SOME BOOKS OF TIIE WEEK.
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Studies in the Book of Isaiah. By the Rev. M. E. Glazebrook. (The Clarendon Press. 5s. 6d. net.)—We would extend a hearty welcome to Canon Glazebrook's book. It gives a broad view of the subject, and should be most instructive and helpful. The author begins with a general division of the "Book of the Prophet Isaiah," as we find it in our Bible. First comes Isaiah of Jerusalem, whose period of activity covers the years 740-695. He takes up the prophetic calling in the last year of the reign of Uzziah and carries it on till the second year of Manasseh, to whom legend assigned his death. The second part is described as "Anonymous Prophecies of the Exile." These we find in chaps. xiii, xiv., and xxi. They are followed by the Deutero- Isaiah, whose utterances Canon Glazebrook divides into the "Drama of Exile" and the "Drama of the Servant of Jehovah."
Finally, we have the Trite-Isaiah, a prophet of the age of Ezra, whose utterances begin with chap. lvi. It is explained that the -critical researches which, with more or less probability, find -scattered interpolations have not been taken into account. All the passages specially considered have been newly translated. We must be content with this general description of the book. 'To examine it in detail would take us too far. It must be enough to say that, with its moderation of tone and soundness of judgment, it cannot fail to exercise a most salutary influence, and help forward what we may call the reconciliation between criticism and belief.
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