Show i A HIGHER CRITIGISMsI itiI The Bible a Collection ol Traditions I J and Parables JW P am Till 1HH1II or 10D ILV AllIlOlTOX 1Olm Ir 11 1 1111 AS I I I Tile lounamloni of Christianity At 1 11 mld bj a iirUUnn Minister off I lu Ibo lulpll Dal 1 NEW Yom March 15 The Rev Dr L > uiiu Abbott lu Ilymouth J tie church Brooklyn list nlitnt preaoniil I a ecrmou summarizing bis recont lec I lure on the lllblr In which lie stated r bat many of tile bocks In the 011 I tot 11 a ament were collection of tradltlonl I Ih and Patentee A 0 Biblical scholarsold Dr Abbott I Dbllclleholarlal < f may bedlvideJ Into two cl4qaJ an d hry approach Iho Ubli from widely It to dlOered directions First lliru Is the i I traditional or historical ichool of crlt 11 leg whom I will call the traditionalist 11 4 Becond there la I Ibo literary school lo Ito whom I shall call scientists to The traditionalist Bays Christ gall t His disciples did riot let tile Old Testament t i 1 I Testa-ment atide No he did not undertake Y to do 10 That was not Hla mission I Ho refers lo the book if the Old leu 11 I so but i < the of I I lament to Posses Iy question I Ibo Uluorblp loops ublei give I you knob and pilot a story All lohol il ate hold that J11 ip I < did loot write tile 4 r tables but collected them Si Christ I III quoting from or reierrjug lo Ibo I 7 boons < Ibo Old reelament merely L uiod Ibo names given to them by I f tradition I When the scientist finds In the I Bible story which If he found It lu 1 Greek lllcrcluru he would uuheeltat 1 ingly call folklore lie also calls that Bible story folklore I ho finds In tho 44 I i 1 Bible a lulu of wondrous adventure a Jonah aud tbo whale which leerni plainly to be limply satirical and Imaginative I I Im-aginative he calla II satirical and au gloolv imaginative tale In Genesis Ibo a cloutlit fludi cortulu tales respect U9 I be lluod tho fall of man and tho o 11 I Jrtator Then tau scientist goes tu bo Assyrian tablets written a tbou and years before the time of Moses 11 I I stories of the 1 and hu finds aualogoua all the lived acd tao creation Then lie 1 gets to history and ODd that the Hebrew once dwell In Assyria Heoie 11 I ho d raws tho logical conclusion that Hebrews borrowed those stories from il the Assyrian 11 I uo scientist turns to Ibo Look ot 41 1 The Iiw Lavlllcut and lId signs and evidence thai Iho laws were not all promulgated In one epoco but reprteeul u stead growth I he old laws required sacrifices But Ibo propnets utcrled sacrifices I I od the best men ale living In open i disregard ol Ibo old low Too old law t w as that only the priest could go Into I I he holy of bathe lu the temple but In ill another place the young Samuel was i k U eicrlbed as miking Ills bed lu the N holy of holies Clod himself appeared Ito I 0 I-to be disregarding his own oommandr 5 The scientist comes lollulau 11 is aLI f a-LI question III Isaluh was written i f I I by one or two or more persons In 3 the cood Iloh is a tolerance 10 f V 11 Cyrus the Great and hence Ibo solan I lot concludes lull part of Isaiah could I I v nol bv been Written 100 year oloro Cyrus the Great was born f Spiritual contradictions also throw I doubt on the Old Teslamenl author I ships Now In the flltU chapter of I Isaiah the Mist Isaiah he calls Israel I I brou llllorlb fruit P a vine mat has brought no Irul Ito and Is I doomed Ihe language 1 Is I easy V lo understand If Judah Is I still in the holy land but I lo bo conquered anti carried Into Babylon 10 capilvlly In 11 I the fourth chapter ot Ililah he says to I Judal so Comfort ye your Iniquities ate prdooed Wo rn understand I this U Juiiah la I actually In captivity In Babylon 11 r lbylon too eo hlab is I spiritually Inoin I Distant at least to the scientific ill F1 1 student Ibo lilble I Torte Is I nothing striking and revolutionary revo-lutionary In theme results of scientific I Bible criticisms Sonia fellolars have A been too little bound by the tradition anti Names have been Iu much bound 9 oot My own petition Ii roll ot comer I I vallim among Iho icleutldo or liter I vlm amool ary Undents i I Ibe method ot scientific criticism 1 bavedeacribed 10 Yen Is I now vur tuiuU at Cambridge University Eng I acdal Oxford and In this country at Union Theologloil seminary Yale Ibologle1 school too Theological mlory 01 the Free Church tile TZ Hplioopul Divinity school at Phliadel I I phla at Cambridge Mast at Auburn i I Ireabylerlan Seminary aOd al Iho Chicago Presbyterian seminary L By thin method of Biblical criticism I tons been found that there arm Iw the i Old Testament thlrljnlne separate book divided Into three general Vessel il History Belles letters prophecy or I prchlog The historical boole units I I bar seventeen and run from Genesis to 4 lather lluoiualve They were am pose I out of rreexistliig material I I Ibere are two histories in the tame I I ovenu Chronicles unit I Kings tbe 4 Mat giving history ecclesiastically the o second prophelhally In the list are I il two historical romance net oil by o themselvei Uuth and Llher They are bd on a historic foundation but I 11 aB aro written with a free Imaginary po There are two books 01 Ibo covenant t cov-enant Exodnlallo DuIrooomr Inlboso historical I books are quotations quota-tions from at least twelve sllll more e Ancient book of wbleb uu other traces now remalo In these historical J J loOk thee 14 I folklore ago lot loolu p the stories cf Bamsou o I Ibis modern scientific Investlga tlon and criticism ol the Molests he said Itsiones us all too better Ih way V 01 God We have heard all of ut 11 many termous on Ibo text Search thetijrlplurea I I Hire Dr Abbitt Hopped and there I I was an interval of profound silence during which the preacher looked I Irlglli 01 tile cougtegatiou Bud all II alias Were bout Ulwu him ButChrist he returned la low I clear toner ud Lot any Search Me I 11 040 L Hcrlp uree 6 b 111wC I f L NiSHVllTt Tenn March 15 I F Ol ouil William i < Stokes dleu al I I Alexaudria jtsliruay 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