, 1877-02-17

the Pain at,o1l In ntfetnnfe1 NTH stt ynr fhc
ianis already iseoTerci within tilG Arctir
SCIENCE OF THE BIBLE.
THE SCIENCE or THE DIDLE: on, AN AsA1rst.
"a rug liEnnzw .MrrHo1onr. Gy MlLroS
In thIs work, tue author, Dr.. Wooltey, Of
a.rcotor. Ill. ps.avs m nro,e tlat wI,nt IA ucn.
ors,,r rec,r,,', oa tho !. 1stor;,m, ), ,nr,.,,, -,
the Old Testament ls really an alIegorica trrat-
ncnt Of the most obvious natural phcnomcna.
lie regards tho BibIc as cutItlel to take rank
win, IN, RIc.vedns md Other xort. x.,i,1, hnv,.
been Ger re- recently recognized % Is symbolicaf; civ.
Nazaseuc Instructed Ills disciples, in parallels,
The idea Ia not exactly q now enc: but DR..
woolley's treatment Is novel and 1he applica.
adopted by my previous author. tbs suspi-
cion aha: tho twelve tribes Of Israel arc nothing
"ons e's aa 10 0e as, len
!a'aou'' @ seens 70 uaso pesh eutestasneo ny
aoaDtefs mere ano there ail along the stream Of
human history. SO too, It was prominently
proclaimed, halt @ @ century as0 9,, TINT tho n!e!
O., cana, na,ss o. oou, anu oi the eaise, goas Wor.
smpco =, tno 4stae"ttsI "eso on'y appe.!auscs
Of tue sun In Ills various dcarces of exalsat'on
or &U&&CmEnks anu flQE tlG Nlbi}NGI jnfOc0A
tapas y. 11o , a'as roe a.o on'y a1Esutseu ns'.
sesstons S q tne 3 snSasnt R;t, sunwofanin; bat
n. aE"oM W. ~ y ~. s. nsp'e sen.ptneu @ mhSM Mas
tnfean o. dn1stoTg 'Ss ns Ma5p' Inc woo1 TO Which
nau .1a' oesN ateu ~ ~ psesuy y poeaIe lnagna.
.tu.t. .t Mdutts} nas sc!sateu luz Wnosc ot nto
w q ., PITT thssS & ven ar alS e.ots
sM ~ on eeoaoRlc Esonnns. an taose VINO uc-
ieh0eu " nave takcu Htera!!y, except perhaps
W atH'u ~ dne aneasa'G ot t'h,o aen9tea " sne
tnat. woru "aay'-~ cut oo"1 W sh1S fus@'esa
N93I4oe!ast. ,,.,. .,..
-, ~ opens nit "olk VIII T. ga Analysis q tne
heahlnSs o1 Tue words ElHllni anu Juhselt;
aoHs oo a, ama' anS htat H., 'snaes @ tas sesou
a'a .ny "S .ySoi!c oi 'e acsas wSs i sfos ss
h,Is'9ry @ o. Nature through part o! year: I6e
slf aays o1 crration' lle tells u, are tho six
sSnbaee sest "a. o. a aaa !f
that half Of the ycar. i Is no wonder u, after
aailng disposed OF tllLs sstutnGItnT-bloek at zone
tell awoop," le 10 prepared to uiako Lesser hayoc
wy. what follows; Accordingly ts dIts that
n,er, taken from his aides while tho serpent Is
tho winter portion OF the soar path. lie tells
US TINT s;ain was vintcr, and Abel sum,
hls sons were tho tlsreu ancient
seasons Of tlo year; Whilu tho recorded ulinen-
stons u the Ark ase fngcu!uusly shown to w.
cotd with ane'ent ti.ae-measurca. llo treats
Ishnael and Jsaa", and Esau nul Jacob, ns
other versions Of tito arst pair oi brothers,-
Cain anu Abel. liz makes sIoses to 10 tho
Aquarlcs vi tho Zo1ac; anl Virgo to successive
IL represent Sarll, ltcbekall, Atriuln, tic Virgin
the Bible. Tuu going back of tho shadow on
the sur-ltal, III the days Of Ilczrkiab, was q
frconstr1lctlou Of tho caloudar; and tho eun
represents Elijah, Jonah, aud many other Of
We have written enough to Indicate tho gen.
era conclusions at which fhr author has arrlycI:
mods Ut reasoning without copious extracts.
We may &ay, however, tuat It. u largely ctyt,to-
4senl,-tlthef real or faneItul, }te ev;a,n<Aeed
the study Of Hebrew At thu ago Of ", for tho
teapIeSsa pasposs oL octns aIlc to !lsh out ttto
stsmn " r..car,b In1 n's % WIFE oears t ,he
result Of . iittiu tlaY.d1ea:ninv, tt,ou9h L 80.
pSurs probable that q good lcal of fuusY u built