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Theology and Ethics of the Hebrews Syria and Palestine

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THE increasing number of popular books on early Semitic history and sociology marks the ever-widening interest taken in this branch of scientific research, especially as far as the results of modern Old Testament criticism are concerned. The writer of a popular handbook undertakes a serious responsibility; it is for him to weigh carefully the arguments for and against all important theories, and to set before the general reader a fair and unbiassed account of what he considers to be the certain and indubitable results of the labours of scholars. In all matters of Biblical criticism hie must hold a middle course between the servile acceptance of traditional belief on the one hand, and a system of drastic and monotonous emendation on the other. Above all must he keep himself severely aloof from ephemeral hypotheses, for he is writing for the uncritical layman and not for the discriminating expert.

Theology and Ethics of the Hebrews.

By Archibald Duff, Professor of Old Testament Theology, Yorkshire College, Bradford. Pp. xvii + 304. (London: John C. Nimmo, Ltd., 1902.)

Syria and Palestine.

By Lewis Bayles Paton With Five Maps. Pp. xxxvi + 302. (London: John C. Nimmo, Ltd., 1902). Both in the “Semitic Series.” Each 5s. net.

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