VACATION TERM FOR BIBLICAL STUDY.
1To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.'J
Srn,—May we call the attention of your readers to the fourteenth Vacation Term for Biblical Study, which will be held this year at Oxford from July 29th to Angast 12th? The object of the Term is to give to students of the Bible. ss;so feel the need of more scientific and
intelligent study, a special opportunity of becoming acquainted with the results of :no lern Biblical scholarship and of receiving systematic instruction on academic lines. The scheme is on a Christian basis, and lecturers are invited without respect to their special denominations. In this momentous year it has been thought well to reduce the length of the Term from three weeks to a fortnight, for, while it was felt on one side that the call of the country had absorbed many who might otherwise have come, yet on the other hand those who were unable to render like services might all the more desire to strengthen their spirits by the study of the Word of God and carry its deep consolation and its undying hope to those in the thick of the work and conflict.
The inaugural address will be given by the Bishop of Oxford on "The Priesthood of Christ," and the following courses of four lectures hive been promised :—First week : "The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah," by Canon Box, St. John's College, Oxford ; and "Prayer in the Jewish and in the Christian Church," by Dr. Oesterley, Jesus College, Cam- bridge. Second week : "The Theology of the Priestly Portions of the Hexateuch and of the Books of Chronicles," by Dr. Darwell Stone, Principal of Pusey House, Oxford ; and "The Epistle to the Hebrews," by the Rev. R. G. Parsons, Principal of Wells Theological College. Single lectures have been promised by Dr. Sanday, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford ; Dr. Selbie, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford ; and C. C. J. Webb, Esq., M.A., Magdalen College, Oxford. Hebrew and Greek Testament readings will be held throughout the fortnight. The total cost to students, including lecture tickets, will not exceed £2 2s. 6d. a week.—We are, Sir, &c.,
MARY BENSON (President of Executive Committee). (Miss) E. LAWDER (Secretary).
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