Testament originated, will be considered. The discoveries of recent years have greatly enriched this field of inquiry. The several books will then be classified and studied in some detail. Their character and purpose, with an analysis of their contents, will be given, after which the student will be in a position to read intelligently the passages indicated for research work. The author has tried to make a subject that is usually regarded irksome interesting and instructive. From the standpoint of modern scholarship, the Bible has acquired a new and surpassing interest. Instead of being, as some are led to believe, an obsolete book, it is seen to possess a meaning and message for the modern world. Its fundamental ethical and religious truths are suited to every age. It will be observed that a considerable number of footnotes have been introduced. In nearly all cases, these notes are from the pens of eminent biblical scholars, and serve either to reënforce the statements of the text or to open up new aspects of the subject. It is hoped that they will prove, not an encumbrance but a valuable addition. The research work, which approaches the subject from a different standpoint in each chapter, will be found to have the force of a cumulative method. It may be safely claimed that a reasonably faithful use of the book will give both a comprehensive and a particular acquaintance with the Scriptures. Should the book at the same time contribute something to the revival of a vigorous moral sense in our country, it would have a still higher excellence. ROANOKE COLLEGE, Feb. 15, 1911. F. V. N. P. STUDIES IN THE POETICAL BOOKS OF JOB AND PSALMS . 109 123 135 CHAPTER IX PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, AND SONG OF SOLOMON . 153 |