The Classical Element in the New Testament. By Charles H.
Hoole. (Maamillun )—This is an argument for the "genuineness of the New Testament," not of course, now advanced for the first time, but worked out with details for which we are indebted to recent research. The thesis which it is sought to prove is that "the books were composed in the first century A.D., during the reign of the Caesars, and while Judgea was a Roman province," and the argument is certainly strong enough to show that, to say the least, the assumption of the negative which some writers—Mr. Bosanquet, for instance—are fond of making, is wholly unwar- ranted. We do not say that there are no difficulties, but the balance of probability seems decidedly in favour of the early origin. There are quite as great difficulties in Tacitus as there are in the New Testament. Mr. Hoole's is an able and learned contribution to Biblical criticism.
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