BOOKS RECEIVED The more important books in this list will be reviewed at length OLD TESTAMENT Driver, S. R. Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, with an Introduction on Hebrew Palaeography and the Ancient Versions and Facsimiles of Inscriptions and Maps. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913. 2d ed., revised and enlarged. cxvi+390 pages. 125. Eissfeldt. Der Maschal im Alten Testament. Giessen: Töpelmann, 1913. 72 pages. M. 3. Gray, George Buchanan. A Critical Introduction to the Old Testament. New York: Scribner, 1913. xi+253 pages. $0.75 net. Gressmann, Hugo, et al. Die Schriften des Alten Testaments in Auswahl neu übersezt und für die Gegenwart erklärt. 23. Lieferung. Die grossen Propheten und ihre Zeit, von Hans Schmidt. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1913. 80 pages. Jastrow, Morris. Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens. 20. und 21. Lieferung. Giessen: Töpelmann, 1912 xx+184 pages. M. 3. Johns, C. H. W. Ancient Babylonia. 1913. xii+356 pages. Studies in Jewish Literature Issued in Honor of Professor Kaufmann Kohler, Ph.D., President Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio. On the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, May the tenth, nineteen hundred and thirteen. Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1913. vii+ 301 pages. M. The Book of Wisdom. With Introduction and Notes. Edited by Rev. A. T. S. Goodrick (The Oxford Church Bible Commentary). New York: Macmillan, 1913. xii+437 pages. $2 net. NEW TESTAMENT Berg, Emil P. St. Paul's Misconceptions. Ideal Studies. London: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1912. vii+301 pages. Cavallera, Ferdinandus. Patrologiae Cursus Completus, Accurante J. P. Migne. Series graeca. Indices. Paris: Garnier, 1912. 218 pages. Fr. 20. Die Griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte. Herausg. von der Kirchenväter-commission der Königl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Origenes. Fünfter Band. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. clx+423 pages. M. 20. Ganschinietz, Richard. Hippolytos' Capitel gegen die Magier Refut. Haer. IV. 28+42. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913 77 pages. M. 2.50. Haase, Felix. Literarkritische Untersuchungen zur orientalisch-apokryphen Evangelienliteratur. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. iv+91 pages. M. 3. Harnack, Adolf. Ist die Rede des Paulus in Athen ein ursprünglicher Bestandteil der Apostelgeschichte? Judentum und Judenchristentum in Justins Dialog mit Trypho. Nebst einer Collation der Pariser handschrift, Nr. 450. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. 97 pages. M. 3. Hayes, D. A. The Most Beautiful Book Ever Written. The Gospel According to Luke. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1913. viii+183 pages. $0.75 net. Hubík, Karl. Die Apologien des Hl. Justinus des Philosophen und Märtyrers. (Theologische Studien der Leo Gesellschaft 19). Wien: Mayer & Co., 1912. viii+382 pages. M. 7. Kent, Charles Foster. The Life and Teachings of Jesus According to the Earliest Records, (The Historical Bible.) With map and chart. New York: Scribner, 1913. xiii+337 pages. $1.25 net. Koetschau, Paul. Origines Werke. Fünfter Band. De Principiis. Heraus. im Auftrage der Kirchenvater-Commission der Königl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. clx+422 pages. M. 20. Lichtenstein, J. Commentar zum Matthäus-Evangelium. Nach der Neubearbeitung des Verfassers herausgegeben von H. Laible und Paul Levertoff. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. 143 pages. M. 2.50. Loofs, Friederich. What Is the Truth About Jesus Christ? Problems of Christology discussed in six Haskell Lectures at Oberlin, Ohio. New York: Scribner, 1913. vii+241 pages. $1.25 net. Milligan, George. The New Testament Documents-Their Origin and Early History. New York: Macmillan, 1913. xvi+322 pages. $3.50 net. Norden, Edouard. Agnostos Theos. Untersuchungen zur Formengeschichte religiöser Rede. Leipzig: Teubner, 1913. ix+410 pages. M. 13. The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans. (Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges.) Edited by R. St. John Parry. With Introduction and Notes. Cambridge University Press, 1912. xlix+243 pages. 3s. 6d. The Second Epistle General of Peter and the General Epistle of Jude. Edited by Montague Rhodes James, with Introduction and Notes. Cambridge University Press, 1912. lix+45 pages. Wendt, Hans H. Die Apostelgeschichte. (Kritisch-exegetischer Kommentar über das Neue Testament begründet von Heinr. Aug. Wilh. Meyer. Dritte Abteilung 9. Auflage.) Göttingen: Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1913. iv+ 370 pages. M. 8. Wordsworth, Johannes, and White Hen rico I. Nouum Testamentum Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Latine. Secundum editionem sancti hieronymi. Partis secundae fasciculus primus epistula ad Romanos. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1913. 152 pages. IOS. 6d. CHURCH HISTORY Ainslie, Peter. The Message of the Disciples of Christ for the Union of the Church, Including Their Origin and History. New York: Revell, 1913. 212 pages. $1.00 net. Brown, Louise Fargo. The Political Activities of the Baptists and Fifth Monarchy Men in England During the Interregnum. Prize Essays of the American Historical Association (Herbert Baxter Adams Prize in European History, 1911), Washington, American Historical Association. London, Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913. 258 pages. $1.50 (to members of the American Historical Association, $1.00). Fouqueray, Henri. Histoire de la Compagnie de Jésus en France des Origines à la Suppression (1528-1762). Tome II. La ligue et la bannissement (15751604). Paris: Picard, 1913. viii+ 738 pages. Fr. 12. Handbuch der Kirchengeschichte für Studierende herausgegeben von Gustav Krüger. Register nach Anleitung und unter Beihilfe des Herausgebers bearbeitet von August Dell. Nachträge und Berichtigungen. Tübingen: Mohr, 1913. 137 pages. M. 3. Luthers Werke in Auswahl. Unter Mitwirkung von Albert Leitzmann. Herausg. von Otto Clemen. Zweiter Band, viii+464 pages. Dritter Band, iv+464+516 pages. M. 5. Philostorgius Kirchengeschichte mit dem Leben des Lucian von Antiochien und den Fragmenten eines arianischen Historiographen. Herausgegeben von J. Bidez. (Die Grieschischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte. Herausgegeben von der Kirchenvater-Commission der Königl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.) Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. clxviii+240 pages. M. 16. DOCTRINAL Banks, John S. Central Questions of Faith. London: Charles H. Kelly, 1913. 128 pages. 6s. Blondel, Maurice. Immanence. Essai critique sur la doctrine (Joseph de Tonquédec). Paris: Beauchesne, 1913. XV+307 pages. Fr. 3.50. Briggs, Charles Augustus. The Fundamental Christian Faith. The Origin, History, and Interpretation of the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds. New York: Scribner, 1913. x+332 pages. $1.50 net. Frank, Henry. Modern Light on Immortality, Being an Original Excursion into Historical Research and Scientific Discovery Pointing to a New Solution of the Problem. Boston: Sherman, French & Co., 1909. 467 pages. $1.85 net. Fuller, B. A. G. The Problem of Evil in Plotinus. Cambridge University Press 1912. xx+336 pages. Getting Together. Essays by Friends in Council on the Regulative Ideas of Religious Thought. Edited by James M. Whiton. New York: Sturgis & Walton, 1913. 303_pages. $1.50. Mullins, Edgar Y. Freedom and Authority in Religion. Philadelphia: The Griffith Rowland Press, 1913. 410 pages. $1.50. Royce, Josiah. The Problem of Christianity. Lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston, and at Manchester College, Oxford. Vol. I, The Christian Doctrine of Life. Vol. II, The Real World and the Christian Ideas. xlvi+425; vi+442 pages. $3.50 net. Selbie, W. B. Schleiermacher-A Critical and Historical Study. New York: Dutton, 1913. ix+271 pages. $2.25 net. Smith, Gerald Birney. Social Idealism and the Changing Theology. A Study of the Ethical Aspects of Christian Doctrine. The Nathaniel William Taylor Lectures for 1912 Delivered before the Yale Divinity School. New York: Macmillan, 1913. xxiii+251 pages. $1.25 net. Talling, Marshall. The Science of Spirit ual Life. An Application of Scientific Method in the Exploration of Spiritual Experience. New York: Revell, 1912. 320 pages. $1.50 net. Worsley, F. W. The Theology of the Church of England. New York: Dutton, 1913. viii+259 pages. $2.25 net. HISTORY OF RELIGIONS Huby, Joseph, et al. Christus: Manuel d'histoire de religions. Paris: Beauchesne, 1913. xx+1036 pages. Jevons, F. B. Comparative Religion. (The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature.) New York: Putnam, 1913. vii+154 pages. $0.40 net. Kuhn, Adalbert. Mythologische Studien. Herausg. von Ernst Kuhn. Zweiter Band: Hinterlassene mythologische Abhandlungen. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1912. vii+200 pages. M. 6. Mills, Lawrence. Our Own Religion in Ancient Persia Being Lectures delivered in Oxford presenting the Zend Avesta as collated with the pre-Christian Exilic Pharisaism, advancing the Persian Question to the foremost position in our biblical research. Chicago: Open Court Publishing Co., 1913. xii+193 pages. Murray, Gilbert. Four Stages of Greek Religion. Studies based on a course of lectures delivered in April, 1912, at Columbia University. New York: Columbia University Press, 1912. 223 pages. Stübe, R. Confucius. (Religionsge schichtliche Volksbücher. Herausg. von Friedrich M. Schiele.) III. Reihe, 15. Heft. Tübingen: Mohr, 1913. PRACTICAL THEOLOGY Adams, John. The Man Among the Myrtles. A Study in Zechariah's Visions. (Short Course Series.) New York: Scribner, 1913. iii+141 pages. $0.60 net. Baudert, S. Die evangelische Mission. Geschichte, Arbeitsweise, heutiger Stand. (Aus Natur und Geisteswelt Sammlung wissenschaftlich-gemeinverständlicher Darstellungen.) Leipzig: Teubner, 1913. vii+123 pages. $1.25. Dennis, James S. The Modern Call of Missions. Studies in Some of the Larger Aspects of a Great Enterprise. New York: Revell, 1913. 341 pages. $1.50 net. Marjoribanks, Thomas. The Sevenfold I AM. (The Short Course Series.) New York: Scribner, 1913. vii+147 pages. $0.60 net. Mittelalterliche deutsche Predigten des Franziskaners P. Stephan Fridolin. Herausg. von Ulrich Schmidt. München: J. J. Lentnerschen, 1913. viii+ 163 pages. M. 3.60. Richter, Julius. Weltmission und theologische Arbeit. Habilitationsschrift für einen Lehrstuhl der Missionswissenschaft an der Universität Berlin. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1913. M. 2. Whitelaw, Thomas. Jehovah-Jesus. (The Short Course Series.) New York: Scribner, 1913. 144 pages. $0.60 net. MISCELLANEOUS Berg, Emil P. Where Is Heaven? Musings on the Life Eternal. London: William Rider & Son, 1911. 25. Berg, Emil P. The Conversion of India, Or Reconciliation between Christianity and Hinduism, Being Studies in Indian Missions. London: Arthur H. Stockwell, 1911. xi+238 pages. 35. Christian Unity at Work. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America in Quadrennial Session at Chicago, Illinois, 1912. Edited by Charles S. Macfarland. New York: The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. 291 pages. $1.00 net. Fuchs, Emil. Monismus. (Religionsgeschichtl. Volksbücher. Herausg. von Friedrich M. Schiele.) V. Reihe. 10. 11. Heft. Tübingen: Mohr, 1913. M. 0.50. Hall, Thomas C. Religion and Life. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1913. xiv+161 pages. $0.75 net. Lecigne, C. Louis Veuillot. Paris: Lethielleux, 1913. 442 pages. Fr. 3.50. LeRoy, Edouard. The New Philosophy of Henri Bergson. Translated from the French by Vincent Benson. x+ 235 pages. $1.25 net. Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie der Kultur unter Mitwirkung von Rudolf Eucken, et al., herausgegeben von Richard Kroner und Georg Mehlis. Band IV, Heft I. Tübingen: Mohr, 1913. 116 pages. M. 4.50. Lütgert, W. Martin Kähler. (Beiträge zur Förderung christlicher Theologie.) Heft 1. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann, 1913. M.0.60. Macfarland, Charles S. Spiritual Cul ture and Social Service. New York: Revell, 1912. 222 pages. $1.00 net. Mathews, Shailer. The Making of Tomorrow. Interpretations of the World Today. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1913. 193 pages. $1 net. Nearing, Scott. Social Religion. An Interpretation of Christianity in Terms of Modern Life. From an address delivered before the Friends' General Conference, Ocean Grove, New Jersey, July 7, 1910. New York: Macmillan, 1913. xvi+227 pages. $1 net. Piat, C. La personne humaine. (Bibliothèque de Philosophie Contempor et aine.) Deuxieme édition, revue augmentée. Paris: Felix Alcan, 1913. XV+401 pages. Fr. 7.50. Report of Proceedings. The Second Quadrennial Council of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Chicago, December 4-9, 1912. New York. 140 pages. Sheldon, Henry C. Rudolf Eucken's Message to Our Age. An appreciation and a criticism. New York: Eaton & Mains, 1913. 55 pages. $0.35. Simpson, James Y. The Spiritual Interpretation of Nature. New York: Doran, 1912. xv+383 pages. $1.50 net. Strack, Hermann L. Yearbook of the Evangelical Missions among the Jews. Vol. II. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1913. 96 pages. M. 2. Strong, Augustus H. One Hundred Chapel Talks to Theological Students together with two Autobiographical Addresses. Philadelphia: The Griffith & Rowland Press, 1913. xii-264 pages. $1.00. Taylor, Henry Osborn. Ancient Ideals. A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early Times to the Establishment of Christianity. Vols. I and II. xi+461, vii+430 pages. 2d ed. New York: Macmillan, 1913. Vinet, Alexandre. Nouveaux discours sur quelques sujects religieux. Texte de la deuxième édition, revue et corrigée par l'auteur, accompagné des variantes et précédé d'une préface par A. Chavan. Paris: Fischbacher, 1913. Fr. 5.50. This distinguished theologian was called from this life in May of the present year. Known as he was to the readers of this Journal by his contributions to its pages, as well as by his other published works, and also by his long career as a teacher, it is proper that we attempt some estimate of his life and work. This is the more desirable because the most of the published notices have been inadequate. The event which brought Dr. Briggs into the public eye was a trial for heresy, and the newspapers in announcing his death naturally called attention to this fact, and revived the judgments passed at the time when the trial took place. But a judgment based on a heresy trial is almost unavoidably onesided. In such a trial ex parte statements clamor for the public ear. The accused is pictured on the one hand as a reckless innovator who would undermine the faith of the church; on the other side he is declared to be a courageous reformer who desires only to eradicate antiquated errors and introduce a new era of enlightenment and progress. Neither the party leaders nor the public which is solicited to take sides in the controversy discovers the real man with whom they are dealing. Him we shall try to reveal. Whatever else he was, Dr. Briggs was a man of positive convictions, and he was always perfectly frank in stating those convictions. Thorough in the investigation of the grounds for an |