The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on ScriptureTrumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)
Religion
The Blood Covenant: A Primitive Rite and its Bearings on Scripture
Trumbull, H. Clay (Henry Clay)
Blood -- Folklore; Covenants -- Religious aspects
“This is one of the noblest historical monographs that we have, and in
some respects surpasses all other books of the kind.... The reader will
find this work of our American divine deeply engrossing; combining,
in fact, many kinds of interest not often meeting in one volume. We
have a fine historical insight running through all the ages; a keen
appreciation of the difficulties of the exodus, an intelligent attempt
to settle them; an intense enthusiasm for the biblical history as such,
and the dramatic skill of a modern traveler.... It is a book which our
young Hebraists and students of the Old Testament should read over and
over again.”
FROM PROFESSOR A. H. SAYCE, OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
“It is one of the most ‘thorough’ books I have ever come across. Among
other points proved by you, your identification of the desert of Shur
is perhaps the neatest and most important.”
FROM PROFESSOR DR. FRANZ DELITZSCH, OF LEIPZIG UNIVERSITY.
“As an apple of Tantalus, your splendid work concerning Kadesh-Barnea
sways above me. I am not yet filled with it; ... but it is unbearable
that I should longer refrain from thanking you.... It is a great
service that you, following the lead of the sainted Palmer, have made
Ên Kudeîs the object of your investigation.... My commentary on Genesis
is out of print.... Would that I could yet once more work over this
commentary.... Then I would have an opportunity to show my thankful
appreciation of your work.”
FROM DR. HERMANN GUTHE (SECRETARY OF THE GERMAN PALESTINE
SOCIETY) IN THE _Theologische Literatur-Zeitung_, OF LEIPZIG.
“Trumbull appears to me to be specially felicitous in his determination
of the three roads leading out from Egypt to the East, which are of
great importance for the general history of the further East.... The
happy result of his journey is very gratifying, and we have to thank
his diligent studies for a valuable contribution to biblical geography.”
FROM PROFESSOR C. A. BRIGGS (OF UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY) IN
_The Presbyterian Review_.
“This is the most important work upon the geography of the Holy
Land produced in America since the Biblical Researches of Edward
Robinson.... Dr. Trumbull ... has established the site of Kadesh-Barnea
so thoroughly, and so fortified his conclusions on every hand, that we
believe no one will hereafter think of questioning them.... The book is
written in an interesting and fervent style. The author grapples with
his reader. His enthusiasm is contagious. The critic has to take care
and stand firm lest he be swept off his feet. We thank Dr. Trumbull for
his labor of love and enthusiasm. He has done honor to American pluck
and indefatigable research. We are proud of the book and the man.”
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Transcriber’s Note:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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