The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . y, which treats of practice. See Chaps. III., V., VII., and Introduction to Cor., Romans, etc. Under the head of Pastoral Theology are placed—Homiletics, of which this volume treats but indirectly, seeCh. VII. The Pastoral Care and Ecclesiastical Law, of which nothingis said here. The Evidence of Christianity, and the External History of the Church of Christ, are distinct branches of the first, the following pages treat at some length, Chap. 1: Chap. II. Sec. 1-4, etc. To some of the subjects enumerated i
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . y, which treats of practice. See Chaps. III., V., VII., and Introduction to Cor., Romans, etc. Under the head of Pastoral Theology are placed—Homiletics, of which this volume treats but indirectly, seeCh. VII. The Pastoral Care and Ecclesiastical Law, of which nothingis said here. The Evidence of Christianity, and the External History of the Church of Christ, are distinct branches of the first, the following pages treat at some length, Chap. 1: Chap. II. Sec. 1-4, etc. To some of the subjects enumerated in this list, this volumeis only an introduction intended to guide the advanced readerto larger works ; but on most it will be found sufficiently fullto enable earnest-minded inquirers to study and master theevidences, facts, and doctrines of Scripture for aim is to teach men to understand and appreciate TheBible, and, at the same time, to give such information onancient literature and history as may aid the work of generaleducation among all For Reference to the Contents in Detail, see the Index, page 734;and also the Alphabetical Index to Illustrations. Page Alphabetical Index to Illustrations xvPART I. Introductory • 11 CHAPTER I. On the Genuineness of Scripture ; or the Bible as In-spired Men wrote it . . . • I5 Sec. 1. Genuineness denned and proved, § 6-24. Sec. 2. (a) The original languages of Scripture. Hebrew and theShemitish languages generally; Hellenistic or He-brew Greek of the New Testament and LXX, § 25-41. Sec. 3. (a) The manuscripts of Scripture, \ 42-64. Sec. 4. (a) The ancient versions of Scripture, \ 65-74. Sec. 5. (a) The various readings of Scripture: rules for determin-ing the text, I 75-112. Sec. 6. The English version on the whole identical with theoriginal text, \ 113-134. CHAPTER II. On the Authenticity and Authority of Scripture . 83 Sec. 1. Scripture claims to be regarded as an inspired teacher, and as the only inspire
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