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The paging of the Table of Contents refers to the numeration at the
foot of the pages.

VIII. EICHHORN'S ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND

WRITINGS OF JOHN DAVID MICHAELIS.

9.

Introduction, 3. Education of Michaelis, 6. Halle in the be-

ginning of the 18th century, 7. Effect of his visit to England,

in changing his opinions, 9. His removal to Gottingen in 1745,

His improvement in historical research, 10. Sketch of his

work on the "Laws of Moses," 12. Geographical inquiries, 15.

Speculations on the Mosaic genealogy of the human race, 16.

Suggests the learned expedition to Arabia, 18. Questions on

Biblical Antiquities furnished to the travellers-Niebuhr, &c. 19.

His early opinions on Hebrew punctuation, 21. Change of opi-

nion on this subject, 22. State of Oriental learning prior to

1760, 22. The revolution effected by Michaelis in the department

of Biblical learning, 23. "Supplementa ad lexica Hebræa,'

24. Criticism on select passages of the Old Testament, 27.

"Complete Introduction to the Old Testament," 30. "Intro-

duction to the Study of the New Testament," 31. Progress

of Exegesis, 33. British method of paraphrases, 34. His

Commentary on the Bible," commencing a new period in

Exegesis, 35. Application of the philosophy of Leibnitz and

Wolff, 39. His views of the system of didactic theology, 40.

His system of morals, 42.

Character as a

teacher, 44.

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His style, 43.

IX. STAEUDLIN'S HISTORY OF THEOLOGICAL

KNOWLEDGE AND LITERATURE.

Great change in all departments of Theological learning in the

course of the 18th century, 51. Principally caused by the

English deism of the 17th century, 52. Other causes of this

change, 53. Influence of Locke's philosophy, 54. Leibnitz-

his system a better foundation for religion, 55. Wolf-spread

of their system of philosophy, 56. Its decline-replaced by the

sceptical writers of France and England, 58. Kant-his system

while free from the absolute system of Hume, yet strongly tends

to deism, 58. Influence of the French Hugonots on European

Theology, 60. Polemical spirit of the 16th and 17th centuries,

61. Result of these influences on the Theology of the 18th

century, 62.
Account of Introductions to Theological study,

&c. 62. School of Spener, 63. Lange his system of Theolo-

gical learning, 64. Buddeus-his Introduction to Theology,"

65. Walch, Roecher, &c. 67. Mosheim, 67. Semler, 69.

Herder, 71. Bahrdt and Campe, 72. Noesselt, 73. Planck-

Tittman, 74. Works on the Literature of Theology, 75. Dorn

I

A testes those which are

save if a péysician not an

mnes reputation of the

need in other depart-

the high estimation

Pular nature of the con-

THAT NACHTS. 122. Their moral

at entert in cases where medi-

Les of the slow growth of repu-

Qualifications for the acquisi-

esen of character, 130. Error of

ment sumects of scientific investigation,

ramme & reputation among the profession,

1 IETS towards each other, 135. Ge-

The physicut on the community to which he

SEYS DISCOURSES ON SCIENCE,

TURE, AND GOVERNMENT.

the present age, 144. Cannot lay claim to any