An Introduction to the Old Testament

by Charles H.H. Wright

Excerpt from An Introduction to the Old Testament

The manual of Introduction to the Old Testament now presented to the English student endeavours to give the ascertained results of modern criticism, as far as is possible within very confined limits. The lists of works, English and foreign, appended under each heading, point out the sources where fuller information can be obtained, and may, perhaps, stir up some to take a deeper interest in Biblical studies.
Those lists do not pretend to be exhaustive. Among the books of special importance to the Biblical student is the Bibliotheca Rabbinica of Dr. August Wunsche, being a German translation of the entire Midrash Rabbah, etc., with notes, which has opened up that rich treasury of myth, legend, and parable to a wider circle of readers. Those ancient Midrashim, notwithstanding many short-comings and mistakes, afford much information to the student of the Old Testament.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1890

About the author

Charles Henry Hamilton Wright was an Anglo-Irish Anglican clergyman.