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English version of HISTOIRE SAINTE – Holy History, written by Dom Jean de Monléon OSB, will appear at a future date as pdf...I will occasionally post excerpts….contains errors.
In the meantime, it is quite simple to do an AI translation:
French pdf autodownload here:
http://oblaturesm.ca/pdf6/HistoireSainte.pdf

Open pdf> select and copy desired passages (Duckduckgo provides flowing text for an accurate translation, Firefox, A dobe etc.).> paste in Google translate, or DeepL or pdftranslator.org etc. Done!

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The Principles of Dom de Monléon O.S.B.

Dom Jean de Monléon (1890?1981), a Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Sainte-Marie in Paris, is a unique figure in biblical scholarship in the 20th century. In a world riddled with rationalism, scientism, and skepticism, he produced a luminous, delightful, and profitable science of Holy Scripture.

This Holy Scripture is the word of God; it is the Revelation of the highest mysteries, such as God's intimacy in His Holy Trinity, the supernatural destiny of humans, and the Redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ. God revealed this to us in His eternal Word, and He communicates it to us through human words that are both accessible and transfigured.

Dom de Monléon highlights and admirably describes this transfiguration by drawing on the Church Fathers. They are the echoes of the apostolic Tradition that Jesus Christ entrusted to the Catholic Church: outside of it, the Holy Bible remains a sealed book that radiates a light yet effective enough to be recognized, but insufficient to lead to eternal salvation.

Studying under Dom de Monléon's school, therefore, is to see the word of truth shine, so clear to upright minds and so gentle to willing hearts.

The links at the end of this writing give access to five docuмents in which Dom de Monléon lays out the principles he applies throughout the scriptural commentaries he published:

The Mystical Meaning of Revelation (1948, anastatic reprint 1984);
The Patriarchs (1954);
Moses (1956);
Joshua and the Judges (1959);
The Wedding at Cana (1959);
The Prophet Daniel (1963);
Commentary on the Prophet Jonah (1967, reprint 1970);
The Song of Songs (1969);
King David (1972).

Here one is a thousand miles away from the vain knowledge that dries up the heart. Dom de Monléon does not seek to shine in the eyes of the world; he works to bring the Holy Scripture back to Christians, to reveal its deep meaning to them, and to make them appreciate the salutary light, to encourage them to meditate on it.

Here is therefore the transcription, in order of publication of:

Preliminary Notions on the Authentic Meaning of Holy Scripture (1936);
Return to Holy Scripture and Its Traditional Conception (1942);
Revelation, Traditions, and Tradition (1964);
The Hebrew Original and the Vulgate (1965 & 1967);
Higher Criticism and Internal Criteria (1965 & 1967).

Preliminary Notions on the Authentic Meaning of Holy Scripture
Return to Holy Scripture and Its Traditional Conception
Revelation, Tradition and Traditions
The Hebrew Original and the Vulgate
Higher Criticism and Internal Criteria

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https://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&n=de+monleon&oc=0&p=jean

Nationality: France
Born in: Marseille, on 9/5/1890
Died in: Paris, on 19/04/1981

Biography:
Dom Jean de Monléon was an exegete renowned for the thoroughness of his historical and theological research.
[1919, entered Benedictine Order - O.S.B.]
Reserve cavalry lieutenant (seniority dated March 18, 1918), as listed in the register of former reserve officers in the 'Military Status of Cavalry Officers' as of May 1, 1937.

His extensive ecclesiastical knowledge allowed him to see the weaknesses in many modern school commentators—weaknesses only masked by an impressive scientific apparatus from afar.

He published notably: Les Instruments de la Perfection 'The Instruments of Perfection,'
Les Douze degrés de l'Humilité 'The Twelve Degrees of Humility' (commentaries on the Rule of Saint Benedict),
Le Christ-Roi 'Christ the King,' Le Cantique des Cantiques 'The Song of Songs,' ...

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HOLY HISTORY, BY Dom Jean de Monléon. (+1981)
Tome of Five Books
There are two different page folios:
The separate books have Roman Numerals before the specific page numbering of each BOOK...for example: Abraham I-20 (1 of 1400), Moses II-1 (341 of 1,400), Josue and the Judges III-1 (641 of 1,400), David IV-1 (861 of 1,400), Daniel and Jonas V -1 (1,161 of 1,400)
I added the simple pdf page count eg: pdf254.

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Seminario Internacional Nuestra Senora Corredentora

I. THE PATRIARCHS

Historical and Mystic Commentary on the Accounts of Genesis

Les ÉDITIONS de la SOURCE 5, RUE DE LA SOURCE,5 – PARIS, XVI

Note: The parts of the text written in italics reproduce word-for-word the very letter of the Bible, translated from the Vulgate of Clement VIII.

For references to the Commentaries on the Book of Genesis, most often cited in this work, the following abbreviations have been used:

Orig. : Origène, Homélies sur la Genèse, Pat. lat. de Migne, tome XII.
Hier. : Saint Jérôme, Livre des questions hébraïques sur la Genèse. Pat. Lat. de Migne, t. XXIII.
Chrys. : Saint Jean Chrysostome, Homélies sur la Genèse, Pat. gr. de Migne, t. LIII.
Ephr. : Saint Éphrem, Explication sur la Genèse, Œuvres complètes, Rome, 1737, t. I.
Rhab. : Rhaban Maur, Commentaires sur la Genèse, Pat. lat. de Migne, t. CVII.
Rup. : Rupert de Deutz, Des œuvres de la Sainte Trinité. Pat. lat. de Migne, t. CLXVII.
Glos. : Glossa ordinaria, de Wallafrid Strabon, édition d’Anvers, 1617, t. I.
Lyre : Glose de Nicolas de Lyre. (Cette glose se trouve reproduite dans l’ouvrage ci-dessus, en bas de chaque page).
Proc. : Procope de Gaza, Commentaires, Pat. gr. de Migne, tome LXXXVII.
Schol : Pierre Comestor, Historia Scholastica, Pat. lat. de Migne, t. CXCVIII.
Guib. : Guibert de Noyon, Morales sur la Genèse, Pat. lat. de Migne, t. CLVI.
Dam. : Saint Pierre Damien, Commentaires sur l’Ancien Testament, Pat.lat. de Migne, t. CXLV.
Becta : Saint Bède le Vénérable, Commentaires sur le Pentateuque, Pat. lat. de Migne, t. XCI.
Flav. : Flavius Josèphe, Antiquités judaïques, tract. d’Arnauld d’Andilly, Paris, 1700, t. I.
Aurea. : Pseudo-Thomas d’Aquin, Exposition d’or sur la Genèse (dans les Œuvres complètes de saint Thomas, édition Vivès, t. XXXI).
Corn. : Corneille Lapierre, Commentaires sur la Sainte Écriture, Édit. Vivès, t. I.
Carth. : Denys le Chartreux, Commentaires sur la Sainte Écriture, Édit. de Montreuil, t. I. 4 NOTE
Fill. : Fillion, La Sainte Bible, commentée d’après la Vulgate, Letouzey, 1903, t. I.
Vig. : Vigouroux, La Bible et les découvertes modernes, Paris, 1889, t. II.
Ricc. : Riccioti, Histoire d’Israël, Paris, 1939 (traduit de l’italien), t. I.
Marst. : Sir Charles Marston, The Bible is True! Paris, 1934
[ Note: At the beginning of each of the five books, there can be found additional abbreviations]

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Tables of Contents [ Complete for all 1400 pages ]:
The Patriarchs 1 of the 5

Preface by Paul Claudel ............................................................................................. 4
1 of the 5
1. Abraham
CHAPTER 1 The departure from the home country (GEN. 11, 27 – 12, (5) ....... 21
CHAPTER 2 First stay in Chanaan (GEN. 12, 6-9.................................. 30
CHAPTER 3 The first abduction of Sara (GEN. 12, 10-20) .....................................35
Chapter 4 Where Abraham separates from Lot (GEN. 13) .................................. 44
CHAPTER 5 The war against the five Kings (GEN. 14) .......................................... 48
CHAPTER 6 New promise and consecration of the Alliance (GEN. 15) ..............55
CHAPTER 7 Agar (GEN. 16) ................................................................... 61
CHAPTER 8 Circuмcision (GEN. 17) ...................................................................... 68
CHAPTER 9 The Oak of Mambré (GEN. 18) ...........................................................74
CHAPTER 10 S0donn and Gonnorrah (GEN. 19, 1-29)........................................... 82
CHAPTER 11 The Daughters of Lot (GEN. 19, 30-37)........................................... 92
CHAPTER 12 The second abduction of Sarah (GEN. 20 AND 21, 22-34) ........... 96
CHAPTER 13 The birth of Isaac and the expulsion of Agar (GEN. 21, 1-21) .... 100
CHAPTER 14 The sacrifice of Isaac (GEN. 22) ......................................................106
CHAPTER 15 The Death of Sarah (GEN. 23) ........................................................ 117
CHAPTER 16 Rebecca (GEN. 24, 1-53) ..................................................................120
CHAPTER 17 Isaac's Marriage (Gen. 24, 54-67) ...................................................128
CHAPTER 18 Cethura (GEN. 25, 1-10) ................................................................. 133

BOOK II
Isaac and Jacob
CHAPTER 1 The birth of Jacob (GEN. 25, 11-28) .................................................138
CHAPTER 2 The lentil plate (GEN. 25, 29-34) ..................................................... 143
CHAPTER 3 “She is my sister” (GEN. 26, 1-13).....................................................146
CHAPTER 4 The wells case (GEN. 26, 14-35) .......................................................149
CHAPTER 5 “I am Esau” (GEN. 27, 1-20) ..............................................................155
CHAPTER 6 Where Esau is not happy (GEN. 27, 20-41) .....................................158
CHAPTER 7 The Ladder of Jacob (GEN. 27, 4 – 28, 22) ......................................164
CHAPTER 8 A complicated marriage (GEN. 29, 1-30) ........................................ 171
CHAPTER 9 A beautiful family (GEN. 29, 31 – 30, 24) ........................................ 178
CHAPTER 10 Black, white and variegated sheep (GEN. 30, 25-43) .................. 187
CHAPTER 11 Jacob fled from Laban (GEN. 31) ....................................................192
CHAPTER 12 The ford of Jaboc (GEN. 32) ............................................................198
CHAPTER 13 Meeting with Esau (Gen. 33) ......................................................... 206
CHAPTER 14 Dina (Gen. 34) ................................................................................. 210
CHAPTER 15 The Terebinth of Sichem (Gen. 35, 1-8) ........................................218
CHAPTER 16 Death of Rachel (Gen. 35, 9-29)..................................................... 223

BOOK III
Joseph
CHAPTER 1 Joseph sold by his brothers (GEN. 37) ............................................ 229
CHAPTER 2 Judah and Thamar (GEN. 38) . . . ..................................................... 242
CHAPTER 3 Joseph at Putiphar (GEN. 39, 1-12) . . . ........................................... 249
CHAPTER 4 Joseph is thrown into prison (GEN. 39, 12-23) ...............................257
CHAPTER 5 The large stump and the large basket (GEN. 40) .......................... 261
CHAPTER 6 The dream of Pharaoh (GEN. 41, 1-36) .......................................... 268
CHAPTER 7 Psomtom-Phanech or World Savior (GEN. 41, 37-45) ...................275
CHAPTER 8 Aseneth (GEN. 41, 45-57) ................................................................ 278
CHAPTER 9 First voyage of the sons of Jacob to Egypt (GEN. 42, 1-5)............ 282
CHAPTER 10 Unexpected Complication (GEN. 42, 6-38) .................................. 285
CHAPTER 11 Second trip to Egypt (GEN. 43) ..................................................... 293
CHAPTER 12 The stolen cup (GEN. 44) .............................................................. 298
CHAPTER 13 Joseph is recognized by his brothers (GEN. 45) .......................... 303
CHAPTER 14 Israel descends into Egypt (GEN. 46, 1 – 47, 12) ........................ 308
CHAPTER 15 Joseph establishes a new agrarian regime (GEN. 47, 13-26) ..... 315
CHAPTER 16 Blessing of the children of Joseph (GEN. 47, 27 – 48, 22) ......... 319
CHAPTER 17 Jacob blessed his children before he died (GEN. 49................... 324
CHAPTER 18 Death of Jacob and Joseph (GEN. 50) .......................................... 336

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2. Moses
2 of the 5
Book I
Egypt
CHAPTER 1 The Pharaohs follow, don't resemble each other (EX. 1) .. 16 pdf356
CHAPTER 2 The Cryster (EX. 2, 1-10) ......................................................... 25 pdf365
CHAPTER 3 At the crossroads (EX. 2, 11-25).............................................. 31 pdf371
CHAPTER 4 The burning bush (EX. 3, 1-15) .............................................. 38 pdf378
CHAPTER 5 The return to Egypt (EX. 3, 16 – 4, 17) .................................. 46 pdf386
CHAPTER 6 First visit to Pharaoh (EX. 5, 1 – 6, 9) ..................................... 53 pdf392
CHAPTER 7 Snake against snakes (EX. 6, 10 – 7, 12) ................................ 59 pdf399
CHAPTER 8 The first plagues of Egypt (EX. 7, 14 – 8, 30) ........................ 64 pdf404
CHAPTER 9 Second series of wounds (EX. 9, 1 – 10, 23) ......................... 70 pdf410
CHAPTER 10 The First Passover (E.g. 10, 24 – 14, 4) ................................ 76 pdf416
CHAPTER 11 The Red Sea Passage (EX. 14, 5-23)...................................... 84 pdf424
CHAPTER 12 Egyptian army, annihilated without combat (EX. 14, 24) . 89 pdf429

BOOK II
The Sinai
CHAPTER 1 The Song of Moses (EX. 15, 1-21) .......................................... 95 pdf435
CHAPTER 2 The waters of Mara (EX. 15, 22 – 16, 13) .............................103 pdf443
CHAPTER 3 The manna (EX. 16, 13-26) ....................................................109 pdf449
CHAPTER 4 Raphidim (Ex. 17, 1-7) ........................................................... 114 pdf454
CHAPTER 5 Victory over Amalec (EX. 17, 8-16) ...................................... 119 pdf459
CHAPTER 6 The visit of Jethro (EX. 18) .................................................... 124 pdf464
CHAPTER 7 Sinai (EX. 19) .......................................................................... 129 pdf469
CHAPTER 8 The Decalogue (E.g. 20, 1-21) .............................................. 135 pdf475
CHAPTER 9 The Old Covenant (EX. 20, 21 – 24, 12) ...............................140 pdf480
CHAPTER 10 Moses, forty days in the cloud (EX. 24, 12 – 31, 18)........ 145 pdf485
CHAPTER 11 The golden Calf (EX. 32, 1-6) .............................................. 153 pdf493
CHAPTER 12 The return of Moses (EX. 32, 7-35).................................... 158 pdf498
CHAPTER 13 Second tablets (EX. 33 AND 34) ......................................... 166 pdf506
CHAPTER 14 Foundation of the Levitical Priesthood (EX. 25 – 31; 35) 171 pdf511
CHAPTER 15 Nadab and Abiu (LEV. 10) ................................................... 179 pdf519
CHAPTER 16 The offerings of the princes of Israel (NUM. 7) ................184 pdf524

BOOK III
The Road to Chanaan
CHAPTER 1 The departure of Sinai (NUM. 8, 9 AND 10) ....................... 191 pdf531
CHAPTER 2 The Sanhedrin Institution (NUM. 11, 1-18, 25-29) ............ 196 pdf536
CHAPTER 3 Concupiscent sepulchres (NUM. 11, 18-25, 30-34) .......... 202 pdf542
CHAPTER 4 Where Mary is struck with leprosy (NUM. 12) ................... 206 pdf546
CHAPTER 5 Exploration of the Promised Land (NUM. 13, 1-27)........... 211 pdf551
CHAPTER 6 Report of Explorers (NUM. 13, 27 – 14, 45) ....................... 216 pdf556
CHAPTER 7 Man collecting wood in the Sabbath (NUM. 15, 32-41).... 222 pdf562
CHAPTER 8 Dathan, Koré and Abiron (NUM. 16, 1-35) .......................... 225 pdf565
CHAPTER 9 God proves that Aaron is pontiff (NUM. 16, 41 – 17, 13)... 232 pdf572
CHAPTER 10 The Death of Mary (NUM. 20, 1) ........................................237 pdf577
CHAPTER 11 Water of Contradiction (NUM. 20, 1-13) .......................... 241 pdf581
CHAPTER 12 The Death of Aaron (NUM. 20, 14-30) .............................. 245 pdf585
CHAPTER 13 The brass serpent, passage of the Arnon (NUM. 21, 1-20) . 249 pdf589
CHAPTER 14 Kings Sehon and Og (NUM. 21, 21-35) ............................. 254 pdf594
CHAPTER 15 King Balac appeals to Balaam (NUM. 22) ............................260 pdf600

CHAPTER 16 The mouth donkey tells the truth (NUM. 22, 28 – 23,) .. 266 pdf606
CHAPTER 17 The Star of Jacob (NUM. 23, 25 – 24, 25) ......................... 271 pdf611
CHAPTER 18 The Fornication of Israel (NUM. 25, 1-15) ........................ 277 pdf617
CHAPTER 19 The Punishment of the Midianites (NUM. 31) ................ 282 pdf622
CHAPTER 20 Installation of the Transjordan Tribes (NUM. 32) ............ 286 pdf626
CHAPTER 21 The last days and the death of Moses (DEUT., 1 – 34) ... 292 pdf632

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SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL
NUESTRA SEÑORA CORREDENTORA

3 of the 5
3. Joshua
BOOK I
CHAPTER 1 Rahab the Courtesan (JOS. 1 AND (2) ......................................6 pdf646

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SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL
NUESTRA SEÑORA CORREDENTORA

3 of the 5
3. Joshua
BOOK I
CHAPTER 1 Rahab the Courtesan (JOS. 1 AND (2) ......................................6 pdf646
CHAPTER 2 The passage of the Jordan (JOS. 3, 1 – 5, 12) ...................... 14 pdf654
CHAPTER 3 The walls of Jericho (JOS. 5, 13 – 6, 27) ............................... 19 pdf659
CHAPTER 4 The sin of Achan (JOS. 7) ........................................................ 28 pdf668
CHAPTER 5 The capture of Hai (JOS. 8, 1-29) ........................................... 33 pdf673
CHAPTER 6 The renewal of the Alliance (JOS. 8, 30-35 – DEUT. 27) ...... 38 pdf678
CHAPTER 7 The strange deception of the Gabaonites (JOS. 9) .............. 44 pdf684
CHAPTER 8 Conquest of Palestine (JOS. 10 AND 11) ............................... 49 pdf689
CHAPTER 9 The draw of the prizes (JOS. 13 AND 14) ............................... 59 pdf699
CHAPTER 10 The establishment in Chanaan (JOS. 15 – 21) ................... 64 pdf704
CHAPTER 11 The altar of the Jordan (JOS. 22) ...........................................70 pdf710
CHAPTER 12 The Death of Joshua (JOS. 23 AND 24) ................................74 pdf714

BOOK II
The Judges
CHAPTER 1 The Chanaaneans regain the hair beast (JUD. 1 AND 2) .. 81 pdf720
CHAPTER 2 Aod, or the advantage of being ambidextrous (JUD. 3) ..... 90 pdf730
CHAPTER 3 Debora (JUD. 4 AND (5) ............................................................96 pdf735
CHAPTER 4 Gideon enters the stage (JUD. 6) ......................................... 105 pdf745
CHAPTER 5 The bread baked under the ash (JUD. 7) ...................... ... 111 pdf751
CHAPTER 6 The “Abiezer harvest” (JUD. 8) ............................................. 116 pdf756
CHAPTER 7 Abimelech (JUD. 9) ................................................................ 124 pdf764
CHAPTER 8 The daughter of Jephthah (JUD. 11) .................................... 135 pdf775
CHAPTER 9 Danger of poor pronunciation (JUD. 12) ............................. 147 pdf787
CHAPTER 10 The Birth of Samson (JUD. 13) ............................................ 152 pdf792
CHAPTER 11 Lion and honey (JUD. 14) .................................................... 158 pdf798
CHAPTER 12 The Foxes (JUD. 15, 1-8) ...................................................... 166 pdf806
CHAPTER 13 The donkey jaw (JUD. 15, 9-20).......................................... 171 pdf811
CHAPTER 14 Dalila (JUD. 16, 1-21) ........................................................... 178 pdf818
CHAPTER 15 The Death of Samson (JUD. 16, 22-31) ...............................178 pdf818
CHAPTER 16 Micah and his levite (JUD. 17 AND 18) ............................. 193 pdf833
CHAPTER 17 The woman cut into pieces (JUD. 19) ................................ 203 pdf843
CHAPTER 18 Unfortunate moment for tribe of Benjamin (JUD. 20 + 21) .. 209 pdf849
CONCLUSION To the whole book of Judges ................................................... ....858

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4 of the 5
4. David

Book 1
Foreword ………………………………………………………………………5 pdf865
The Youth
CHAPTER 1 Birth of Samuel (I KINGS, 1) ..................................................... 7 pdf867
CHAPTER 2 The song of Anne (I KINGS, 2) ................................................. 14 pdf874
CHAPTER 3 Danger that there is not to correct his children (I KINGS, 3) . 17 pdf877
CHAPTER 4 The Ark in the Philistines (I ROIS, 4 – 6) ................................ 25 pdf885
CHAPTER 5 Samuel in power (I ROIS, 7) .................................................... 36 pdf896
CHAPTER 6 Israel wants a king (I KINGS, 8) ................................................41 pdf901
CHAPTER 7 The election of Saul (I KINGS, 9 – 10) .................................... 45 pdf905
CHAPTER 8 Campaign against Ammonites (I KINGS, 11............................53 pdf993
CHAPTER 9 Samuel's First Difficulties with Saul (I KINGS, 12 – 13) ....... 58 pdf918
CHAPTER 10 Jonathans (I KINGS, 14) ............................................. ........ 63 pdf923
CHAPTER 11 Saul's Disobedience (I KINGS, 15) ...................................... 71 pdf931
CHAPTER 12 The youngest (I KINGS, 16) ................................................. 78 pdf938
CHAPTER 13 Goliath (I KINGS, 17) .............................................................83 pdf943
CHAPTER 14 Where Saul begins to persecute David (I KINGS, 18 –20) .. 94 pdf954
CHAPTER 15 David runs away from the Philistines (I KINGS, 21.............106 pdf966
CHAPTER 16 The massacre of priests (I KINGS, 22) ............................... 112 pdf972
CHAPTER 17 The Ziph Desert (I KINGS, 23 – 24) .................................... 119 pdf979
CHAPTER 18 Nabal, the evil rich (I KINGS, 25) .........................................130 pdf990
CHAPTER 19 David saves Saul a second time (I KINGS, 26) .................. 137 pdf997
CHAPTER 20 Endor Pythonisse (I KINGS, 27 – 28) ............................... 143 pdf1003
CHAPTER 21 The Egyptian slave (I KINGS, 30) ...................................... 153 pdf1013
CHAPTER 22 The death of Saul (I KINGS, 31)......................................... 158 pdf1018

Histoire Sainte - Monléon O.S.B. continuation of the Tables of Contents...
Five Books , 1400 pages pdf

http://oblaturesm.ca/pdf6/HistoireSainte.pdf - [oblaturesm.ca/pdf6/Histoire Holy pdf
BOOK II
The King ................................................................................................162 pdf1022
CHAPTER 1 Mount Gelboë (II KINGS, 1) ................................................ 163 pdf1023
CHAPTER 2 David, king of Judah (II KINGS, 2)........................................ 170 pdf1030
CHAPTER 3 The Death of Abner (II KINGS, 3)......................................... 175 pdf1035
CHAPTER 4 The Assassination of Ishboseth (II KINGS, 4) .................... 181 pdf1041
CHAPTER 5 David king of Israel (II KINGS, 5) ......................................... 185 pdf1045
CHAPTER 6 Transfer of the Ark to Obededom (II Kings, 6)................... 192 pdf1052
CHAPTER 7 David wants to build a temple to the Lord (II Kings, 7) .. 198 pdf1058
CHAPTER 8 Strengthening the kingdom (II KINGS, 8)........................... 202 pdf1062
CHAPTER 9 David Collects Miphiboseth (II Kings, 9) ........................... 207 pdf1067
CHAPTER 10 The King of the Ammonites insults David (II Kings, 10) 209 pdf1069
CHAPTER 11 Cave mulierem (II KINGS, 11) ........................................... 213 pdf1073
CHAPTER 12 You Are That Man! (II KINGS, 12) ................................... 223 pdf1083
CHAPTER 13 The Capture of Rabath (II Kings, 12) ............................... 229 pdf1089
CHAPTER 14 Thamar (II KINGS, 13) ........................................................ 231 pdf1091
CHAPTER 15 The Widow of Thecua (II KINGS, 14) ............................... 236 pdf1096
CHAPTER 16 The Absalom Revolt (II KINGS, 14–15)............................. 240 pdf1100
CHAPTER 17 Absalom Enters Jerusalem (II Kings, 16) ......................... 248 pdf1108
CHAPTER 18 Ahitopelus hangs himself (II KINGS, 17) ......................... 253 pdf1113
CHAPTER 19 The Death of Absalom (II KINGS, 18)................................ 257 pdf1117
CHAPTER 20 David Takes Back Power (II Kings, 19) ...............................264 pdf1124
CHAPTER 21 Sheba's Revolt, and Murder of Amasa (II KINGS, 20).... 270 pdf1130
CHAPTER 22 The Sons of Saul and the Gibeonites (II Kings, 21) ....... 274 pdf1134
CHAPTER 23 The Order of the Thirty-Seven (II KINGS, 22 – 23).......... 278 pdf1138
CHAPTER 24 The Counting of Israel (II Kings, 24) ................................. 284 pdf1144
CHAPTER 25 Abisag (III KINGS, 1) ........................................................... 289 pdf1149
CHAPTER 26 The Death of David (I PARALIP., 23 and 28 – 29) ........... 293 PDF1153

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5 of the 5
5. Life of the Prophet Daniel

BOOK I
Foreword...4 pdf1164
CHAPTER 1 The departure for exile (1, 1-21) ......................................... 15 pdf1175
CHAPTER 2 The Story of Suzanne (13, 1-64) ......................................... 23 pdf1183
CHAPTER 3 The statue with the feet of clay (2, 1-49) ........................... 34 pdf1194
CHAPTER 4 The three Hebrews in the furnace (3, 1-97) ...................... 52 pdf1212
CHAPTER 5 Where Nebuchadnosor is changed into beef (4, 1-34) .... 66 pdf1226
CHAPTER 6 The feast of Balthazar (5, 1-31) .......................................... 78 pdf1238
CHAPTER 7 The lion's den (6 and 14) .................................................... 90 pdf1250
CHAPTER 8 Bel and the Dragon (14, 1-42) ........................................... 100 pdf1260
CHAPTER 9 Digression on unknown monsters ................................... 109 pdf1269

BOOK II
Visions of the Prophet Daniel
CHAPTER 1 First vision : The four animals (7, 1-8) ............................ 116 pdf1276
CHAPTER 2 The Ancient of Days and Judgment of Beasts (7, 9-28) .. 126 pdf1286
CHAPTER 3 Second vision: Aries and Goats (8, 1-27) ........................ 132 pdf1292
CHAPTER 4 Third vision: the seventy weeks (9, 1-27) ...................... 140 pdf1300
CHAPTER 5 Fourth vision: Man dressed in linen (10, 1 – 11, 20) ... 148 pdf1308
CHAPTER 6 Ultimate tribulation final victory of Christ (11, 21 – 12, 3) ..152 pdf1312
CHAPTER 7 Conclusion (12, 4- 3).......................................................... 158 pdf1318

BOOK III
The Prophet Jonah
PREFACE Or “Criticism Criticism” ........................................................... 163 pdf1323
CHAPTER 1 A hard-paid disobedience (JON., 1) ................................. 181 pdf1341
CHAPTER 2 What Jonah did in the belly of the fish (JON, 2)............. 195 pdf1355
CHAPTER 3 The Penance of the Ninivites (JON, 3) ...............................201 pdf1361
CHAPTER 4 A prophecy that is long over (JON. (4) ..............................206 pdf1366

POSTFACE Or following the "Criticism Criticism" ................................ 215 pdf1375

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Preface excerpts:
The Old Testament must be returned to the Christian people. There is no work more necessary and urgent. It is necessary to give back to the Christian people that half of their inheritance which is gradually being cancelled, that Promised Land ever flowing with the same milk and honey that ‘they’ are attempting to expel, and which belongs to them. It is necessary to restore to the Christian people for their use this grand edifice, free ...
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...In this work, we wish to respond to the call of the eminent writer who, through the assiduous reading of the Fathers of the Church, has managed to uncover the hidden sap beneath the letter of the Holy Books and who, putting an unparalleled literary genius at the service of an unwavering faith, has given the Bible a place it has never before held in French literature. The preface we have just read expresses with a force and conviction that it is impossible not to be moved by it, the wish of all those – and they are legion – who aspire to see the traditional interpretation of Scripture restored to honor, not, of course, to the exclusion of, but alongside the literary and scientific exegesis that today claims to reign alone.

We have endeavored to recover in their exact attitudes, in their harmonious proportions, in their original beauty these patriarchal figures, these marvelous statues that the Holy Spirit Himself has sculpted with love in the early days of the world, both to adorn the eternal temple of God, where worship is offered in spirit and truth, and to serve as models, indefinitely, through the centuries, to men who would want to live as men.

Such was the feeling of the Fathers of the Church towards them.

To a young man who asked him for advice on striving for perfection, Saint Gregory of Nyssa first quoted this text from Isaiah: " Look to Abraham and Sarah, who bore you." Then he added:

"This is addressed to wandering souls. Just as, for sailors carried far from the direction of the port, the sight of a fire rising from a height, or the peak of a mountain seen from afar, serves as a landmark to find the right course; in the same way, wandering souls, the spirit without a pilot in the ocean of life, are brought back to the port of divine will by the example of Abraham and Sarah. And since humanity is divided into two sexes, and that both are given the free choice between vice and virtue; the divine Word has placed before each a model to imitate, so that, as men look to Abraham and women to Sarah, both sexes can guide their lives according to virtue through appropriate examples.

Therefore, it will suffice for us to recall the life of one of these figures to serve as a beacon, thus showing how it is possible to bring the soul to the peaceful harbor of virtue, where it will no longer be exposed to the storms of life and will no longer risk shipwreck in the depths of sin under the onslaught of the successive waves of passions. The reason why the lives of these holy souls have been written in detail is surely to guide the lives of their successors along the path of good by the example of the righteous from ancient times. But one might say, if I am neither Chaldean as it is written of Abraham nor the adopted son of the princess of Egypt, as the Scripture teaches of Moses; if I share nothing in my way of living with any of these men of old, how can I conform my life to that of one of them? I do not see how to imitate someone who differs completely from me in his habits. We will respond to this by saying that it matters little, for vice or virtue, whether one is Chaldean; that neither living in Egypt nor dwelling in Babylon excludes anyone from the path to perfection. God is not known only in Judea; it is not only in Zion, although the Scripture seems to say so, that the house of God is found. But we will need careful meditation and sharper insight to discern, beyond the letter of the Scripture, which Chaldeans and which Egyptians we must avoid and what is the captivity of Babylon from which we must escape to attain the blessed life. "1

Similarly, Saint Ambrose begins the two books he wrote on Abraham with the following reflections:

"Plato, the prince of philosophers, deemed it useful to construct an ideal republic in his works, so that his fellow citizens had a model to imitate within it. And Xenophon, in his Cyropaedia, drew the type of the just and wise king to serve as a lesson to princes. Thus, Moses, in writing the life of Abraham, has shown us the model of the man of God, with this advantage over previous authors, that instead of forging an entirely fictitious being, he presents to our eyes a real character endowed with the most authentic virtues."

It is clear from these testimonies, and from many others, that for the Fathers of the Church, Abraham is not a primitive being barely emerging from a wild state or animality,...

page I - 10... Ancient traditions and modern archaeological discoveries come together to show us a highly advanced civilization among the Chaldeans. The excavations in Ur have uncovered a large number of valuable objects, crafted with consummate art. The headdress, for example, and the harp of Queen Shub-Ad, displayed in the British Museum, or the gold helmet of Mes-Kaham-Dug, which can be seen in the Museum of Baghdad, testify to such finesse in taste, to such mastery in execution, that one is astonished to learn they predate Abraham by several centuries. ..

...It has the same demands under the law of nature and under the law of Moses, as under the New Testament. "Abraham, says Saint Epiphanius, was called by God to evangelical perfection, just as Peter and Andrew, James and John were later to be" 11.

page 28 ...Abraham, explains Saint John Chrysostom, knew neither the Law nor the Prophets: he had received no teaching. (However) he did everything that was commanded of him. God told him to abandon everything: family, house, etc., and he abandoned them. God told him to go to an unknown land: he obeyed. God promised to make him the father of a great people and to bless him: he believed that this would happen. He left as the Lord had told him, that is, he believed all of God's words without hesitation, without doubt; he left, his soul full of steadfastness and firmness. Thus, he was very pleasing to the Lord. 20...

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