The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review, 1877, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review, 1877, Vol. 6 (Classic Reprint) written by Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-24 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Presbyterian Quarterly and Princeton Review, 1877, Vol. 6 Whilst, therefore, we exclude the study Of the Hebrew and cognate languages from the range of Exegetical Theology, we magnify their importance, not only to the theological student, but also to the entire field of scholarship. Other scholars may do without them, but for the theologian these studies are indispen sable, and we must at the very beginning strain all our energies. To the mastery Of the Hebrew tongue. Ifwe have not done it out ofthe seminaries, we must do it in the seminaries. \ve must take our disadvantages as we find them, and make up by severity of study for the lack of time; and whilst we cannot at present do justice to the requirements of the Exegetical Theology of the Old Testament, though for the present she must be the little sister in the seminary course, yet we must not undervalue her; we must form a proper conception of her, employ faithfully her methods, cover the ground of her divisions, even if but thinly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.