THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.t THE History of
the ,People of Israel is a compact and coma prehensive volume for which we have nothing but praise. It is written in a charming style, and alike as to the literature, legislation, and political history from the patriarchal age to the time of the Hasmonwans, through all the vicissitudes of the servile, nomad, and settled life of the people, of the monarchies, the Babylonian exile and restoration, and the Persian and Greek periods, it presents in judicious and reverent spirit the best results of modern scholarship. It appends, moreover, the desideratum, generally absent, of an exceedingly full and clear series of tables of chronology and literature. Altogether the work wins our highest admiration. It immeasurably surpasses earlier works of its kind and scope; and we strongly urge its introduction as a text-hook into all public schools and college class-rooms. Even mature scholars and divines cannot fail to find much profit from its pages.
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