The Temple Bible Dictionary. Edited by the Rev. W. Ewing
and the Rev. J. E. Thomson. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)— This, without doubt, will be found a useful volume, though there are drawbacks. It occupies a middle position in the matter of criticism. The writer on " Daniel " goes so far as to say that the "Maccabaean " date is "impossible," a somewhat arrogant state- ment, considering the very eminent scholars who have adopted it. In the article " Exodus," on the other hand, the numbers given in the Pentateuch are abandoned, though the extreme feebleness of the evidence for the Hebrew sojourn in Egypt is scarcely allowed for. The " Isaiah " article is obscure. It is certainly clear that if it is literally true that Isaiah made the sun to retreat, " the ordinary criteria for dating and estimating literary matter will seem inapplicable." But we are left uncv$ain. However, these disputed questions do not occupy a very great proportion of the space; there is much neutral matter which will give ample value to the book.
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