Excerpt from A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life in Israel, in Judaism, and in Christianity: Or Hebrew, Jewish, and Christian Eschatology From Pre-Prophetic Times Till the Close of the New Testament Canon, Being the Jowett Lectures for 1898-99It seemed good, however, not to delay publica tion further, and accordingly I gladly accepted the invitation of the jowett Committee to give a course of lectures on the subject of these studies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.