and with only the love of truth. Perhaps I have sometimes mistaken the sense of the passages from the Fathers, in the first volume; but I have done what I could, and have left the original in the margin, that the scholar may correct my mistakes, and not be led astray by any errors of mine. I have, so far as it was possible, removed all foreign words - Greek, Latin, and Hebrew to the notes, or the Appendix, lest they should deter the general reader from these pages. I can only hope the work will direct critical inquirers to a faithful examination of the Bible, and that correct views of its origin and contents may at length prevail. If I can be instrumental in spreading the light of truth on this subject, I have my reward.

In conclusion, I would express my gratitude to Rev. Professors STUART of Andover, FRANCIS of Cambridge, SEARS and HACKETT of Newton, Drs. FROTHINGHAM and LAMSON, Rev. GEORGE RIPLEY, and other gentlemen, who have kindly aided me with their advice, or with books from their valuable libraries.

WEST ROXBURY, 24th August, 1843.

THE TRANSLATOR.

Constituent Portions of the First and Second Part, § 8,

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HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLECTION OF

SCRIPTURE; OR, HISTORY OF THE CANON.

CHAPTER I.

HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT COLLECTION;

OR, HISTORY OF THE JEWISH CANON.

Importance and Value of the Hebrew Literature, § 12, a,
Origin and Progress of Hebrew Literature till the Exile, § 12, b, .

Progressive Formation and Completion of the Old Testament Collection

after the xile, § 13, .

Pretended Authors of the Collection of the Old Testament, § 14,

Time of finishing the Old Testament, § 15, .

Grounds of Reception into the Old Testament Collection, § 16,

Samaritan Canon, § 17, a, .

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36

38

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HISTORY OF THE ORIGIN OF THE COLLECTION OF THE NEW

TESTAMENT, AND OF THE BIBLE IN GENERAL; OR,

A HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CANON.

Earliest Traces of the Use of the Books of the New Testament, by

the apostolic Fathers, § 18,

Traces of the Use of the New Testament in the early Writers of

the Church, § 19,

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Earliest Traces of a Collection of the Writings of the New Tes-

tament, § 20, .

Two Collections of the Books of the New Testament, § 21,

Grounds on which these Books were received, § 22,

Use and Canon of the Old Testament among the Christians of the

First Centuries, § 25,. .

Canon of the Greek Church in the Fourth Century, § 26,

Canon of the Latin Church in the Fourth Century, § 27,

Canon of the Protestants and modern Catholics, § 28,

Results of the History of the Canon in Respect to Criticism, § 29, 119

PART II.

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GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE CANONICAL BOOKS

OF THE OLD TSETAMENT.

BOOK I.

ON THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT.

Name, Country, and Origin, of the Hebrew Language, § 30,

Its Relation to the other Shemitish Languages, § 31,

The Aramaan Language, § 32,

Formation and Extinction of the Hebrew Language, § 34,

Means of learning the extinct Hebrew, § 35-38,

I. Historical Materials, § 35, 36, .

1. Etymology. 2. Comparison of the Dialects, § 37,

III. Context and parallel Passages, § 38,.

BOOK II.

Classification and Literature of the Versions, § 39, b,

The various Classes of the Versions, § 39, c,

CHAPTER I.

THE GREEK VERSIONS.

I. The Alexandrian Version. Its Origin, § 40,

Alexandrian Version continued, § 41,

Character of the Alexandrian Version, § 42,

Importance and Use of this Version, § 43,

The three anonymous Versions, &c., § 44, d,

III. Critical History of the Alexandrian Version,

Origen's Hexapla, § 45, a,

Further Corruption of the Alexandrian Version, § 45, b,

1. The old Latin Version, and Jerome's Recension of it, § 48, 183

Other critical Recensions, § 46,

Manuscripts and Editions, § 47,

IV. The Descendants of the Alexandrian Version,

2. The Versions indirectly made into Syriac, § 49,

3. The Ethiopian Version, § 50,

4. The Ægyptian Version, § 51,

5. The Armenian Version, § 52,

6. The Georgian or Grusinian Version, § 53,

7. The Sclavic or Sclavonic Version, § 54,

8. Several Arabic Versions, § 55,

V. The Venetian Version, § 56,

CHAPTER II.

DIRECT ORIENTAL VERSIONS.

I. The Chaldee Paraphrases, or Targums,.

Origin of the Chaldee Paraphrases, § 57,

1. The Targum of Onkelos, § 58,

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2. Targum of Jonathan Ben Uzziel, § 59, .

228

3. Targum of the pseudo Jonathan on the Pentateuch, § 60, 232

4. The Jerusalem Targum on the Pentateuch, § 61,

5. The other Targums, § 62,

II. The Samaritan Version of the Pentateuch, § 63,

III. The Syriac Peshito, § 64,

IV. Descendants of the Peshito,

1. From the Jewish-Hebrew Text, § 66,

2. The Samaritan-Arabic Version of Abu-Said, § 67,

VI. Persian Version of the Pentateuch, § 68,

CHAPTER III.

THE PRESENT LATIN VULGATE.

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240

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248

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L. Jerome's Version from the Hebrew, § 69,

257

The Reception of this Version, and Corruption of its Text.

History of the printed Text of the Vulgate, § 72,

II. Descendants of the Vulgate,

2. Arabic and Persian Translations of the Vulgate, § 74,

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HISTORY OF THE EXTERNAL FORM OF THE TEXT.

Preliminary Remarks on Hebrew Palæography, § 76,

Division of the Text,

1. Division into larger and smaller Passages, § 77,

The same Subject continued, § 78,

2. The Division into Stichs or Verses, § 79,

The same Subject continued, § 80, a,

The same Subject concluded, § 80, b,

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