Excerpt from The Use of the Old Testament in the Light of Modern Knowledge The Old Testament, so full of inspiration to those who understand how it grew, is no less full of per plexity to those - and they are many - Whose duty it is to expound it in the day school, the Sunday school, the Bible class, or the pulpit. For the first effect of criticism is undoubtedly to disturb and confuse. To those Who are imperfectly acquainted With its methods and results a certain sense of in security and bewilderment is inevitable. Fortun ately, large sections of the literature are simple and intelligible enough; but other sections are beset With difficulties and problems Which paralyse the power of the teacher or the preacher to use them in a way that is fruitful and persuasive to the modern mind, unless he has the key. With the former sections this book does not deal: it deals almost exclusively With the areas that create the perplexity. 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.