An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures

Reissued in five parts, this is the revised four-volume tenth edition (1856) of an influential work of biblical scholarship.

Part I. The Old Testament: 1. General observations on the Pentateuch; 2. Authorship and date of the Pentateuch; 3. Book of Joshua; 4. Judges; 5. Ruth; 6. The two books of Samuel; 7. The two books of Kings; 8. The books of Chronicles; 9. Book of Ezra; 10. Book of Nehemiah; 11. The book of Esther; 12. the book of Job; 13. The book of Psalms; 14. Book of Proverbs; 15. The Book of Ecclesiastes; 16. Song of Solomon; 17. General observations on the prophets; 18. The book of the prophet Isaiah; 19. On the book of Jeremiah; 20. The lamentations of Jeremiah; 21. The book of Ezekiel; 22. Book of the prophet Daniel; 23. On the book of Hosea; 24. Book of the prophet Joel; 25. Book of the prophet Amos; 26. Book of the prophet Obadiah; 27. Book of the prophet Jonah; 28. Book of the prophet Micah; 29. Book of the prophet Nahum; 30. Book of the prophet Habakkuk; 31. Book of the prophet Zephaniah; 32. Book of the prophet Haggai; 33. Book of the prophet Zechariah; 34. Book of the prophet Malachi; Part II. The Apocrypha: 1. The third book of Esdras; 2. The fourth book of Esdras; 3. The book of Tobit; 4. The book of Judith; 5. On the rest of the chapters of the book of Esther; 6. The book of wisdom; 7. The wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach; 8. The book of Baruch; 9. The epistle of Jeremy; 10. Prayer of Manasses; 11. The first book of Maccabees; 12. The second book of Maccabees; 13. The third book of Maccabees; 14. The fourth book of Maccabees; 15. The fifth book of Maccabees; Concluding observation; Addenda; Indices.