The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-20
from the literature of tho period in which the

Jnviticai Inv now Moor pornted in the Pentc-
teuch. Is supposcd to havo existed. wc Ind TINS
ritual system ignored in those writings OIL tne
prc- exile prophets which have hoth IVY Nv"
thoc's name and date prcflxcd, ana whlcn "'i''H
into broad daylight the cligious liIo ofthe PEG.
pie. both in Ephraim and in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
nearly three centuries preceding the rN.e
The first trace Of nn allusion TO arythlnE coh
tanned in tho pricsty legislation OF tho reh'"
touch. or TO tho existence oil any oruihau.oo
Moses concerning ritual. Will De seaten'" ~
in vain throughout the writings OF '"o ~
exile prophets. An attempt has been muoe W
meet this oi'J'nne,,tum sUsntto py 'he
planation that tho specific work o, ."'
prophets led them to cxalt the ethicai ieh-
turc OF tho law ut tho expense Vi w
ritual. II is not however. upon he,e
silence that historical criticism depenus
for its external evidence. II is maih'aint"
that the repeated expressions OF inc pio-
exile prophets arc such as to mhNe 49,
lutely income eivabo that they knew '''e e
tntcuch. or bad ever heard Of the onnctmep'
of nm elaborate ritual law by Noses MI
Bacon citcs n number 81 passages from 'o,'
miah Amos. Micah, and Isaiah. IN Wi,e,, ."e
prophets call upon their hearers 10 zen ,"eA
when and where Yahweh authorized ritual,
istc ceremonies or anything OF the ki"u' "nu
It assuredly sccms impossible to fecoh.n0
such appeals with the knowledge OFT eH's.-
ence of a Mosaic law. nine.tenths OF when 10
devoted to intoxicating the very thing aepre'
Gated by tho prophets. Wo may ADJ ',',' un
important piece OF evidence Tor 'he ua'e W
codincation Of tho ritual law Is iouho ~ .'o
book Of Ezekiel Hero prorhet ot '"o
Exile, who is also priest is planning l'r
tho reconstruction Of tho nation "''e'
It's return Tic last part of lis pook con-
tnins ritual system idcnlistic and intricate.
49,. t,.,t, n
provisions. Is It likely. Mr.. racon asks. 'ha'
liyclio, was n ware of tho existence OF n Mosaic
code covering in greater detail the "hoie
ground @. his own code or did no thihh VI
surcrseJincit by his own? u E2eKIcl knew
nothing OF Il Mosaic code, who knew Oh IL -
is tho a,tcmrt to answer such uue'''o'
which has driven nearly all Old Icstant"'
scholars to abandon the idea that the Ieh'"'
touch ritual code va, 4 revelation 10 Mosee'
fixed for all subsequent time in MI It's "','''s'
and to substitute the idea OF grown w''H'
roots 20 larE. in tho customary III" an" W
di,iona, PRACTICE Of the sanctuary for nm inaeh-
nil, ncrjol rrcviou. to the Exile. but whose
co.,i.icativn l"gan at the same auu III '"'
; same reasons rs T"eEicl's code"
The nrsur,cn. from silence admits OF oeih:
s.ron,.,hn,,I almost Indefinitely by the es;at-
! li,hmrnt OF "a probability that II n BOOK h"h
| hcru in existence it would havo been known
| TO tho authors consulted. and they IN "ohs"-
| oi,.nre would hAv" usel il. referred 10 ". OF
| Mt least have written or acted in sonc way ai'-
! rorcntly from what they did Stii'' II Is heceS-
| so,ily internal violence exactly comp!encn"a-
! ~ TO external which can alone definitely liz II
! date belo.. which wtitinG cannot nave eH.
| istei No snail part OF tho PROOF uc"uceu
| from the pcutntcuch itself. OF its origin from
,ra,i,iornry sources centuries after til" events
4, van q : ~
| itv. and hence tho historical! intc"uracy. III It's
| REPRESENTATIONS. This most ;hanS'".s TASK oil
! ali criticism. II Iurciy n"Eniiv. WORK. pnt on"
| witch must necessarily rr"redo tho build
/ iu.. OF "A trus worthy structure III on the
/ documents. was taken UP hy tucnso. Blen"h
! q! Natal, and carried through n Gh'Nhrh'h:'y
as the sur.coE wcds th" knife. NJ. bacon
! cites M instance ~ two from the p''lou u.
/ Moses h:msc.t The enormous numbers "l
| the |. rne,itcS WHO caiuc out OF f:ypt "ooooo
! armed mon. beside, non cotlhatantSl are not
/ due t. festival errors. Iccause they arc again
,;I nruin y,,itrratc!. verified by rcpenlod
! ,uotin.-, and that in two complete cehsuScs.
rs,,lrs a..c,In:, with r!any OF the representa-
,i,n, in the tory itself. Colcnso showed that
/ .I,rsc mum hrrs az. not only Incompatible with
! the account ~ the seventy persons who. only
four general ions before. had como int" EgyH.
bat make The account %! the Exodus incredi-
= i,!r To-nobi'iio an army ~ poo.ooo aFileu
! ,uo,ir , sing. ni-h, j. an incredible feat.
avon If ~, l,uyn entirely out OF account tho
women an c!ti,.lren. the aged and in'lrm. tho
"mi.c,' nlul;i;u'c" ana tie" focks sand herds.
Eu. ,urcu~iM.: all :hl- done and he whole com
| IaNy. nNmhrljrG No. o-~ariy between tW"'h"
thrr. Mil ou- rr .yi,'rd with the tents ~"
fin! them ,rrupyiH.: Immediately aFtcrward.
why should ,uu. oOun"inrd m"nrnn away from
, Pharaoh or rry oct from !oar OF the Ge.nrh-
mrnt 81 troops sent in pursuit: Why du an
armed fore" ten times rs numerous a tho al
lied ARM Of Waterloo need to submit to into!-
cradle oppression How could I'll" petty desert
triDo Of Au.!rki'cI hold them in check. and
for time prevail" against them:
Again. the human millions are supported by
mamma in tho waste. bowling Wilderness
but what supported tho great numbers % cat
| tie md iiocl;s and h 'rlS Of which We hear re-
rcatndly. II the I.rarites had th"sr hork'
and herds. why ,ll!,hey complain Of havin: no
flesh 10 eat and twice require u miracle to nro
vide it: If they lid not have them. whence
cnme the innumHrable beasts fox sacrifice so
carefully specified. and the Passover lam os. for
forty successive years required TO tie males
but one year Did: Again. th" ,naso l.svitcs OF
the frs: ccrSGs were 22.OOo: thirty-ci@ht
years afterwarl. $4,000. lat in Noses
own generation there We're only SIX
teen all told. These 23.OGO I.evitcs were
substituted for 22.213 llr-t.Jorn males OF all
Israc. II We make the total maio population
only 100000 tt;OO.OOU bore Hrms) every mother
in Israel must have then had at least forty
two male children. This. of course. IL purely
negative criticism its object is not she de-
strurtion Of the records. as is often supposed
Negative criticism must Ire considered part OF
tie evidence tending to show whether tho his
tory is that Of eycwitnesses or is more or less
distorted 10y tradition. 1t is nevertheless viii
satisfaction that Mr.. Bacon turns from the
negative to the constructive side OF historica
: criticism.
The central position OF the science OF his
torlcal criticism as regards the HeNateuch Is
the date go B. C. for tho code vi Deuteronomy
: The argument for this would fiji u volume b,
itself In the treatise OF De Wette published
. in 1900. Deuteronomy was identified with tn
: Book Of the Law" or "Teaching' Vrorah,
9 | found by liilkiall in the tcmple under Josiah