The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-12-29

Tie Detroit Tribune furnishes the
touoxing statement Of the authorship
dAs vsrious bocks that compose the
Gsnss;;s-(.'rhe Begning') written
Esedas-( ("The Departu~'') written
T1,at.cv-{"The Conservation Of
Issi,'l written by Moses.
EsmJsrs-csThe Numbering Of
hs Rsople,') written by Noses.
Dsuteronomy-lsThe Law twice
Reoestsd''l written BY Moses.
.Io,Auo-wxritten by Joshua to
.haoeer "a; s0-athcnce 70 the end by
some Of the prophets in Ezra's time,
10 made . sort Of compilation OF
tbe Scriptures then extant, and perfect
'Wfha1ghefever . proper connection
y ah,eSosicl events rendered Il neces
alIvdds,-written, probably, by
Samuel: for it 10 repeatedly said. "ln
those days there Was no kingin Israel"
= Il Il the time ID which the writer
vss living and writing there u,ds q
kinp Samuel himself was the last Of
he Judges, sud lived to see David
snnointed king, although not seated
upon tie throne.
RutA-uobably written by Samuel.
Issesms TO be . kind Of appendix to
Judges.
I'D HsmuSl-by Samuel 70 chap.
s5-the ret and
ID Eansssl--By the prophets Ma.
than and Cad. (See ! Chron. 20;
1t and I'd K;ngs-By Jeremiah.
~~ ist and "a Cnroniclss by Ezra,
ster the Bsbylonish captivity.
Era--By Ezra.
NtAsniaArrRy Nehemiah.
Job-By Elihn and Moses.
Psalas-Mainly by David. There
q. ass souas by Asaph. the prayer of
Noses and few which must have
been written at the time Of the Baby
lopisb captivity or after it. The first
one Is believed to be q sort OF preface,
written By Ezra. A few were also
written by Solomon.
- = Pvvs,5s--By Solomon. In let
Kings it is said ".he spake 5000 pro.
verbs and his songs were thousand
and Eve" He arranged them (the
.bookI) chiefly in his old age, and his
work Of arrangement was completsd
by Isaiah, Hosea and Micah. lSee
chap. sS;1.
~ EoSy;asties--By Solomon.
6otosson,s Epna-(s.The Song OF
Sougs," it would seem to be only one.)
Solomon. : ''ass ~ s. -
lsa;aA--By Isaiah.
,JsrsmiaA and dkanssntati0as--Jere-
miah. as
Ezekiah, Daniel, Hosea, Joel.
Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Ma
hum, HAhbAkuk, Sephaniah, Haggai,
Zschsris and Malachi were all written
By the prophets whose name they res.
pectiysly bear. These complete the
Old Zsstensnt.
job h Thought to be the olde ct writ
ten, and from chap. S2;16--17 it is
thought Elihu may have written It in
Arabic, snd Moses have translated it
into Hebrew. The reasons for believ.
ing Il anterior to or cotemporaneous
with Moses time, ars--1st, Jobs tong
NE; fcr be lived towards 900 years af-
.ster Tie events recorded in the book,
and when they began, he was the faith,
er Of married children. Such an age
In man has no record from Moses time
down. I'd, The evidences Of the re-
fgioh ofthe patriarchs being jobs
his offering burnt offerings, &c. Sd,
The worship Of the sun and moon is
msntioneda Is the only idolatry known
W him, whereas, in Moses time. other
forms were introduced. 4th, The fact
/. that no allusion ID made to the Mosaic
law and Gods remarkable dealings
4. with the children OF Israel. 5th, the
style and composition bear . strong
resemblance to the Arabic. It is pro.
7 bable that he was . Gentle, I, ., not
Jew, - he was probably a descend
a ant Of Huxth son ofNahor the broth
G of Abraham.
+, The Jewish histories say that Ezra
compiled the Sacred Writings so far as
eYtant, in his time, and published or
wrote them in q continuous forin.--
The prophecies are not inserted in their
order at all. Ezra himself refers to
Jeremiah and Isaiah in his prophecy,
although their prophecies do not ap-
pear in the Bible in course till after
bis. 1t is believed that it was on his
authority, under the guiding ofInspir-
Ing Spirit Of God, that the book Of
Esther was inserted. There is pc
culiarity in that book known to no
other in the Bible, viz: that the word
God does not appear in it, nor any
name by which he is or ever was cal
led. This, Of course, is but a peculi
srity. Jonah was probably the earliest
efwhat are known particularly as ''the
prophets" He lived in the time OF
Jeroboam, the son Of Joash OF Judah
oSee II Kings l4,25,) He was also
icotemporaneous with the earlies; o
the Greek poets, and it is presumed
v 4, that the Greek fables concerning Arior
- and the Dolphin and Hercules and thu
mo that Neptune sent against him,
~ sdsr;yed from his remarkable adven
'tnrs with the whale;
~ Rom the book Of Hosea to the enc
of.ha Old Teatament, the prophecies
~ ~ Irovn BY the name of'.The Mino'
rssnhsts. > itom their brevity.
scS chapter ofthe book of Lamen
,a1u udsiIaally eoutained q vsrss.
~ nj AS uuw,. e1cspt ~ Third
TSW taaA NsrssSss mad