Biblical Archzology

Society of, a society founded in London Dec. 9, 1870, “‘ for the investigation of the archeology, history, arts, and chronology of ancient and modern As syria, Palestine, Egypt, Arabia, and other Biblical lands; the promotion of the study of the antiquities of those countries, and the record of discoveries hereafter to be made in connection therewith.” Biblical Criticism, the science which deals with the text of the Bible. It is of two kinds: the Lower, or Textual Criticism, which is concerned with the accuracy and meaning of the pa ages; and the Higher or Literary Criticism, which seeks to discover the origin, date, authorship and relations of the various books, and to find out by internal evidence whether they are based on earlier documents and whether they have undergone revision since they were first composed. 7 Bibliography, the science or knowledge of books, their authorship, the dates of their first publication, and of the several editions they have gone through, with all other points requisite for literary history.