Chapter 19

THE PENTATEUCH. I. Its Unity--Its Fivefold Division--1. _Genesis_--2. Its Hebrew Name--Its Greek Name--3. Its Office--It is the Introductory Book of the Pentateuch--Its Connection with the Following Books--4. Divisions of the Book of Genesis--First Part and its Contents; Second Part and its Contents--5. Its Mosaic Authorship--Supposed Traces of a Later Hand--6. Difficulties connected with the Pentateuch--Scientific Difficulties: the Six Days of Creation; the Age of the Antediluvian Patriarchs; the Unity of the Human Race; the Deluge--Historical Difficulties: the Two Accounts of the Creation; Cain's Wife-- Chronological Difficulties: Discrepancies between the Masoretic Hebrew, the Samaritan Hebrew, and the Septuagint, in Respect to (1) the Antediluvian Genealogy; (2) the Genealogy from Noah to Abraham--Remarks on these Discrepancies--II. _Exodus_--7. Hebrew Name of this Book--Its Unity--Its Two Chief Divisions--Contents of the First Division; of the Second Division--8. Time of the Sojourn in Egypt--Sojourn in the Wilderness--III. _Leviticus_--9. Its Character and Contents--10. The Priestly Office and Sacrifices the Central Part of the Mosaic Law--IV. _Numbers_--11. Office and Contents of this Book--The Three Epochs of its History: the Departure from Sinai, the Rebellion of the People upon the Report of the Twelve Spies, the Second Arrival of Israel at Kadesh with the Events that followed--V. _Deuteronomy_--12. Its Peculiar Character, Divisions, and Contents--13. It brings the Whole Pentateuch to a Suitable Close