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DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION.
Anastasis: or the Doctrine of the Resurrection; in which it
is shown that the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Body
is not sanctioned by Reason or Revelation. By George
Bush, Professor of Hebrew, N. Y. University. Second
Edition. I thick vol. 12mo., well printed. $1 00.
Contents.—Introduction.—The knowledge of revelation progressive.—Part
1. The rational argument—Objections to the common
view—Distinction of personal and bodily identity—The true
body of the Resurrection, as inferred by reason.—Part 2. The
Scriptural argument—Preliminary remarks—The Old Testament
doctrine of the Resurrection—Onomatology; definition of terms—
Examination of particular passages—New-Testament doctrine of
the Resurrection—Origin and import of the word “Resurrection,”
as used in the New Testament—The Resurrection of Christ—Examination
of particular passages—The Resurrection viewed in
connection with the Judgment—The First Resurrection and the
Judgment of the Dead—“The Times of the Restitution of all
things”—Christ's “delivering up the kingdom”—The conclusion.
“The author occupies an important station in the University of New York,
and is advantageously known as a learned commentator on some books of the
Old Testament. It would be wrong to depreciate either his attainments or his
general orthodoxy; and all that the most earnest and careful exertion of his
powers could enable him to do, he has evidently done, to recommend the
sentiments unfolded in this volume. Much patient labor and uncommon ingenuity
have been brought to bear upon it. There is also a spirit that cannot
fall to be attractive—a spirit of candor and modesty, combined with independence.
Educated young men, fond of novel and critical disquisitions, and students
of divinity who are anxious to prove all things, will wish to make
themselves acquainted with its contents.”
—London Baptist Magazine.
“The deep and universal interest excited by the appearance of this most able
work, has already demanded the issue of a second edition. The promulgation
of the theory maintained so learnedly and cogently by the author, has given
birth to a sharp and somewhat bitter controversy among theologians; and we
are sorry to see that the ill-will engendered has, in some instances, led to the
impeachment of the motives of the writer. This can never be justifiable, and
is, in this case, most unfounded and unjust. No one who knows Professor
Bush, will doubt for an instant the perfect conscientiousness of all that he
has written or said: and the very strong and well-considered argument by
which he supports his position, will require something more, by way of
answer, than the aspersions to which we have alluded.”
—N. Y. Courier.
“Prof. Bush deserves the highest commendation, for giving publicity to his
views of this important Scriptural truth. These views differ widely from those
commonly received by the religious world; and it is rare, indeed, to meet with
the boldness which has been exhibited on this occasion. We believe the author
must possess, in no common degree, that rare and precious quality—fuldity
to one's own convictions of truth, and we heartily commend the work to the
philosophical and the pious.”
—N Y. Mirror.
“What we have read convinces us that Prof. Bush is a deeply-serious believer
in the Scriptures, in the soul's immortality, and in future eternal rewards
and punishments, and his theories, if adopted, are not calculated to endanger
any one's spiritual interests.”
—Boston Recorder.
“An able and learned work.”
—Christian Observer.
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