The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch t t e a r te is u t c ic h o a f re th a e ss w ig r n it e e d rs ar t e o r w e h ad om ily t s h e e en va t r o io b u e s o p c a c r a ts si o on f e t d he by Pen the different objects aimed at in the portions from which the lists are made. Here, however, it is necessary to add that besides the E and J documents the critics suppose that Deuteronomy, which t t h en ey in des th ig e na ti t m e e "D o " f , i J s os a i n ah in . de F p u en rt d h e e n r t m li o t r e e r , ar t y he pr c o r d it u ic c s tio p n re w te r n it d to have discovered by their analysis another document which t v h id ey es c t a h l e l t g h r e ou P n r d i w es o t r ly k C of od m e o a st nd of d t e h si e g n n a at r e ra a ti s ve " , P a " n . d c T o h m is pr p i r s o e s the entire ceremonial portion of the law. This document, which, according to these critics did not come into existence till the time of Ezekiel, largely consists of special instructions to priests telling them how they were to perform the sacrifices and public ceremonials, and how they were to determine the character of contagious diseases and unsanitary conditions. Such instructions are necessarily made up largely of technical l s a i n ci g a u n a s g , e an su d c i h t a is s e is as f y ou e n n d ou i g n h th to e l s i e b l r e a c r t ie f s ro o m f la su w c y h er li s te a r n a d tu p r h e y a long list of words which are not to be found in contemporary literature dealing with the ordinary affairs of life and aiming v d o ir t e io ct n ly to at hi e g le h v e a r ti s n p g ir t it h u e al to e n n e ds o . f m F o u r r a th li e ty rm a o n r d e, st a i n mu e l x a h ti a n u g st d iv e e examination (made by ChanceU!or Lias) of the entire list of words found in this P document attributed to the time of Ezekiel shows absolutely no indication of their belonging to an age later than that of Moses. The absurdity of the claims of the higher critics to having t e a s t t e a u b c li h sh b e y d a th li e te e r x a i r s y te a n n c a e ly o s f is d h iff as er b e e n e t n d s o h c o u wm n en b t y s a in v t a h r e iet P y en of e e x nt a i m al p o le f s. the T A he m l e a r t i e ca P n r r o e f v es is s e o r r s C of . M th . e M tra e n a s d l , at t i h on e m of os t t he in O flu ld Testament, in order to exhibit the fallacy of their procedure, took the Book of Romans and arbitrarily divided it into three 49
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