was a Revelation for the Men of its Own Age, as well as for those of Future Ages—­the Promise made to Abraham; the Deliverance from Egypt; the Mosaic Law; the Words of the Prophets; the Psalms of David:  the Wisdom of Solomon—­7.  Value of the Old Testament Revelations to us—­the System of Divine Revelation can be understood only as a Whole; Constant Reference of the New Testament to the Old; the Old Testament a Record of God’s Dealings with Men; the Principles embodied in the Theocracy Eternal; the Manifold Wisdom of God seen only when the Whole System of Revelation is studied

CHAPTER XIX.

THE PENTATEUCH.  I. Its Unity—­Its Fivefold Division—­1. Genesis—­2. 
Its Hebrew Name—­Its Greek Name—­3.  Its Office—­It is the Introductory
Book of the Pentateuch—­Its Connection with the Following Books—­4. 
Divisions of the Book of Genesis—­First Part and its Contents; Second
Part and its Contents—­5.  Its Mosaic Authorship—­Supposed Traces of a
Later Hand—­6.  Difficulties connected with the Pentateuch—­Scientific
Difficulties:  the Six Days of Creation; the Age of the Antediluvian
Patriarchs; the Unity of the Human Race; the Deluge—­Historical
Difficulties:  the Two Accounts of the Creation; Cain’s Wife—­
Chronological Difficulties:  Discrepancies between the Masoretic
Hebrew, the Samaritan Hebrew, and the Septuagint, in Respect to (1) the
Antediluvian Genealogy; (2) the Genealogy from Noah to Abraham—­Remarks
on these Discrepancies—­II. Exodus—­7.  Hebrew Name of this Book—­Its
Unity—­Its Two Chief Divisions—­Contents of the First Division; of the
Second Division—­8.  Time of the Sojourn in Egypt—­Sojourn in the
Wilderness—­III. Leviticus—­9.  Its Character and Contents—­10.  The
Priestly Office and Sacrifices the Central Part of the Mosaic Law—­IV.
Numbers—­11.  Office and Contents of this Book—­The Three Epochs of its
History:  the Departure from Sinai, the Rebellion of the People upon the
Report of the Twelve Spies, the Second Arrival of Israel at Kadesh with
the Events that followed—­V. Deuteronomy—­12.  Its Peculiar Character,
Divisions, and Contents—­13.  It brings the Whole Pentateuch to a
Suitable Close

CHAPTER XX.

THE HISTORICAL BOOKS. 1 and 2.  Their Office to Unfold the History of God’s Dealings with the Covenant People—­General Remarks on the Character of this History—­I. Joshua—­3.  Contents of this Book.  Its Immediate Connection with the Pentateuch—­Its Two Divisions with their Contents—­4.  Its Authorship—­5.  Its Authenticity and Credibility—­The Miracle of the Arrest of the Sun and Moon in their Course—­II. Judges and Ruth—­6.  Name of this Book—­Office of the Judges whose History it records—­Condition of the Hebrew Nation during the Administration of the Judges—­Office