IT is increasingly felt that the best preparation for study of the New Testament is a thorough knowledge of the Old, and readers of Dr. Wade's Old Testament History will welcome his new contribution to Biblical learning. The present volume is much larger and more comprehensive than its predecessor, and forms a very wide introduction to the various departments of New Testament scholarship. It is no small feat to have compressed such a large quantity of information into a single volume, and Dr. Wade has succeeded in achieving ...
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IT is increasingly felt that the best preparation for study of the New Testament is a thorough knowledge of the Old, and readers of Dr. Wade's Old Testament History will welcome his new contribution to Biblical learning. The present volume is much larger and more comprehensive than its predecessor, and forms a very wide introduction to the various departments of New Testament scholarship. It is no small feat to have compressed such a large quantity of information into a single volume, and Dr. Wade has succeeded in achieving it without sacrificing lucidity, so that the book though technical remains readable throughout. It is divided into three parts. Part I contains a sketch of the geography of Palestine, the political and religious history of the Jews after the Exile, conditions in the Roman empire, Jewish institutions, and the methods of Jewish historians. Part II deals with Textual and Documentary Criticism. All this is admirably done: a temperate statement of all the chief problems is given, and the references and footnotes are nicely calculated to enable the student to pursue any particular point as much further as desired. It is no doubt from Part III that the book takes its title, and it is here that opinions will vary as to the value of the work. It consists of a description of the life and teaching of Our Lord 'according to the earliest sources, ' with a note on the account given by the Fourth Gospel; the History of the Church in the Apostolic Age; and a chapter on ' Theological Development in the New Testament.' It is obvious that here the fundamental problems of Christian origins are raised, and the verdict passed on Dr. Wade's interpretation of the New Testament story will depend on the reader's conceptions of the nature of Our Lord's Messianic consciousness and the method and meaning of the Incarnation. Naturally, no full discussion is attempted of these difficult subjects, but in the closing chapter Dr. Wade indicates his own outlook, which regards Our Lord's belief in His Messiahship as a gradual development. In relating the Gospel story, a brave attempt is made to explain the miracles on modern psychological lines, but it cannot be said that the results are very encouraging. Some of the cases of healing no doubt yield fairly easily to such treatment, but the barren fig-tree, the Gadarene swine, and the feeding of the multitudes, to take only three examples, remain as difficult as ever. Still less satisfactory is the treatment of the Resurrection Appearances. In any case, however, the running commentary which accompanies the history in Part III provides a storehouse of valuable and suggestive information, and the book as a whole will be useful as a manual of New Testament interpretation and illustration. - The Church Quarterly Review , Volumes 94
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