Excerpt from A Compendious Introduction to the Study of the Bible, Vol. 1 of 4 The little Manual, now offered to the Public, has been undertaken in consequence Of requests long since communicated to the Author, and frequently repeated, that he would prepare an analysis, or Abridgment of the four octavo volumes of his larger Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scrip tures as an assistant to the studies of Gentlemen, at the Universities and other Seminaries Of Theological Literature, as also of those individuals who may re Spectively possess that work, and to whom such an auxiliary would be acceptable. At the same time, the present volume has been so arranged, as to form a Comprehensive Guide to the Study of the Bible, adapt ed to the use of general readers it will be found to contain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.