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racters In the story : and they form so important a feature of the work ^ as to merit distinct notice . For well-instructed and pious readers , for men who , while they possess taste and intelligence , set a supreme value on Divine Revelation and its
records * such extracts have powerful charms . We freely admit , that in Stxauss * $ own volumes there is a superfluity of these citations ; a blemish , nevertheless , which does not appear ia the pages of his judicious translator . It must be further conceded , that
wlien Elisama * and the old man of the temple f severally called upon Helon to repeat long passages from the sacred writings of the Jews , the author fails in his aim , and is particularly chargeable with a want of skill asid an inattention to propriety . Still ,
after every requisite allowance has been made , we acknowledge ourselves to be highly gratified , and , we trust , not wholly unimproved * by many apposite and sublime and beautiful verses
from Moses , the Prophets and the Psalms : the insertion of those passages accords with historical truth $ It cherishes devotional sensibilityand whoever attempts to ridicule it * betravs the defects of his own
knowledge and discernment- As the Hebrews were accustomed to carry religion into the scenes and transactions of daily life , and as their range of literature and reading was extremely
circumscribed , we cannot wonder that their canonical Scriptures were their favourite and classical books , and that with the sentiments and the language of them they enriched their conversation . Nor would it be difficult to
prove that this was their practice in the interval between their return from the captivity in Babylon , and the advent of the Messiah . }; Happy were Christians did they generally feel the same attachment to the volume of God ' s revealed will , and give the same convincing evidence of their not being strangers to its contents .
Whence the author derives his excellent versions of fragments of the Jewish Scriptures , we are ignorant .
H . iv . chap . ii . &c . t B . in . chap . \ v . < &c . I Strong presumptions to this effect , i ! n r , hl the apocryphal books of the U 1 « l cstament .
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Hereafter , we may perhaps be able to trace some of them to different sources 5 though we suspect that in most instances Strauss has availed himself of his own pen . In the hone
of resuming the subject , we at present forbear to make extracts illustrative of this part of his performance , and now dismiss it by adding , that his translation of Psalm cxxvii . 2
S € He giveth it [ bread ] to his beloved in sleep /' [ Seinem Geliebten giebt er es in Schlafe ^ agrees with Mendelsohn ' s and with Bathe ' s ; and that he has well
rendered the introductory clause of Psa . ixxxviLf which , nevertheless , Houbigant , following the Chaldee paraphrast , considers , with some reason * as making a part of the title .
It is natural and important to inquire , whether we can rely on the correctness of the information , historical , antiquarian , geographical , &c , communicated by Strauss ia these voluoaese To this question , when put generall y ^ we cannot but return a favourable
answer . Were we called upon to exa- * mine the matter in detail , we should request leave to wait , until we can consider It with the assistance to be derived from the editor ' s learned and
able notes . Ia no other way can the discussion be conveniently pursued , or be brought to a fair and satisfactory issue . Meanwhile , we shall just touch upon one or two circumstances .
Elisama , speaking X of the Eocodus and of the overthrow of the Egyptian hosts in the Red Sea , instantly subjoi ns This P is of all events in the history of
our nation the most important , from Us connexion wilh the giving of the law which immediately followed . We keep the feast of the passover in remembrance of this event . "
\ JVir feiern sein Andencken in Passah , undunserelVallJ ' ahvt geht zu diesem Feste !\ But the immediate and specific object of the appointment of the passover was the miraculous preservation of the first-bora of the children of
Israel , when those of the Egyptians were supernaturally destroyed . . Not that Strauss could have lost sight of
• B . iv . ch . ii . Vol . II . 237 . f Vol . I . 32 , B . i . ch . ii . X Vol . L 78 , Bo L ch . iv .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1826, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2548/page/43/
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