“The author’s style is buoyant, and he rides blithely over choppy seas that have brought to grief many an older writer.”
| + | Reader. 6: 360. Ag. ‘05. 310w. |
Batten, Rev. Loring W. Hebrew prophet. $1.50. Macmillan.
“Dr. Batten seeks to realise the actual conditions under which the Jewish prophets lived and worked. He inquires how they gained a subsistence, what they did for their countrymen, what was thought and expected of them, and whether they wrote down their utterances in advance.... These and other questions are discussed with an open-mindedness and sobriety which are not always in evidence on either side of the ‘Higher criticism controversy.’”—Spec.
“An excellent handbook for the use of intelligent Bible students. The method of presentation is clear and simple, and the underlying principles are scholarly and safe.”
| + + | Bib. World. 26: 239. S. ‘05. 30w. |
“The book is popular yet critical, neglecting neither the problems of scholars nor the practical applications of the history.”
| + + | Outlook. 81: 279. S. 30, ‘05. 140w. |
“A very sensible and seasonable book.”
| + + | Spec. 95: 229. Ag. 12, ‘05. 110w. |