The Canon of the Old Testament, By Herbert Edward Ryle,
B.D. (Macmillan.)—Though Professor Ryle's book will not please either extreme, it will be welcomed, we venture to think, by moderate people. His views on the Mosaic Law, for instance, seem to offer what is, on the whole, a judicious compromise between the conclusions of the destructive critics and the tradi- tions of the conservative. A moral code, which in its briefest form, such as could be actually inscribed on stone tables of possible size, was of great antiquity, a ritual of worship, con- taining many ancient observances, but put together in its pre- sent form during the Exile, go to form a probable hypothesis, To discuss Professor Ryle's book at length and in detail would be impossible on the present occasion, and any perfunctory criticism would be unworthy of a work that is the outcome of much study and of a sober and candid judgment. We must be content with briefly recommending it to the student.
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