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THE PROPHETS OF ISRAEL AND THEIR PLACE IN HISTORY TO THE CLOSE OF THE EIGHTH CENTURY, B.C. |
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INDEX. Adonis, 201 ; gardens of, 273. Ahab, 48, 76 seq. Ahaz, 200, 239; alliance with Assyria, 250 seq.; his idolatrous buildings, 251 ; refuses to hear Isaiah, 266. Allegorical interpretation of prophecy, 339. Amaziah, priest of Bethel, 101, 123 seq. ; king of Judah, 194. Amorites, 26. Amos of Tekoah, 120 ; at Bethel, 122 seq.; his style, 125 seq.; his range of knowledge, 127 seq.; prophecy of Assyrian conquest, 129 seq. ; his doctrine of Jehovah, 132 seq.; prophecies against foreign nations, 134 ; against Israel, 135 seq. ; duty of Israel, 138 ; sins of Israel, 139 ; eschatology, 142, 186; contrasted with Hosea, 160 seq., 163, 187; influence on Isaiah, 209 ; does not condemn the calf-worship, 175 seq.; commentaries on, 394 ; supposed interpolations in, 398 seq.; Amos v. 26 discussed, 399 seq. Aramaeans, 23 seq. Ark and its sanctuary, 36 seq., 437. Ashdod, 280; Isaiah's prophecy against, 281. Ashera (sacred pole), 96, 292, 362. Ashtoreth, 26, 172. Assyria, war with Damascus, 91 ; in the book of Amos, 130 ; relations to Judah, 194 seq., 250 seq., 294 seq., 321 seq., 366. Assyrian inscriptions, 19, 376 seq.; chronology, 150. Baal, 26, 38 ; Tyrian Baal (Melkarth), 48, 52 seq., 76 ; prophets of, 57, 391 ; Dionysiac worship of, 84, 140; Land of, 172; Baal=husband, 171. Ba'l and 'Athariy, 172, 409. Byblus or Gebal, 51. Calves, golden, symbols of Jehovah, 175 seq. Canaanites, 24, 26 ; relations to Israel, 30 seq. ; in Jerusalem 204. Carchemish, 23, 377 seq. Cheyne, Mr., on the prophecies of the reign of Sargon, 295 seq. Chronology of the Hebrew kingdoms, 145 seq., 402, 413 seq. Church, birth of the idea of, 275. Damascus, wars with Israel, 90 seq., 131 ; with Assyria, 91, 130. Davidic kingship, 45 seq.; in the prophecy of Amos, 137, 186 j in Hosea 185 seq.; in Isaiah, 301, 309 seq., in Micah, 291. Day of Jehovah, 131 seq., 396. Deuteronomic law influenced by Micah, 293 ; relation to Hezekiah's reformation, 363 seq. Development of revelation, 3 seq. "Dogs," 391. Ecclesiastical tradition, 5. Edom, 28 seq., 135, 192, 203, 322. Egypt, 22 ; united to the throne of Ethiopia, 279 ; its part in Hebrew politics, 280 seq., 294 seq., 319, 321 seq., 349. Ekron, siege of, by Sennacherib, 322. Elath, 203, 215, 238, 250. Eliakim, 307, 346 seq. Elijah, 76 seq. Elijah and. Elisha, history of, 116. Elisha, 85, 87, 131, 208. Eltekeh (Altaku), battle of, 322. Ephod (plated image), 98. Eponym Canon, 150. Feasts, religions, 38, 383 seq. Federal theology, 375. Fir-trees, 411. Forty as round number, 148, 403. Future state, doctrine of, 63 seq. Geographical knowledge of the Hebrews, 21 seq.; of Amos, 127 seq. Gomer bath Diblaim, 179 seq. Hesed (pietas) explained, 160 seq., 406. Hezekiah, his early years, 287 seq. ; receives ambassadors of Merodach Baladan, 318 ; intrigues with Egypt, 321 ; attacked by Sennacherib, 345; surrenders, 347 ; encouraged to resist by Isaiah, 350; his weak character, 347 ; his reformation, 359 seq. Hierodouloi, 228. High places, abolition of, 362 seq. Historical books of O. T., 109, 114 seq. Hittites, 23, 377 seq. Holiness, conception of, 224, 422; as developed by Isaiah, 225 seq. ; of the land of Israel, 228 seq. ; symbolism of fire and water, 232. Hosea, date of, 144, 155 ; belonged to Northern Kingdom, 154; attitude to the priests, 113, 156; isolation of, 157 ; his prophecy of judgment, 158; his doctrine of Jehovah's love, 159 seq.; of His covenant, 161; Fatherhoood of Jehovah, 167 seq.; treats Ephraim as a moral individual, 165, 190 ; his references to past history, 165 ; contrasted with Amos, 160, 163, 186 ; his allegory of son- ship and marriage, 167 seq.; his attitude to the golden calves, 175 seq.; his personal history, 179 seq.; his condemnation of the revolution of Jehu, 183 seq.; restoration of Davidic monarchy, 185 ; his eschatology, 187 seq.; title of his prophecy, 404. Hosea iv., 4 seq., 405 ; chap. vii. 5, 410 ; chap. xiv. 8, 411. Hoshea, king of Samaria, 152, 279. Image -worship, 175 seq. ; 240. Immanuel (God with us), 270, 271 seq. Inscriptions: Moabite (Mesha), 50, 382 ; Phoenician (Gebal), 51, (Sidon) 64, (Marseilles) 56 ; of Siloam, 236. Isaiah, 205 seq.; his Influence, 206 seq., 320, 350 ; compared with Elisha, 208 ; with Amos and Hosea, 209 seq., 229 seq., 254 seq.; with Jeremiah, 259 seq.; with Micah, 289 seq.; order of his book, 210 ; critical questions, 213 seq.; periods of his ministry, 214 ; inaugural vision, 217 seq.; doctrine of Jehovah's holiness, 224 seq.; his lips purged, 230 seq.; doctrine of the remnant, 209, 234, 258 ; use of writing as a vehicle of teaching, 235 seq.; his first prophetic book, 236 seq.; condemnation of the unrighteous nobles, 241, 283 seq., 346 ; doctrine of Jehovah's kingly righteousness, 226, 245 ; earliest eschatological ideal, 248 ; first appearance as a practical politician, 254 ; doctrine of inviolability of Jerusalem, 258 seq. ; opposition to Assyrian alliance, 265 seq. ; his interpretation of the Assyrian advance, 269 seq.; "God with us," 270 seq.; formation of a prophetic party, 207 seq., 274 ; Messianic teaching, 276 seq., 301 seq.; prophecy against Ashdod, 281 ; prophecies on the eve of Samaria's fall, 282 seq.; argument from husbandry, 285 ; picture of the career and fall of Assyria, 297 seq.; his definition of miracle, 315 ; prophecy upon the death of Sargon, 319 ; prophecies under Sennacherib, 322 seq.; universalism, 331 seq. ; conversion of Ethiopia, 332; of Tyre, 334; of Egypt and Assyria, 335 seq.; prophecies during the invasion of Judah, 345 seq,; against Shebna, 346; encourages Hezekiah, 350 seq.; his great victory, 352 seq.; last words of Isaiah, 354 seq. Isaiah i., 215, 345 ; ii.-v., 215, 236 seq.; vi., 217 seq.; vii. 1-ix. 7, 258 seq.; ix. 8-x. 4, 215, 238 ; x. 5-xi. 16, 297 seq.; xiv. 24-27, 300 ; xiv. 29 seq.^ 319; xv. xvi., 92; xvii., 273, 331; xviii., 331 seq.; xix., 333, 335 ; xx., 281 ; xxi. 1-10, 420; xxi. 13 seq., 333 ; xxii., 346 seq.; xxiii,, 333 seq.; xxviii., 282 seq.; xxix. - xxxii., 307, 314, 322 seq. ; xxxiii., 354 seq.; xxxvii., 351 seq. Israel in Egypt, 29 ; in Canaan, 30 seq.; early religion, 32 seq.; consolidated into a kingdom, 45, 47 ; division of the kingdom, 48 ; tribal organisation, 93 ; ancient life, 94 ; social decay, 88, 95 seq.; early ideal of, as a warlike kingdom victorious in Jehovah, 119; Israel Jehovah's spouse, 170 seq.; unfaithfulness of, 176 seq. Jehovah (Iahwe) God of Israel, 20, 32 seq.; Syncretism with Baal, 38, 173 ; God of the armies of Israel (Iahwe Cebaoth), 39, 42, 62, 76, 131 ; His attributes, 62 ; God of righteousness, 71 seq., 245 seq. ; a jealous God, 79, 119 ; His love to Israel, 159 seq.; His covenant, 161 ; holiness of, 224 seq.; the Holy One of Israel, 227 ; Jehovah and the idols, 240 ; His spirit, 304 ; meaning of the name, 385 seq. Jehoshaphat, 112. Jehu, house of, 88, 95, 183 seq. Jeroboam II., 89, 92 seq. Jirbas, 377. Jonadab the Rechabite, 84. Judah, foreign elements in, 28, 201 ; history of, after the schism, 191 seq.; inferiority to Ephraim, 192 seq.; in Blessing of Moses, 118; suffers from Hazael, 193 ; relations to Assyria, 194 seq.; character of the Judaean monarchy, 196 seq.; religious condition, 199 seq.; prosperity under Uzziah, 203 seq.; social disintegration. 204 seq.; sins of the nobles, 241, 287 seq.; under Hezekiah, 294 seq., 318 seq. Kenites, 29. Manasseh, reaction under, 206, 365. Marriage, religious symbolism of, 171 seq. Menahem, 151 seq. Merodach Baladan, 281, 317 seq. Messiah, 302 seq. Micah, 287 seq.; prophecy against Samaria, 288 ; description of the sins of Judah, 288 seq.; the wrongs of the peasantry, 289 ; democratic character of his prophecy, 290 ; fall of Jerusalem, 291 ; the new David, 291 ; great influence of Micah, 292 seq., 363 ; interpolations in Micah, 427 seq. Micah ii. 8 emended, 427; Micah vi. vii., 365, 372, 439. Miracle, 315. Moab, 24, 28 ; religion of, 50 ; wars with Northern Israel, 75 ; subdued by Jeroboam II., 91 ; ancient prophecy against (Isa. xv. xvi), 92 seq.; in the prophecy of Amos, 135 ; In Assyrian period, 294, 322. Monotheism, 54, 59 seq., 225 seq. Moresheth Gath, 287. Moses, 32 seq.; his work, 35 seq.; as judge or lawgiver, 110 seq.; Blessing of (Dent, xxxiii.), 49, 117 seq. Naboth, murder of, 77, 87. Nazarites, 84, 137 seq., 437. Omri, house of, 75 seq., 95. Palestine, physical features of, 24 seq.; inhabitants, 26, 28 ; conquest by Hebrews, 29 seq. Patriarchs, history of, 116, 166. Pekah, 152, 194, 250. Pentateuch contains strata of very different dates, 108 seq. ; oldest laws, 113 seq. Philistines, 45, 134, 137 ; wars with Judah, 192, 239 ; with Assyria, 279 seq., 294, 318, 322. Phoeniciaus, 22, 25 seq.; their religion, 26 seq.; influence of their art in the Temple, 56, 385. Priests of the northern sanctuaries, 98, 100 ; corruption of in eighth century, 101. Prophetic party of Isaiah, 207 seq., 274, 320 ; its victory, 348 seq.; its decadence, 370 ; prophetic prediction, interpretation of, 268, 336 seq. Prophets, their work, 69 seq. ; Rabbinical conception of, 83 ; sons of (prophetic guilds), 85 seq.; contrasted with diviners, 219 seq., the name nabi, 389 seq. Psalm xlvi., 352. Raphia, 280, 426. Religion, the subject of, in O. T., is the nation of Israel, 20 ; religion and morality, 72 seq.; chief merit of the popular Hebrew religion, 312 ; true and false religion, 273. Remnant, prophetic doctrine of, 106 seq., 209, 234, 258. Rephaim (shades), 64. Revelation, development of, 3 seq.; objections to doctrine of special revelation in Israel, 9 seq.; answer to these objections, 11 seq.; evidence of the truth of the Bible revelation, 16. Righteousness, 71 seq., 245, 388. Sabbath, 384. Samaria, Ashera in, 140 ; siege of, 151, 403 ; vassal kingdom in, 153. Samaritans, 153. Sanctuaries, local, 37, 43 ; their ritual and priesthood, 97 seq. ; places of judgment, 100 seq. : in Judah, 199 seq.; abolished, 362. Sargon, king of Assyria, 279 seq., 294 seq.; his death 317. Saul, 45, 381, 391, 393. Sebech or So, 279 seq. Semitic races, 22 ; their religion, 50 seq. ; characteristics of their literature, 126. Sennacherib, 297, 317 seq., 345 seq. Seraphim, 218. Shechem, 31, 99, 118. Siu, early Hebrew conception of, 102 seq.; in Isaiah, 246 seq. Sinai, seat of Jehovah, 34, 39 ; legislation at, 111. So, king of Egypt, 279. Solomon, heathen shrines of, 76, 111, 202, 364 ; despotism of, 95, 198. Sonship, doctrine of, in Old Testament, 20, 167 seq. Spirit, 60 seq.; of Jehovah, 304 seq. Supernatural, prophetic view of the, 310 seq. Sycamore, 395. Syria or Aram, 22 seq. ; wars with Israel, 88, 90 seq. See Damascus. Tekoa, 120, 394. Teraphim, 33, 98. Theocracy, 51 seq. ; origin of the name, 52 ; among heathen Semites, 52 seq. Tirhakah, 322, 349. Tithes, 53, 382 seq. Tyre, Isaiah's prophecy concerning, 333, 334. Uriah, the friend of Isaiah, 207. Urim and Thummim, 100. Uzziah, 194, 203 seq. Vision, prophetic, 219 seq. Wine, 388. Zechariah ix.-xiv., 412.
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