Hofmann's Prophecy and Fulfillment [pp. 189-225]

THE
PRINCETON REVIEW.
APRIL, 1858.
No. II.
ARTICLE I.- TVeissagung und Erfilllung im Alten und im
Neuen Testamnente. Ein theologischer versuch von Dr. J.
CHR. K. HOFMANN Prof. Theol. in Erlangen. 8vo. pp. 362
and 386.
THIS work, which was published rather more than thirteen
years ago, has been several times referred to in our columns.
But its influence upon the opinions of an important class of
continental scholars has been such, that we. shall render, we
doubt not, an acceptable service to our readers by presenting
them with a summary of its contents. It should be distinctly
stated in advance, that with whatever faults these volumes may
be chargeable, they are free from all complicity with the principles or results of a sceptical criticism, which is upon proper
occasions scored in a very wholesome way. Hofmann's aspirations after novelty have taken quite a different turn from this.
The literal truth of the sacred narrative is everywhere adhered
to, as opposed to all mythical conceits and legendary exaggerations. The integrity and genuineness of all the inspired
writings, and in all their parts, are strenuously asserted, and
the date to which unvarying tradition assigns them is unhesitatingly received. When even such men as Kurtz and
Delitzsch have yielded to the torrent, it is deserving of commendatory mention that Hlofmann should stand firm. While
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