| + + | School R. 15: 308. Ap. ’07. 310w. |
Houghton, Louise (Seymour). Hebrew life and thought; being interpretative studies in the literature of Israel. *$1.50. Univ. of Chicago press.
6–22298.
Descriptive note in Annual, 1906.
“One is disappointed that he finds no attempt at the unity of purpose, except to entertain the reader, indicated in the title of the book. We are glad to find that each lecture has a definite purpose, and some of them are admirably treated.” Ira M. Price and John M. P. Smith.
| + − | Am. J. Theol. 11: 150. Ja. ’07. 260w. |
“The aim of the book is good. It breathes a profound faith. Its author loves the Bible all the more because it is not only a book of religious instruction, but appeals to her as literature in the way the ‘Iliad’ or ‘Odyssey’ does. The defects of the book are occasional extravagances of statement, too great an effort to make out biblical laws and family life superior to anything else in antiquity, and an artificial interpretation of such books as Canticles and Ruth.”
| + − | Bib. World. 29: 72. Ja. ’07. 720w. |
“Mrs. Houghton writes with enthusiasm and con amore, and if we were able to name a defect it would be a certain light passing over the limitations and defects of Old Testament morals and belief.”
| + − | Ind. 62: 803. Ap. 4, ’07. 160w. |