The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1869-01-27
IMPORTANT PUBLICATION.

We have received the Prospectus of new
work, which promises to be Of much interest tt
students of the Bible in it's original tongues
As the best aid in forwarding the laudable OBJ
ject of the publisher, the whole is inserted be
low, and any persons wishing to subscribe foI
1t will know how to obtain it. From the spe
cimen sent a most favorable opinion is formed
The prospectus and specimen page will bt
mailed to any person applying to the publisher
As soon as sufficient number of subscriber,
is obtained, the work will be commenced anC
1t Is expected that part will be published
every two months, beginning with the Greek
and then alternately with that and the Hebrew
The Old Testament will take about twent,
parts, for which the price will be 81 each the
New Testament will take about eight parts
for which the price will be 81. so each.
PROSPECTUS OF AN INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION
OF THE SACRED SCRIPTURES.
The undersigned has in preparation trans
lation Of the Old and New Testament Scrip
lures, for the use of Students of the Bible
and especially of those who wish to make
themselves thoroughly acquainted with the
original languages in which the Holy Wore
was written, upon the following PLAN
H. Above each word of the Hebrew, Cha
dee and Greek texts will be placed an English
equivalent which shall render its Fundamental
meaning aud grammatical function in such 9
manner as to enable any one familiar with Eng
llsh grammar TO analyze every sentence of the
foreign language.
GIL In addition to the original meaning OF
the words, their derivative Specifications will
De given, whenever it may seem necessary
together with grammatical and other notes il
Illustrative of the more difficult expressions and
passages
III) In order to enable the reader to pro
nounce correctly, in the first Greek Part, as
we'll as in the first Hebrew, and in the Chai-
daic, beneath each word will be noted its ac
cent and pronunciation, 1.-THE rules laid down
by Webster being adopted as far as possible.
In the subsequent parts, the pronunciation OF
words which did not before occur, will be given
separately, in the margin.
The Hebrew and Greek alphabet, together
with WebSters pronunciation key, will also
accompany the first numbers
CIV In order that the student may sea
sonably acquire knowledge of the prototypes
of the later las well as the older Hebrew and
of the Chaldaic, the Books of Ezra and Daniel
will appear Immediately after the Third Part
of the Old Testament. Thus the student may
early become a quainted with the new element
which was introduced into the later Hebrew
(V.) \ succinct Chadac and Hebrew Gram
mar will also be given together with a synop-
sis Of the Hebrew, Chaldee, Syriac, Arabic
and Ethiopic Verbs and Nouns. This (of
which, in our Essay on Semitic Compa, ative
Philology, published in the Bibliotheca Sacra,
July, 1862, we have already presented some
outlines will be published as an Appendix,
and separately PACED; so that it may after
wards be bound up with the "Notes, in a
volume by itself
(VL) Specimen pages are herewith pre-
sented Of the method by which we hope great
ly to facilitate the study of these languages,
and to render selfinstruction not only posi-.
bic, but comparatively easy. By such literal
reproductions OF these foreign idioms in his
mother tongue, the student, guided and assist.