in para
graphs of moderate length, with the
huu5bers familiar to generations of
Ihbie readers missing. which gives
strangely modern appearance to the
work, but which makes for easier
reading. Occasionally there Is had
recourse to poetic arrangements
whsre the subject matter justifies.
The book. which was arranged and
II anslated by Charles Foster Kent,
woolsey professor of. Biblical litera-
turs in Yale University. with the as
sistAnce of Charles Cutler Torrey,
henry A. Sherman, Frederick Harris
and Ethel Cutler, is printed in ten
roiff type on very thin paper. max
table of contents and an index as aids
TO the student
Vicente Blasco Ibanez has been
elected to membership in the Green
Room Club. the famous theatrical or
gantzation.
NEW O. HENRY MEMORIAL
she o. Henry Memorial Prize
Stories of 1s2o- Doubleday, Page &
Col ,)is the second in the series which
the Society Of Arts and Sciences has
seiected az . memorial to the short
sto<y writer.
Esch year the society gives ffrst
and second prizes OF $500 and $3.50,
respectively. to the two American
authors for the best two short stories
published during the year In Ameri-
cam maeaxines In addition to the
prf1D stories the volume contains if-
teen others which the committee Of
judges selected a. the most meritori-
ousrstories Of the year.
This year the hrst prize winner II
MAXWELL Struthers Burt. whose story,
Each IN HIS Generation" appeared in
Scrtbnerp Magazine. This is a story
of intellectual appeal. Illustrating the
lack of sympathy and understanding
between generations Of the same
family, written in finished and work
man-likc manner.
Second prise was won by Frances
Moves Hart (Frances Newbold Noyes,
a Washingtonian) for her very hne
story, Contact Other well-known
writ:rr represented arc Alice Duer
MiIlar, William Dudley Pefley, F..
sos<s Ysszgarald, and wHb~r Daniel
SeseaA
ms LOwEIISS sIDGxEWD6~
Hoaxhesn Mfnnn Company wfn
shns<1y pubiish sLsgenda." . new
book Of poems b. Amy Lowen They
are q collection of choos strangA vital
syuAoais stories which man invents
in his progress toward civilization.
Miss IIowen has endowed these Tales
Of People. With tho passion and vital
ity ,of current events, while giving
to saeh the tDseh OF Its place and
tina