INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WITH A COMMENTARY ON THE OPENING PORTION. FROM THE GERMAN OF DR. PETER VON BOHLEN, LATE PROFESSOR of ORIENTAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KÖNIGSBErg. EDITED BY JAMES HEYWOOD, M.P., F.R.S. VOLUME I. LONDON: JOHN CHAPMAN, 8, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. CONTENTS 1. General remarks on Mythology and Legendary History . 2. The early records of the Hebrews, and transition into 4. Whether the Pentateuch contains conclusive evidence for its own authenticity, and whether the Art of Writing can be proved to have existed at the time of Moses 5. On the ancient expressions and supposed simplicity of the Pentateuch, and on the nature of its language 6. Arguments derived from the ancient Egyptian spirit sup- |