Note 43 — LECTURE I. NECESSITY FOR A PROPER COMPARISON OF THE TWO RELIGIONS.

Even Kuenen and Wellhausen assume as established that Monotheism shows itself with unmistakable distinctness in Hebrew prophecies of the eighth century B.C. (Hibbert Lectures, 1882, p. 119; Theological Review, 1874, pp. 329, 336; Encyc. Brit., art. Israel). Professor H. Schultz maintains that Monotheism was established in Israel from the time of Moses downward, among the leaders of thought at least. (Alttest. Theolog., 2d ed., 1878, pp. 440, 457.)