INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WITH A COMMENTARY ON THE OPENING PORTION. FROM THE GERMAN OF DR. PETER VON BOHLEN, LATE PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF KÖNIGSBerg. EDITED BY JAMES HEYWOOD, M.P., F.R.S. VOLUME I. LONDON: JOHN CHAPMAN, 8, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND. CONTENTS Editor's Preface, with a Memoir of Professor Von Bohlen 1. General remarks on Mythology and Legendary History 13 4. Whether the Pentateuch contains conclusive evidence for its own authenticity, and whether the Art of Writing can be proved to have existed at the time of Moses 5. On the ancient expressions and supposed simplicity of the 6. Arguments derived from the ancient Egyptian spirit sup- |