The Quotations of the New Testament from the Old; Considered in the Light of General Literature (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... We know that our present Hebrew text is defective in certain places, and there is no reason to doubt that this may be one of them. When Toy says that "the Septuagint verse has been expanded by scribes by the paraphrastic addition of material " from certain psalms, he indulges his fancy too much. There is absolutely no evidence of such intentional tampering with the sacred text. The chapter from which the quotation is taken is the song of Moses. It was regarded by the Jews as predicting and depicting the reign of the Messiah in glory. All the psalms of praise and triumph to which reference has just been made are typical, and find their perfect fulfillment in the glorious reign of Christ, which had its commencement in his resurrection, and will attain its final and complete form at his second coming. Thus the song of Moses and these psalms may be held to refer in the strictest sense to the time when God "again shall have brought his first begotten into the world." In any case, even if the words quoted should prove to be not genuine, the thought which they express is found in numerous unquestioned passages. (See Psalms 29, 96, 97, 103, and 148.) I ask attention especially to Psalms 29: 1; 103: 20, 21; and 148: 2, in all of which the angels are expressly called upon to worship. It may be that these Scriptures were in the mind of the writer, and that he chose the line from the Septuagint as truthfully and beautifully summing them up for his purpose. If so, he would use it as Scripture without raising the question of its genuineness, for it is Scripture as to its sense, even if not as to its verbal form. If he has employed it thus, the quotation is illustrated in my sixth chapter, where I have grouped many similar instances. VI. Final Propositions. My present stu...