Again,  the  books  that  make  up  the  Bible  were
written  in  dijTerent  eimnirics,  under  various  forms  and
eondidons  of  national  life  and  of  eirilization,  and  in
different  Uinijnatjcs.  The  books  of  the  Pentateuch
were  written  probably  in  the  Desert  of  Sinai,  though
under  the  manifest  influence  of  Egj-ptian  culture;
the  book  of  Job  has  the  air  of  the  archaic  life  of  the
Eastern  desert;  the  historical  books  of  the  Old  Testa-
ment, the  Psalms  and  Proverbs,  and  several  of  the


Prophecies  were  written  in  Palestine;  the  Prophecies

of  Ezekiel  and  Daniel,  and  the  story  of  Esther,  the
Jewish  queen,  were  written  in  the  land  of  the  Chal-
deans, duriugthe  captivity;  the  Gospels  and  some  of
the  Epistles  were  written  in  Palestine;  but  most  of
the  Epistles  were  written  away  from  Judea  and  its
associations,  in  A.sia  Minor,  in  Greece  and  in  Italy.
