, 1880-05-01
RENAN ON..JOB.
Some Original Vic1vx-.Job Not a Patient
N1ni-curtous Character Of tile CaN-
t1C1GHs

Some Original Vic.vx-Job Not n Patient
NInn-Curious Character Of tile Can-
tic1cA.
From Seniors Conrtrsatfo,,s"
APRIL 0, 16G9.-Wo brenkfastrd with tho
hloh1s, and met N. llGnan*, whom DR.. Cure
ton puts ut tho head of French OrientalIsts.
afterwards took two long walks with lin.
will throw the three conversations together.
| We talked of Curcton's edition Of tho Cos
pei Of St Matthew III Syriac.
ReNan-1t Is not the Oldest copy, for It con-
tains corrections Of errors In other coplcs,
but its numerous different readings give to
| It gTent value.
Senior-Do you suppose that tho Hebrew
Which VIC now read is the Hebrew In which
Moses wrote?
N6nan-1 havo no doubt that 1t Is. be-
lteve, Indeed, that Genesis contains fragments
OLDER THAN THE TIME OF MOSES;
such rs the moro slnlplo and untletaiIed Ills
tory Of tho Creation contained IN the fifth
chapter, which makes IN allnsIon to tile
Garden OF Eden or to tho Fall. All very
early books are, to certain degree, compil.-
ti0ns. III Genesis whole poems arc some
times inserted.
scnler-Can you distinguish In IIcbrow
writings poetry from prose1
hloltl-In lyric poetry, tho iteratlon-tho
repeating, Iii the two members Of the so.l-
toncc, tho saino tlionght under different
forrns-is I'LL obvious .nark OF poetryV
Rtnan-In narrative poetry, OF which the
story OF Joscpl. md tho Dook Of Ruth are
beaattfn! examples. the greut mark Of poetry
tlht percelvo catlellc0 aud measure u!f-
forsnt from thoso OF prt'Se.
stniog7Io what age do you attribute the
R6nan-I'o MI age in wlicl, Hebrew wns +,
spoken language ulltl Iii its perfection. The
style Is c!sar, concise, forrlble, mud p!Gt-
nresque. This dlspascs of tte opinion that
+ toSa, w. written s t!Mrns t1ie C4ptylty. wluM
those who used It wr0te sti1ly AiMl petlailiic-
nlfy. On tho other hand, the peculiar inst1-
tntions which aftur the tlnle 0f .Jusias com
f%oandpg % s: atoa sitor @ ,ot tsSh eas III II Tie lie
authors ttEle, Or worc not known IL him.
Senior-Job ~ mentioned by Ezekiel.
Rennn-YeS, but not this book. Job was
autllor of lilo p,oln seleeted as an lnturioc.i-
tor. ! suspect thnt X Ezukiel had seen Tie
book, te might have thought t too bold. I
bel!uvo TINT It belongs to tho finest period Of
Hebrew poetry,
THE AGE OF 1rEzElt1Au,
n The beginning OF the eighth century be-
Sanlor-About the time OF Homer.
ltdna't-lt 1s Interesting to compare the
t"b SAGH~ PNCs4o VI hAu AiJAIl MIM4 GGlI1}k{G
ruces, BOtll are eillInunty tfle!stic, Vlle III
teEYenttun Of q God peryAtes both. but tic
1onerlo gods are distinguished from 1ueIl
and wonlel. only by their power and their IL
III. Ernest Roman was in carly lilo intoudot1
for the priesthood, HB WIS sent to study ut It.
6ulpicp, nlitl 1t WIS ut tiAt seminary That hs
Alstu for Or1cHtAl languages And ecclesiastical
studies trst showed ITSELF His turn Ut mind was
far too Independent for hia tntunicu profca-
sion; no therefore loft Ut. Sulpice. and devoted
himself to private study. III iB48 hG obtained
tho first place III tho "COnc0lrs do philDs0phie,H
and at tho eame tho volney prize for Mll essay on
scinttlG languages. Two yours lntsr bis cssAyon
tho Crock Language III tho MtIdto Agus" was
crowned by tho AcudeMy. IN la5l Aa waz At-
taShpt! te tho Department of Aanusorpts In the
ettecwaTd he WIS elected mc1nbor ct tho
Augustia ThIsEEy. A. tho end Of 1870 M ,,, b. WIS
WIZ appointed Professor uf llcbruw, but did
renswal Of Tho complications which occurred at
his 0pontnx lect1ito IN February. LII l6At ho
published IFS wolf. .knUwM "vlu do Jesus" which
ho wFota lfterhfs yuyAgn to HyrlM, and Of which
numerous editions have been isxtlCd. ThIs work
Was veh1nehtly 4ttAckea by tho ltahups and
clorgy, tho result boInx TINT Tho nuthor wis dis
!M!ssud frpln his rroEessorsnlp. II. Uuruy, tue |
Mtnlater OF Public Instruction, e,.cnyortl Il, |
conceal the stK1!lle4nes OF thtB dismissal by |
giving hlll1 Nil Dtllca In the ulbaiuthelup Iiil-
tErlnle. which was, however, iukGn frotn hIM OH |
Juno II. le0a. 81. NenAn was electad q ineInber |
VI TUG Academy IN lt7Q+