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minutely, he offers a broad view of the historical setting and progress of Christ's life, and the problems it presents. Gilbert and Rhees taken together make an excellent combination for the student's purpose.

Dawson (1901) states that his object is "to depict the human life of Jesus as it appeared to his contemporaries, with a purposed negligence, as far as it is possible, of the vexed problems of theology and metaphysics." He rearranges events with great freedom and, though recognizing the miraculous in Christ's life, minimizes it as much as possible. The book is graphically written, but its attitude will hardly please either the devout or the sceptical.

Sanday (1905) is the writer of the article on Jesus Christ in "Hastings's Bible Dictionary," and this article has been reprinted as a separate volume with the title "Outlines of the Life of Christ." It is a very able production, replete with the latest scholarship, and it makes us look forward eagerly to the larger work on the same subject in preparation by the author. The average reader will probably find the book too condensed and presupposing too much familiarity with its subject; but the student who is prepared to profit by it will be charmed with its fresh, stimulating and broad treatment of the problems it discusses.

Smith (1905), under the title "The Days of His Flesh," treats the life of Jesus along the lines of Edersheim and Farrar, but with much freshness and occasional fancifulness. He prefaces his work with a discussion of the sources, in which he makes the synoptics depend upon the oral tradition rather than upon any earlier documents. The book is an excellent one for the general reader.

Schmidt (1905), in "The Prophet of Nazareth," discusses many topics that bear upon the origin of the belief, which he rejects, that Jesus was divine, but devotes only one chapter to an account of the life of Jesus as it may be constructed after discarding all the supernatural. The book is intended for students rather than for popular use, and is the ablest work from a rationalistic standpoint that has been put forth by an English or American author.

Garvie (1907) says of his "Studies in the Inner Life of Jesus": "The title indicates the purpose and the method of the book. It is the mind, heart, and will of Jesus as revealed in his words and work that the writer seeks to understand." It is a very careful and illuminating treatment of the questions that arise in connec

tion with the chief points in Christ's ministry. The student who has made himself familiar with the details of Jesus' life, and wishes to go further and study their full significance will find this book most helpful and suggestive. It is the work of a scholar who recognizes present-day problems and sets himself sympathetically to aid those who are seeking their solution. The critical introduction, discussing the value of the sources, is also to be commended.

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"To write the Life of Christ ideally is impossible. And even to write such a Life as should justify itself either for popular use or for study is a task of extreme difficulty." So says Sanday at the close of his Outlines, and he adds: "Great as are the merits of these modern works, there is none (at least none known to the writer) which possesses such a balance and combination of qualities as to rise quite to the level of a classic." Our review of the literature shows that his opinion is well-founded. The demands which a Life of Christ makes upon its author are greater than we can hope to have met by any one man. He must be a profound scholar, a keen critic, an unbiased judge, a master of literary style, and, above all, an earnest, reverent disciple of the Master: the Christ of history is best known through the Christ of personal experience.

"Taken as a whole," says Fairbairn, "though it is a whole that admits remarkable rather than weighty exceptions-we may say that the more recent Lives are distinguished by a growing sense of being on firm historical ground, and of using sources that the more they are critically handled can be the more intelligently trusted." This is a great gain, and encourages us to look forward with hopefulness to works yet to be produced. There never was a time when the life of Christ was more eagerly and enthusiastically studied, and when a work upon that subject reached as large a body of careful readers. And though the ideal Life may never be written, we can confidently expect that the present century will give us something better than the past has ever produced. To forecast its form is impossible, but everything indicates that its conclusions concerning the Founder of our religion will be in harmony with the story of the evangelists and the faith of the Christian church.

INDEX

Abbot, Ezra, place in discovery of

the Diatessaron, 90.

Abbott, Lyman, Life of Christ, 219.
Acts of Pilate, 23.
Agrapha, 17 f.

Alexandrian text, 63.
Alexandrinus, Codex, 53.

Allen, W. C., on authorship of
Matthew, 148.

Andrew, Gospel of, 33.

Andrews, Life of Christ, 219.
Antiochian text, 62.

Apocalypses, influence on Jewish
thought, 195 f.; relation to career
of Jesus, 196 ff.

Apocryphal gospels, 21 ff.; apologetic
value, 24.

Apologists, 42; their canon of gos-
pels, 43, 86.

Apostles, attitude toward miracles,
97; not idealized in gospels, 99;
could gain nothing by fraud, 172;
competent witnesses, 175 ff.
Apostolic Fathers, 15; their account
of Jesus, 16; use of our gospels,
86.

Arabic Gospel of the Infancy, 23.
Ariston, possible author of Mark
16:9-20, 81.

Augustine, solution of synoptic
problem, 107.

Barnabas, Gospel of, 33.
Bartholomew, Gospel of, 33.
Baur, F. C., leader of Tübingen
School, 206; test of the date of a
gospel, 207; little part assigned
to Jesus, 209.

Beecher, Life of Christ, 219.

Bezae, Codex, 54; peculiarities, 63 f.
Bohairic version, 76.

Bossuet, on chronology of gospels,
201; Life of Christ, 218.
Browning, "Death in the Desert,"
139.

Bruce, A. B., on authorship of John,

122; on miracles and trustworthi-
ness of the gospels, 188.

Burton, E. D., purpose of Matthew,
151 ff.

Canon, meaning of the term, 38;
formation of, 37 ff.

Character of Jesus, the same in all
four gospels, 178; unique, 179;
impossible to invent, 180 ff.
Christianity, not based on a book,
35 f.

Clement of Alexandria, John the
spiritual gospel, 131; Peter living
when Mark wrote, 157.

Clement of Rome, possible quotation
from Matthew, 87.

Codices, origin, 49; description of
the most famous, 53 f.

Councils of the church, action on the

canon, 43 f.

Crosby, Life of Christ, 219.
Curetonian Syriac version, 74.
Cursives, 50 f.

Dawson, Life of Christ, 221.
Deems, Life of Christ, 219.
Deissmann, on the canon, 44;
ostraca, 47.

"Descent into Hades," 23.
Diatessaron of Tatian, 88 ff.

"Ecce Deus," by Joseph Parker,
212.

"Ecce Homo," by J. R. Seeley,
211.

Eddy, Life of Christ, 219.

Edersheim, description of Talmud,
9; Life of Christ, 220.
Egyptian versions, 76.

Egyptians, Gospel of, 33.

Ellicott, Life of Christ, 219.

Ephraem, commentary on the Dia-
tessaron, 88 f.

Ephraemi, Codex, 53.

Erasmus, text of N. T., 57.

Errors, in manuscripts, 55 ff.; in
apostolic testimony, 177.
Eusebius, about woman taken in
adultery, 32, 82; quotes Papias,
40, 111; possible relation to early
codices, 55.

Ewald, Life of Christ in his History
of Israel, 208.

Fairbairn, on Paulus, 191; opinion of
"Ecce Homo," 212; Life of Christ,
220; judgment of recent Lives, 22.
Farrar, Life of Christ, 219.
Fathers, quotations in the, 76 f.
Fisher, G. P., 88.

Fleetwood, John, Life of Christ, 203.
Fouard, Life of Christ, 213.

Freer, manuscript of gospels, 65 n.

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Garvie, A. E., on environment as
explaining career of Jesus, 201 f.;
Inner Life of Jesus," 221.
Geikie, Life of Christ, 220.
Gilbert, Life of Christ, 220.
Gloag, on style of John, 169 f.
Gnostics, used Gospel of Egyptians,
33; influence on canon, 41 f.
Gore, on the apostles as witnesses,
176 f.; on miracles of Jesus, 193.
Gospels, probable origin, 25 ff.; early
opinion of their sacredness, 29, 45,
57; not the basis of belief in
Christ, 35 f.; canon, 37 ff.; oral pre-
ferred, 26, 39; originally copied
with little care, 45; text, 55 ff.;
date, 84 ff.; accuracy in historical
facts, 95; freedom from anachron-
isms, 96 f.; original titles, 102 f.;
synoptic problem, 103 ff.; Johan-
nine problems, 118 ff.; character-
istics, 145 ff.; symbolized, 145;
trustworthiness, 171 ff.; use for a
Life of Christ, 185 ff.; attitude
of critics toward them, 186 f.;
biographies or memorabilia, 199 f.
Greek of New Testament, 71 f.
Gregory, C. R., opinion of Syrian
text, 62; groups of text, 66; ac-
curacy of text, 78.

Grenfell and Hunt, new sayings of
Jesus, 17 ff.

Hanna, Life of Christ, 219.
Heathen writers, little reason to
mention Jesus, 1 f.; Tacitus, 3;
Suetonius, 3; Pliny the Younger,
4; value of their testimony, 5.

Hebrews, Gospel of, 30 ff.
Hegelianism, used by Tübingen
School in early church history,
207.
Holtzmann, value of Gospel of
Hebrews, 31; criticized by Illing-
worth, 143; Life of Jesus, 217.

Illingworth, criticism of Holtzmann,
143 f.

Irenæus, on authorship of the_gos-
pels, 91 ff., 120; on Polycarp, 92f.:
Peter and Paul dead when Mark
wrote, 157.

Jackson, S. M., on Keim's Life of
Jesus, 213.

John the apostle, teacher of Poly-
carp, 93; author of gospel, 119 ff.;
motives for writing, 132 f.; re-
ceptivity, 137 f.

John the Baptist, account by Jo-
sephus, 6.

John the presbyter, 40, 120.
John, Gospel of, date, 100; impres-
sions of its value, 118; author-
ship, 119 f.; trustworthiness, 122,
129; Johannine problem, 123 ff.;
purpose, 132 f., 137; an interpre-
tation, 139, 142; arrangement,

166 f.; analysis, 168; style, 169 f.
John 5: 3-4, 82.
John 7: 8, 60 f.

John 7: 53-8: 11, 32, 81 f.
John 21: 24, 84, 119.

Joseph the Carpenter, History of, 23.
Josephus, account of John the Bap-
tist, 6; mention of Jesus, 6 ff.
Jülicher, authorship of fourth gos-
pel, 121; Johannine problem, 143;
on importance of Matthew, 154.
Justin Martyr, account of Jesus, 16;
'Memoirs of the Apostles," 87 f.,
91.

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Keim, on Paul's account of Jesus,
15; on apocryphal gospels, 34;
opinion of miracle at Jericho, 192;
Life of Christ, 212.

Lake, value of patristic quotations,
77.

Lange, Life of Christ, 206.

Lecky, on character of Jesus, 179 f.
Lectionaries, 52.

Lewis Syriac version, 75.

Lives of Christ, by Abbott, 219;
Andrews, 219; Beecher, 219; Bos-
suet, 218; Crosby, 219; Dawson,
221; Deems, 219; Eddy, 219;
Edersheim, 229; Ellicott, 219;
Ewald, 208; Fairbairn, 220; Far-
rar, 219; Fleetwood, 203; Fou-
ard, 213; Garvie, 221; Geikie,
220; Gilbert, 220; Hanna, 219;
Holtzmann, 217; Keim, 212;
Lange, 206; Neander, 206; Par-
ker, 212; Pressensé, 210; Renan,
209; Sanday, 221; Schmidt, 221;
Seeley, 211; Smith, 221; Stalker,
220; Stapfer, 215; Rhees, 220;
Strauss, 204; Taylor, 203; Weiss,
214; lacking in Mediæval Age,
203; a task of extreme difficulty,
222.

Logia, 112 f.; use in Matthew, 114,
152; use in Luke, 115, 163.
Luke the evangelist, preface to his
gospel, 25, 29; author of gospel,
160f.; sources of information, 161;
purpose, 162 f.; literary and his-
torical skill, 163.

Luke, Gospel of, origin, 115; read-
ers, 162; characteristics, 164 f.
Luke 22: 43-44, 82.
Luke 23: 34a, 83.

Manuscripts, material, 46 ff.; age,
how determined, 50 f.; number and
designation, 52; errors, 55 ff.
Mark the evangelist, statement by
Papias, 111; personal history,
154 f.; relation to Peter, 155.
Mark, Gospel of, based on Peter, 113,
155 f.; purpose, 156 f.; character-
istics, 158 ff.; importance, 160.
Mark 16:9-20, 48, 79 f.
Matthew the apostle, 148;

his

Logia, 112; probably not author
of First Gospel, 148 f.

Matthew, Gospel of; origin, 114 f.;
authorship, 148 f.; purpose, 149 ff.;
importance, 154.

Messianic proclamations of Jesus, in
Synoptics and in John, 127, 139 ff.;
influence of apocalyptical ideas,
196 ff.

Mill, John Stuart, opinion of John,
118; gospel story not an inven-
tion, 183.

Miracles, relation to credibility of
gospels, 85, 188 ff.; attitude of
Jesus, 98; deserve fair treatment,
174; harmonize with character of
Jesus, 181; treatment of them by
critics, 188 f.; career and teach-

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