Theological and Literary Intelligence [pp. 424-427]

1872.] THEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. 425
The living questions of the day are discussed, and often both sides are presented by the best qualified persons. The January number has an article
by the Duke of Argyll on llibernicisms in Philosophy, which is both wis&
and witty; St. George Mivart (a Catholic) replies with marked effect to'
Huxley on Evolution; Prof. Calderwood shows, even from Tylor's work, that
there are tbe rudiments of Morals among the Savages; Principal Tulloch de
scribes the English and Scotch Churches; Rev. C. H. Wratislaw has a vainable paper on Huss and the Ultramontanes; and Prof. Maurice criticizes the
use of leading terms in Mental Philosophy. In the February number there is.
an able defense of John's Gospel, by Prof. Godwin.
The third and fourth volumes of the translation of Ewald's "History of the
Israelites" are out, extending through the third of the original: they are well
translated. Bp. Colenso has published the sixth and last volume of his work
on the "Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua," also a sharp criticism on Bishop
Browne and the first volume of the "Speaker's Commentary."
Dr. M'Crie is about to publish Annats of Eng1i~ ~resbytery, which will
form a sequel to his SketcI~es of Scottish Olturch. History.
A "Translation Fund" is started in London, to publish the works of such
writers as Hupfeld, Baur, Zeller, Kuenen (of Holland) etc.
GERMANY.
Tkeologiscke St~dion unJ Kritiken. No. 2. 1872. Plitt, on the Relation of
the Theology of 8chleiermacber to that of Zinzendorf,-a very interesting and
judicious criticism. The early training of Schielermacher was in part among
the Moravians; he said, "the decisive moment in the whole growth of my
life, stands before me when I am in a Moravian congregation." Klostermann
continues his criticism on Dent. xxxii., the Song of Moses; and Prof. Riehm
of Halle successfully refutes the position of Dr. Graf, that the ritual of the
Pentateuch is from the time of Ezra. Dr. Riehm claims that the ritual laws
were from the same authorship with the Elo~ist documents, and that the J&
kevist parts were by an independent writer. Prof Vaihinger examines the
testimony as to the course of the Israelites from Goshen to the Red Sea, etc.
ZeiIscI~rift f. tatkcriscke ~7teotogie. No. 2. 1872. Prof. Hoithusen, The
Prophecy in Paradise of a Suffering Christ; F. Delitzsch, The Way to the
Vision of God; Althaus, a sharp criticism of Rothe's Christology; F. A. Ihme,
the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Strasburg, 1552-1581: a full Critical Bibliography of Recent Theological Literature.
The seconJ part of Kahuis' Zcitsckrf't f.`. kistoriscke T/~eolegie has only
two articles: a scholarly revised text of the t rmen Apotogeticum of Commodianus, with illustrations, by Ro-nsch, 150 pa~ ~, and a continuation of new
materials on the History of Pietism by Dr. Y~ of Halle.
Jakrbii.cker f'cr ~eetsche Theo'ogie. Part iv. 71. Professor You der Goltz,
of Basel, concludes a valuable essay on "The ~\tay to System in Dogmatic
Theology." Christian Theology, he claims, is neither purely speculative nor
simply historical; but a science combining both rational and historical elements, brought into shape by the central idea of Christianity, that of Christ
as Mediator and Redeemer. Di'. Sack, of Bonn, contributes an interesting
sketch of Steffens' "Philosophy of Reb'gion," published in 1889, mainly fol