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Abraham, as embodiment of racial
Absoluteness of Jesus' words, 547 ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, 604-607 AFTER THE REPRIEVE (Chap. V), 186-247
AMOS, BOOK OF, 148-152 APOCALYPSE OF JOHN (= Revela-
tion of John), 664-677 Apocalyptic elements in Old Testa- ment prophets, 147, 527, 667; fore- gleams and reckonings in Daniel, 512; idea of the new order, 528; elements inherited in New Testa- ment, 656, 667; warrant in the Revelation of John, 665-668 Apostles, the, their message, 583; their fitting work, 585; APOSTLES, ACTS OF THE, 604-607 Apostolic college, the, 584 Appendix, to Hebrew canon (Chron- icles), 517; to Jeremiah in modern versions (Lamentations), 494 Aptitude, dominant Hebrew and Greek, compared, 37
Aramaic, relation to Hebrew, 30;
section of, in Daniel, 282 Assyrian crisis met and weathered in Isaiah's time, 179–185
AWAKING OF THE LITERARY SENSE (Chap. II), 77-96
Balaam, oracles of, 121-123
Baptism by John, as symbolic act,
532; of Jesus, as human acqui- escence, 537
Beloved Disciple, legacy of the, 641-654
Bethany, miracle at, and its mean- ing, 574
Bible, what's in the name, 3; as a literature, 4-12; as a library (canon), 12-21; as a book, 21-24; as common to Jews and Jesus, 523 Biblical movement, rationale of the,
Birthday of Judaism, 381
BOOK, THE People of a (Book II), 249-520; found in the Temple, 220-228
Burden (= oracle), 191, note
Canon, meaning of the term, 13; Old Testament, original order of the, 19; order as varied in mod- ern versions, 519 Canticles. See Song of Songs Captivity, Chaldean, its motive and
CENTURIES, THE FORMATIVE (Book I), 25-247
Chaldean captivity, its motive and stages, 254-256
Christ, term equivalent to Messiah,
528; problem, the, and its solu- tion, 535, 536; idea, initiating the, 537-543
CHRONICLES, Books OF, 404-410; as résumé of Judaism, 516 Classic, what, 426
Classics, the three great, 432-482;
the five little (Megilloth), 482-510 Collection of the Biblical literary
works, movement for, 16 COLOSSIANS, EPISTLE TO THE, 630 Coming of Christ, idea of, 528 f., 590
Confession, the great (Peter's), 567 Continuity of Isaiah First and Sec-
ond, 304-307 CORINTHIANS, EPISTLES TO THE, 624, 625
Covenant, mutual relation by, 53- 55; new, prophesied by Jeremiah, 240 f.
Culminating event in the Revelation
Cultus literature, the later, 403-416 Cyrus, as liberator and civilizer, 310
DANIEL, BOOK OF, 278-300; lit- erary vehicle and stimulus, 515; apocalyptic foregleams and reck- onings in, 512-516
Daughter of Zion in prophecy, 305 David, his elegy over Saul and Jon- athan, 60; his lament over Abner, 60; his last words, 436; his part in the literary awakening, 81 Davidic destiny in Israel, 324; key- note in Psalms, 441-444 Day of Jehovah, meaning of, 208 Dearth of learning in Jerusalem, 372 Deborah, Song of, 40; as starting point, 5
Deliverance, keynote of Israel's history, 50
Departure, Jesus', reckoning on, 571-576
Deutero-Isaiah. See Second Isaiah DEUTERONOMY, BOOK OF (as found in the Temple), 222-228 Dies Iræ, prophets of the, 208-219 Disciple whom Jesus loved, gospel source conjectured as John, 596; otherwise, 641-651
Divine character, Jesus' utterances in, 558-562; Jesus' acts in, 562- 565
ECCLESIASTES, Book of, 497-505 Editorial movement in Bible com- pilation, 17, 374
Edom, prophets against, 215, note Elegy, the, as verse form, 67; David's, over Saul and Jonathan and over Abner, 60
Elohim, as name of Deity, 48 Elohistic source (E) of early history,
El Shaddai, primitive name of Deity, 48 Emotion, intensity of, in Second Isaiah, and cause, 308
End of the era, Jesus' words con- cerning the, 659-665 EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO THE, 630 Episodes in the gospels, 596 Epistle form, the, and its uses, 613- 615
Epistles, of St. Paul (see Letters); from Jesus' personal circle, 638- 640
ESTHER, BOOK OF, 505-510
Event, culminating, in Revelation, 675
EXILE, LITERARY FRUITS OF THE
(Chap. VI), 254-369
Exodus to Deuteronomy outlined, 397
Expectation of new order in Jesus' time, 527
EZEKIEL, BOOK OF, 257-278
EZRA, scribe and scholar, 379-384; Book OF, 410-412
Historic fiber of the Bible, 5 Historical writing, beginnings of,
104-119; composition, order of, 104; situation for prophetic move- ment, 135-137; evolution traced after exile, 376
History, Hebrew genius for, 39; as edited in exile, 378; as charged with prophecy, 425; as back- ground of John's Revelation, 673 HOSEA, BOOK OF, 152-156 Human genius and initiative in Bib- lical literature, 428
Ideas, inherited fund of, in Israel, 46-56; of new order met by Jesus, 528-530 Imagination quickened by apoca- lyptic writings, 657
ISAIAH of Jerusalem, BOOK OF (Isa. i-xxxix), 167-179; First and Second, continuity of, 304-307; why discriminated, 302; Second, BOOK OF (Isa. xl-lxvi), 300-337 ; mood of expression, 308 Isaiah's vision of destiny, 189-194 Israel, kingdom of, 100; literary situation in, 103
Jacob-Israel, as embodiment of racial character, 33
JAMES, EPISTLE OF, 636-638 Jashar, quoted book of, 59
Jehovah (= Yahveh), meaning of name, 48
Jehovistic source (J) of early his- tory, 110 f.
JEREMIAH, BOOK OF, 228-247 Jesus, as center of New Testament, 526; initiating the Christ-idea, 537- 543; his ministry, literary element in, 543-544; his general public utterances, 544-548; his teaching in parables, 548-554; his encoun- ters with human falsity, 554-558; his utterances in divine character,
558-562; his acts in divine char- acter, 562-565; bearing witness to the truth, 565-581
Jewish mind and mood, the, 385; ideas transformed to Christian values, 625, 633
JOB, BOOK OF, 463-482; as corre- late with Proverbs and Ecclesi- astes, 503 f.
JOEL, BOOK OF, 143-147` John the Baptist, his ministry, 530-
534; a prophet and more, 658 JOHN, son of Zebedee, as putative source of fourth gospel, 596, 642; GOSPEL OF (the story told once more), 645-651; FIRST EPISTLE OF (the "postscript commenda- tory"), 651-654; other EPISTLES OF, 654; REVELATION OF, 664- 667; culminating event in, 675 JONAH, BOOK OF, 418-423 Joshua's apostrophe to sun and moon, 59
Josiah, King, and the book of the law, 221; reign and death of, 206f. Judah, kingdom of, 101; literary situation in, 103
Judaism, birthday of, 381 JUDE, EPISTLE of, 640
Kingdom of heaven, prevalent ideas of, 528, 551; secret of, in Jesus' parables, 551-553
Kingdoms, the two, one people in,
98-104; literary situation in, 102 f. Kings of Judah after Hezekiah, 205
K'thubim (writings), Hebrew title of third division of canon, 426
Lamech, song of, 65 LAMENTATIONS, BOOK OF, 494-496 Land of the Bible, its significance,
8; as allotted to Israel, 42 Language of the Bible, 29 Law, Mosaic, stages of, 398
Law-ordered history as edited in exile, 378
Lazarus, raising of, 574; suggested relation to fourth gospel, 644 Legalism and its austerities, 385- 414; atmosphere of, 387 Legend, the semi-historic, in early
history, 118 f.; in Daniel, 282 f. Letters of St. Paul, 623-633; of the active missionary (first period), 623-628; of the Roman prisoner (second period), 628-633
Library (= canon), the Bible as a,
LITERARY FRUITS OF THE EXILE
(Chap. VI), 254-369; SENSE, AWAKING OF THE (Chap. II), 77-96; element in Jesus' ministry, 543-565; frontier, on the, 510; gifts of New Testament writers, 611; prophecy, beginnings of, 119-122; quality in general, 10 LITERATURE of Fact, The (Chap. X), 582-607; OF VALUES, THE (Chap. XI), 608-654
Logia, source-gospels and, 594 Logos, literary significance of, 526,
LOOKING BEFORE AND AFTER (Chap. III), 97-132
LUKE, GOSPEL OF, as completed, 602 f.; as author of the gospel and Acts, 602, 604; as companion of St. Paul, 606
Lyric strain, the, general and sacred, 87-92; poetry, David's relation to, 81-83; artistry in Song of Songs, 486 ff.
MALACHI, BOOK OF, 362-369 Manasseh, King, his reign and char- acter, 205
Manifesto at Nazareth, Jesus', 540 MARK, as primitive gospel source, 597; GOSPEL OF, as completed, 598-600
Mashal, the, as a literary form, 68, 95; (proverb), art and aim of, 452; working itself free, 455-461 MATTHEW, as personal gospel source, 596; GOSPEL OF, as com- pleted, 600-601
Maturity of Christian thought in St. Paul's epistles, 630-633 Megilloth, the five, 482-510 Messenger, the, and his function, 367, 530
Messiah, meaning of name, 528 MICAH, BOOK OF, 160-167 Midrash, Hebrew term for exposi-
tory literature, 407, 419; in New Testament times, 523
Ministry, Jesus', literary element in, 543-565; of familiar friendship, 539 f.; later days of, 565 ff.; round- ing off earthly, 577-581 Miracles of Jesus (acts in divine character), 562-565
Miriam's song at the Red Sea, 51 Musical and literary disposal of Psalms, 444-447
Mutual relation by covenant, 53-56 Mystery, adopted Christian term, 633 Myth, the prehistoric, 115
Myth and legend, treatment of, 114– 119
NAHUM, BOOK OF, 212-214 Narration, Hebrew genius for, 71 NEHEMIAH, Book of, 413, 414 New Testament, relation of, to Old, 23
Northern kingdom (Israel), the, 100; prophecy in, 147
OBADIAH, BOOK OF, 214-216 Older literature, treasures from the, under Hezekiah, 196-204 Oracle (= burden), 191, note Oracles, tribal and racial, 120; anonymous, appended to Zecha- riah, 353-362
Oral beginnings of literature, 56; standard of narration, 71; origin of gospels, 583
Order of Old Testament, as histori- cal and as literary, 20
Parable, as form of the mashal, 68, 70 Parables, Jesus' teaching in, 548-554 Paradox in Jesus' words, 546 Parallelism, Hebrew verse unit, 65 Parousia of Christ, as Christian
Paul, St. See St. Paul
Pause of the prophetic movement, 370; between the Testaments, 517-520 Pentateuch, as continuous story, 108; the completed and pub- lished, 391-402; question, the, 392 Pentecost and its event, 588 f. PEOPLE OF A BOOK (Book II), 249-
520; OF THE WAY (Book III), 521-677
Personal relation with Deity as basis of Hebrew religion and lit- erature, 54; ascendancy in early literature, 73; values in third sec- tion of canon, 429; sources of gospels, 595-597; emotions in epistles, 614
PETER, as personal gospel source, 595; FIRST EPISTLE OF, 638; SECOND EPISTLE OF, 639 PHILEMON, Epistle to, 630 PHILIPPIANS, EPISTLE TO THE, 630 Pleroma (fullness), adopted Chris- tian term, 632
Post-exilic men of letters, 373 Postponement of doom for Judah, 157-159
PRELIMINARY SURVEY, A, 3-24 Pre-literary times, avails and deficits, 72-76
Pre-Mosaic story, 394-397
Presage of end in Jesus' words, 660-664
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