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SOME NEW BOOKS.
How the Old Te.tamensi 10 Quoted In the

From what source, Hebrew, Greek, or
hramaic did the writer's OF tho New Testa-
mont got the quotations from the 1sraelite
Scriptures which form so important an ele-
mont of their own compositions2 What wore
the principles and purposes In pursuance OF
which these citations were made. and what Is
the significance OF the formulas with which
they are introduced2 The student OF the Bibc
will bo materially helped TO comprehend tho
large bearing OF these questions. and to reach
satisfactory answers, by an exhaustive and
careful review OF tho subject under the light OF
Tho least disputabe results OF modern Biblical
science. presented in a book entitled Quota
tons in the Ne,C Testament. by Prot G. II. TOY Of
Harvard University tScribncrs). The aims
and methods pursued In the exhibition OF OK
tracts from Hebrew canonical writer's by tho
authors Of the Gospels and Epistcs. have rela-
tions 80 direct and obvious to tho right inter-
pretatlon ofthe Now Testament itself that these
objects OF inquiry attracted some attention even
In Pntristic times. md have naturally been ex-
amined with special earnestness sine the in.
tellixent and systematic proc ,ssC 'oowed In
other fields o; 'ritica study hayo cen invoked
to elicit the meaning OF the documents belong
ing to the New Covenant. Prof Toy has given in
an appendix to his introduction n list OF some
1fty writer's who during the last three CEN
gested BY tho New Testament quotations. His
,wn purpose is to do what. for English readers
ut all events. has not been accomplished by any
preceding work. namely. 10 go over the Who'll.
ground OF quotation in detail. giving the best
Authenticated original Hebrew or Greek texts
together with English trnnsationsand as com.
plete explanations as possible. of the various
passages cited So that the precise thought OF
the Old Testament may be set alongside Of tho
use made Of 1t in the New Testament. and the
reader thus have all the material before him.
and be able to draw his own conclusions"
Prof Toy has reserved for n subsequent vol
ume the compendious and systematic exposi-
tion OF the theological and harmeneutical
principles to bo deduced from the separate
scrutiny Of each passage which is prosecuted
in the book before US. wherein all tho quota
tions are taken MP in the order in which they
occur In the authorized version. We shall
presently bc able. however. by referring to tho
inferen ,es drawn from certain familiar quota
ttons in the Gospels. 20 indicate some of
the main conclusions which tho author will
ultimately cmbody in a contract digest form.
Meanwhile we would mark the judgments
ut which Prof. Toy has arrived touch
ing the preliminary questions which re-
late to the sources from which extracts
were made and to tho main cause of the
laxity which the New Testament writer's seem
to have allowed themselves with respect to the
literal reproduction and literal Interpretation
of cited passages. But we should first men
ton that tho Hebrew and Greek tcXts of tho
Old Testament employed by the author will be
generally Acknowledged to represent the near
est attainable approach to the documents ex-
tant in the age Of thr New Testament writer's
For the Hebrew Scriptures he has adopted the
text OF Hahn. co,iated with the Bacr- Deli,zsch
edtious Of particular books OF the Old Testa-
mont: for the SeptuaGint tn. Vatican nodex as
compared with the SInnitic and Alcxnndran
manuecripts in Ti.chendorf's edition; and for
the Greek Now Testament the text Of Wostcotl
and Hort.