THE MODERN BIBLE— THE POEM OF JOB 



The Bible of To-Day. By the Rev. Alban Blakiston., M.A. 

 Large Crown 8vo. pp. xvi + 240. Price JJ. net 



In this book an attempt is made "to introduce the student of the Bible 

 to what is known as the historical, or critical, method of studying the 

 Scriptures and investigating their messages. The volume does not aim at 



supplying introductions to the separate books The purpose is, rather, to 



present to the reader the point of view which is responsible for applying the 

 historical method of treatment to the sacred pages, and to envisage the 

 'atmosphere,' intellectual and religious, which is the outcome of that 

 treatment 



In an introductory chapter the question of Inspiration is briefly 

 discussed. The second chapter deals with the Text of the Old Testa- 

 ment, and seeks to trace, in outline, the history of its different writings; 

 endeavouring to grasp, on the one hand, what were the causes which 

 determined their form and contents ; and, on the other hand, how they 

 came to be combined in a single volume to which a peculiar sanctity 

 was attached. The third chapter deals with the New Testament upon 

 similar lines. And, in the last chapter, it is attempted to show what were 

 the influences which contributed to the development of the Jewish and 

 Christian religions, in so far as the books of the Old and New Testaments 

 exhibit this sort of dependence. Incidentally a great many other subjects 

 are touched upon." 



The Poem of Job, translated in the metre of the Original. By Edward G. 

 King, D.D., Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. 



Pott +to. Paper boards, parchment back. pp. xii-|-ii6. Price 5J. net 



The system of translating Hebrew poetry according to the principle of 

 accented syllables the author has previously explained in his volume on 

 Early Religious Poetry of the Hebrews in the series of Cambridge 

 Manuals. " It appears to me," he says, " that the English language well 

 lends itself to this rhythm, and that much of the beauty of our Bible 

 Version is due to the fact that the translators, from time to time, fall into 

 it, all unconsciously; e.g. Job iii. iq : 



'The small and great are there ; 

 And the servant is free from his master.' 



Here, as in Hebrew, the rhythm depends not on the number of syllables 

 but on the beat of the accent." 



" Dr King's book will be valued by all who want to read the great dramatic poem 



from end to end at one sitting, as it ought to be read It should receive a cordial 



welcome from all who can appreciate a really useful and illuminating rendering ot the 

 great dramatic poem ot which Carlyle said, ' I call it, apart from all theories about it, 

 one of the grandest things ever written with pen.'" — The AherJeen Journal 



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