| + + | Dial. 39: 373. D. 1, ‘05. 230w. |
“He has aimed at an interesting running narrative and commentary, rather than an exhaustive study. He may justly be proud of the information gathered on the habits of birds.”
| + + | Nation. 81: 341. O. 26, ‘05. 270w. |
“The whole story is told with much good humor and with evident enthusiasm.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 10: 726. O. 28, ‘05. 940w. | |
| * | + | Outlook. 81: 943. D. 16, ‘05. 50w. |
| * | + | R. of Rs. 32: 636. N. 1, ‘05. 130w. |
Beecher, Willis Judson. Prophets and the promise. [**]$2. Crowell.
The substance of this theological text-book is that of the lectures delivered by the author 1902-03 on the L. P. Stone foundation in the Princeton theological seminary. It presents a scholarly study of the prophets of the Old Testament and their messages relating to the coming of the Messiah. The author has searched for the truth unhampered by considerations of the orthodoxy of the results; but he feels that the truth as he found it while it contains some new elements is “simply the old orthodoxy, to some extent transposed into the forms of modern thought.”
“The point of view is essentially conservative.”
| + | Bib. World. 26: 398. N. ‘05. 40w. |
“Among recent books adverse to the modern critical view of the Old Testament, Dr. Beecher’s work has the rare and distinctive merit of commanding the respect of the critics whom he opposes.”