Companion to the Bible | Page 6

Classifying the Contents of the First Part--Analysis of these Contents--General Character of the Second Part, and View of its Contents--7. Objections to the Genuineness of the Last Part of Isaiah and Certain Other Parts--General Principle on which these Objections are to be met--Previous Preparation for the Revelations contained in this Part--True Significance of the Promises which it contains--Form of these Promises--Mention of Cyrus by Name--Objection from the Character of the Style considered--8. Direct Arguments for the Genuineness of this Part--External Testimony; Internal Evidences--9. Genuineness of the Disputed Passages of the First Part--II. _Jeremiah_--10. Contrast between Isaiah and Jeremiah in Personal Character and Circumstances--Our Full Knowledge of his Outward Personal History and Inward Conflicts--11. His Priestly Descent--His Native Place--Period of his Prophetic Activity--Degeneracy of the Age--Persecutions to which his Fidelity subjected him--He is more occupied than Isaiah with the Present--His Mission is emphatically to unfold the Connection between National Profligacy and National Ruin; yet he sometimes describes the Glory of the Latter Days--12. The Chronological Order not always followed in his Prophecies--General Divisions of them--First Division; Second Division; Appendix--Attempts to disprove the Genuineness of Certain Parts of Jeremiah--_The Book of Lamentations_--13. Its Hebrew Name--Its Authorship and the Time of its Composition--14. Structure of its Poetry--III. _Ezekiel_--15. His Priestly Descent and Residence--Notices of his Personal History--Period of his Prophetic Activity--16. Peculiarities of his Style--17. His Allegoric and Symbolic Representations--General Remarks on the Nature of Allegories and Symbols--18. The Two Divisions of the Book--Contents of the First Part; of the Second Part--Prophecies against Foreign Nations--Promises relating to the Glory of the Latter Days--Ezekiel's Vision of a New Jerusalem with its Temple--Meaning of this Vision and Principles according to which it is to be interpreted--IV. _Daniel_--19. Its Place in the Hebrew Canon--Notices of Daniel's Personal History--20. Arrangement and Contents of the Book--First Series of Prophecies; Second Series--Intimate Connection between the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse--21. Assaults made upon the Book of Daniel in Respect to its Genuineness and Credibility--Grounds on which it is received as a Part of the Sacred Canon--Its Unity; Uniform Tradition of the Jews and its Reliability; Testimony of Josephus; of the Saviour; Language and Style; Intimate Acquaintance with the Historical Relations and Manners and Customs of the Age--22. Insufficiency of the Various Objections urged against the Book--Chronological and Historical Difficulties; Difficulties connected with the Identification of Belshazzar and Darius the Mede; Silence of Jesus the Son of Sirach respecting Daniel; Alleged Linguistic Difficulties; Commendations bestowed upon Daniel--The Real Objection to the Book on the Part of its Opponents lies in the Supernatural Character of the Events which it records--Remarks on this Objection

CHAPTER XXIII.
THE TWELVE MINOR PROPHETS--1. Jewish Arrangement of these Books--Their Order in the Masoretic Text and in the Alexandrine Version--2. General Remarks on their Character I. _Hosea_--3. Period of his Prophecying and its Character--4. Peculiarly of his Style--Contents of the Book II. _Joel_--5. Place and Date of his Prophecies--6. Character and Contents of his Book--III. _Amos_--7. Date of his Prophecies--Notices of his Person--He was a Jew, not trained in any Prophetical School, and sent to prophesy against Israel--Character and Contents of his Writings--IV. _Obadiah_--8. Date and Contents of his Prophecy--V. _Jonah_--9. His Age--10. Remarks on the History of the Book--11. Authorship and Historic Truth of the Book--VI. _Micah_--12. His Residence and the Time of his Prophetic Activity--His Prophecies directed against both Israel and Judah--13. Divisions of the Book with the Contents of Each--Passages Common to Micah and Isaiah--General Agreement between the Two Prophets--VII. _Nahum_--14. His Prophecy directed against Nineveh--Its Probable Date--15. Contents of the Book--VIII. _Habakkuk_--16. Date of the Book and its Contents--Remarks on the Ode contained in the Third Chapter--IX. _Zephaniah_--17. Date and Contents of his Book--X. _Haggai_--18. Date and Scope of the Book--19. Its Different Messages--XI. _Zechariah_--20. His Priestly Descent--Date of his Prophecies--21. The Three Divisions of the Book--First Division; Second Division; Third Division--22. Remarks on the Character of Zechariah's Prophecies--XII. _Malachi_--23. Name of this Prophet--Date of his Prophecies, and Condition of the Jewish People--24 Contents of the Book
APPENDIX TO

PART II.
THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT--1. The Term Apocrypha and its Origin--2. Remarks on the Date of the Apocryphal Books--Their Reception by the Alexandrine Jews--3. History of these Books in the Christian Church--4. Their Uses--I. _The Two Books of Esdras_--5. Name of this Book--Its Contents--Its Date--6. The Second Book of Esdras found only in Versions--Remarks on these Versions--7. Its Contents and Date--II. _Tobit_--8. Accounts of the Contents of this Book--9. Various Texts in which this Book is Extant--Its General Scope--III. _Judith_--10. Contents of the Book--11. Remarks on its Character, Date, and Design--IV. _Additions to the Book of Esther_--12. Account of these--V. _The Wisdom of Solomon_--13. Its Divisions and their Contents--14. Authorship of the Book--Its Merits and Defects--VI. _Ecclesiasticus_--15. Its Titles and Contents--16. Date of the Book and of its Translation--VII. _Baruch and the Epistle of