more and more merely as the national literature of the Hebrews, and the study of Holy Scripture as such was more neglected. Somewhat similar was the undertaking of J. D. Michaelis (1787). However, his work was not completed—he treated only the introduction to the Pentateuch and Job. Haevernick’s comments are to the point: ‘In learning and depth, J. D. Michaelis was just the man to encounter Eichhorn on this field; but he was inferior to the latter in taste and culture, and he wanted a living, penetrating