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Truly, " wisdom is justified of her children " : 

 well-nigh all for which Huxley contended is conceded, 

 and the rest will follow in due time. The admissions 

 as to the unhistorical element in the Bible which are 

 made by modern theologians are not limited to the 

 Old Testament. The great Dictionary of the Bible 

 already referred to, in which the best scholarship of 

 Britain and the Continent is embodied, and which has 

 as its chief editor " the Oriel Professor of the In- 

 terpretation of Holy Scripture at Oxford," contains 

 articles, as quotations have shown already (see p. 199, 

 200), which a generation ago would have given the 

 Dean of Arches a busy time over trials for heresy. 

 In the article on "Jesus " he is spoken of by the late 

 Dr. Bruce as " the child of his time and people," 

 and, concerning the Passion, the same writer says, 

 " For modern criticism the story, even in its most 

 historic version, is not pure truth, but truth mixed 

 with doubtful legend," although, " when examined 

 with a critical microscope, not a few of the relative 

 incidents stand the test." In the article on the 

 " Gospels " Professor Schmiedel doubts " whether any 

 credible elements are to be found in them," and from 

 the entire body of the reported sayings of Jesus he 

 chooses five passages which, it is suggested, may form 

 " foundation-pillars for a truly scientific life of Jesus," 

 in whom, Professor Schmiedel adds, "we have to do 



