Excerpt from The Jews and the Mosaic Law, Vol. 5: Part the First; Containing a Defence of the Revelation of the Pentateuch, and of the Jews for Their Adherence to the Same The body of the arguments, as far as the plan of arranging them is concerned, is altogether mine, as are also many of the arguments themselves. I will not assert, that the same have not been used before; but I may say with truth, thati have not intentionally bor rowed from others. I consulted no books, besides those mentioned in the text, and even those I had not always before me; but quoted perhaps as often from memory, as from actual inspection. Be that as it may, I can assure the public that I have advanced neither argument nor assertion, which I did not subject to frequent examinations, and have asserted nothing which I in conscience did not believe founded in fact to the best of my knowledge. It would be the height of pre sumption in me to say, that I have made no mistake, for that only can be the case with inspired writers and if I err not altogether, I do not remember to have read any book from a profane writer, where some error or other had not been committed. Should I have the good for tune, however, to see a second edition of this work called for, I will make those corrections and alterations, which may have been dis covered to be necessary. In some places I have followed the English version of the Bible, in others again I have attempted to translate the original myself; either because I did not consult the English at all, or because the common translation seemed to me incorrect. 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.