The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-20

some great ana radical reform 10 justly Uio
language Of ii. Kings xiii. So far the evil
dence seems cogcnt to the historical critic. 1t
was the Deutoronomic code and nothing else
which was brought forward by E1ilkiah In the
year $40 b. c. The statements Of III. Kings
arc explicit and unanswerable that previous to
that time neither tho book nor all Of it's re-
aurements had been known for an indefinite
period. The question ut once arises. how old
was IL? In what sense and on what grounds
was it called The Book OF the Law" On
this point. also. something may 10 learned
from tho narrative in II. Kings Mr.. Bacon
submits that any one acquainted with ancient
manuscripts will be inclined TO say at once In
answer to tho query as to nge. Not very
DID, IL for no other reason. because
only trained expert can read manuscript OF
few centuries back on account OF changes In
chiroEraphy and language: but further le-
cause Oriental manuscripts are written with
Ink which fndes and becomes ilcgible with
dampness. and no manuscript can be sup
posed to have survived without eStraor-
binary care tho repeated pillaging OF
tho temple and the extraordinary vcissi-
tudes OF the ark. TO suppose that tho book
OF the Torah. which Sha phan claimed to have
found in the temple. was the actual autograph
OF Moses referred to in Deuteronomy. is per-
haps what the author OF Deuteronomy thought
and intended: but in order to accept the opin-
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to ascertain the origin and authority OF the
book. The story Is short. They did not
trouble themselves at nll about its origin. but
delegation took 1t to "Huldah. the prophet
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M ''co' W 'he sehe'"' cn"'h''cr u ''e
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| i've e'i"eht" OF Fos'-Nvsalc orls'h' !ho
'e%lsll'lon Is adapted 10 'he wants ana as
s"ihes inc eNis'en'" OF an agricultural pe"lie
! long "r'"S'ome" I" cHS ana ''''hIe NE
| chapter NN. especially IS III a"ar'eh TO the
| Period ~ me conquest. ."aP'ot N'i'. GN"S
! directions 'or 'he coh""c' VI KINGS. H"m"f'
/ ana me h"'h"r :" l. samuel rs wen rs 'he PEG.
! PIE OF ''ia' haS' seem never l" nave near" OF
III" chapter Just mentioned ana us u,r''''ois
ana rf"hi"liohs are scarce!y '"nIrehehssp'e
EXCEPT W''eh r"ad slde u! s'u" WIN t'e storS
! OF solomon ahus"S Oh IN" r'S"' ONCE hr.
| Bacon goes on y" '"h'et" 'ha' me re-
seihhlahr" Oh mo s'y". ''hr""E'' i'''@
l"uS c"h'ei'lons. an" !:'n"f"' VIEWPOINT o'
| deuteronomy 20 Jei'h''"" j. :" ,''''"'" Us !"
! critics i1drc,I have maintained! Jeremiah to
bo the author OF Deute: onomy on tho ground
| OF the identity OF eAprcSSlo's ana cast OF
! thought: 'hr evidence ior ms however Is 100
| technical and inconclus!Net 10 Ne SET io:'h ~ u
! popular troht!Sc. Great stress. on INC o'hcr
! hand. Is laid IN 'he internal proof th(' p"n-
} trron"my VAS the iioiuct o. thr s''n' S'r":-
I .lo f"r reform lnthe seventh century Il. - an