The Words of Jesus. By Gustav Dahnan. Authorised English Version
by D. M. Kay, B.D. (T. and T. Clark. 7s. 6d.)—Professor Dalman's contention is that our Lord spoke Aramaic, and that consequently in estimating the Greek documents which are now the only record of His utterances we must always keep in mind this factor. Sometimes, it seems to us, an expression is considered to be Semitic which is sufficiently good Greek. What, for instance, is non-Greek in ABacra wportext'wetP Much, however, of the intro- duction, in which these non-Greek expressions are noted, is un- questionably true. Still more valuable and suggestive are the sections in which Professor Delman traces "Fundamental Ideas" which the Greek has but imperfectly assimilated. athaskar, for instance, is a Jewish expression for God, and St. Luke uses it, but apparently thinking that it might not be intelligible to Gentile readers, he adds Toil' &or:, which really is tautologicaL We cannot examine the volume in detail, but it will certainly repay study.
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