Genesis, or the First Book of Moses
Together With a General Theological and Homiletical Introduction to the Old Testament (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Genesis, or the First Book of Moses: Together With a General Theological and Homiletical Introduction to the Old Testament<br><br>The favor with which the volumes of the New-Testament division of Dr. Lanoe's "Bib work" have been received by the American public, has encouraged the editor and publishers tr undertake also the preparation of the Old-Testament division, on the same principles of enlargement and adaptation to the wants of the English reader. A good theological and homiletical commentary on the Hebrew Scriptures is even more needed than on the Greek Testament.<br><br>Of the German work, the following parts of the Old Testament have so far appeared, and have been assigned to competent American scholars:<br><br>The Commentary on Genesis, which is now presented to the English reader, involves a vast amount of labor both on the part of the author and on the part of the translators, and will, no doubt, command, in no ordinary degree, the respectful attention of biblical scholars. No other book of the Bible stands more in need of an exhaustive commentary just at this time. No one is so much exposed to the attacks of modern science in its temporary conflict with revealed truth. We say, temporary conflict for there can he no essential or ultimate discord between science and religion, philosophy and theology. The God of reason and the God of revelation is one and the same, and cannot contradict himself. The difficulty lies only in our imperfect knowledge and comprehension of the book of nature, or of the Bible, or of both.<br><br>The mighty problems which the interpretation of Genesis involves, are here discussed in a manly and earnest spirit; and I venture to assert that no single commentary on this book presents 80 much original thought and research as the combined labors of the author and the translators of this volume.<br><br>Professor Tayler Lewis prepared the Special Introduction and the Commentary on Chi. i-xi., and Ch. xxxvii.-l. Dr. Gosman translated the General Introduction and the Commentary on Ch. xii-xxxvi. The original work numbers 1xxxii and 460, in all 542 pages.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.