A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 3: Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical This volume embraces the last two books of the Pentateuch. The Commentary on Numbers was prepared by Dr. Lange, and appeared, together with Exodus and Leviticus, in 1874. The translation, after many delays beyond my control, was finally entrusted to the Rev. Dr. Loweie and the Rev. Dr. Gosman. The Rev. Dr. Lowkie is responsible for the Introduction (original), and for chaps. i.-xx. 13 and chap, xxxiii. His additions are, as usual, included in brackets, and marked Te. They bear chiefly on the geography and topography of the regions traversed by the Israelites from Mt. Sinai to Mt. Hor and the plains of Moab, with reference to the most recent explorations of the Sinaitic Peninsula. The Rev. Dr. GosMAX prepared the remaining chapters of Numbers, and his additions are marked by his initials. The Commentary on Deuteronomy is the work of the late Pastor F.W. J.ScHEOEDEB, who Studied with me in Berlin and succeeded the celebrated Dr. Feiedeich Wilhelm Keummachee in the First Reformed Church of Elberfeld. It was published separately in 1866. The English edition was at once taken in hand by the Rev. Dr. Gosman and stereotyped, but it had to wait for the completion of Numbers. In the mean time the Mosaic authorship of Deuteronomy has been subjected to new trial. Hence Dr. Gosman was requested to add a special Appendix with reference to the views of Bishop Colenso, Dr. Kuenen, Prof Wellhausen, and Professor W.RoBEETSON Smith. This was the more necessary since the Deuteronomic controversy as connected with the doctrine of inspiration has assumed a serious ecclesiastical aspect in the Free Church of Scotland, which has hitherto been singularly free of any departure from traditional orthodoxy, but is now almost equally divided on the soundness and admissibility of the views of one of her public teachers. It may be doubted whether Presbyteries, Synods and General Assemblies are the proper judicatories for the adjustment of purely critical questions on which the first biblical scholars of the age are at issue among themselves, and have not yet reached final conclusions, but on the other hand, a free Church which supports its theological schools See obituary notice in Preface to the vol. on Bzekiel. 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.