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Recent Commentaries on the Song of Solomon

Mid‑19th‑century review comparing recent commentaries on the Song of Solomon—contrasting German critical methods with English/American expositions and defending unity and Solomonic authorship.
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Ebrard on the Apocalypse

Reviews Smalley's defense of the sinner's moral inability and culpability; and Ebrard's comprehensive commentary on Revelation, its apostolic authorship, interpretive schools, and Daniel's 70 weeks.
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Origin of Writing

Princeton Review (1854) essay surveys the origin and civilizing role of writing, weighing theories that it was divinely revealed at Sinai versus developed earlier (Egyptian evidence).
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Jewish Expositions of Malachi

1855 review examines Jewish and patristic expositions of Malachi, debating authorship, dating, and textual readings (LXX, Targum, Jerome) and their canonical and prophetic implications.
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Monuments of the Umbrian Language

Reviews of recent scholarship: philosophy by Sir William Hamilton, philological analysis of Umbrian inscriptions, and a critique of contemporary church architecture and taste.
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Demotic Grammar

Scholarly review of Brugsch and Lepsius on Demotic grammar and Egyptian inscriptions, covering demotic's relation to hieratic/hieroglyphic, the Rosetta Stone, historical epochs, and publication methods.
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Lepsius and Brugsch’s Travels in Egypt

Review of Lepsius and Brugsch’s travels in Egypt describing monuments, pyramids, inscriptions, excavations, and the hardships and discoveries of their expedition.
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Comparative Accentual System of Sanscrit and Greek

Reviews of recent scholarly works: Sir William Hamilton on philosophy and Thomas Reid's writings, and Francis Bopp's Comparative Accentual System comparing Sanskrit and Greek accentuation.
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Kurtz’s History of the Old Testament

Review of J.H. Kurtz's History of the Old Covenant: Israel’s growth into a covenant nation, the Exodus and Mosaic law, Moses’ call and miracles, and heathen deities’ demonic reality.
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The Money of the Bible

Reviews J. H. Kurtz's Old Covenant history and a treatise on Biblical numismatics. Surveys ancient money, weights and coin types (daric, drachma, denarius) and their Biblical mentions.
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The Sacred Writings of the Parsis

Review of English translations of Roman liturgy and a study of the Parsis' sacred writings (Avesta). Argues that studying non‑Christian religions aids Christian apologetics and missionary work.
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Tischendorf’s Travels in the East

Review defending infant baptism and church membership alongside a study of Tischendorf's travels and New Testament textual criticism, stressing manuscript collation and doctrinal implications.
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Spiegel’s Pehlevi Grammar

Reviews of treatises defending infant baptism and church membership, a Pahlavi (Huzvaresh) grammar, and Edward Robinson's archaeological biblical researches in Palestine.
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The Book of Job

Review of Job scholarship examining its poetry, date, historicity, and teaching on piety amid suffering; weighs Mosaic vs. later authorship and implications for divine providence.
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The Scope and Plan of the Book of Ecclesiastes

Analysis of Ecclesiastes' scope and plan: reconciles seeming contradictions about vanity, enjoyment, and providence, arguing the conclusion 'Fear God and keep his commandments.'
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Albania and Its People

A review defending rationalism in the Unitarian controversy, followed by an extensive 19th‑century study of Albania’s geography, peoples, dialects, and religious divisions.
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Hofmann’s Prophecy and Fulfillment

Review of Hofmann's Prophecy and Fulfilment: commends his defense of Scripture's integrity but faults his historicist view that prophecy is merely historical development, affirming divine sovereignty and Messianic foretelling.
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The Book of Hosea

Survey of Hosea situating the book in the Old Testament prophetic scheme and historical crises (Israel/Judah, Assyria, Babylon), defending its unity and canonical purpose.
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Christology

Review of Buddhism studies and Hengstenberg’s Christology of the Old Testament, defending widespread typology and prophetic interpretation that centers Christ as fulfillment.
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