All this gives unity to the study of prophets so far separate in time, and so very distinct in character, from each other. From Zephaniah to Jonah, or over a period of three centuries, they illustrate the dissolution of Prophecy and its passage into other forms of religion.
The scholars, to whom every worker in this field is indebted, are named throughout the volume. I regret that Nowack’s recent commentary on the Minor Prophets (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) reached me too late for use (except in footnotes) upon the earlier of the nine prophets.
[1] Cambridge Bible for Schools, 1897
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES _Facing p. 1_ in Volume I
_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY_
2. THE EARLY YEARS OF JOSIAH (639—625): JEREMIAH AND ZEPHANIAH.
3. THE REST OF THE CENTURY (625—586): THE FALL OF NINIVEH; NAHUM AND HABAKKUK.
ZEPHANIAH i.—ii. 3.
ZEPHANIAH ii. 4-15.
ZEPHANIAH iii.
2. THE AUTHENTICITY OF CHAP. i.
3. THE DATE OF CHAPS. ii. AND iii.
NAHUM i.
NAHUM ii. AND iii.
1. CHAP. i. 2—ii. 4 (OR 8).
2. CHAP. ii. 5-20.
3. CHAP. iii.
HABAKKUK i.—ii. 4.
HABAKKUK ii. 5-20.
HABAKKUK iii.
_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE PERSIAN PERIOD_ (539—331 B.C.)
XVI. FROM THE RETURN FROM BABYLON TO THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (536—516 B.C.) 198
Haggai i., ii.
1. THE CALL TO BUILD (CHAP. i.).
2. COURAGE, ZERUBBABEL! COURAGE, JEHOSHUA AND ALL THE PEOPLE! (CHAP. ii. 1-9).
3. THE POWER OF THE UNCLEAN (CHAP. ii. 10-19).
4. THE REINVESTMENT OF ISRAEL’S HOPE (CHAP. ii. 20-23).
_ZECHARIAH_ (_I.—VIII._)