Sometimes only a literary
1. The ‘word’: difference between actual address and form finally committed to writing, : 676b. 2. Devices of style adopted for purpose of eighten- ine the effect of the address, p. 6774. : 3. Symbolical actions : (a) in Isaiah, p. 677; (6) in Jeremiah, p. 677» ; (c) in Ezekiel, p. 678% ; (d) in Zechariah, p. 678». y. THE CONTENTS OF THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE, pp- 678b- 697d,
1. The conception of God, p. 678». (a) The Person of God, p. 679. (b) Angels no longer mediate between God and man, p. 679»
{c) Polemic against images of Jahweh, p. 679%.
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(ad) The solity of Jahweh, p. 6804.
(e) Attributes of Jahweh : («) holiness, p. 6814 ; (2) omnipotence, p. 683» ; (7 5) omnipres- ence and omniscience, p. 684%; (¢) love, goodness, mercy, p. 6842,
2. Relation of Jahweh to Israel, p. 6846. (a) The OT conception of the Fatherhood of God, 684
(b) The election of Israel, p. 684»,
(c) The Divine jealousy, p. 6854.
(d) Jahweh’s guidance and protection of Israel, p. 6852,
(e) Jahweh’s demands upon Israel : («) the Pro- phetic view of sacrifice and other external services, p. 6852; (6) specifically ethical character of the duties enjoined, p. 6872 ff. ; trust in God and love to man, p. 687» ; the Deuteronomic legislation characterized, p. 687 £. ; (vy) the Prophetic view of the capa- bilities of human nature, the forgiveness of sin, and retribution, p. 688» f.
3. Relation of the people to Jahweh, p. 689>. Israel’s failure to realize the Divine ideal, p. 689».
(a) Idolatry, and false worship of Jahweh, p.
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(0) Mistaken notions about the character of Jahweh, p. 690b, (c) Low state of morals, p. 690>. 4. Attitude of the Prophets to the corrupt moral condition of the people, p. 6914. Were the pre-exilic prophets messengers of woe only ?,
p. 6914. (a) The position of Amos, p. 691. The ‘ Day of the Lorp,’ p. 691», (b) as a Hosea, p. 6922. (GO. 5 » Isaiah, p. 692b, (d) “e 5 Micah, p. 693>.
(e) ees 5, . Jeremiah, p. 693b. 5. The so-called ‘ Messianic prophecy,’ p. 694». (a) Meaning of the term, p. 6946. Questions of authenticity and literary criticism, p. 6952. () Messianic prophecies in the narrower sense : (z) Is 714, p. 6952; (8) Is 91-6 and 111-9, p. 695> ; (y) Mic SUF, p, 6964; (5) Jer 2365tf.,
p. 6968,
(c) Messianic prophecies in the wider sense: (~) Is 73, p. 696b ; Hos 220. 23f, p. 696b; (y) Zeph 31118, p. 6974; (0) Jer 1214ff, p. 6974 ; (€) Jer 3131-34, p, 697,
vi. THE EXTERNAL COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELIGION OF ISRAEL DURING THE PERIOD OF PRE- EXILIC PROPHECY, pp. 697>-701».
. Features common to the Northern and Southern
kingdoms, p. 697».
. Points of difference, p. 6982.
. Circumstances that heightened the religious pres- tige of Judah, p. 698b.
. Influence of Isaiah and his disciples, p. 698».
. The time of Manasseh. Lacuna in the Prophetical succession, p. 699»,
. Zephaniah’s account of the religious and moral conditions of his time, p. 7002.
. Jeremiah’s work, p. 700. Hilkiah’s discovery of Deuteronomy, and its results, p. 700>f, Bitter experiences of Jeremiah, p. 7012.
V. EzexIkEL, pp. 7016-705»,
. Ezekiel’s relation to the Priests’ Code, p. 701.
. Conception of God, p. 7012.
. Israel’s relation to Jahweh, p. 7024. the individual, p. 702a.
. Ezekiel’s denunciations of Israel’s ‘idolatry,’ includ- ing (a) improper worship of Jahweh, p. 7024; (6) alliances with the heathen, p. 702».
5. Judah’s guilt more heinous than Israel’s, p. 702»,
6. Special charges against Jerusalem, p. 702b, The ap- proaching judgment, p. 702b.
7. A remnant to be saved, p. 7038.
8. The Messianic element in Ezekiel, p. 703»,
9, Threatenings against foreign nations, p. 703b,
10. The onslaught of Gog, and his destruction, p. 704a,
11. Ezk 40-48, pp. 7044-705»,
(a) One underlying idea—the conserving of the holi- ness of God, p. 7044,
(b) The pe latene about the temple and the city, p- r
(c) Partition of the land, p. 704»,
(d) The temple spring, P: 704»,
(e) The festivals, p. 704».
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p. i (g) Special function of the priests to teach the dis- tinction between holy and profane, clean and unclean, p. 7054. (1) The nést or ‘ prince,’ p. 7052. (i) Ezekiel’s intentions as to the fulfilment of his programme, p. 705», VI. THE SO-CALLED: DEUTERO-ISAIAH, pp. 705-708», 1. The critical question, p. 705», 2. Lofty viewpoint of Deutero-Isaiah, p. 706, 3. Conception of God, p. 706.
4, Power of the prophetic ‘ word,’ p. 706°. 5. God’s purpose with Israel, p. 706b. : 6. Cyrus the Divine instrument of Israel’s deliverance, p. 707@. The future of Israel, p. 7074. Is 4115f, 4922f., p. 7074. 7. The Servant of Jahweh, p. 7072. VII. REMAINING EXILIC PROPHECIES, POST-EXILIC PROPHECY, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF APOCALYPTIC, pp. 708-715, i. [HE SOURCES, p. 708%. ii. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, p- 709%, iii. CONCEPTION OF GoD, AND ETHICS, p. 709». iv. 1 HE CULTUS, p. 710. vy. ESCHATOLOGY, pp. 710-715. 1. Men’s thoughts turned to the future through the hardships of the present, p. 710». 2. The ‘ Day of the Lorp,’ p. 710°. : . Destruction of Israel’s enemies, and restoration of