7 JULY 1906, Page 32

The Apostolic Age in the Light of Modern Criticism. By

James Hardy Ropes. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This volume may be commended to students of the New Testament as a sober and temperate statement of critical views. Professor Ropes accepts all the Pauline Epistles except the Pastoral, and sets a high value on the Acts. Now and then we find ourselves disagreeing ; or perhaps we fail to understand. To say that Paul was not a theologian is certainly perplexing. The general tendency of the book is distinctly orthodox. It is from such contributions to the subject that real progress may be hoped.