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Excerpt from The Spirit of God in Biblical Literature: A Study in the History of Religion To a certain extent this book is, in method of treat ment, a pioneer in its subject, even while resting upon the work of many predecessors for whose earnest labors I am glad to record my grateful admiration. Doubtless the book contains most of the faults of pioneer work, together with a goodly number of those peculiar to itself. I can only plead that I have tried, as best I could, to serve Truth, believing that thus I am serving God. I am indebted to Professor E. D. Burton, of the University of Chicago, without whose kindly encouragement and patient criticism these studies of many years would not have been offered to the public; to Professor F. C. Porter, of Yale University, for the Introduction which he has been so good as to supply; to Professor F. K. Sanders, of Yale University, who has read the manuscript; and to my colleague, Professor H. M. Tyler, who has read the proof of the book. To all these gentle men it gives me pleasure to express my appreciation for the helpful inspiration of friendships of many years. I. F. W. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.