Roediger's Hebrew Grammar.
sympathy with a corrupt and persecuting church. He intends to direct his attention in part to the Mohammedan population. How far the original objects for which the Jerusalem bishopric was founded, will be accomplished, remains problematical.
Several Articles intended to be inserted in the present No., and particularly several notices of new books, are necessarily deferred until our February No. We have only space to insert the following notice of ROEDIGER'S HEBREW GRAMMAR.
It is already known to the public, that Professor Stuart has been engaged in preparing Dr. Roediger's edition of Gesenius's Hebrew Grammar for use in the English language. This labor he has now completed; and we cannot doubt that scholars will receive it as an appropriate offering to the cause of Hebrew learning, from one to whom we are indebted for so much of the zeal which has been enkindled among us in behalf of such learning. Of the character of the original work, and more particularly of the value of the improvements which Roediger has made in it, an opinion was expressed in the February No. of the Bibliotheca for the present year. No one can hesitate to pronounce it the best Hebrew Grammar for practical purposes, which exists in any language. Prof. Stuart does not appear here merely as a translator. He has appended to the work an excellent Chrestomathy which is entirely his own, and has inserted in the body of it frequent Notes, such as his experience as a teacher and his familiarity with the topics discussed, suggested to him as important to the learner. The remarks in the Appendix on the method of Hebrew study, and on the necessity of exact grammatical knowledge to the interpreter of the Scriptures, present the true doctrine on these points in an earnest, forcible manner, and should be read by all who mean to acquire a critical knowledge of the Bible. The translation, it is observed in the Preface, is designedly a free one. Such, especially in a work of this description, it should be; for as much of the phraseology of a Grammar is to be wrought into the mind of the student, the language should be not only exact but idiomatic and easy. The difference between the German and English is such, that this advantage could not be secured in a translation executed with a studious effort to transfer the mere outward form and manner of the original. We consider this an important characteristic of the present work. In consequence of it, the meaning, as presented here, can be readily apprehended by the learner, and impressed on the mind with as much ease as if the composition had been originally English. Of the reliable character of the translation no assurance need be given. The publication of the work has been hastened for the accommodation of those who were needing it for immediate use; but a revision of it gives the student the benefit of such changes as seemed to the translator to be of any importance, on a reperusal of the sheets. Such corrections will accompany the volume. With some exceptions, occasioned by the breaking of vowel points, the Hebrew will be found to be printed here with fewer errors than exist in the German edition.
A.
Arnold, Thomas, D. D., late head-
master of Rugby, His example
worthy of imitation by scholars
and teachers, 121. Influence of
his example and writings upon
the schools of England, 778.
Adams, Rev. Nehemiah, Article, No.
XII, 743-759.
Balaam, The character and Prophe-
cies of, 347—378, 699–743. The
last wanderings of Israel before
encamping in the plains of Moab,
347-9. Fear of the Moabites
and its result, 350. Parentage,
birth-place and name of Balaam,
351, 2. Not a mere soothsayer,
353. Balaam's knowledge of Je-
hovah, 354, 5. The embassies to
Balaam, and their result, 356-9.
His journey, 359 sq. The con-
duct of the Ass, 360, 1. The man-
ner of the communication to Ba-
laam by his beast, 362, 3; objec-
tions, 364-6. Balaam proceeds
upon his journey, 366; his arri-
val, 367. Preparations for the
curse, 368, 9. The first prophe-
cy, 369 sq. Balaam declares his
inability to curse whom God cur-
ses not, 372, 3; the reason, 374,
5. What is meant by his wish to
die the death of the righteous,
376-8. Balak's second attempt |
to bring curses upon the Israel-
ites, 699, 700. The second Pro-
phecy, 700. Balaam's address to
Balak, 700, 1. His representation
of the character of God, and its
consequences, 701-3. His se-
cond blessing of Israel, 703-7.
The third Prophecy, 707, 8. Ba-
laam's designations of himself,
708-10. The future prosperity
of Israel again announced, 710—
15. The progression in the suc-
cessive prophecies of Balaam, 715,
16. The fourth Prophecy, 716,
17. The declaration of a future
deliverer to arise in Israel, 717—
23. The conquests of the Israel-
ites over Moab, 723, 4; over E-
dom, 724-6. The prophecy in
reference to Amalek, 726, 7; in
regard to the Kenites, 727, 8.
The subjugation of the Assyrians,
728-30. Balaam's separation from
Balak and subsequent course, 731
-33. His fate, 733-5. Balaam
not in the full sense a prophet,
735, 6; not entirely destitute of
the fear of God, 736, 7. His real
character as a prophet, 737, 8.
Authenticity of the History of Ba-
laam, 739 sq.; from references to
it in other books of the Canon,
739-41; from the language and
and other peculiarities, 741—3.
Becker, W. A., Prof. of the Universi-
ty at Leipsic, Notices and Abstract
of his Gallus, 217-241.
Bernhardy, G., Prof. at Halle, Out-
lines of Greek Literature, 408.
Beza, Theodore, Notice of Baum's
Life of, 406.
Biblical Cabinet, Notice of, 775, 6.
Böttiger, C. A., Occasional notices
of his Sabina, 217–241.
Calvin, John, the great Genevan Re-
former. Frequent notices of him
in Life and Death of Servetus, 51
-94.
Christ's Birth, the true Date of, 166
-184, 653-673. [Introductory
note by the Translator, 166, 7].
The Dionysian reckoning errone-
ous, 168.
The data for investiga-
tion, 168. The extent of the
reign of Herod, according to Jo-
sephus, 168-171. Other circum-
stances which indicate that he di-
ed in 750 U. C., 171, 2. Christ
must have been born previous to
this time, and four years before
the Dionysian era, 172. Was
there an appearance of a real
star signalizing Christ's birth?
172-4. Was it previously ex-
pected and on what ground? 175,
6. Kepler and Ideler's Theory
of the conjunction of Jupiter, Sa-
turn and Mars in 747 or 8 U. C.,
176-8. If the visit of the Magi
was two years subsequent to the
conjunction, note on 174, 178,
Christ's birth is shown to be not
later than 750, 179, 80. Con-
firmation from Abarbanel, 179.
Kepler's conjecture of an extra-
ordinary star near the conjunc-
tion, 180; proof from Chinese as-
tronomical tables, 181. Probable
reason of the delay of the Magi ;
183. Accordance of the appear-
ance of the star with the account,
183, 4. Objections to a census
in the time of Augustus Caesar
answered, 653 sq. Luke's ac-
count of this census in the king-
dom of Herod, supported by oth-
er evidence, 655-9. Objection
to Luke, that he makes Mary ac-
company her husband, 659; that
he confounds two censuses, 659
-61. At what time did the cen-
sus occur, 661. The meaning of
Luke 3: 23, 661-5. Results from
the four chronological data, 665,
6. The month and day of Christ's
birth, 666 sq. Three data exam-
ined, 667-73. The conclusion,
673.
Church History, a phenomenon in,
673-698. Reasons for our ig-
norance of antiquity, 673. Vari-
able meaning of the words, virtue
and patriotism, 673-5; slavery,
676; fornication and marriage,
676, 7. Wrong judgment of the
ancient Fathers, 677, 8. Their
exaggerated regard for ritual ob-
servances, 678-82; and reasons
for it, 683 sq.; ritual impressions
more effectual then than now,
683; the confused materialism of
ancient philosophy, 683-7; the
manner in which spiritual things
are represented in the Bible, 687
-9. Connection between the
materialism of the soul and the
purification of baptism, 689—91;
relation of Tertullian and other
Fathers to their age, 691, 2. Love
for ritual observances in ancient
Christians, according to nature,
692-5. Antiquity should not be
worshipped or despised, 695; the
manner in which it is to be judg-
ed, 695, 6. The origin and un-
reasonableness of the Puseyite
doctrines, 697, 8. The radical
mistake at the foundation of an-
cient errors, 698.
Clergymen, Article furnished by a
Society of, No. X, 241-284.
Colleges, the Dissenting, in England
and Wales, 777, 8. In Scotland,
778.
Confucius, Life, Character, Writ-
ings, Doctrine and Influence of,
284-300. The peculiarities, ex-
tent and productions of China,
284, 5. Influence of Confucius,
286. His birth, studies and pub-
lic employments, 286, 7. The
The employment of his last days
and his death, 287. His charac-
ter as teacher and conduct in pub-
lic and in private, 287-289. His
"Four Books," 289, 90. His
"Five Classics," 290, 1. His
Teachings, 291-4. Idolatry, 293.
His object, to make men virtuous
and happy here, and the means
he used, 294. His Influence up-
on the morals and government of
the Chinese, 294—6; upon their
manners, and individual charac-
ter, 297, 8. Advantages and dis-
advantages to be expected from
his doctrine, in the spread of
Christianity, 298-300.
Day, Rev. George E., Article trans-
lated from the German, No. IX,
166-184, and No. XII, 653–673.
Delitzsch, Dr. F., Teacher of Theol-
ogy at Halle, Notice of his work
on Prophetic Theology, 216.
Edwards, B. B., Prof. in the Theolo-
gical Seminary, Andover, Articles,
No. IX, 22-36. No. X, 301-
346. No. XI, 540–579. No. XII,
775-789.
Galle F., Professor at Halle, value
of his Life of Melancthon, 304.
Geneva, Trial of Servetus at, 73 sq.
Gobat, Samuel, bishop of Jerusalem,
Labors, character, etc., 788, 9.
Goodwin, Daniel R., Prof. of Lan-
guages, Bowdoin Coll., Article,
No. IX, 122-166.
Gospels, Synoptical Study of, and
recent Literature pertaining to it,
1-21. Object of a Synopsis of
the Gospels, 1; of a Harmony of
the Gospels, 1, 2; of a Life of
Christ, 2. Harmony of Osiander,
3; of Bengel and Chemnitz, 4, 5.
Early English Harmonists, 5.-
Similar events in our Saviour's
Life not necessarily the same, 5,
6. Difficulties in constructing a
Harmony of the Gospels, 6, 7.
Evangelists, 8; Reasons given:
(1) They made use of each oth-
er, 9; objections to this, 10. (2)
All followed a previous narrative
now lost, 11, 12; objections, 12,
13. (3) Early tradition, 13—15.
The views of Olshausen on the
origin of the Gospels, 15, 16.
Advantages of a comparative stu-
dy of the Gospels, 16, 17. Defi-
ciencies of Eng. Commentaries,
17, 18. Best German Works, 18,
19. Value of Dr. Robinson's Har-
mony, 19-21.
H.
Hackett, H. B., Prof. in Newton
Theol. Sem., Article No. IX, 1—
21.
Historical Studies, 579–604. In-
creasing attention to historical
studies, 579, 80. Want of tho-
rough investigation in our histo-
ries of Greece and Rome, 580-3.
Defects in our knowledge of
Asiatic history, 582, 4; of the
Middle Ages, 583, 4; of Germa-
ny, 584, 5; of France, 585-8.
Modern French Historians, 586,
7. We have no true history of
England, 588. A powerful and
cultivated intellect essential to a
historian, 588 sq. Characteristics
of Historians of Greece and Rome,
589; of Hume, Robertson, Mack-
intosh, 589; of other modern Ital.
and German historians, 589, 90.
Selections of topics of history and
their treatment, 590-2. Philo-
sophical history, 592-4. Use of
the imagination in writing histo-
ry, 594—6. Value of historical
knowledge, 596-602. Directions
for the study of history, 602-4.
Horae Apocalypticae by Elliott, Popu-
larity and causes of it, 775.
Similarity and diversity of the Intelligence, Literary and Miscellan-
eous, 775-78. England and Scot-
land, 775-779. Elliott's Horae
Apocalypticae, 775. Dr. Wardlaw
on Baptism, 775. Wilson's Work
on Palestine, and on the Parsi Re-
ligion, 775. The Biblical Cabinet,
775, 6. Libraries in England,776,
7. Dissenting Colleges in Eng-
land and Wales, 777, 8. In Scot-
land, 778. Condition of instruc-
tion in England, 778, 9. German
Universities on or near the Rhine,
779-788. The situation of that
of Bonn, 779, 80. Its Libraries,
professors, works of art, etc. 780
-82. Situation of Heidelberg,
782. Its endowments, professors,
libraries, etc. 782-4. The Uni-
versity of Freiburg, 784; Objects
of interest at Bâle, 784, 5. The
instructors in the University, 785,
6. Mission Seminary, 786. The-
ological School in Geneva, 786, 7.
Prof. Vinet's pamphlet on Social-
ism, 787, 8. New work of Tho-
luck, 788. Character, Labors, etc.
of S. Gobat, bishop of Jerusalem,
788, 9.
Jerusalem, Topography of, 413-461,
605-652. Some account of two
recent works on it, 413-416.
Points in which they agree with
the Bib. Researches, 416, 17. Jo-
sephus' description of the site and
extent of the city, 417, 18. Situa-
tion of Akra between two vallies,
418-23. Relative position of
Zion and Akra, 423. The form
of Zion and Akra, 423. The
gates of the city, 424, 5. Objec-
tions to the position of Akra ac-
cording to Bib. Res. stated and
answered, 425-33. Testimony
of Messrs. Bartlett and Smith,
433, 4. Testimony of witnesses
scattered through seven centuries,
434-38. Position of the hill
Bezetha according to Josephus,
434 40. Remarks upon Jose-
phus, 440, 1. The gate Gennath
was near the tower Hippicus, 441,
2; not on the northern brow of
Zion, 443; otherwise part of Zion
was unprotected, 444; which is
not true, 444-446. Indirect ar-
gument for the position of Gen-
nath, from Josephus, 446-8. The
course of the second wall of Jo-
sephus, 448-52. The testimony
of Messrs. Wolcott and Tipping,
452. Arguments for another
course of this wall, stated and an-
swered, 452-61. Recapitulation,
605. The southern part of the
Haram-area was within the Tem-
ple-enclosure, 605 sq.; this ap-
pears from remains of the ancient
wall, 606, 7; from Josephus, 607
-9; the remains of an ancient
Arch and Bridge, 609-613; age
and character of these remains,
613-16. Josephus' description
of Antonia, 616, 17. Situation of
the Fortress Antonia, 617. It was
an integral part of the Temple,
618-20. The acropolis Antonia,
620-2. The Fortress Antonia
occupied the whole northern part
of the Haram-area, 623 sq. Ob-
jection to the position and extent
of Antonia answered, 627-9.
The Akra of Antiochus has no
connection with the later Baris,
629-32. Apparent discrepancy
between 1st Maccabees and Jo-
sephus, 632-4. The fountain
Gihon on the west of the present
city, 634-7. Was the gate of St.
Stephen on the north or east side
of the city, 638 sq. Traditions
respecting his burial, 640-42;
compared with those of the Holy
Sepulchre, 642-5. The tomb of
Helena, 645, 6. The Fuller's
field, 646, 7. Camp of the Assy-
rians, 647. The third or outer
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