The Origin of the Four Gospels. By Constantine Tischendorff. (Jackson,
Walford, and Hedder.)—Mr. W. L. Gage translates from the latest edition of Professor Tischendorff 's work, and this, we are given to understand, has been revised and enlarged. Orthodoxy has no more able defender in Germany or, indeed, in Christendom than the writer ; we have little more to do than to chronicle the appearance of his work in a form which renders it available for the English reader. Herr Tischendorff thinks that the canon (receiving the four gospels substan- tially as we have them now, and excluding what are called Apocryphal) was settled at the end of the first century, or, at least, in the first years of the second. He here states exhaustively the arguments by which this view may be supported. Readers who may be professionally or other- wise interested in the subject cannot do better than consult this volume.
Previous page
