, 1875-06-06
ANCIENT FAITHS IN ANCIENT NAMES.

DE- tE1SEA1A 1AaL OS 0H iSAAS-
Dr.. Inman's ponlerous volumes deal largely
in Biblical names and Hebrew history. Several
weeks ago We requested the Rev. DR.. Felsenthal
to examine it and give his opinion in writing or
otherwise aa TO its merits. Tho learned Rabbi
returning the work. handed the following COM
msn!cation. As We have no font Of Hebrew
TIP, we are obliged to omit the words in that
lane1age, giving only this word as rendered BY
Inglkh letters
Ta tie A..or Q, RE cateaoo 7tibune:
40. - SOUTH OEsPLASEs STREET, CHICAGO, juno j.
sse lu1aau4 ancient Faith Embodied in Ancient
Names" dtes having rcad i considerable part of the
Lalk5 so'Gias return the work TO you, and express
tns interesting work. Interesting cAll this book
s';ho1gh IT'S e1f-s details and its unrehahllity IN
ax een'a a.1a1ph aud conclusions ART 70 my judR-
C:tat ING u1ziefae The ide1 which led tie author 10
rnat:tAAe me "1a!Ae Of his book il undoubtedly
ec71ect 70 Efe@t e31 This idea is thst nsetiga-
patlous and the knoried1s of their 0ricisa sruifc.
ton, Viii greatly assist Us ,eurc clearer iii into
ths l':e ea;l.e, ena sscc.aly into the primitive
religious ideas, OF the anctn x5rla The labors Of the
pllso,stA hare Already ese:ted some reuarksle re-
bas this tleu, mud u@n. ces have been Laid bare
1aupuscss Is Of the Semitic tong - ,r ,hs h,,' ~
ear Get clearer conception of rslieous r1e..s
Eu: . .ecourllsh tha yer! diheu' tasf very W:
acu1n-n, sound method IN Investigating ,oa,csi 80
wcll-vcighed conclua,ons But r AL III. ,ss authnr
h lacking.
To substarhAte this, permit ma to quo:> ...
VoI. /, xge s36: ~a.lal,r "tte roller, " "he ,o4~
aeelah, = and lr-"El reveals
Ibld. n COS: @Jada he Is wise )" he Fees." Thi1
naue II almost identical with Mt Ida, on which
S1n "idein and tde4, and closely resemb!ea Ada.
Ilud, AJadon" for "Adon." 1.-THE Lord t. the MIS-
t5 fss.e sshD, 1bish sa tnf II i1aupea o1
hundreds. arc suhcieat to show that Er. l1au Is d.
void Of any sound Hebrew knowledge, and that iii
hcux:cl urzerancee-. only ties and nothing more"
Another instance Of aross ignorance notice on pagr
T. where said that both the hero Of hs deluEe aud
ct the daughters OF Zelcphehad were called Noah,
ard tnst there distinction between this male and
female spl ellave- 1t Il true tna III The common En-
fh yertlun Of the Bible 10th nanes rendered by
s,oah, Eut In the original tho first il callod Nu.h
xeie The second IL cAuvd So'a.
Almost ludirous Is page ~ the dcndd cation Of th.
s1aI1e " B41-ons ttac son OF ona WILL the title q
The s.nr must be sstd of the hypothesis 0bderj
:Azt Jchn is derived from Jonah JOHN tGez1nan, y
E214Dl dcr1v4te u 1aannes, JohRnan- But Jonhn
End Jorlaran two radically different Qameh--sx
radically different AZ the Two English words 1ee and
three.
Il il totsuy er7ooeous to conclude raEhly cat, whfs
two words hx similarity in sound iheS must
be identical Of tbs haIne root. What wfod Jou k4y
II aEy would connect Aorze with hoae or the En-
Glleh eye with the German "c" {prorouDced alike,
bus meaning eeg1 -..-,
time there mutual contact t=:ween Jews and
Ii.doos, that Judaism is ousrowlh OF All orig
tnal ph2!lc worship, aud 60 forth are most fancfu
aud not supported by facts aud Tau-est4bliahsd bis
tos}.:l discoveries.
Nu. 81. In1nan is not the can L, Advance the SCI
eu,e u history 1niloicgI Ihe World Ct scholarship
would be just rs weu Of ,atou1 nls tHa volumes
with tAe same. .,
docs uot exclude the fat that e,ns;de1aole number
coud !, be o.herwlAf work whose pages number
nearly .,tNy With g1ea: respect remain, my dear