Excerpt from The Biblical and Critical Views of Israel's Religion: A Lecture Delivered in Jarvis St. Baptist Church, Toronto, on Monday Evening, April 26th, 1909 I have mid that I believe there is a contrast between the Biblical view of Israel's Religion and the critical view, and that is the first point that Dr. Jordan touches upon. He takes exception to that, and does not admit that there is a comma tween the Biblical and the critical view. Well, here is one point on which I join issue with him at the very beginning, and it surprises me that he should have thought of challenging that statement, because nothing can be more certain, nothing can be surer - I should be surprised if you do not agree with me when I have finished - nothing can be surer, than that the view of Israel's history and religion given in the Bible is a 'otally diiferent thing from the view of Israel's history and religion given in the text-books of this new critical school. Dr. Franz Delitzsch has de scribed the character of this new theory, what is called the Wellhausen theory, by saying that its sheet has been to lift off its hinges the history, the worship and literature in Israel as hitherto accepted. And that I take to be the truth. What was at the top, as we shall see, it shifts to the bottom. It is not, however, simply a change of place that is in question. The new theory not only inverts the Bible's own account of Israel 's history and institutions, it cancels that history in large part alto gether, and proposes for acceptance another wholly te constructed view of the development of religious ideas and laws among the Hebrews. Now, there need be no dispute about that being the case. You will see it as we go on, but it is a thing that I did not understand there was any difference of opinion about. Here is one sentence. This view of the real religion of Israel which lies before us in the Bible as it stands, what I call the Biblical view, it has come to be the fashion to speak of as the traditional view. And I read here, It is no use attempting to minimize the difference between the traditional view and the critical View of the Old Testament. The difierence is immense. They involve difierent conceptions of the relation of God to the world, different views as to the course of Israel's history, the process of revelation, and the nature of inspiration. Oh, you say to me, don't quote these extreme men.' That is a sentence from Dr. Jordan's book and you will understand how plainly it puts the issue that I am presenting to you. 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.