THE DOCTRINE

OF

SACRED SCRIPTURE

A

CRITICAL, HISTORICAL AND DOGMATIC INQUIRY INTO
THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE OLD

AND NEW TESTAMENTS

BY

GEORGE T. LADD, D.D.

PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN YALE COLLEGE

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

1883

COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS.

FRANKLIN PRESS:
RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY,

BOSTON.

THIS BOOK

IS DEDICATED TO

THAT GREAT NUMBER OF

CHRISTIAN TEACHERS AND THINKERS

WHO HOLD THE BIBLICAL SYSTEM OF MORAL

AND RELIGIOUS TRUTH BUT WHO ARE IN DOUBT

AS TO WHAT THEY SHALL CONCLUDE

CONCERNING THE SACRED WRITINGS

IN WHICH THAT SYSTEM

IS CONTAINED

Quibus parum vel quibus nimium est mihi ignoscant Quibus autem satis est non mihi sed Domino mecum

gratias congratulantes agant.

AUGUSTINE: De Civ. Dei, xxii. 30.