New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
NEW THEORY OF JEWISH HISTORY.
AN OUTLINE OF CANON CHEYNES VIEWS.
WHICH HE WILL EXPLAIN IN LECT-
UREs AT UNION THEOLOGI-
CAL SEMINARY
Near Sixth Avenue)

CAL SEMINARY.
Professor Thomas X. Cheyne, Orel professor OIL
the INTERPRETATION OF Holy Scripture at OXFORD anu
Canon Of Rochester. has just come to the Onited
States to deliver course. of lectures on jewish
Religious Life After the Exile He will speak in
Union Theological Seminary on November s. TO- To-
Il % and a. giving a survey of the most important
and least understood period in the history OF Israel
Canon Cheyne is eminently well fitted for this
task being of the foremost religious stucentS
and thinkers in England. lie Is In the prime u
lie having been born In lSil. He was one OF those
mnst active in making the Revised Version oil the
Bible and contributed the articles on lsa'ah 'a"'
other Biblical books to the Encyclopedia Britain
Mica While a careful student Of the Bible IN the
original tongues, he has paid special attention "
the books Of Psalms and Isaiah. having deIlVere"
the hampton lectures on the former ana witt"
five volumes on the latter. He Is the editor Vi INC
Book of Isaiah in the PoychrOme Bible about to
he published and Is now engaged In editing he"
'Dictionary of the Bible" which promises 10 super
sedc all others As brilliant and prolific writer ne
has achieved A worldwide reputation for depth OF
scholarship and power of presentation lie mas
been invited to this country by committee OF our
leading colleges, before when he VIII ueii'e' '''
course OF lectures
Tho Canon il rather below the medium height
snare and in conversation he Is dldent ana ner-
vous But as a lecturer he becomes announcer man.
having firm clear voice and impressive eve"
bold delivery. His style is chaste MS ldhs"aN'
annronriatc and as thinker he discards all preJu-
dice II has been stated that he is communion
OF a nationalist and a devouonai nsSuv, io'
while he carries his Investigations OF the Biple 10
,beir logical conclusions he is still hrin anu ie'
vent adherent of the Anglican Church
Tho lectures which Canon Cheyne is ABOUT 10 oe-
uver are the result Of lifelong study, and WI" no
doubt make quite stir In religious creieS' N
xu nresent a view of the history Of Israel at'er
Zee return from Babylon which will be new to most
NJ his hearers, and yet he holds IL Is uuei IMAM
tho prevalent idea Of this period For instance l."
will maintain that Zerubabel was by no means
moro loader OF the returning exiles. but that nc
was nut forward the Messianic hlns lo' ""0'''
Israel in Babylonian bondage had "ept anu
Touching upon the part played by the propHe's ~
this drama he will explain Lacnariahs s"e"e''
and weakness and the great moral power anu pu pa,
uy OF Malachrs teachings. Car on Che'he n.y.
that even before Ezra, the prophets h"u a''c'"P.
70 rouse the Jews to return. though lhe"ec'uaI'y.
lie will cast fresh light upon the relations between
,bo lows and Samaritans, quoting the bloe "
prove that this relation has been hl'ner' IN
nletolv misunderstood, and he VIII eNpI''" -
miah's violent conduct In eXpelhs 'He '1i'''' 49,,
"ron, Jerusalem. He believes that the Jews ana
Somaritans misunderstood each othe' anu '''l'
they were in unconscious agreement aS 10 y"
essentials of their religion BY this the atiIuue %
Issus 70 the Jewish law and to indlvidud! 0d"id'
i,ans VIII be explained ..,,,.,
MS study OF the Book of Isaiah has convinced
him that not only there second ISAIAH wiz
ing chapters XII 10 Xviii. but that NilA-N "e'o
an annendx written by still another prophet Ai'er
,,oar characterization OF Nehemiah. he shows that
,ho nronhets mad represented him as the MESSIAH,
and that his Influence was so great tia VIZ en-
nleied ne had TO return governor 70 Fe i3I
order His theory is that tnsn E.fa ana tho which
ssone new material introduced especlaiy tnal
part dealing with me ho'lieSS ynains Inc exist
4 ffraf In
cnte OF a sect. the humble ones u'uei "'o'e ~
huence parts of JOB were proIuce' ome UNEXPECTED
ih.es arose but the ideal of Israel became clear,
and the Sonsi On Mere 9f Introduced into that book
The servant was to them comond'oi. ut az ~, oy
% s4as 5od MAJ wq Ka a t ani
time that the prophecies or Hare he lect-
urer viii trace the entire development Of the Mes
sanic idea among The Je Jews ,,,er,on * pa,d TO
r ,wsdorn .iiterat urc OF the Bible pIoyerDs ana
Ecclesiastical snoTng te OF the young and
Snyy loving Kindness was esteemed ne pIereq9isie
Of wisdom That s wde as 10 wf ne to6 The Book
~ Proverbs ike the law. presupposed the theory
sar5hY 5sr 10 sag a bout ns ha @ ''
Passing 10 the study Of JOB me lecturer WI" d
Of The nqusiive spirit as found IN the SPeGcqes v Q.
Jehosh Hers The ssoW niuf and Greek PARABLE point
ed out Job not fully appreciated before tna-
time, wi,es 70 isaiah I'LL The new editor refu,ed
sc no. thoueht the old doctrine OF divine retrbution
as dS be solve the eternal problem OF suffering!
israel then entered upon new phase Prnysrb
xxy -. must have been Iieenlzlng Jew pro-
,otype Of Gocthe's Faust, but the orthodox pre-
aver J." was Ecceslses whose author was MOI an
Atheist hui a transcendenalis'. and his radica
.,ancrts such as vii l5 and viii II. aroused 50
n,cb nppottion that interpretations from the ertno
dox standpoint were introduced canon Cn ~ he
hook which must have been written by PM
oSIp'bbs hi, Closing address the lecturer Will Axoiain