Chapter IV

Efforts of Infidels to show that the books of the Old Testament
are forgeries of comparative modern date. Their
objections considered. Curious discovery illustrative of the
antiquity and exactness of the Mosaic writings. The utter
impossibility of the books being forgeries proven.--Mr.
Olmsted's argument to prove that the book of the law was
forged by Ezra. Confutation of his argument. Proofs
that the law could not have been forged by Daniel nor by
any of the captives in Babylon; that it could not have been
forged by Isaiah. A forgery could not have been effected
after the revolt of the ten tribes. It could not have been
forged by David; nor by Saul: nor by any of the Judges
who preceded Samuel. The law existed in Joshua's time.
Joshua could not have forged the law. The impossibility
of practicing a fraud upon the Israelites during a sojourn
in the wilderness.--The books of the Pentateuch have internal
marks, which demonstrate that they were written
by Moses. The book of Genesis included by the Jews in
the book of the law. Evidences of its antiquity and genuineness.
--Profane testimony to the genuineness of the
Mosaic writings. Objection on the ground that although
Moses wrote a book called the book of the law, we have
no evidence that it was the book now current in his name.
The objection considered and answered 193