Excerpt from Biblical Introduction This volume is intended for a handbook of Biblical Introduction - dealing with such questions as the date, authorship, composition; analysis, and contents of the several books - for those who are unacquainted or only slightly acquainted with the original languages of the Bible and the technicalities of criticism. The authors have been anxious to include all matters Of importance, to state the prevalent views concerning them, and to do so at sufficient length to make them intelligible. Necessarily, therefore, many details of analysis and criticism have had to be omitted, and many theories held by only a few scholars have had to be ignored. Not only did considerations of space require these omissions, but it was important that the student should not be so bewildered by a crowd of details and conflicting theories as to be unable to see the wood for the trees. Hence, only an outline of arguments and specimens of evidence are given, and it must not be supposed that an exhaustive proof is offered of the positions maintained. Similarly the authorities referred to are merely a representative selection. Care has been taken to secure that the information given should be accurate and recent. In the Old Testament, the. Critical position is, speaking roughly, that identified in this country with Professors Cheyne, Driver, Ryle, G. A. Smith, etc. 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.