An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures: Volume 2, The Text of the Old Testament Considered, Part 1

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

Thomas Hartwell Horne (Author), Samuel Davidson (Author), Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (Author)

9781108067737, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 November 2013

612 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.5 cm, 0.88 kg

A painstaking compiler of catalogues and indexes, the biblical scholar and bibliographer Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780–1862) first published his most famous work in 1818, having begun his research for it many years earlier in 1801. Reissued here is the expanded four-volume tenth edition of 1856, which includes revisions by the scholars Samuel Davidson (c.1806–98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813–75). This monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship remains a valuable resource for modern researchers. Volume 2, the work of Davidson, addresses the Old Testament and has been split into two parts for this reissue. Influenced by contemporary German scholarship, Davidson's contribution caused controversy, particularly around prophetic authorship and the role of divine inspiration, resulting in his resignation from Lancashire Independent College. Indeed, Horne distanced himself from this volume. Part 1 includes discussion of scriptural Hebrew, of Greek, Arabic, Latin and Syriac translations, and of textual history and interpretation.

Preface
Part I. Criticism of the Old Testament: 1. Preliminary
2. Languages of the Old Testament
3. The Hebrew characters
4. Hebrew vowel points
5. Hebrew accents
6. Means by which a knowledge of the Hebrew language may be acquired
7. Criticism of the text
8. History of the text itself
9. History of the printed text
10. Sources of criticism
11. The Septuagint translation
12. Other ancient Greek versions
13. Versions from the Septuagint
14. Venetian-Greek version
15. Targums
16. Old Syriac version
17. Arabic translations
18. Samaritan version of the Pentateuch
19. Vulgate version
20. Versions made from the Vulgate
21. Rules for using versions
22. Hebrew manuscripts
23. A few of the oldest MSS described
24. Parallel passages
25. Quotations
26. Critical conjectures
27. Application of the sources of criticism
28. Table of the quotations from the Old Testament in the New
29. Sources whence quotations were taken
30. Introductory formulas of quotations
31. On the external form of quotations
32. On the internal form of quotations
Part II. Biblical Interpretation, Book 1: 1. Qualifications necessary to a good interpreter
2. Grammatical interpretation
3. Study of the text itself
4. Study of the context
5. Study of parallels
6. External sources of grammatical interpretation
7. Biblical exegesis
8. Examination of the passage itself
9. Examination of context
10. Parallels, or parallel passages
11. Analogy of faith
12. Ancient versions
13. On historical circumstances
14. External circumstances
15. On Jewish writings as aids in interpretation
16. Assistance derivable from the Greek fathers in the interpretation of scriptures
17. Limitations and cautions in the exegesis of the Bible
18. Commentaries
Part II. Biblical Interpretation, Book II: 1. Interpretation of the figurative language of scripture
2. On the interpretation of the metonymies occurring in the scriptures
3. On the interpretation of scripture metaphors
4. Anthropopathy and personification
5. Allegory
6. On the interpretation of scripture parables
7. On the interpretation of scripture proverbs
8. The interpretation of the poetical parts of scripture
9. On the interpretation of types
10. On the interpretation of prophecy
11. On the doctrinal interpretation of scripture
12. On the moral interpretation of scripture
13. On the interpretation of the promises and threatenings of scripture
14. On the interpretation and means of harmonising passages of scripture which appear to be contradictory
15. On the inferential reading of scripture
16. On the practical reading of scripture.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]