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ther conjecture in favour of Serubabel considered . —In all probability it was originally written in Greek . —History of the book of Wisdom . Of the Books of the Maccabees .
Introductory history of the Jews Subsequent to their return from exile . — -Summary review of the contents of the books of the Maccabees in chronological order . —The third book narrates events of a date prior to those contained in the second—and the
second , occurrences which took place previous tQ those related in the first —a fourth book is occasionally noticed , but its contents are wholly unknown .
Of the first Booh of the Maccabees . —It was originally written in Hebrew , and the Apocryphal text is a version . —Its author was probably a Jew of Palestine . —In it chronological order is duly adhered to , but a partiality for his own country leads the author into numerous errors and absurdities . — History of the first book of the Maccabees .
Of the second Book of the Maccabees *—It consists of two parts—the iirst exhibiting two epistles supposed to be addressed by the Jews of Palestine to their brethren in Egypt , relative
to the dedication of their new temple —and the second comprising an abridgment of a larger work , written by a certain Jason of Cyrene , ( of whom no traces are now extant . ) on the heroic
feats of the Maccabees , which is , moreover , furnished with a kind of prologue and epilogue . —The former part of this book is wholly unconnected with the latter—and is , in all probability , a mere fiction , abounding in numerous instances of glaring ignorance and
folly . —The second part purports to be abridged from a voluminous history written by an Egyptian Jew in Greek , and is mostly drawn up in the style of the rhetorical school , but the author is far from being free from superstitious
notions—add to this , it teems with errors in point of chronology and ancient geography , ^ and contains a tissue of improbabilities and falsehoods . —Little is known respecting the author of this abridgment . —History of the second boOK of the Maccabees . Of the third Book of the Maccabees . >~ AX contains an account of the
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persecutions commenced against the Jews in Egypt by Ptolemy Philopater , and exhibits a sad compound of true historical facts and legendary fictions . —Attempt made to distinguish the
same . —It was probably written in Egypt . —Nothing is known with any degree of certainty respecting the author or the precise period in which he flourished . —History of the third book of the Maccabees .
Of Judith . Summary of the contents of the book of Judith . —It is a narrative utterly devoid of any pretension to probability or historical truth—perhaps the most plausible conjecture respecting it 3
origin and history may be , that a Jew wholly ignorant of history and geography , thought proper , on the strength of some popular tradition , to draw up a narrative respecting the siege of a town being raised by the statagem of a harlot . —Of the difference between the Greek text and the Vulgate . —History of the book of Judith .
Of the Apocryphal Esdras . A critical comparison instituted between this book and the book of Ezra , in the Old Testament , tends to shew that the former is wholly grounded upon the latter , and in many cases is
but a free translation of it . —Various proofs hereof adduced—a portion of Chronicles and of Nehemiah also contained in this book—and in all probability the book itself is mutilated . —
As a translation of a portion of the Old Testament , it is or great use to the critical reader . —This proved by numerous examples . —History of the Apocryphal book of Esdras .
Of Baruch . His life . —The book of Baruch contains two letters , one of which is attributed to Baruch himself , and the other to Jeremiah—but from
historical and internal evidence both must be pronounced to be spurious . —Of the history of this book .
Of Tobit . Contents of the book of Tobit . —It is a mere fiction , probably composed with a view of exemplifying the doctrine that the prayers of pious sufferers are attended to by the Almighty . Iti it , a belief in the existence of angels
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5 ^ 08 Eichhi . i ' s Introduction to the Old Testament .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1821, page 708, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2507/page/12/
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