THE NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. WITH AN INTRODUCTION, CONNECTING THE HISTORY OF THE EDITED BY WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D., CLASSICAL EXAMINER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. With Maps and Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY. From the Creation to the Return of the Jews from Captivity. With an Appendix, containing an Introduction to the Books of the Old Testament. Second Edition. In Preparation. THE STUDENT'S MANUAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. Containing the History of the Christian Church from the close of the New Testament Canon to the Reformation. LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET, AND CHARING CROSS. PREFACE. THE object of this Work is the same as that of the Old Testament History, namely, to supply a Manual of New Testament History, which in fulness, accuracy, and use of the best sources of information, may take its place by the side of the Histories of Greece, Rome, England, and France, in the present series. The Work consists of three parts. The First Book gives the connection between Old and New Testament History, including the relations of the Holy Land to Persia, Egypt, and Syria, and the narrative sets forth the main facts of the general history of the East during what is called the "Hellenistic" age. To preserve the unity of the subject, this part is brought down to the destruction of Jerusalem. The Appendix contains a full account of the national and religious life of each separate section of the Jewish nation, -of the Dispersion as well as in Judæa,—their Scriptures, worship, and sects; in short, that information respecting them which is necessary to understand the condition of the people at the advent of our Saviour, and the allusions in the Gospels. The Second Book, containing the Gospel History, is designed to present a clear, harmonised account of our Lord's Ministry, as related by the Four Evangelists, illustrated by all needful collateral information, but free from speculative discussions. Pains have been taken to exhibit N. T. HIST. b |