THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. Our Bible and the Ancient Manuscripts: BEING A HISTORY OF THE TEXT AND ITS TRANSLATIONS. BY FREDERIC G. KENYON, M.A., D.LITT., Hon. Ph.D. of Halle University; Late Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, ILLUSTRATED WITH 29 FACSIMILES. Demy 8vo. Dark Blue Cloth. Red Edges. Price 5/ www With an Appendix on recent Biblical Discoveries. Three Plates (making 29) have been added. EXTRACT FROM THE PREFACE. HE present volume deals solely with the transmission of the sacred text. My object has been to condense within the limits of a moderate volume the principal results at which our specialists have arrived, so as to furnish the reader who is not himself a specialist with a concise history of the Bible text, from the time at which the several books were written until their appearance in our English Bibles to-day. This volume is especially intended for those who study the Bible in English, and in referring to details of textual criticism I have consequently had in my mind the only edition of the English Bible in which these details are made accessible to the ordinary reader, namely the VARIORUM Bible published by Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode. I hope, however, that it may also be found useful by students who are beginning to make acquaintance with the textual criticism of the Septuagint or New Testament in their original language, and who use such editions as the Cambridge Septuagint edited by Prof. Swete, or the Oxford Greek Testament edited by Prof. Sanday. With regard to the facsimiles of manuscripts, I have in every case stated the original size of the page reproduced, and (in cases where the whole page cannot be given) of the part reproduced; and it is open to anyone to counteract the reduction by the use of a magnifying glass. I have tried to give pages which especially illustrate the characteristics and peculiarities of the manuscript in question, the errors of the scribes, or some important detail of textual criticism. F. G. K. DEPARTMENT OF MANUSCRIPTS, BRITISH MUSEUM. EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, OUR BIBLE AND THE ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS-continued. SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Times.-"An account at once lucid, scholarly, and popular in the best sense. The plan is an excellent one, and is very skilfully executed.' The Daily Chronicle.-"Dr. Kenyon is specially qualified to deal with the textual or external history of the Bible, and in this beautifully printed volume tells the story with scholarly conciseness and power." Church Times.-" Mr. Kenyon's book deserves nothing but praise." The Academy.-"We shall be surprised if the whole mass of Bible-readers be not grateful to Mr. Kenyon for his timely and valuable help. The plates by which he illustrates his subjects are very clear and beautiful bits of reproduction." The Guardian. -"Dr. Kenyon has produced a book of which theological students stood sorely in need; full of interest and free froin exaggerations, the book is dominated by common sense.' The Speaker." An able epitome, and the fact that it is based to a large extent on the works of such authorities as Davidson, Driver, Scrivener, Hort, Skeat, and Westcott adds to its value as a record which is thoroughly abreast with contemporary scholarship." The Tablet.-" Mr. Kenyon's volume deserves to find a place in every college library." Western Morning News.-"Every clergyman should not only have it on his shelves, but be frequent in recommending it." The Manchester Guardian.-"There is probably no book published at anything like the same price from which the student can obtain the same amount of thoroughly trustworthy information." Interesting Notices have also appeared in the Daily News, Church Standard, Sunday School Chronicle, Christian, Christian World, Oxford Journal, Irish Times, Scotsman, &c., &c. List of Illustrations. THE SAMARITAN PENTA- HEBREW SYNAGOGUE ROLL Rome, (Barberini Library, 106). CODEX SARRAVIANUS. PESHITTO SYRIAC MS. (Brit. Mus. CODEX SINAITICUS. CODEX ALEXANDRINUS. CODEX VATICANUS. CODEX EPHRAEMI. CODEX BEZAE. CODEX CLAROMONTANUS. CURSIVE GREEK MS. (Evan. 348). CURETONIAN MS. OF OLD SY- CODEX VERCELLENSIS (Old CODEX AMIATINUS (Vulgate). MAZARIN BIBLE. ENGLISH GOSPELS OF THE 10th WYCLIFFE'S BIBLE (Bodleian MS. TYNDALE'S NEW TESTAMENT. THE UNIQUE HEBREW MS. OF GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON, E.C. THIRD EDITION. THE BIBLE AND THE MONUMENTS. The Primitive Hebrew Records in the By W. ST. CHAD BOSCAWEN, WITH 21 PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS. Demy 8vo., Bound Cloth Boards. Price 5/ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, All of which, with the exception of those marked (*), have been reproduced from Photographs taken by Messrs. EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE from the originals. The Times. "An able attempt to bring the Primitive Hebrew Records into relation with the Babylonian and Assyrian versions of the same traditions." Observer." The book is beautifully illustrated." Church Quarterly Review.-"A more interesting and lucid account of ancient inscriptions we have never read, and Mr. Boscawen has transmuted his learning inte popular forms of speech with conspicuous success.' Churchman.-"Mr. Boscawen has rendered important service in the sphere of Biblical criticism in the publication of his important volume." Literary World.-"This contribution to an intelligent appreciation of the Old Testament will be welcomed not least by those who still preserve their reverence for it intact." The Christian-"A work of great usefulness." (So The Daily Chronicle.) EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, Or, THE LAW OF MOSES AND THE HIGHER CRITICISM. EDITED BY THE Rev. RICHARD VALPY FRENCH, D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A., WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE LATE RIGHT REVEREND LORD ARTHUR C. HERVEY, D.D., Bishop of Bath and Wells. Essays by Various Writers on the Law of Moses and the Higher Criticism. Rev. HENRY WACE, D.D., late Principal of King's College, London. www Royal 8vo., Half-bound Vellum Cloth, Red Burnished Edges, 15/ SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Times.-"Lex Mosaica' is a sustained and reasoned criticism of the Higher Criticism conducted by a variety of competent hands." Church Times.-"The deliverance of fourteen able men speaking at their best." Record.-"We fully believe that this book will be of great use in this time of unrest." Churchman.-"This important work is a thorough exposition of the crude and arbitrary guesses of the theoretical school of criticism, and contains a powerful defence of the traditional view." Tablet.-"An important contribution to the literature of the subject." Expository Times.-"The most serious effort that has yet been made to stem the advancing tide of Old Testament criticism." Church Family Newspaper.-"The volume is one of great interest, which must command the earnest attention both of Biblical Students and critics." Sunday School Chronicle.-"We very gladly welcome this book. It presents a mass of clear and precise information of priceless value to the Bible students." The Methodist Times.-"The writers of Lex Mosaica' deserve the grateful thanks of all who believe in the Old Testament as a revelation of God, given through men who were guided in all their work by the operation of the Divine Spirit.” Oxford Journal.-"No student of the Old Testament time should omit to read these Essays." Cambridge Chronicle. "Lex Mosaica' is one of the most elaborate expositions of the historical part of the Bible that has ever been produced." Irish Times.-"The volume of the year." GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON, E.C. THE BIBLE STUDENT'S LIBRARY. Demy 8vo. Dark Blue Cloth, Red Edges. HIS Series of Volumes, popular in style and moderate in size and price, is designed to meet the needs of the ordinary Bible Student, a large and increasing class of practical students of the Bible, as well as the requirements of more advanced scholars. Much light has been thrown in the course of the present century on almost all branches of Biblical Inquiry, and it is very desirable that such results as are surely ascertained should be placed within the reach of all in a systematic manner. Difficulties will always remain, owing to the extreme antiquity of the Sacred Books, and to the peculiar nature of their contents. On these questions experts must be heard upon both sides, but the multitude which is so deeply interested in the results has neither the time nor the training for battling over technical details. Accordingly, the preparation of these volumes is entrusted to men who have patiently considered the drift of modern inquiry so far as it concerns their own special branches of study, and who are not lightly moved from their carefully formed convictions. Their aim is to set forth as clearly and accurately as possible the literary position of the Books of the Old and New Testaments and their contents in relation to Theological, Historical, and Scientific questions. The series is mainly constructive and positive in tone, and will tend to check that bewilderment as to the very foundations of sacred truth which, if allowed to spread, will seriously affect the work of the Sunday School Teacher, the Bible Class Leader, the Home and Foreign Missionary, and the devotional student of Scripture. EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, |