Need of accuracy in the translation and interpretation of

Text and linguistic peculiarities of the Hebrew Old Testament.

The LXX a connecting link between the Hebrew Old Testament and

the Greek New Testament.

Our Lord's method of interpreting the Old Testament.

Illustrations of the use of the LXX in translating the New

In (2), above, we find the following:

`Who would have supposed that three Hebrew words are rendered "window"

in the account of the Deluge, three rendered "sack" in the story of

Joseph's brethren in Egypt, three rendered "leaven" in the account of

the Passover, three rendered "ship" in the first chapter of Jonah, and

five rendered "lion" in two consecutive verses of Job 4:10,11?'

It is evident that a discrimination of synonyms is necessary here.

Following this introductory chapter, are twenty -seven chapters, occupying

over 300 pages, wherein the synonymous words for God, man, soul and spirit,

sin, perfection, atonement, forgiveness, acceptance and a series of important

doctrinal terms are discussed.

The book is well indexed, and the second edition, published in 1897

(twenty -five years after the first edition) has the added advantage of the

notes supplied by Professor Sayce which give the corresponding Assyrian words

to the Hebrew words dealt with.

Although not strictly a book dealing with `synonyms' Canon Girdlestone

wrote another work entitled: Deuterographs, Duplicate passages in the Old

Testament.  The passages quoted in parallel columns, are such as 1 and 2

Samuel, with 1 Chronicles 1, and 2 Kings with 2 Chronicles and shorter

passages as `The Ten Commandments' etc.

The first pair of passages that are brought together are 1 Samuel 31

with 1 Chronicles 10, which record the death of Saul.  We discover that the

record in Chronicles adds the reason why Saul died, it was for his trespass,

because he kept not the word of the Lord, and because he resorted to one that

had a familiar spirit `and inquired not of the Lord; therefore He slew him

and turned the Kingdom unto David the son of Jesse'.

There is here no `vain repetition'.  We find that whereas the books of

Samuel give the historic fact, Chronicles adds the `reason why'.

One other example must suffice.

1 Kings 22 and 2 Chronicles 18 both record the disguising of the King

of Israel, and how Jehoshaphat put on the robe of the King and went into

battle.  When we read the two accounts we observe that in 1 Kings 22

Jehoshaphat who was at first thought to be the King of Israel by his enemies,

cried out, and that the captains of the chariots turned back from pursuing

him.  The second record in 2 Chronicles 18:31 however contains the additional

`And the Lord helped him; and God moved them from him'.

These words are not only valuable in themselves, but they are

stimulating.  They open up possibilities and suggest fresh fields, they

enable the student to realize in some measure the treasure he possesses in