pronunciation. As the original writing was without vowels, it might well be thought that the reader was at perfect liberty to adopt whatever pronunciation appeared most suitable, all things considered. And this, of course, was true, always supposing that the grammar and connexion of the passage were allowed full weight. Amongst the expressions which caused offence in this way were those which savoured of Anthropomorphism. The desire to avoid these appears very clearly in the versions, and, what is