Excerpt from Abstract of Colenso on the Pentateuch: A Comprehensive Summary of Bishop Colenso's Argument, Proving That the Pentateuch Is Not Historioally True, and That It Was Composed by Several Writers, the Earliest of Whom Lived in the Time of Samuel, From 1100 to 1060 B. C These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel. (d. I. And Moses called all Israel and said unto them. (d. V. There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conver sant among them. (j 0. Viii. How was it possible to do this before at least people Could Moses or Joshua, as actual eye-witnesses, have expressed themselves in such extravagant language Surely not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.