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V. 1. Rise, growth, prime, and decay of the Hebrew literature
The languages of the Old Testament
The five books of Moses, or the law
The prophetical historical books
The prophetical predictive books
The poetical writings.
VOLUME ONE. PREPARATORY
FIRST PART Origin and Genuineness of the Canonical Writings of the Old Testament
FIRST SECTION of the Old Testament Literature in General
CHAPTER I RISE, GROWTH, PRIME, AND DECAY OF THE HEBREW LITERATURE
4. Beginnings of the Practice of Writing among the Hebrews
5. The Hebrew Literature in the Age of Moses
6, 7. Development of the Hebrew Literature after Moses till the Time of David; under Solomon and the Kings until the Exile
8. Decay and Termination of the Hebrew Literature after the Exile
CHAPTER II THE LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
9. Name and Origin
10. General Character of the Shemitic Languages
11, 12. The Aramaic Language; the Arabic
13, 14. The HEbrew Language, its Age and Character; its Course of Development
15-17. The Language of the Age of Moses; of the Age of David and Solomon; of the Age of the Exile
18. How the Hebrew died out as the National Language
SECOND SECTION ORIGIN AND GENUINENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
19. General Classification of these Books
FIRST DIVISION THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, OR THE LAW
20, 21. Names and Division: Contents of the Five Books
22, 23. Aim and Plan: Sources of Information, or Documents, in the Pentateuch
24, 25. Nature of the imaginary Fundamental Document: Basis od the Hypothesis of Supplements; the Divine Names
26, 27. The Marks by which the two Documents are said to be distinguishable: Contradictions and varying Legends; Difference in the Circle of Ideas, and in the usus loquendi
28-30. Relation of Deuteronomy to the Earlier Books; in respect of its Contents, and of its usus loquendi
31. The Historical Point of View of the Laws in Deuteronomy
32, 33. Unity of the Pentateuc; its Author
34, 35. Historical Testimonies to the fact that Moses composed the Pentateuch; Testimony of the Synagogue and the Christian Church
36. Assaults upon the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, and Defences of it
37-39. Objections to the Genuineness: its Unhistorical Character; Traces of a Later Age; remaining General Objections
SECOND DIVISION THE PROPHETICAL WRITINGS
CHAPTER I THE PROPHETICAL HISTORICAL BOOKS
40. Peculiarity of the Historical Books composed by the Prophets
41-45. The Book of Joshua: Name, Contents, and Object; Independence and Unity of the Book; Date of Composition; Sources of Information, and Historical Character
51-55. The Books of Samuel: Name, Division, Contents, and Object; Composition and Unitiy; Date and Author; Sources of Information; Historical Character
CHAPTER II THE PROPHETICAL PREDIVTIVE BOOKS
61. The Position of Prophecy in the Theocracy
62. Nature of Prophecy in reference to Subject-matter and Form
63. The Literature of the Prophecies
A. THE GREATER PROPHETS
64, 65. Isaiah: his Person; Contents and Arrangement of his Book
66-70. Date of Composition and Genuineness of ch. i.-xii., xiii.-xxvii, xxviii.-xxxv.; upon Ch. xxxvi.-xxxix
71, 72. Date of Composition and Genuinesess of Ch. xl.-lxvi.; Origin of the Book of the Prophecies of Isaiah
73-76. Jeremiah: his Person; Contents and Structure of his Book; Genuineness and Integrity of his Prophecies; Origin of his Book
77-80. Ezekial: his Person; Contents and Arragnement of his Book; Genuineness of his Prophecies; Origination of his Book
B. THE TWELBE MINOR PROPHETS
81. Collection and Arrangement
82, 83. Hosea: his Person; his Book
84, 85. Joel; his Person, his Age; his Book
86, 87. Amos: his Person; his Book
88. Obadiah: Contents and Date of his Prophecy
89, 90. Jonah: Contents and Character of the Book; Author and Date of the Book
91, 92. Micah: his Person; his Book
93, 94. Nahum: his Person; his Book
95, 96. Habakkuk: his Person and Age; his Book
97, 98. Zephaniah: his Person; his Book
99, 100. Haggai: his Person; his Book
101-103. Zechariah: his Person; Contents of his Book; Genuineness of Ch. ix.-xiv.
104, 105. Malachi: his Person and Age; his Book
THIRD DIVISION THE HAGIOGRAPHA, OR HOWLY WRITINGS
106. Classification of them
CHAPTER I THE POETICAL WRITINGS
107, 108. Hebrew Poetry: its Character, its Species, its Form
109-114. The Psalms: Titles; Contents and Divisions; Superscriptions, and Notes appended; Authors; Age of the Anonymous Psalms; Origin of the Collection
115-119. The Proverbs of Solomon: Names and Character; Contents and Component Parts; Author of ch. i.-xxxix., and of the Appendices Ch. xxx. xxxi.; Origin of the Book
120-123. The Book of Job: its Idea, its Contents, its Arragnement; Matter and Form of the Poem; its Age and Author; its Unity and Integrity
124, 125. The Song of Songs: its Name, Contents, and Form; its Author, and the Date of its Composition
128-130. The Book of Ecclesiastes: its Name and Charcter; its Contents, Plan, and Object; its Author, and the Date of its Composition.
VOLUME TWO. FIRST PART
SECOND SECTION; THIRD DIVISION (continued)
CHAPTER II
131-134. The Book of Daniel: the Person of the Prophet; Contents and Unity of the Book; its Genuineness; objections to the Genuineness
CHAPTER III THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE HAGIOGRAPHA
135. Character of these Books
136, 137. The Book of Ruth: its Contents, Object, and Historical Character; its Author, and the Date of Composition
138-142. The Books of the Chronicles: Name, Division, and Contents; Relation to the other Historical Books; the Object; the Sources; the Author, and the Date of Composition
143, 144. Historical Character of the Chronicles in those Sections in which they are parallel with the Books of Samuel and kings, and in the Narratives which are peculiar to themselves
145-147. The Book of Ezra: its Contents and Component Parts; its Unity and Independence; its Author and its Credibility
148, 149. The Book of Nehemiah: its Contents and Component Parts; its Genuineness, Integrity, and Crediblity
150-152. The Book of Ester: its Contents and Object; its Historical Character; its Author, and its Date of Composition
THIRD SECTION HOW THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON ORIGINATED
153. Collections of the Sacred WRitings at times earlier than the Exile
154, 155. Collection of the Old Testament after the Exile; Close of the Collection
156. Names, Divisions, and Enumerations of the Scriptures of the Old Testament
SECOND PART HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
157. General Survey
FIRST SECTION PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF HEBREW PHILOLOGY
158. The Transmission among the Jews of the Hebrew as a Dead Language
159. The Philological Cultivation of the Hebrew Language among the Jews
160, 161. The Study of Hebrew among the Christians until the Reformation; and thence down to Present Time
162. Aids to the Investigation of the Hebrew Language
SECOND SECTION PROPAGATION AND DIFFUSION OF THE CANON OF THE OLD TEASTAMENT
FIRST DIVISION PRESERVATION AND PROPAGATION OF THE HEBREW CANON BY MANUSCRIPTS
CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE EXTERNAL FORM OF THE TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
163. The Original Form of the Old Testament
164. The Changes in the Hebrew Written Characters
165, 166. The most Ancient System of Vowel Marks; how the Masoretic Vowel System came into Existence
167, 168. Divisions of the Words and of the Sense by Open Spaces and Paragraphs; Verses, Chapters, and Ecclesiatical Pericopae
169. The Masoretic System of Accents
CHAPTER II THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
170-173. Their General Nature and Character; Synagogue Rolls; Private Manuscripts in the Chaldee Square Character, and in the Rabbinical Character
SECOND DIVISION DIFFUSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BY MEANS OF THE ANCIENT VERSIONS
174. Value and Classification of the Ancient Versions
CHAPTER I GREEK TRANSLATIONS
175. The Alexandrian Translation; its Origin and Nature
176. The other Ancient Greek Versions
177, 178. History of the Septuagint to the Time of Origen, and afterwards
179-184. Versions derived from the Septuagint: the Itala; Syriac Mediate Translations; the Ethiopic; the Egyptian; the Arabic Mediate Translations; and others
185. The Versio Veneta
CHAPTER II ORIENTAL TRANSLATIONS
186-190. Chaldee Paraphrases (Targums), their Origin; that of Onkelos; that of Jonathan ben Uzziel; the Jerusalem Targum on the Pentateuch (Pseudo-Jonathan); those on the Hagiographa
191, 192. The Syriac Peshite: Versions derived from it
193. Arabic Translations from the Original Text
194, 195. The Samaritan Version of the Pentateuch; Greek and Arabic Translations from it
196. Persian Translation of the Pentateuch
CHAPTER III THE LATIN VULGATE, AND THE VERSIONS DERIVED FROM IT
197-200. Its Origin, its Nature and Character, and the Ecclesiastical Recognition given to it; its Fortunes until the Invention of Printing; history of its Printed Text; Versions derived from it
THIRD SECTION THE CRITICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
FIRST PERIOD HISTORY OF THE CRITICISM OF THE UNPRINTED TEXT
201. How various Readings of Errors came to exist in the Text
202. Nature and Condition of the Text before and at the Closing of the Canon
203. How the Text took firm Shape in the Age of the Sopherim
204. The Samaritan-Alexadrine Text
205, 206. The Hebrew Text in the Talmudic and in the Masoretic Periods
207, 208. The Masora; Subsequent Fortunes of the Unprinted Text
SECOND PERIOD HISTORY OF THE PRINTED TEXT
209. The Principal Editions of the Old Testament
210, 211. Critical Apparatus: the Transactions respecting the Integrity of the Masoretic Text
FOURTH SECTION THE EXXLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY AND TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
212. The Character of the Old Testament in general
FIRST DIVISION THE DOCTRINE OF THE CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
213. The Idea of the Canon
CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON AMONG THE JEWS
214. The Palastine and Alexandrian Canon
215. The Samaritan Canon
CHAPTER II HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
216. The Views of the Ancient Church as to the Authority of the Old Testament Canon, and the number of Books Comprehened withing it
217. Protestant and Neo-Catholic Canon
218. The more recent Views with reference to the Canon of the Old Testament
SECOND DIVISION THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
219. In general
CHAPTER I THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AMONG THE JEWS
220-222. The Hermeneutical Procedure of the Talmudists, and of the Rabbins who explained the Scriptures; that of theHellenistic and Alexandrian Jews; that of the Karaites and of the Kabbalists
CHAPTER II THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD RESTAMENT IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
223-225. In the Ancient Church till the Reformation; in the Protestant Church; in the Roman Catholic Church
IDEXES
I. Passages of Scriputre Illustrated or Explained
II. Principal Subjects

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Commentaries on the Old Testament, Introduction to the canonical Scriptures of the Old Testament

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