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A New Commentary on Holy Scripture Including the Apocrypha was written by a variety of respected Anglican scholars and edited by Charles Gore, H. L. Goudge, and Alfred Guillaume. Created in the spirit of progressive criticism, this commentary posits conclusions that differ widely from the accepted views of the day. The scholars dedicated to this work believed that the Apocrypha was extremely...

By L. E. P. ERITH Israel’s history may be said to begin with the migration of a band of Semites from Babylon as reported in Gen 11:27–32. For the earlier prehistoric legends contained in Gen 4–11 reference should be made to the Commentary. It will be our purpose here to describe the various stages in Israel’s development: tribal, national, and political; and for that purpose we will divide the history into periods as follows: (1) Patriarchal Period; (2) Exodus Period; (3) Transition