The Anglo-Israel Post Bag; Or, 'how Arthur Came to See It' [Letters]. - Softcover

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... PREFACE THESE Letters were written for a friend, in order to Taring the subject before him in an interesting and beguiling manner. The Author must therefore apologise for the somewhat playful turn of thought in many parts. It is a subject on which, as he has said throughout, no absolute proofs can be given. It involves, after all, a mere question of contingencies and probabilities. Accordingly, the aim of these Letters lias been to shew that the Anglo-Israel Theory presents (1) no insuperable Difficulties, on the ground either of Philology, Physiology, or History; (2), many strong Probabilities, on the ground of Scripture predictions which are thus much more easily to be interpreted than on any other principle; and (3) some singular Confirmations, resulting from a number of independent facts. This little volume makes no pretensions to exhaust the field of inquiry. On the contrary, certain final conclusions upon the subject are still left undefined and unsettled. Its chief design is to shew the folly of those who refuse to look into the subject, and who regard the whole Theory as ridiculous. Its spirit is neither dogmatic nor imperious; but simply painstaking, openhearted, candid, and argumentative; and, in one or two particulars, the Author believes that he has presented the subject in a somewhat new light. Whether the reasonings it contains will stand the light of freer and fuller inquiry remains to be seen. In the meantime, it is floated before the public for the purpose of receiving the most searching criticism which any of our ablest critics may condescend to bestow upon it. South Lambeth, Dec, 1875. BOOK I. TIFIC DIFFICULTIES. UsptifuIIg Jtiritai.eu TO THE COUNCIL OF THE LOiw ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY; WHO HAVE PEHHITTED THIS SUBJECT TO BE DISCUSSED AT...