All this gives unity to the study of prophets so far separate in time, and so very distinct in character, from each other. From Zephaniah to Jonah, or over a period of three centuries, they illustrate the dissolution of Prophecy and its passage into other forms of religion.
The scholars, to whom every worker in this field is indebted, are named throughout the volume. I regret that Nowack’s recent commentary on the Minor Prophets (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) reached me too late for use (except in footnotes) upon the earlier of the nine prophets.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES _Facing p. 1_ in Volume I
_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE SEVENTH CENTURY_
1. REACTION UNDER MANASSEH AND AMON (695?—639).
2. THE EARLY YEARS OF JOSIAH (639—625): JEREMIAH AND ZEPHANIAH.
3. THE REST OF THE CENTURY (625—586): THE FALL OF NINIVEH; NAHUM AND HABAKKUK.
_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE PERSIAN PERIOD_ (539—331 B.C.)
XVI. FROM THE RETURN FROM BABYLON TO THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (536—516 B.C.) 198
WITH A DISCUSSION OF PROFESSOR KOSTERS’ THEORY.
XVIII. HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 234
2. COURAGE, ZERUBBABEL! COURAGE, JEHOSHUA AND ALL THE PEOPLE! (CHAP. ii. 1-9).
3. THE POWER OF THE UNCLEAN (CHAP. ii. 10-19).
4. THE REINVESTMENT OF ISRAEL’S HOPE (CHAP. ii. 20-23).
XIX. THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH (I.—VIII.) 255
ZECHARIAH i. 1-6, ETC.; EZRA v. 1, vi. 14.
1. THE INFLUENCES WHICH MOULDED THE VISIONS.
THE SECOND: THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS (i. 18-21 ENG.).
THE THIRD: THE CITY OF PEACE (ii. 1-5 ENG.).
THE FOURTH: THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE SATAN (iii.).
THE FIFTH: THE TEMPLE CANDLESTICK AND THE TWO OLIVE-TREES (iv.).
THE SEVENTH: THE WOMAN IN THE BARREL (v. 5-11).
THE EIGHTH: THE CHARIOTS OF THE FOUR WINDS (vi. 1-8).
1. GOD’S LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HATRED OF EDOM (i. 2-5).
3. THE PRIESTHOOD OF KNOWLEDGE (ii. 1-9).
5. “WHERE IS THE GOD OF JUDGMENT?” (ii. 17—iii. 5).
7. THE JUDGMENT TO COME (iii. 13—iv. 2 ENG.).
3. STATE OF THE TEXT AND THE STYLE OF THE BOOK.
XXVIII. THE LOCUSTS AND THE DAY OF THE LORD 398
2. THE OUTPOURING OF THE SPIRIT (ii. 28-32).
_INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE GRECIAN PERIOD_ (FROM 331 ONWARDS)
XXXIII. THE CONTENTS OF “ZECHARIAH” IX.—XIV. 463
3. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE GREEKS (ix. 13-17).