Excerpt from Light From the Ancient East: The New Testament Illustrated by Recently Discovered Texts of the Graeco-Roman World The printing of the second German edition began while the author was in the East, and by his desire I saw the work through the press. His return relieved me of responsi bility, but my duties as proof-reader remained unaltered, so that for several months the whole of my leisure time was devoted to this work. My translation came to a standstill, but I acquired particular acquaintance with the original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.