“There can be no question of Professor Orr’s deep religious interest, his courage, his marvelous grasp of the material of present-day learning, and his perception of the seriousness of the questions now pressing for solution; but I do not think that the work under review can give much help to a man who is seized of the significance of the great intellectual and religious movements of the present and feels a sympathetic interest in them.” George Cross.
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“What seems hardly fair in Professor Orr’s argument is the prominence given to Haeckel as the representative of the modern view.”
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“Dr. Orr conducts his argument with a creditable moderation of language, and states the problems which he discusses fairly.”
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Orr, Rev. James. Problem of the Old Testament considered with reference to recent criticism. **$1.50. Scribner.
“A volume of lectures given at Lake Forest college by Dr. James Orr, of Glasgow. Dr. Orr represents the conservative view in his attitude toward modern criticism. The present volume is largely devoted to the repetition of the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis.”—R. of Rs.
“The temper of the book is admirable. Dr. Orr’s disposition of his material appears to be excellent. We think it is safe to say that nowhere will the student find in so compact a form an abler arraignment of the Graf-Wellhausen hypothesis, which is Dr. Orr’s immediate object of attack, than in the present work.” Kemper Fullerton.