'The Old Testament will still be a New Testament to him who comes with a fresh desire of information FULLER. VOL. V. The History of Ezra and of the Hagiocracy in Israel TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. THE PRESENT VOLUME of the History of Israel, though the The Translator has endeavoured to adhere to the rules adopted in the previous volumes. The spelling Jahveh' has been retained for the sake of uniformity, in the place of Yahveh or Yahweh; in other cases the ordinary ortho- graphy has been followed, except where special reasons are given for preferring a different form. In order to complete the Analytical Table of Contents, short descriptive titles of the subdivisions of the various sections have been added, so as to exhibit more fully the method in which each branch of the subject is developed. In the hope, also, of rendering more accessible the vast quantity of historical information which the volume contains upon many topics not in the To the friend who so materially lightened his labours in of the Translator are gladly rendered. Nor can he omit It only remains to apologise for the tardy appearance of LEEDS: January, 1874. |