New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-05-25

Vaepes ~ defe%t names Of the deity ohim snd Je
hovsh different parts Of Genesis. was due not 70 ne
but was to be- attrbuied to the different termnoosy
which the same author thought Il proper 70 eTpe'
uamss Elohim and Jehovah had their peculiar ngnn-
cance Tuchs lGeness. new edition OF WHICH mas
script OF his own brought prominently before the
world the supplemental hypothesis. Accepting the fact
thai the hands OF different authors were 10 DC seen IN
Genesis and Pentaeuch he held that there was one
principal record and TO this sappemeats asd been T.
hypothess found favor with until the appearance
o. HupfeIds WORK created new phase N Biblical sri
adherd First, the main distinction between Zionist
aaa Sson sS & and E u W.
then have first and second Eohst and the Jehorst In
order TO combine these recods Of different authors he
supposed an editor In ADDITION 10 this the book Of DeG
reron0my required its separate author Here then.
Including the editor OF Genesis we're I'VE persons 10
OF Deuteronomy and a great part OF Joshua 70 the
have been made the basis VI the Work has not been
altered. -
theory. He tries explain different portions OF the
Bible from the fact that they originated In the
f rea or Jua n G "a be vbo Pn1eneh H
calls attention statement which, true, would be-
og sD Of the Old Tssamen He eSdsavors 70 show that
contrary TO the received opinion the laws OF Ieytens
appears nothing Of circumcision. nothing of day OF
atonement Graf then endeayos to prove that the laws
IAyteus inapplicable TO state OF things
which had existed In Israel before the time 81 the Baby
onsh captivity lie therefore fxes their date after me
What Prof Adler especially desired TO call attention
To, is the fact that Graf deduces MS propositions IN
ical manner that he enters into
the subjects OF the books and endeav0rs 70 snow rom
historical principles what eau have been prior
and what later. This change OF method OF great I'M
portance. Hitherto literary peeularities nave taken
precedence. But In the case or DOCK IKE the Oii
Testamen containing as 10 does the relics ot
o people, 1t always seems 20 ne very precariOns
ns 20 T SeuSe ~, ,vi eTcsntina The Iaie, Ch,I
dare and the degenerate style or Ezra panel,
and Evan Ezekiel not sufficiently pronounced 70 war
rant Important results. An exception may DO made
10 the change OF meaning which IA raceaOe IN the MS
u wordsa change which reflects the Character OF
time and the conditions of nfe good example u
incidentally given by Gelgs IN hs CIscAfHt Inc soia
trafek QtghteOus) he thinks, came 10 mean mighty
mana man OF Sioience-in which sense IL 10 nsea III
/ Isaiah Xix, "A.
that has been expended upon the criticism and exegess
Of these books comparatively scany results have been
obtained seanter than the nature OF the DOCKS OK ts
high attainments OF the men who nave devoted Their
lives this study should warrant There u such dlyer
with reference 10 the composition or the DOCKS OF
the Bible that u shows how te the study OF TINS eheI
part Of Semitic literature has become science. mus,
| Tor instance with regard the second psalm, two
prominent critics fer IA regards the time OF ia com.
position 20 the extent OF an interval or thousand
mon other critic whose name escapes me. puts u
thousand years later Another evidence Of dl.orderes
certain modern critic thinks he must ind he pecu Lar
circumstances under which these words we're written
e. In the name God Will Gus them orr and ne tells
as with very face that 1t refers To Alexander
Janneus subd1ing the Idumeans forcing them "a
enter the Jewish community. He would translate, In
! the name OF God will circumciso thee"
In conclusion let direct your attention 20 one thlng
more 1t IL the fact the OF the Old Testament
was preserved with SUCH scrupuous care Oy the people,
that mistakes made in multiplying nuscripts per
petiated as well the correct portions; and are
able detect many OF these. In the l5th chapter
OF EIolus for instance think ID clear THAI the IAN
verse ought 70 be In the place OF the th the
ton is then properly preserved 80 Psalm XVI is 10
Hebrew. and to be read Beth Mesudot; the mistake
occurring from b ~pTptr NY asn me 1 asay 30
that is more seen. and my bones are dry; they
are not seen" I1e word Tor . seen In Hebrew $
Radh; which probably, by the change OF letter. wa
substituted for Rdrqh, which means to drink ani
which, If restored 70 the text makes tAe par4elsm
complete; thus Ny bones are dry because they nave
| An example OF q NEUROLOGICAL construction Is the
Book OF JUDGES Iuust be aware that tue mental anu
social condition the people there set forth does NOT
permit us 10 suppose that a reign OF pure monothelsn
preceded The fact that Jepntha offers hi- daughther
without any blame attaching 10 hnseii tle Idce OF
Leyite seryingas priest 70 an luo, siitsas t"s
whole character OF the book shows That the time or
Joshua Is represented 70 u.s. Is rather the picture
of golden age, rBther deallzation tnan historic
period il thu realistic sense OF tue word LAY" ,ns
word Achan first sight seems To nave no expanato
in Hebrew. But We ind that the name Of tne valley
are elsewhere told that this valley OF wiing there
was huge heap Of stones. lae people e2nii nor sh
/ one Everybody who has Travelled ia mountainous
countries Knows how pecullarties OF the country arc
personned There, then, was mass Of stones as one
element for q tradition; the Valley OF Wdiling' FUR
! enough Amek-Achor was the valley Of a man named
AchoP The stones were easily associated with the
Jewish custom stOning offenders, and the priests,
therefore, laid hold Of this fact Impress upOn the
people the necessity OF Offering their booty TO the syna
gogue by telling Of the punishment which bad Deiaen
| Achor. There seems TO be some verication
| Of tins theory in the fact that IN /. Chron. d..
| Z, this man Aclan Is actually called Achor.
We shoad be apt TO receive this very readily IT
Greek myth A. II Is Hebrew lnyth doubt whether
It would be received SUCH do not oter 10 with any
gree of certainty but only as one OF tie means by
winch those who study tine Hebrew bucks in he sht
philoOgy IN time arrive az conclusions which wOad
| be certain than those OF to-day
DISCUSSION on DR. ADLER's PAPER.
Or Gardiner OF MiddletOwn iumed. ately To he
rescue OF the nspiratona theory bui his good taste
prevented him from preciptatng theological discus
sion. He simply In protest. and said he supposed
that 10 take any opposed to ibis would be 10
theological grounds, winch woud be out OF place. He
supposed Prof Adler had meant To present this view
the prevailing view OF German thinkers, Dut ls
Prof Adler by no means wished TO say that that
the generally received opinion IN Germany; but 10 Is
received opinion among the majority or writer's
he nistook not. Not certainly what he stated IN the
latter OF his remarks In what he had presented az
Graf He osed 10 Gerge the view that the ideas OF the
later period projected into TIE former part ~ jew
sh history. de would mention Delitsch a
Jve differing FROM those views. hut cOncedIng the fact
that the Pentateuch written Dy Moses while bo
asserted that there was Mosaic kernel ana Mosaic
spirit. - -, a., - -
Eplscopalan, had listened 10 Prot. Adler with gooi
deal satisfaction. he Thought the discussion entirely
proper A. literary society 1t interesting and
strictiye to have views different schools thought
brought before them. tie differed from Prof. Adler IN
good degree but was none The less graincd at ms clear
and learned expostonO of view which IL taken oy
important school Of modern learning stil ne Thought
OF Prof Aders conclusions rather hasty aud per-
haps rash. He suggested that conJecturai encndaons
Of authors whether sacred prOfane at tue pres
day OF the great sources Of dissatisfaction and
error.
HEART, LIVER AND LUNGS, ErYHoLoGTcALLY coHsIDEREn
Hon. J. II. Trumbu read interesting and original
paper on The Names For the Heart, LAYER and LuDgs
the drift Of the paper which exhibited great ingenuity
IN znosr Tho NJ ina ~
and econdry ideas which associated with the names
for the superior vscera not emily in the North America d
Indian languages but the European and Asatic Ian
euages. The .CnIppawa Opdn. Innois Apani. denote