The Higher Criticism of the Pentateuch
Description:... This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ... message in Bethel, knows but one sanctuary, that in Zion, i. 2; ii. 7, the law of incest, Lev. xx. 11, Deut. xxii. 30; ii. 11, 12, Nazarites, Num. vi. 2, 3, and prophets, Deut. xviii. 15; iv. 4, triennial tithes, Deut. xiv. 28, xxvi. 12. for which in their excess of zeal they may substitute tithes every three days; viii. 5, falsifying the ephah, shekel, and balances, Lev. xix. 36, Deut. xxv. 13-15. Coincidences of thought or expression: Comp Hos. ii. 17, and Ex. xxiii. 13; iii. 1, look to other gods, Deut. xxxi. 18 (Heb.); v. 14-vi. 1, Deut. iv. 29, 30, xxxii. 39; iv. 10, Lev. xxvi. 26; xi. 1, Ex. iv. 22, 23; xii. 5, Ex. iii. 15; xiii. 6, Deut. viii. 12-14; Am. ii. 7, to profane my holy name, Lev. xx. 3; iv. 6, 8, Deut. xxviii. 48; iv. 9, Deut. xxviii. 22; iv. 10, Deut. xxviii. 60; iv. 6, 8, 9, 10, Deut. iv. 30; v. 11, ix. 14, Deut. xxviii. 30, 39; vi. 12, gall and wormwood, Deut. xxix. 18; ix. 13, Lev. xxvi. 5. For traces of the Pentateuch in the kingdom of Israel, whether in Hosea, Amos, or the Books of Kings, see Hengstenberg, "Authentic des Pentateuches," I. pp. 48-180. IV THE UNITY OF THE PENTATEUCH The second objection which has been urged against the Mosaic origin of the Pentateuch, affects its form rather than its contents. It is affirmed that such is the constitution of the Pentateuch as to evince that it is not the continuous composition of any one writer, but that it is compacted of parts of diverse origin, the products of different writers, themselves long posterior to the Mosaic age; and consequently the Pentateuch, though it may contain some Mosaic elements, cannot in its present form have proceeded from Moses, but must belong to a much later period. This objection is primarily directed against the unity of the...
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