Chapter 23

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 Jeremiah_--17. Character and Contents of the Book of Baruch--18. Second, or Syriac Book of Baruch--19. So-called Epistle of Jeremiah--VIII. _Additions to the Book of Daniel_--20. Enumeration of these--Their Authorship and Date--IX. _The Prayer of Manasses_--21. Remarks on this Composition--X. _The Books of the Maccabees_--22. Number of these Books--Remarks on their Historic Order--Origin of the Name Maccabee--23. First Book--Its Genuineness and Credibility--Its Authorship and Date--Original Language--24. Second Book--Its Character and Contents--25. Third Book--Its Contents and Character--Fourth Book--Its Stoical Character--Its Contents--Fifth Book--Its Original Language and Contents

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