The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . date or complete the Hamiltons Codex Criticus, Lond. 1821. 24. The writings of Terence (six pieces only) contain 30,000Result variations, and they have been copied many times less frequently than the New Testament. We maywell acquiesce, therefore, in the language of Bengel, who, afterlaborious research into these topics, wrote to his scholar, Reuss, Eat the Scripture bread in simplicity, just as you have it, anddo not be disturbed if here and there you find a grain of sandwhich the mill-stone may have suffered to
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . date or complete the Hamiltons Codex Criticus, Lond. 1821. 24. The writings of Terence (six pieces only) contain 30,000Result variations, and they have been copied many times less frequently than the New Testament. We maywell acquiesce, therefore, in the language of Bengel, who, afterlaborious research into these topics, wrote to his scholar, Reuss, Eat the Scripture bread in simplicity, just as you have it, anddo not be disturbed if here and there you find a grain of sandwhich the mill-stone may have suffered to pass. If the Holy REDUCED FAC-SIMILE OF THE TITLE-PAGE OF CODEX ROSSANENSIS(The latest Gospel MS. discovered, 1879). See Note, page 728. The four medallions represent the Evangelists, each with a book upon the leftarm, while the right hand is raised as if giving a benediction. The miniaturesthroughout the MS. represent heads of the prophets; the 19 plates the parables, MS. text (see following illustration) is in silver letters and in double columns. OAl 0 M. TEXT OF CODEX ROSSANENSIS. Subscription to Gospel of Mattheio. 4 t LANGUAGE OF THE BIBLE—HEBREW. 25 Scriptures, which, have been so often copied, were absolutelywithout variations, this would be so great a miracle that faithin them would be no longer faith. I am astonished, on thecontrary, that from all these transcriptions there has not resulteda greater number of various readings.* But many expressions have already been employed whichneed to be explained. If their meaning be clear, yet is theremuch to be said in relation to them before the reader is thor-oughly prepared to understand all they involve. The generalconclusion that our Bible is, on the whole, as inspired writersleft it, is undoubted; but the Bible-student often requires ma-terials for closer inquiry. We proceed, therefore, to give abrief account of the original languages of the sacred volume—Hebrew and Hellenistic Greek—of the manuscripts, vers
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