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Excerpt from An Historico-Critical Introduction to the Pentateuch The work, of which the present volume is ft translation, is a portion of a larger work, entitled Handbuch der historisch-kritischen Einleitung in das Alte Testament, a Manual of Historico-critical Introduction to the Old Testament; and forms the first part of the Special Introduction. It is the publisher's intention to bring out, in the latter part of this year, a translation of that division of the above work which relates to the General Introduction to the Old Testament, including in one volume the discussion of such topics as the formation of the Canon of the Old Testament, the history of the Hebrew Language, the Ancient Versions, &c. This, it is hoped, will be found extremely serviceable for use as a class-book in our Theological Institutions. The translation, which will be executed by Dr W. L. Alexander of Edinburgh, will be accompanied by an introductory notice of the merits of Havernick as a critic and commentator, which relieves the present translator of the task of attempting to do very imperfectly what will be satisfactorily performed by an abler hand. With respect to the present work, the translator would only add that, while it is occupied almost exclusively with a discussion of the question, so much debated of late in Germany, as to the genuineness of the Pentateuch - treating both of the Mosaic authorship and of the historical credibility of the work, points that are essentially connected; it would be wrong to regard its publication as superseded by the previous appearance of Hengstenberg's valuable Dissertations on the same subject. It is at once a more complete and methodical, and also a more compact work, answering to its title of a Manual. The principles also on which it is based, and of which it presents a thorough and masterly exposition in its treatment of the different sections of the Pentateuch as they come under review, are, in the translator's opinion, of the highest importance, such as alone will lead to a satisfactory and consistent apprehension of the peculiar character, spirit, and bearing of the Old Testament writings. They will prove the surest antidote to the rationalistic and infidel spirit, which is now seeking to diffuse itself amongst the educated and reflecting classes in this country. We sec it here encountered, on its native soil, by an able antagonist, and foiled with the right weapons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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