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Institutes of Biblical Criticism ; or Heads of the Course of Lee * tures on that subject , read in the University and King ' s College of Aberdeen . By Gilbert Gerrard , I ) . D . . Professor of Divinity , and ont ? of his Majesty ^ Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland . Edinburgh : printed * Sold by Murray , London . 8 vo . pp . 471 . Second Edition .
This work-, of which we are happy to announce a second edition , is described by its author ? , as an attempt to reduce the general principles and rules of
sacred criticism to a regular system . It consists of a series of propositions , which are duly arranged tinder several heads and chapters , and numbered in succession . To
many of them references and illustrations are subjoined . The Professor begins with some remarks on the importance of his subject , and then divides it into two parts , the sources and the objects of biblical criticism . Under the former , be treats of ma * .
nuscripts and editions , the original languages , the kindred languages , versions , the occasion , Scope and other circumstances of
the books of scripture , compari - son of scripture with itself , ancient history and manners , ancient learning and opinions : — under the latter , he < lakes a
pretty comprehensive view of emendatory and of explanatory criticism , pp . 3—229 . As no use can be made of the
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manuscripts and editions of tho scriptures without a knowledge of the original languages , we are doubtful whether the order of the two first sources of biblical criticism should not have been
inverted . Following ) however , that which Dr . G . has chosen , we find him considering the authority of manuscripts , laying down good rules fof judging of it , and then pointing out the ends to
which manuscripts should be applied , and the manner of appl y ^ ing them with most advantage . With conciseness and ability he represents the necessity of correcting the printed editions of both the Old and the New Testa .
ment by manuscripts , giving it as his opinion that a mi ^ ch correcter edition of the scriptures than any extant may be obtained , and would be verydesireable ; and illustrating the utility of the Samaritan Pentateuch as am
instrument for ascertaining the true reading in the books of Moses , pp- 3—25-We heartily wish that the author ' s observations on the neces-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1809, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1732/page/41/
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