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made
it
at
once
opportune
and
practicable
complete
in
itself,
while,
at
the
same
fftne,
it
will
form
part
of
a
prepare
Old
Testament;
or
important
ones.
This
is
especially
the
case
in
the
analysis
of
pointed
out
briefly,
a
comparative
study
by
numerous
part
of
my
object
to
represent
conclusions
as
teuch,
appears
principally
Esther or
cannot
be
impression
that
expressed
cannot
be
derived
from
flesh
and
blood"
{Einkitung,
§ 28,
"Der
Pentateuch
als
Offen-
barungsurkunde
Divine
truth,
Bible
claim
for
clearly
discernible.
The
being
taken
of
produced
under
very
different
historical
conditions
harmony
the
question,
whether
a
"
in
type,
be
found
B
S
of
LXX,
and
is
regarded
by
general
sense,
in
pre-exilic
writings
in
Ecclesiastes,
see
esp.
P.
Menzel,
Der
Griechische
;
you
early stage
in the
formation of
Nehemiah's
collec-
and
the
Korah.
Jeremiah
wrote
his
own
But
tion
to
recent
critical
Josuas [follows
why
this
cannot
be
maintained
is,
.stated
briefly,
the
presence
been
taken
by
the
compiler,
and
fitted
into
a
framework
supplied
by
himself,
given
to
it
in
the
Septuagint
Version,
derived
from
the
Greek
rendering
of
2,
4"
Theocracy
{i.e.
the
civil
humanity
of
Israel's
ancestors.
Thus
after
c.
10
collateral
branches
work of
the same
man,
if
it
stood
alone,
might
every
has been
described,
sidered
(16,
1^
by
him,
repetition,
is
regularly
observed.^
Sentences
Pentateuch.
preceding
narrative
of the
11-12.
19.
E
secure
an
amalgamation
that
Joseph
was
brought
into
Egypt
Joseph
was
ledge.
V.
be
disengaged
with
certainty.
Perhaps
z't/.
Simeon
tends
to
confirm
He
is
apt
(as
the
present
writer
ventures
to
think)
not
(which
the
fragments
that
remain
show
that
J
must
previously
upon
1-9
J,
not unto
by
Moses
in
J
(comp.
8,
31.
P
just
cited.
The
laws
contained
in
the
by
the
title
E be the
of
Meeting
and
of
30
f.
here,
viz.
treatment
in
Ex.
29.
This
ch.
would
more
suitaVily
united
principle
which
22.-
43.-
24,
22."^
25,
repeatedly
the
characteristic
phraseology
that
;
;
in
the
spirit
of
P
Delitzsch,
Sludien.
p.
621
f.,
agrees
with
the
analysis
given
preserved
in
its
princes,
precedes
Nu.
I
precisely
by
a
writer,
who
thought
of
Joshua
as
acting
in
concert
with
Caleb,
it
is
nearly
as
com-
plete
as
in
the Flood
dough
of
the
year
Levites,
Abiram,
Abiram,
not
in
reality,
but
only
P is
in
Nu.
3,
4.
S).
priests,
to
be
responsible
J
dlscomse,
forming
the
book,
introduced
notices
of
P
relating
").
,,
Dt. stands
point
of
regulated,
specifying
noble
privileges,
undeserved
on
their
]iart
(7,
7
f.
9,
4-6 ;
and
the
retrospect
following,
Dt.
6,
4-9
for
daily
recitation
by
every
Israelite
mandment of all"
40th
year
in
Canaan
"in
determine. The
up
a
mazzebah
(obelisk
or
pillar),
writer who introduces
treat them
JE
dealing
with
people
when
they
of
the
Bible, §
26.

national
extinction,
and
the
final
step
had
only
triumph
{vv.
7-27).
body
:
(j;"in)
the
Jordan
(c.
i).
II
middle.
13.
G
9.
Dt.
31,
6,
designate
them.
With
4,
21
(nL"X)
comp.
Dt.
11,
27.
iS,
22;
with
23^
c.
2,
10.
5,
i;
with
24,
Dt.
28,
10.
4,
10'';
and
above,
C.
parts
of
the
book,
1-9
are
from
Jordan
not
dispossessed
by
the
Israelites)
some
cases
(especially
in
c.
16)
derived
from
JE.
C.
14.
Prei)arations
as a whole
"ijE 16, 1-3. ^^. 17, 5- (6)-
8^
9^
Jordan,
vv.
1-8.
The
incident
of
the
altar
erected
by
written from a
tribes,
established
Palestine
(Gen.
15,
16.
48,
upon
concrete
particulars,
excels
in
the
power
of
delineating
life
is
re-
quired
even after
the Flood
the
purpose
of
counteracting
the
ruin
of
out
(including
J
and
E).
To
a
greater
degree
than
in
any
other
part
2.
38.
the
Pentateuchal
sources
in
drawn
up
first,
led the
analysis
of
a
into
battle,
as
a
matter
calling
(pp.
70
f.,
77-9).
written,
it
of
P
he
reconciles
their
origin
of
great
antiquity
precise
fonjialities
pre-
scribed
Gen.
35,
9-13.
15
whole conflicts
clean
and
imclean,
the
jirohibition
P,
was
derived
any
earlier
prophet
a
considerably
Code
till
subsequently,
the
the
pre-
exilic
literature
in
a
just
light.
An
unbiassed
comparison
operation,
and
because
the
hypothesis
(p.
77,
n.
2)
(that
of
general
question
of
the
origin
written,
sometimes
5),
1888,
country
Book
of
(as
we
now
have
it)
describes
the
charge,
not
of
Benjamin,
what
wrote
independently
of
10,
6-18,
continuous narra-
recurring
phrases
noted
above,
;
Othniel's
judgeship
such
as
constitute
the
narratives
respecting
Ehud,
Barak,
&c.)
wears the
in
c.
4
Deborah
dwells
at
Sam.
point
forwards,
or
backwards,
three
concluding
su/nmaries,
1
17).
(2)
C.
8
peril
to
which
Jabesh
of
Gilead
a
month
(10,
27^^
LXX)
afterwards
is
exposed.
Saul
shall
find,"
Dt. and the
close
the
history
of
the
Judges,
the
prophetic
lesson
(Jer.
7,
21-26)
that
Jehovah
was,
but
had
(or
character in the
David
with
timbrels,
with
joy,
&c.).
7.
8"
(to
Imt
thousands).
12"
(And
Saul
life.
Whether,
however,
end;
II
12,
21.
14,
20.
21,
26.
the
Kings
minister.
It
can
hardly
named.
The
longer
narratives,
which
there
the
public
doings
of
the
kings),
will
have
been
taken
by
for
identifying
them,
his
empire
in
attributing
them
to
precedes
the
prophecy
bears
a
striking
resemblance
ot
them
been
expanded
by
an
insertion
which,
by
its
manner,
betrays
N.
kingdom
(17,
6),
the
compiler
introduces
a
long
survey
prophet
writing
in
the
the
consequence
producing
a
that II
compiler
who
formulated
the
short
(of
Jeroboam)
just
cited.
48,
The
frequency
in
Kuencn's
Onderzoek,
ii.
(ed.
the
Northern
Kingdom.
himself,
but
belong
from which
contents
fitting
escape
the
judgment
a
brighter
future
will
then
commence,
which
is
described
4,
2-6.
C.
5,
truth,
declaring
how
his
plan
for
Assyria
and
Egypt,
and
will
disintegration. (1)9,
exile
the
style
exile
(Ew.
720
and
711
subsequently
waters,
V.
14
f. :
24,
6
(lyTO)-
(25,
10),
seems
deliberately
generalized,
as
if
to
paint
the
general
discomfiture
in
every
age
(and,
above
all,
city
: and
already
the
prophet
purchase
peace
of
The
prophet
declares
a
judgment
open
and
malicious
hardly
to
For this
people,
and
the
only
too
reluctant
to
abandon,
themselves,
as
to
prophecies
[e.g.)
against
the
Assyrians,
its
primary
sense
(Gen.
10,
5)
of
the
isles
and
coasts
of
the
Mediter-
ranean
Sea.
The
application
in
c.
scenes
by
its
Divine
Lord
(41,
8-10.
42,
19
f.
43,
10.
44,
exile,
and
predict-
ing
the
approaching
conquest
of
Babylon
by
Cyrus,
authorship
hand,
of
the
argument
derived
by
him
{Isaiah,
p.
188
f.).
"Cyrus,"
but
which
thrills
through
regions
of
the
south.
On
the
present
occasion
their
invasion
is
thus
described
(Rawlinson,
Anc.
Monarchies,
")
15.
Jer.'s
intercession
is
the
coming
doom,
or
undo
the
evil
which
Manasseh
wrought
for
Judah,
15,
1-9
(with
v.
4
would
be
nation
was
imminent,
the
Jews
prophet
develops
his
theme
in
considerable
detail,
in
connexion
39).
49,
1-6
is
upon
his
arrival
there,
and
afterwards
consist in the announcement
original
than
those
of
must
content
The
process
by
which
the
single prophecies,
of
the
method
followed
by
the
translators,
and
has
made,
in
consequence,
the
great
mistake
his
country
is
powerful
within
him:
through
two
the
^ace
eyes,
to
symbolize
the
universality
of
the
Divine
presence).
2,
1-7.
Ezekiel
hears
the
practical
influence
upon
his
contemporaries
profit,
will
feel
Jehovah's
anger
beholders,
is
wrecked,
pretensions
in
the
thence
by
Jehovah,
commonly
supposed,
sections,
I,
2
to
which
had
just
been
dis-
carded,
and
Divine
husband
kingdom
people,
however,
of
Jehovah,
Judah
in
murdering
innocent
Judahites
in
their
land
(3,
19);
(7)
there
Holy
Land
B.C.
586
(cf.
p.
213
f.
lerusalem
at
age
of
Amos
passages
to
show
that
the
priority
is
with
Joel
;
of
the
territory
which
Jeroboam
the historical
condi-
reign,
which
announced
how
Jeroboam's
mercy
upon
the
Ninevites,
it is
Some of
post-exilic
period,
immediately
deduced,
by
is
no
point
f)f
impressions,
and
reflects
a
new
phase
be
inconsistent
triumph-
prophet gives
the answer
commencement of
common
in
the
prophets,
and
is
altogether
alien
abrupt
Assyrian power,
(Teman
: cf.
be
dependent
upon
the
other
three distinct
year),
comprising
eight
symbolical
visions,
end,
v.
14.
The
people
having
thus
openly
rejected
the
Divine
guidance,
the
prophet
the
Judah
ceased.
Upon
this
view,
"
a
distinct
family

good
glories
preservation
as
the
people
of
God
could
only
be
effectually
secured
by
a
strict
observance
of
1S74,
p.
747
ff.,
and
text,
and
the
metrical
licences,
which
are
necessary
for
Bickell's
system,
form
a
serious
objection
to
it.
At
the
same
time,
a
metre
The
significance
in
Hebrew
poetry
of
line
in
the
five Books
is older
than the
prayer
will
be
answered):
Ps.
3
attributed,
and
some-
times
also
the
chief
singers
of
David,
often
mentioned
by
the
Chronicler,
and
referred
by
him
3
(2
Sa.
15
single compiler,
distributed,
viz.
in
inde-
pendent
groups,
points
in
Psalms,
in
now
numbered
72.
If
this
conjecture
be
accepted,
the
arrangement
expression {e.g.
reader
examine
carefully,
for
example,
the
following
passages,
and
ask
himself
whether
they
{v.
3),
in
which
the
wicked
shoot
Is.
Still,
Psalms
upon
which
Ewald's
critical
tact
to which
a Psalm
referred,
83
in
Ezr.
3,
1-4
(Ewald)
own
paths,
will
hardly
evinced towards the
reflected in
deny
peremptorily
the
pre-
it likewise.
personification
: in
more
frequently?);
v.
17
and
Is.
57,
I5\
61,
I^
66,
Wisdom-literature of
the Hebrews.
the
way
(i
Ki.
4,
30).
Four
celebrated
"wise
men,"
whom
Solomon
is
the
OT.
in
and
phraseology
of
the
prophets
(as
the
step
taken
in
Pr.
i
fear
of
God;
(4)3,
who,
whether
from
weakness
6,
10
f.
In
the
collection
itself,
the
following
repetitions
occur
collection,
distichs
gold.
evil
generation;
vv.
15-16
the
four
insatiable
things;
v.
17
the
Arabian
Peninsula,
south-east
of
Palestine;
or
(with
Gratz,
Cheyne)
X'bn
(Ez.
16,
44
al.)
the
proverb-
writer:
31,
I
peculiarities
in statement
formed,
cannot
were
probably
the
introduc-
proverbialist
: the
proverbs
in
c.
25
collection,
and
(if
24,
23-34,
the
appendix
to
17
follow
the
principal
collection
10,
i
work
of
different
wise
men
casting
fresh
generalisations
into
an
old
mould,
or
recording
in
slightly
different
phraseology
;
/ects {series
for
the
individual
latter
are
exactly
the
same
religion
{v.
4)
The term
punish Job
for his
in
his
sins,
22,
2-5.
These
sins
Eliphaz
(see
5,
1
7
ff.)
cherishes
feelings
of
comfort
afforded
by
Bildad's
last
speech,
Job
proceeds
life are
here denies to the
implicit
reference
be
devout
fellow-men.
C.
30
there
follows
in
which
He
parts,
each
followed
by
a
display
of God's
of
the
Book,
and
accommodated,
so
far
doubtful,
partly
finished
picture.
alternative.
Prof.
Cheyne
{Job
and
Solomon,
pp.
75,
84)
supports
of a
the earlier
enjoyments
which
has, however,
already pledged
poem,
which
(upon
either
view)
has,
as
it
were,
to
be
read
(in
8,
6
f.)
she
describes
her
passion
demand,
and
imply
that
she
expects
to
receive,
an
2i)idivided
poem.
It
is
to
thought
of
bringing
a
shepherd
of
her
right
thing.
(The
sugges-
tions
in
the
Speaker
s
Comm.
p.
701,
quite
pur-
pose,
and
a
hidden
meaning
has
Kgf.
Konuii.
(in
the
part
daughters-in-law.
She
resolves
upon
returning
to
Bethlehem,
her as
his wife.
surface?
Intermarriage
with
foreign
women
David,
was
yet
written
in
the
N.
kingdom,
and
preserves
scenes.
unwonted
length
the
country's
sufferings
is,
this
ground
alone
(6,
1-6).
Men
toil
and
toil,
and
nation's
wise
and
temperate
enjoyment
OT.,
Song
of
Songs
(p.
421
f.
But the
general political
condition which
That Ben
on
his
and
of
Renan
the
poem
of
Tennyson.
In
the
poem
being
inculcated
here,
viz.
the
enjoyment
original
text
a
certainty
\.o
Qoheleth
("and
knozv
that
for
all
these
things,"
&c.),
as
it
was,
for
instance,
to
(c. 10).
is
t'^s
find
history
: the
circumstances
of
their
promulgation
(3,
12-15;
8,
10-17)
mutually
intended to
At
the
sug-
gestion
of
the
queen,
Daniel
is
called,
who
interprets
the
words
to
given
place
of
it
there
rose
up
four
quarters
horn,
which
waxed
exceedingly
great
will
and
Jerusalem;"
nor
was
this
one
ihe
Jahrb.
f.
the
books,
which
nevertheless,
it
may
safely
be
affirmed,
is not the work of a
contemporary,
to
that
of
the
Targums
must
have
required
8-9
centuries,
could
any
definite
result.
Its
resem-
reformers
themselves,
see
meanings
or
applications.
In
syntax,
the
ease
and
grace
or
coiistruction
which
occurs
doctrine
Messiah,
of
angels,
period
Antiochus'
persecution
Messianic
picture
the
Chaldsean
and
Persian
time.
The
motive
underlying
religion
great
world-empires
was
anxiously
asked
by
all
faithful
Jews.
And
the
answer
is
given
in
the
Book
of
Daniel.
Not
writing
as
a
historian,
but
in
antiquated.
we
have
no
right
to
the book
the
kingdom
books
are
called
•ra.pa.Xit'riif/.iva.,
for
Levi
people
15,
or
not,
it
may
be
narrative
of
Chronicles
an
imperfect
command
and
Neh.
So
Dan.
i,
2
(in
King«,
Szc,
always
"house
of
the
Lord,"
which
also
occurs
frequently
in
Chr.).
Comp.
above,
p.
20,
towards
the
top.
6.
^^27\
to
establish,
prepare,
books
very
much
rarer,
and
only
of
a
sentence:
I
15,
16
7ip2
9, 24).
12.
26,
8).
16,
14
nxo"?
ny.
26,
15
pimo^
ny
(so
Ezr.
3,
13).
28,
9"
QnoL"^
ny
(so
Ezr.
9,
ruined
condition
of
the
walls
of
Jerusalem
15-22,
and
to
prevent
marriages
with
foreign
women
vv.
23-31.
Structure.
originality,
"
4,
6-23
"
Ezra's
ancestors
(for
Seraiah
was
contemporary
with
Zedekiah,
phrase
of
tlie
compiler's
person,
Neh.
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justly by
much
higher
or
other
circum-
;
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the
guards
the
OT.
improvements
and
additions,
that
it
may
be
i-egarded
philological
research,
Delitzsch's most
development
of
the
Testament.
with
the
greatest
possible
interest.'
work,
to
which
he
attaches
great
value.
of
his
Prospectus,
Professor
Grimm
announced
it
modern
times
when
it
needs
the
greatest
to
handle
wisely
the
subject
of
Messianic
Prophecy,
the
Methodist
Recorder.
highly
stimulating
and
helpful.'
an
earnest,
faithful,
and
eloquent
defender
of
the
Christian
faith,
style,
and
with
exquisite
tact
in
adapting
his
apology
to
tlio
thoughts
and
needs