Afewofthestatementsofthischampionoforthodoxymaybenoted。HeallowedthattheweekofsevendaysandtheSabbathrestareofBabylonianorigin；indeed，thattheveryword“Sabbath“isBabylonian；thattherearetwonarrativesofCreationontheBabyloniantablets，wonderfullylikethetwoleadingHebrewnarrativesinGenesis，andthatthelatterwereundoubtedlydrawnfromtheformer；thatthe“gardenofEden“anditsmysticaltreewereknowntotheinhabitantsofChaldeainpre-Semiticdays；thatthebeliefsthatwomanwascreatedoutofman，andthatmanbysinfellfromastateofinnocence，aredrawnfromveryancientChaldean-Babyloniantexts；thatAssyriologyconfirmsthebeliefthatthebookGenesisisacompilation；thatportionsofitarebynomeanssooldasthetimeofMoses；thattheexpressioninoursacredbook，“TheLordsmelledasweetsavour“atthesacrificemadebyNoah，is“identicalwiththatoftheBabylonianpoet“；that“itisimpossibletobelievethatthelanguageofthelatterwasnotknowntothebiblicalwriter“andthatthestoryofJosephandPotiphar’swifewasdrawninpartfromtheoldEgyptiantaleofTheTwoBrothers。Finally，afteramultitudeofotherconcessions，Prof。SayceallowedthatthebookofJonah，sofarfrombeingtheworkoftheprophethimself，cannothavebeenwrittenuntiltheAssyrianEmpirewasathingofthepast；thatthebookofDanielcontainsseriousmistakes；thattheso-calledhistoricalchaptersofthatbooksoconflictwiththemonumentsthattheauthorcannothavebeenacontemporaryofNebuchadnezzarandCyrus；that“thestoryofBelshazzar’sfallisnothistorical“；thattheBelshazzarreferredtoinitasking，andasthesonofNehuchadnezzar，wasnotthesonofNebuchadnezzar，andwasneverking；that“KingDariustheMede。”
whoplayssogreatapartinthestory，neverexisted；thatthebookassociatespersonsandeventsreallymanyyearsapart，andthatitmusthavebeenwrittenataperiodfarlaterthanthetimeassignedinitforitsownorigin。
AstothebookofEzra，hetellsusthatweareconfrontedbyachronologicalinconsistencywhichnoamountofingenuitycanexplainaway。HealsoacknowledgesthatthebookofEsther“containsmanyexaggerationsandimprobabilities，andissimplyfoundedupononeofthosesamehistoricaltalesofwhichthePersianchroniclesseemtohavebeenfull。”Greatwasthedissatisfactionofthetraditionalistswiththeirexpectedchampion；wellmighttheyrepeatthewordsofBalaktoBalaam，“I
calledtheetocursemineenemies，and，behold，thouhastaltogetherblessedthem。”[495]
[495]ForProf。Brown’sdiscussion，seehisAssyriology，itsUseandAbuseinOldTestamentStudy，NewYork，1885，passim。ForProf。Sayce’sviews，seeTheHigherCriticismandtheMonuments，thirdedition，London，1894，andespeciallyhisowncuriousanticipation，inthefirstlinesofthepreface，thathemustfailtosatisfyeitherside。Forthedeclarationthatthe“highercritic“withallhisoffencesisnoworsethantheorthodox“apologist。”seep。21。Fortheimportantadmissionthatthesamecriterionmustbeappliedinresearchesintoourownsacredbooksasintoothers，andevenintothemediaevalchronicles，seep。26。ForjustificationofcriticalscepticismregardingthehistorygiveninthebookofDaniel，seepp。27，28，alsochap。ix。Forveryfullandexplicitstatements，withproofs，thatthe“Sabbath。”bothinnameandnature，wasderivedbytheHebrewsfromtheChaldeans，seepp。74etseq。Foraveryfullandfairacknowledgmentofthe“BabylonianelementinGenesis。”seechap。iii，includingthestatementregardingthestatementinoursacredbook，“TheLordsmelledasweetsavour。”