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Excerpt from The Present State of Old Testament Studies In 1930 Professor Charles C. Torrey published his book, pseudo-ezekiel and the Original Prophecy.58 Tor rey's theory is in brief this. A man, probably of priestly rank, living in Jerusalem in the third century B. C. On the basis Of 2 Kgs. Put into the mouth of a prophet Of the time of Manasseh (he thinks that the thirtieth year in Eze. Can only be the 3oth year of Manasseh) passionate warnings, and then reminded his readers how, when the warnings were disregarded, dire punishment followed. Some thirty years later an editor, in the interest of what Torrey believes was then a new theory, viz that there was a Babylonian captivity and a return, inserted in Eze. 3 references to the captivity and made other editorial additions which SO successfully transferred all the prophecies to Babylon that for two thousand years no one perceived the hoax. The theory is set forth with all of Torrey's ingenuity (and he is very ingenious) and persuasiveness. It is, however, too ingenious. As one reads he is led to doubt that, were the theory true, even Torrey could have detected it! 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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