TABLE OF CONTENTS.
പൊരുളടക്കം.
INTRODUCTION TO THE HARMONY.
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| Chapter | I. | Harmonic Principles | 1 | |
| " | II. | Matthew compared with Mark | 5 | |
| " | II. | Luke compared with Matthew and Mark | 9 | |
| " | IV. | John compared with the three other Gospels | 16 | |
| " | V. | Chronological enquiries | 9 | |
| Tabular Synopsis of the Harmony | 22 |
PART I.
ഒന്നാം ഖണ്ഡം.
The Birth and Childhood of Christ. യേശുവിന്റെ ഉൽപത്തി ശൈശവാദികൾ.
Sect. 1. The country and time of Christ's birth. യേശു ജനിച്ച ദേശവും കാലവും. 36
Canaan, its literal position and borders. The Jewish Nation in contact
with the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian and Macedonian Empires. Restitu-
tion by the Maccabees. Rise of factions: Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes.
Civil war and Roman intervention (Pompey). Canaan a Roman Province.
Tyrannic sway of Herod the Great. Messianic expectations. Divisions of the
country: Judea with its fanatic Capital. Samaria, its mixture of idolatry
and Jehovah-worship. Galilee, its Gentile elements and isolated position.
Peraea with its sub-divisions. Canaan's area, inhabitants, languages and
political dependence.
2. The mystery of the Incarnation. ദേവാവതാരം ................. 39
The eternal relation of God and man. Man from eternity an object of
God's love, in the Son. Import of the title "The Word". The advent of the
Light. Analysis of the Prologue of John's Gospel.
