INTRODUCTION

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THE OLD TESTAMENT,

CRITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL,

CONTAINING

A DISCUSSION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS BELONGING
TO THE SEVERAL BOOKS.

BY

SAMUEL DAVIDSON, D.D.,

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HALLE, AND LL.D.

WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,

14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN,

AND

20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.

1863.

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CONTENTS.

THE PROPHETICAL BOOKS.

BOOK OF THE PROPHET ISAIAH.

I. Life of Isaiah and duration of his ministry.-II. Arrangement, plan, and

contents of the entire book, with authenticity of the respective prophecies or

otherwise.-III. Chapters xl.-lxvi.-IV. Redaction of the work.-V. The

servant of God in chapters xl.-lxvi.-VI. Discussion of vii. 14-16.-VII. Chapter

ix. 6, 7.-VIII. Chapter lxiii. 1-6.-IX. Chapter xix. 18.-X. Quotations

from Isaiah in the New Testament.........

BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH.

I. Particulars of Jeremiah's life.-II. Division of the book, contents of the

various prophecies, times in which they were written, and their authenticity or

otherwise.-III. Chapter lii.-IV. The texts of the Hebrew and Septuagint

Jeremiah compared and estimated.-V. Arrangement of the prophecies.-

VI. Style and manner of writing.-VII. Messianic passages.-VIII. Quotations

in the New Testament

THE LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH.

I. Name and subject.-II. Contents.-III. Connection of the elegies with

one another.-IV. Times of their composition.-V. Form.-VI. Authorship.-

VII. Style

THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL.

I. Life of the prophet.-II. Contents of the book.-III. Character, mode of

writing, style, and diction.-IV. Mode in which the work is arranged.-

V. Authenticity and integrity.-VI. Messianic passages.-VII. Interpretation

of chapters xl.-xlviii.

THE BOOK OF DANIEL.

I. Contents.-II. Unity of the book.-III. Authenticity.-IV. Origin and

authorship.-V. Time when the work was written.-VI. Object.-VII. Manner

and style.-VIII. Passages.-IX. The seventy weeks.-X. The Greek Version.

XI. Apocryphal additions

THE BOOK OF HOSEA.

I. Author.-II. Inscription.-III. Contents.-IV. When and where he pro-

phesied.-V. His prophecies arranged by Hosea.-VI. Integrity.-VII. Inter-

pretation of Hosea's symbolical actions.-VIII. Style and language.-IX. Mes-

sianic passages.-X. Dependence on and independence of other prophets.-

XI. Chapter vi. 7

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