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Studies in Hebrew History by Judith SmithThe Irish Monthly, Vol. 58, No. 684 (Jun., 1930), p. 318Published by: Irish Jesuit ProvinceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20518770 .
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318 THE IRISH MONTHLY
your place is with Patmore, P6guy, Chesterton, and, if I dare say so, with myself, writers, all of us, whose task is to restore a Catholic imagination and sensibility which have been
withered and parched for four centuries, thanks to the triumph of a purely lay literature whose eventual corruption we arfe witnessing to-day." With true Catholic spirit, he puts prayer and humility before reasoning and argument. His friend must piay, must say (his Rosary (p. 111). Else were words wasted on him.
The letters are of interest from this other point of view, also, viz., that they are expressive of the modern, I might even say an ultra-modern, spirit. The problems they discuss may be age-old but they are seen with twentieth century eyes and given solutions couched in the language of our day. Un sophisticated souls may be a little bewildered by the whole thing and wonder what it is all about.
The translation is good, but in places retains too much of French idiom and mannerism.
Studies in Hebrew History. By Judith Smith. (Sands and Co., 15 King's St., Covent Garden, London. Price 4/-.)
To those familiar with " In Our Lady's Library ",and other works from Miss Smith's pen, the present volume must prove buit another proof of the great facility Miss Smith enjoys for treating her sutbject in 'a pleasing, and sympathetic way. The
Studies " consist of a series of essays originally written for, and published in the English Messenger of the Sacred Heart. Jn these essays Miss Smith offers a simple philosophy of Jewish political historv and traces for us the course of " a divinely planned schooling of God's erring but chosen people" (p. 110). The work contains many interestinr and well-drawn sketches of the more memorable characters in Jewish history, giving especial prominence to those whose writings remain the inheritance of the Church (e.g., David, Isaias, Jeremias). As
Mfiss Smith justly remarks, the study of the Old Testament " lends depth and meaning to our reading of the Gospels," and not only to our reading of the Gospels but to our whole interpretation of Catholic Liturgy.
EDITOR'S ADDRE6S, RATUFARNHAX CASTLE. DUBLIN, to whm %II books for reviow should be snt.
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