Why I Still Believe That Moses Wrote Deuteronomy

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Excerpt from Why I Still Believe That Moses Wrote Deuteronomy: Some Reflections After Reading Professor Robertson Smith's Additional Answer to the LibelN the following pages I wish to deal with the critical evidence presented by Professor Smith in favour of the opinion that parts of the Pentateuchal Law are later than the time of Moses, and that in particular Deuteronomy is of an age subsequent to Hezekiah's reforms. My health, and other circumstances beyond my control, have kept me out of the discussion in the Church Courts and now that the action of the General Assembly has tended to awaken hopes of a settlement of the legal questions in a way in which all parties may be enabled to acquiesce, I desire to write nothing which may in any way prejudice any one. But there is another ques tion that would have to be answered, whatever course might have been taken in the Courts of the Church namely, That is the value of the evidence alleged in favour of Professor Smith's critical views as they stand out in contrast with the opinions generally held in this country, that Moses is the author of the Pentateuch In attempting to answer this, I shall confine myself to the statement that he has made in his Additional Answer to the Libel. Of this he modestly says (p. 11)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.