THE INFLUENCE

OF THE

HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN REVELATIONS

ON

ANCIENT HEATHEN WRITERS.

Cambridge:

Printed at the University Press.

THE INFLUENCE

OF THE

HEBREW AND CHRISTIAN REVELATIONS

ON

ANCIENT HEATHEN WRITERS.

AN ESSAY

WHICH OBTAINED

THE HULSEAN PRIZE FOR THE YEAR 1849.

BY

SAMUEL TOMKINS,

OF ST. CATHARINE'S HALL.

CAMBRIDGE: J. DEIGHTON; AND E. JOHNSON.
LONDON: F. & J. RIVINGTON.

M.DCCC.L.

TO THE

RIGHT WORSHIPFUL THE VICE-CHANCELLOR;

THE

REVEREND THE MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE;

AND THE

REVEREND THE MASTER OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE,

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,

THIS ESSAY

IS BY PERMISSION MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.