The sun., 1885-06-14
SOME NEW BOOKS.



Noro n, tho doo,men,s included in the Old
u..,.., a.uon r.nniroa such warv md
ons s.a.. ,,n.,,nn a, tho hands of tho rc.
s .,'a An.sho,i,si writings Tho zoe.
~ 10 s,s,ars .ns noo,rv ~ tho cboaen neo-
,o -, 80. clo,b.d With ,ntenso ,n,e,est
~ Sh,,.,,an. oo woii IA ror Tho moSorn Jows
n,, ui,h rogori a. sucb marta a, tho sc,Intures
=, cannot ho said ,hot errors IN tho choice Of
a.. - In ,ha o,noida,ion a, ,onguoyo ,onv
disusea would mnterialIv nrrect the eyidepces
n, tho .nnernaturaI sanction Of the Christian
f.,,h vharaoa ,ronchant excjslons or radical
.itor.,,on. IN ths toots Of pronbeev might
.heto ono NJ tho main piIlars of Cbristianl-
A. Much nneasiness ON this score is.
n.vsr,haiess not warranted bv a compari.
.on y, Tho rovised and authorized versions
"a Tho Ola Tcs.amont The Enulish com mmittee
~ ravision has boen peculinrlv conservative
and circumsnect in its Treatment of those cru
cisl nnsaaaes ON which tho argument from
nronbecv cbief1v rests lts memhers have re.
fuaed IN rsufv some far.reacbinp chances In
Isaiah Jeremiab Ezekiel. and Daniel which
their moro unfiinching American colleagues
nronounoed essential to the faithful reproduc.
tion of the Hebrew OF the Masoretic text. and
A. NAV be surmised that a learned Israellte. in.
di1erent to tho effect Of scientiao criticism
unon Christian doctrine. could point out other
ch.nyaa mora radical and dangerous which
rson, ~. rnnr,ant indaaa th.t tha
ssss,..,s.. -, p.o,as,.,, E,r,,.na ,on,-
MI thom.o,vos 70 tho unnuaIiaea ac.
c.n,.roe ~ IN. uohrsw toxt ,ronsmit,oa nv
AZ W..,-,,os =. ,h, s,,rrana "a o,o,ne,,o
c-,t.rion ~ suthsntioitv thsv Iaoxe tho sron.
mani from nrophocv an. ~ tho ermost anr.
.,vin, ao,umns -, ~ Chr,st,on .dicoo A. tho
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. ~ ,,-ss NJ =. 80 -.
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~. M..a-,te to.oo 'ue 40 nso.ew ] ouna'nuou n y.
sar~,.Is. A W. 'o''N " "'' '''A WV
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ona y, tho frat cbanoes noti.oob,o !, Isaiah
.,,Ii ho tonna N narsoa ~ .he o.h =. aha'',or
vhara y" Tbou ho.t ,ru,tinl;.d .ho noti,n ord
not incraosod Tho ;o,n oasrs strorraI,, ;noon-
sistent with the conteIt The revisers have
nre,errod IN diyergo bero FROM tho ho1v ~ tho
Hebrew text and ndont a m,r,;n., ro,dir, NJ
tha Masorett, "Tbon boot ,rlt,,Iioa tbo no
tion tbou hast Increased thnir iovn 7, Ia n
curione fact That tho yu,,,to boro ohord,nod
~. sontuooirt ond osor,aa ~. rao1;n,, T., ~.
hodv ~ tho Hebrev ta,t which tho reyisors ro-
3ect For ,be Latin Ia 1G,lj,I;c,st; o.,,.,,,
non ,ooonidros,j Intitjon,n - wbareos tho Greot
was !" 10 pleiston ton loou 1o tote,ooss on eu-
obros,,,e en-, {" which ooroos suhs,ontion, With
tho Es.i or MARGINAL reading recocniyaa in tho
revision Tn chan "a v * tbo iniunction
.aIorifv the Lord in tho frcs - hecomos in tho
hands Of the revisers "Glorifv the Lord in tbs
East" This Massage had no correln,,ve in tho
Sentuapint and the yuIpa,o either had n di,
ferent Hebrew text before It or strancolv mis-
lnterprsted the word which the former Enplish
translators rendered fires" and the revisers
East" The Latin is "Iropter hoe in doctyinis
slorifcate Doni,rtn" In chap. &C. v. 10. the
reader has boon wont to recognize an
anticipation by tho prophet of the
doctrine of the resurrection: THY dead
men shall live together with dead bOly
sball they arise" As revised. the sentence
ytin bears a promise OF life beyond
the grave: Thy dead shall live: nv dead
bodies shall ariso.n uere again the author
Of the Vuleate seems TO have recurred to the
Hebrew with which ma intornreted bv the re
Visers. tho Latin corresponds almost ex.
Rctly, while 1t is certainly not translation OF
The Septuagint Jerome wrote: "vire,t mortal
hui interfecti mel resu1euL" On the other hand,
the version of the Seventy was mauifestly
pleonastic: "Anastisontai hoi nekyoi. kai eger-
Mesontai hoi en- tots u,leneiois" In chan. 41.y.2
"Who raised up the righteous man from tho
East. and called him to his foot ?" the epithet
Ia transferred to the Deity from the instrument
Of His will who Is here identified with Cyrus
the Great. It was SCARCELY intelipible that
Isaiah should describe tho Persian connueror
ss righteous. and tho reyisers off.r us. who
hath raised IN one from tbe Fast whom He
ealleth In riphteousness To his foot ~ Tho
Vp,o.ts aproed in the main with tho apthor.
Ized version and apnlied the enithot