Canticles, by W. Robertson Smith and H. W. Robinson.
Other Old Testament Books
Esther, by T. K. Cheyne and, on the “additions,” Dr. Robert Henry Charles, Grinfield lecturer, Oxford; and the articles Ahasuerus, Susa, Cosmogony, Purim.
Ruth, by W. Robertson Smith and S. A. Cook; and the articles Bethlehem, Caleb, and, for the marriage custom underlying the story, the article on Levirate.
Daniel, by John Dyneley Prince, professor of Semitic languages, Columbia University, and, for the “additions,” Susannah, Bel and the Dragon, and The Song of the Three Children, the Rev. Dr. Robert Henry Charles; the article Semitic Languages for the Aramaic of chapters 2 (from verse 4) to 7; Angels, Gabriel, Michael; Chaldaean and Chaldee; Belshazzar; Apocalyptic Literature (for chapters 7–12).
Apocrypha
Before passing to the New Testament the student should read the article Apocryphal Literature, by Robert Henry Charles; and the articles on the separate books: Ezra, Third Book of (1 Esdras) and Ezra, Fourth Book (or Apocalypse), both by Robert Henry Charles; Judith, by the same scholar; Ecclesiasticus, by Dr. W. E. Barnes; Baruch, by R. H. Charles; Tobit, by St. George Stock; Jeremy, Epistle of, by R. H. Charles; Maccabees, Books of, and Maccabees, by the Rev. Dr. William Fairweather; Manasses, Prayer of, by R. H. Charles, and Manasseh; and Wisdom, Book of, by C. H. Toy.
New Testament
The general articles preliminary to a study of the New Testament are:—besides the part of the article Bible dealing with New Testament, Canon, Criticism, Text, Chronology, etc.—the following:
Messiah, by W. Robertson Smith and Dr. Owen Charles Whitehouse, lecturer in Hebrew, Cheshunt College, Cambridge.