A DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE, by John D. Davis, Ph.D.,
D.D., LL.D., Prof. of Oriental and Old Testament
Literature in the Theological Seminary, Princeton,
N.J. With Maps, Plans, and amply Illustrated.
London: T. F. Downie, 21 Warwick
Lane. Price 4 dollars.
A Bible dictionary of the right kind is a very useful
help to students of the Bible. Unfortunately the dic-
tionaries of the Bible which are recognised of standing
in this country are rendered worse than useless by their
higher critical teaching, and while there are smaller
Bible dictionaries useful for general purposes, students of the Scripture who wish to get the results of recent literary finds and archaeological discoveries throwing light on the language and customs of biblical times will find this dictionary eminently suited for the purpose. Needless to say, the so-called assured results of the Higher Criticism are not taught here, and while we do not commit ourselves to all its statements, we recognise in it an excellent piece of real scholarship.