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A series of lyrical and dramatic reworkings of biblical narratives and devotional poems that recast familiar scriptural episodes as intimate scenes and moral reflections. Scenes dramatize pivotal moments—an infant rescued on a river, exchanges between royal figures and nurturers—while other pieces offer compact moral parables and domestic monologues meditating on suffering, charity, and faith. Language alternates between theatrical dialogue, descriptive lyricism, and moral exhortation, emphasizing themes of compassion, maternal love, liberation, and personal conscience. The collection invites readers to reconsider sacred stories through emotive characterization and accessible moral verse.

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Title: Idylls of the Bible

Author: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Release date: October 6, 2024 [eBook #74527]

Language: English

Original publication: US:

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Idylls of the Bible

...BY...
MRS. F. E. W. HARPER
PHILADELPHIA
1006 BAINBRIDGE STREET
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