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m, N.ssra soribnor n, Nan N Or. NJ nv. Li.torv
of the .ye,rish Church sbouId nrovo nar,icnlar,v
useful. Not 40 much perhaps for the sub.
stantivs worth oi the nuthor's conclusions ana
suuuestions seeing that m. lectures comnrised
In the first volume. now before us were deliy-
cred Mt Oxford about A quarter OF a century
apo. Dsan Stanlev wns a man who stendily
grew in knowletlee and who never shrank
from modjfvinu hia opiniona nv the lioht
OF larger and souudor information. Inasmuch.
therefore, us tho scientific study OF the Old
Testament has made considerable progress
since these lectures were written, and as their
author would have been tho first to acknowl-
edge that no hud not even exhausted at the date
of their composition the accusations TINT had
already been made by critical inquiry. wo may
assume that some OF the positions taken in this
volume with reference to cardinal events and
pTODlctuS VI CTtiy JeWibu ulstoTy Wouiu HhNo
been reudjusted had Dean Stanley lived to re-
wise his work.
The importance OF this book however will
be ut onco appreciated IL We turn from its posi-
tive content to its exegetic FORM to the prin-
cipies OF Biblical Interpretation which n an
nouhces ana exempliies TO the breadth. recep-
tiVehess. anu tolerance OF lts spirit. 10 the
poiuhess Oh us recon- from the risid. iinpiacaoe
attitude maintained by some olu-fashioned
theologlans in Great Britain and the United
Stntes toward the German anu Dutch students
OF tho Bible. whose labors arc often as consci-
entious as they are arduous ana fruitful. The
view taken by Dean Stanley OF the canon
ical DOCKS ot inc via Testament reearaed.
we VIII not say as literally inspired documents.
nut simply as trustworthy authorities Tor the
history OF carly Judaism. can no made clear by a
revelations ana IL shouiu DO respectfully ana
earnestly examined by those persons who IRE
disposed or VINO are oihciaiiy called upon. 70
reproVe c!ergymeh 1or practising IN their pull
Plus or 'heir writings the precepts ehuhci-
ateu by Il hsh diehitary OF the Church OF Eng
iahd tor whom. hau nc liVeu 10 wear thehi. stlii
hlEher hohors were IN store.
Dean stah'ey begins the exposition OF tho ex-
eget'cai prlnc'pies "i',eh ne purposes 10 apply
10 inc oia Testament documents py admitting
that inc notion 'h"t INC oooks Oh MOSES.
Joshua. ana samuel were all written IN their
present torm Ny those whose names they boar
mas boon III former ages disputed both by jew
isl' and CHRISTIAN tneo1oIians. ana is now re-
Jacted by almost all scholars. 1t has no foun-
dation in the several books themselves. and Ia
conrradcted by the strong Internal evidence OF
their contents Then follows a significant
nvermcnt touching the source to which ortho-
dox theo!ogians no less than RATIONAL.
istic students must look for enlightenment.
To determine accurately" says Dean STAN
| 10y. tho authorship and tho dates OF these
and other sacred writings Is o question belong
| ing to the same Biblical criticism which has
thus modified the ornion just mentioned and
TO those who are called to enter into the details
| of such Inquiries gladly leave the solution OF
| this problem" Who tho men nrs whom the
author deems called" to take cognlaance OF
these inquiries is made clear by tho profound
rcspec, with which he speaks of Ewad In the
preface to the original edition OF this book.
| Y, iasS f-ar, mud unanuiy,cul ia tbo ,rar,