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is of the strongest kind, though, in order to estimate its 

 precise force, it would be necessary to examine at some 

 length the parallelisms in point of idea between the 

 proper names of Israel and those of other Semites. 

 That these parallelisms are in part very striking is ob 

 served by Dr. Nestle at the close of his inquiry, but the 

 subject is not followed up. In this sketch I have mainly 

 sought to show how much matter of general theological 

 interest the writer has drawn from an apparently technical 

 subject. The volume also contains much scholarly re 

 search in the investigation of details, and is altogether 

 very welcome, both as an addition to biblical literature 

 and as a token of what we may still expect from the 

 author. 



As Goldziher s Mythos bei den Hebraern, and the 

 English translations of Kuenen s and Riehm s recent 

 books on prophecy, have been noticed in these pages in 

 another connection, they must be excluded from our 

 present survey. 



