The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-28 00:00:00

Part vir., in 183.5 containing from Job, c. xvtit. v. 22,
to Psalms, CL.

The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the
" Peist," P,ontaining also a refutation of the erroneous opi-
nions bald forth in " The Age of Reason," and in a recent
publication, entitled" Researches on Ancient Kingdoms,"
1 81 9.

First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review,
showing the gross errors the Reviewer has made in his
remarks on the New Translation of the Bible :
" I now proceed to examine the passage which the Re-
viewer has adduced, to prove how grossly I have erred in
translating the word gnaaroumim, prudent, instead of
naked ; which is in Job 22, v. 6, And stripped the naked of
their clothing. This is, perhaps, one of the passages which
he deems elegant, simple, and dignified.' It is simple'
enough, surely ; and such simple passages abounding in
the common version have in all ages excited the wonder of
intelligent men. Stripped the naked of their clothing!'
In the name of common-sense, if they were naked, how
could they be stripped ? Such improper expressions have
often been noticed by accurate writers :
" A painted vest Prince Vortiger had on,
Which from a naked Pict his grandsire won.
Martinus Scriblerus."
The True Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, not 33,
but 52i- years.
Biblical Criticisms in each quarterly part, in the years
1810-11,-12,-13,-14,-15,-16, and 17, of the Classical
Journals, containing a variety of Classical, Biblical and
Oriental Literature—By John Bellamy.
Subsidiary Authorities ie support of-" The example of
other Christian Princes."
Specimen of emendations to be introduced in part VIII.
Received version, chap. 6,. v. 5," I am black, but comely,
0 ye Daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedan, as
the hangings of the curtains of Solomon."
Neither in this verse, nor Isaiah, chap. 42, v. 11, is the
word " Kedar"—" mourning"—translated.
New translation—" I am the dawning light, as the com-
panion of peace, when the habitation of the daughters of
Jerusalem is as the tabernacles of Mourning."—See Clas-
sical Journal, Number 39, for. June 1817.
Essay for a new Translation of the Bible, 1727.
" Surely the elevated patronage which this new transla-
tion has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general
example and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many
acknowledged errors, descend to posterity polluted with all
those errors ; or shall it be transmitted to the latest gene-
rations of mankind, with as much of its original purity as
it is possible for human sagacity, knowledge, and diligence
to elucidate and confirm r—The Sun, Monday, November
23,1818.
" Mr. Bellamy, therefore, disdains to baptise errors, con-
tradictions, and absurdities, by the name of sacred. His
study is to remove them, and make the Old Testament in
Hebrew speak as it was written, neither to add to, nor di-
minish from, a vowel point in it. It ought to be known for
what it truly is, to show the power and grace of the Al-
mighty in his theocracy, to the end of that final redemp-
tion and salvation which Christianity promises."—The Sun,
Saturday, Dec. 5, 1818.
Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Holy
Scriptures, by the late Sir James bland Burgess, Burt.,
1819.
" Mr. Bellamy's endeavours have had for their object
the manifestation of the unimpeachable character and at-
tributes of the groat Jehovah, and the inviolable purity of
the Hebrew text. Every Christian will wish success to
such labours, and every Hebrew scholar will examine if
they deserve it." * # # " Mr. Bellamy has met with
patronage in the very highest quarter—a patronage liberal
' in every sense of the word, and as honourable to the patron
as the author. His alterations, I admit, are ext.remely nu-