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Harper, William Rainey,

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THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT

AN AID TO HISTORICAL STUDY

FOR USE IN ADVANCED BIBLE CLASSES

WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER

PROFESSOR OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES
IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Constructive Bible Studies
college series

CHICAGO

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS

1905

PREFACE

This collection of studies is a partial realization of a larger plan
which includes the entire field of prophecy, its scope resembling that
of my volume, The Priestly Element in the Old Testament (1905). It
has been found necessary to publish the first part, with the expec-
tation that the second part will follow within a comparatively short
time. These studies are intended primarily for students in college
and those in the theological seminary, but they will not be found too
technical for the more intelligent Bible classes in our best Sunday
schools. The plan rests upon two vital principles: (1) That the stu-
dent, guided by the suggestions made, shall do his own thinking and
reach results which at least in a measure may be called his own. No
conscious effort has been put forth to control the exact development of
his thought. (2) That the student shall do his work upon the basis of
the Scripture material; in other words, that he shall study the Bible,
and not merely read what others have said concerning it.

At the same time, the literature of each subject discussed has been
presented in detail. Only that literature has been included which
seems to be most important and is most easily accessible.

Arrangements have already been made for the publication of this
material in a more simple form intended for students of high-school
grade. For a more technical presentation the reader is referred to the
author's Amos and Hosea ("International Critical Commentary," 1905).

The Appendixes present some materials essential to an intelligent
study of the subject of prophecy. They have been prepared especially
for those deprived of access to the standard works on Hebrew History
and Prophecy.

I wish to express my appreciation of the assistance rendered me by
my colleague, Dr. John M. P. Smith, especially in the arrangement and
verification of the scriptural references, and in the references to the
literature on the various topics.

CONTENTS

PART I. GENERAL SCOPE OF THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT

PAGE

Chapter I. — Content and Classification of the Prophetic Element i
Chapter II. — Definition and Principles of the Prophetic Element 12

PART II. THE HISTORY OF PROPHECY THROUGH HOSEA

Chapter III. — Prophecy and Prophetism during the Period of the

Patriarchs and Judges 25

Chapter IV. — Prophecy and Prophetism during the Davidic Period 37

Chapter V. — The Background of Prophecy and Prophetism in the

Northern Kingdom 49

Chapter VI. — The Product of Prophecy and Prophetism from

933 to 800 B. C 73

Chapter VII. — The Prophetic Message of the Early Histories . 82

Chapter VIII. — The Prophetic Message of Amos 98

Chapter IX. — The Prophetic Message of Hosea 112

APPENDIXES

A. A Table of Important Dates 125

B. A Chronological Table of the Religious Life of Israel . . . . 127

C. The Prophetic Vocabulary 128

D. An Analysis of the Hexateuch 139

Paet Fiest

GENERAL SCOPE OF THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN
THE OLD TESTAMENT

I. Content and Classification of the Prophetic Element.
II. Definition and Principles of the Prophetic Element.

CHAPTER I.

CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT.

§ i. Preliminary Inquiry. — The study of prophecy is so largely a
study of history that the methods of historical study must be adopted.
This means, first of all, the arrangement of the prophetic material in
chronological order. The basis of such arrangement must be sought
through a preliminary examination of the authorship, historical back-
ground, occasion, and purpose of each book or document. This
introductory work must be performed either by or for the student.
The difficulty of the task is, of course, very great; its necessity is,
however, in no way minimized by this difficulty.

See on Hebrew history: Ewald, History of Israel, 7 vols. (1843 ff., 3d ed. 1864 ff.,
transl. 1869 ff.); Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of Israel (1878, 5th ed.
1899, transl. 1885); Ren an, History of the People of Israel (1887-93, transl. 1888-95);
KlTTEL, History of the Hebrews, 2 vols. (1888-92, transl. 1895); McCurdv, History,
Prophecy, and the Monuments, 3 vols. (1895-1901); Kent, A History of the Hebrew
People, 3 vols. (1896-99); Cornill, History of the People of Israel (1898); W. E.
Barnes, art. "History of Israel," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible,Vo\.\l (1899) ;
PATON, Early History of Syria and Palestine (1901); OTTLEY, A Short History of the
Hebrews to the Roman Period (1901) ; GUTHE, art. " Israel," Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol.
II (1901); Wade, Old Testament History (1901, 2d ed. 1903); H. P. Smith, Old Tes-
tament History ( 1 903 ).

Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, 2 vols. (1881-88) ; Wellhausen, Israelitische
und judische Geschichte (1894, 5th ed. 1904); Kosters, Het Herstel van Israel in het
Persische Tijdvak (1894, German transl. 1895) ; Winckler, Geschichte Israels in Einzel-
darstellungen, 2 vols. (1895-1900); Ed. Meyer, Die Entstehung des fudenthums
(1896); Van Hoonacker, Nouvelles itudes sur la restauration juive (1896) ; Guthe,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel (1899; 2d ed. 1901); Piepenbring, Histoire du peuple
d 'Israel (1898); Stade, Die Entstehung des Volkes Israel (1899); Lohr, Geschichte
des Volkes Israel (1900).

§ 2. Materials for such inquiry may be obtained (1) from each of
the books or writings concerned, by an examination of the diction and
style, of the allusions to institutions and historical events, and of the
religious ideas; and also (2) from outside sources, among which may be
included the Egyptian, and especially the Assyrian and Babylonian
monumental literature.

See Schrader, The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament (1883, transl. in
2 vols., 1885-88); Sayce (editor), Records of the Past (new series), Vols. I-VI (1889-92);
Evetts, New Light on the Bible and the Holy Land {no date); Sayce, The Higher

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Criticism and the Verdict of the Monuments (3d ed. 1894); McCurdy, History,
Prophecy and the Monuments, Vols. I— III (1895-1901) ; Hommel, The Ancient Hebrew
Tradition as Illustrated by the Monuments (1897); T. Nicol, Recent Archceology
and the Bible ("Croall Lectures" for 1898); Morris Jastrow, The Religion of
Babylonia and Assyria (1898); Ira M. Price, The Monuments and the Old Testa-
ment (1899); C. J. Ball, Light from the East (1899); Driver, "Hebrew Authority"
in Hogarth's Authority and Archceology, Sacred and Profane (1899), pp. 1-152;
Kellner, The Assyrian Monuments Illustrating the Sermons of Isaiah (1900);
R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Literature, Selected Translations (" World's
Great Books," Aldine edition, 1901); Budde, "The Old Testament and the Excava-
tions," American Journal of Theology, Vol. VI (1902), pp. 685-708; T. G. Pinches,
The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria
and Babylonia (1902; 2d ed. 1903); Friedrich Delitzsch, Babel and Bible (1902,
transl. by C. H. W. Johns, 1903); Sayce, The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia
("Gifford Lectures" for 1902); Konig, The Bible and Babylon (1902, transl. 1903);
HlLPRECHT, Explorations in Bible Lands during the Nineteenth Century (1903);
G. A. Cooke, A Text-Book of North Semitic Inscriptions (1903); Kittel, The Babylon-
ian Excavations and Early Bible History (1902; transl. 1903); W. St. Chad Bos-
cawen, The First of Empires (1903) ; Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt (1905.)

Winckler, Keilinschriftliches Textbuch zum Alten Testament (1892, 2d ed. 1903) ;
LlDZBARSKl, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik nebst ausgewdhlten Inschriften
(1898); Winckler tjnd Zimmern,Z>zV Keilinschriften und das A lie Testament (3d ed.
1902); Lidzbarski, Ephemeris fiir semitische Epigraphik, Bd. I (1900-1902), Bd. II
(1903?!.); Oettli, Der Kampf um Bibel und Babel (1902); Gunkel, Israel und
Babylonien: Der Einfluss Babyloniens auf die israelitische Religion (1903) ; C. Bezold,
Die babylonisck-assyrischen Keilinschriften und ihre Bedeutung fiir das Alte Testa-
ment (1904); Alfred Jeremias, Das Alte Testament im Lichte des Alten Orients
(1904); Morris Jastrow, Jr., Die Religion Babyloniens und Assyriens (transl. from
the English, and enlarged ; Vol. I [1905]).

§ 3. Certain Principles are accepted as guiding an inquiry of this
nature. Among these may be noted the following :

1. Evidence as to the date, authorship, origin, etc., of a writing,
based on a study of the language, style, historical allusions, etc., is of
the highest value, provided it has been gathered in a scientific way.

2. Full recognition is to be made of the general method of history-
writing employed in ancient times ; viz., compilation.

3. The writer or speaker, in each case, addressed the people of his
own times, and, consequently, shaped his material to influence those
times primarily.

4. The sacred narratives as such are to be accounted neither poeti-
cal pieces, nor historical treatises, nor scientific theses ; but rather as
literature illustrating and intended to teach the great principles of
the religious life.

5. Distinction is to be made sharply between the record of an event,
whatever may be the date of the record, and the event itself.

CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION 5

6. Distinction is also to be made between the original form of an
utterance, and any later literary form in which it may have been
clothed.

7. A writer describing an event of earlier times does not always
separate clearly the sympathies and antipathies of his own times from
those of the age to which the event belongs.

8. The writer or compiler is influenced in his selection of material
and in his form of presentation by the purpose which he has in mind.

§ 4. Certain Problems exist, for which some kind of solution is
necessary before real progress can be made, in the study of the pro-
phetic element. The more important of these are the following:1

1. The scope and character of the work which is to be ascribed to
Moses.

2. The particular psalms, if any, which are to be assigned to the
authorship of David.

3. The content, character, and relative position of the portions of
the Hexateuch commonly ascribed to the two prophetic narratives
known as J and E.

4. The date, circumstances of origin, and general interpretation of
the prophetic writing ascribed to Joel ; in other words, the question
whether this is the earliest, or one of the latest, of the prophetic
writings.

5. The origin and date of the book of Deuteronomy, whether in
early times, such as those of Moses, or in the days of Josiah, about
621 B. C.

6. The origin and date of chaps. 40-66 of Isaiah, whether they
come (a) from one author, viz., the Isaiah of Hezekiah's times, or an
exilic prophet; or (i>) from several authors, all of whom lived in the
period of the exile or later.

7. The relationship of chaps. 40-48 of Ezekiel to the preceding
and following development of the priestly idea, as seen in the portions
of the Hexateuch ascribed to P.

8. The question of insertions in earlier prophets, especially Amos,
Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah, from the hands of later prophets.

9. The date and place of Zechariah, chaps. 9-1 1 and 12-14.

10. The relationship and the editorial union of the various sources
of the Hexateuch, known as J, E, D, and P.

11. The origin and literary character of the book of Daniel, in its
present form.

1 These problems will be given further consideration in connection with the various
periods to which they belong.

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12. The particular periods to which the various groups of psalms,
as well as many individual psalms, are to be assigned.

§5. The Content of Prophetic Material is to be understood as
including:

1. The important lives and events of a given period; for these,
entirely apart from the record of them, constituted an influential factor
in the development of Israel's religious thought. Prophecy of this
kind (e. g., the life of Samuel, or the deliverance of Jerusalem from
Sennacherib in 701 B. C.) may be called living prophecy.

2. Stories of the past concerning great lives and significant events
written down for the encouragement or warning of Israel by one whose
purpose is prophetic; for such stories (e. g., those of Genesis, Exodus,
Samuel, and Kings) were intended to influence the life of the people
in the midst of whom the prophet worked, and to whom they were
addressed. Prophecy of this kind may be called experience prophecy.

3. Descriptions of the present, in which the writer depicts the sins
of the rulers, the corruption of the priests, and the ignorance of the
masses ; or expresses approval of the manifestation of a true desire for
righteousness; or names the obligations growing out of the relation-
ship sustained by Israel to Jehovah ; or describes the punishment
which Israel is now suffering because of her faithlessness; for such
descriptive utterances were intended to turn the people away from
their sins — a true prophetic purpose, and may properly be called
descriptive prophecy.

4. Predictions of the future, in which the prophet foretells the
divine judgment which is soon to fall upon a land full of corrup-
tion and to leave it a scene of desolation ; or the glorious future of a
redeemed Zion, abounding in peace and prosperity, a future which
shall include even the coming of Jehovah himself, and the renovation
and purification of the entire world; for, here again, the sole purpose
of the utterance is to deter the people or to persuade them to come
nearer to Jehovah and to live lives more worthy of his character.
Such utterance is properly called predictive prophecy.

§ 6. A Classification of Prophetic Material According to Historical
Periods will follow the usual divisions of Hebrew history; viz., early
(down to 621 B. C), middle (621-444 B. C), and late (444-161 B. C).
The close connection between history and prophecy not only justifies
but demands the adoption of the same general divisions. The history
of the Hebrew nation is, for the most part, a history of thought, rather
than of life or of action. Prophecy is one phase of that thought, and is
to be understood only as it stands in proper relation to the other phases.

CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION J

§ 7. The Early Period of Hebrew history (to 621 B. C.) will include
the larger portion of the prophetic development ; for prophetism is
the earliest of the three great factors entering into the history of
Hebrew thought (the others being the priestly element, and the wisdom
element). In this early period we find three stages of prophetic
growth, viz.:

1. The patriarchal, extending to the time of Samuel (1100 B. C),
and including :

a) Institutions expressive of religious thought, and especially those
employed in connection with oracular consultation.

b) The facts of history, whether lives or events, from Abraham to
Samuel, in so far as they had significance in connection with the
development of Israel's religious life, e. g., the exodus from Egypt.

c) The ancient traditions, whatever they were, inherited by Israel,
and handed down from father to son.

d) Actual utterances by religious leaders of prophetic spirit, which
may safely be attributed to this period.

2. The Davidic, extending from Samuel to Solomon, and called
Davidic because David was the central figure of the great group,
Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon. This period may properly be
called that of the United Kingdom, and will include :

a) The institutions which had their origin, or on which special
emphasis was placed, in this period ; e. g., the prophetic schools, the
temple.

b) The lives of these men in so far as they influenced and insti-
gated religious thought, together with the events of national impor-
tance connected with those lives ; e. g., the founding of the monarchy.

c) Old traditions concerning the patriarchs, and new traditions
just forming concerning Israel's earliest leaders.

d) Oral utterances of prophets of the period, like Samuel, Nathan,
Gad, and others, which were handed down, due allowance being made
for accretions in the transmission.

e) Actual literary pieces of a prophetic character coming from this
period, whether in the form of stories, addresses, or psalms.

3. The prophetic stage, so called because during this period prophet-
ism was the most conspicuous factor in Israelitish thought. Here two
separate, yet closely connected, growths present themselves :

a) The northern (933-721 B. C), which includes, besides the insti-
tutions and traditions of northern Israel, the work of Elijah, Elisha, and
Jonah, who did not write; also that of Amos and Hosea, who were the

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first literary prophets ; and the story-literature which took form at
this time, including the E-narrative.

b) The southern (760-630 B. C), which includes, besides the insti-
tutions and traditions of southern Israel, the prophetic narrative
J; the literary work of Isaiah, Micah, and Zephaniah ; and the story-
literature which took form at this time.

§8. The Middle Period (621-444 B. C.) finds prophecy at its highest
point and carries it in its decay through three stages :

1. Pre-exilic, or the prophecy of Jeremiah and his contemporaries
(640-586 B. C). Here are assigned, in particular, (a) the legal and
story-literature found in Deuteronomy and the earlier portions of Kings;
(6) the utterances of Nahum, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and the earlier
sermons of Ezekiel ; and {c) such prophetic psalms as may be so
treated.

2. Exilic, or the prophecy of the captivity (586-538 B. C). Here
belong (a) the significance of such lives as Jeremiah's, and such events
as the destruction of Jerusalem ; (6) the later sermons of Ezekiel, the
utterances of Obadiah, portions of the collection found in Isaiah, chaps.
40-66, and (c) some psalms.

3. Post-exilic, or the prophecy of the Restoration (538-444 B. C).
Here belong the sermons of Haggai and Zechariah (chaps. 1-8), the
book of Malachi, additions to earlier prophecies, and many psalms,
although most of these are priestly in their tone.

§9. The Late Period brings prophecy to its end (444-160 B. C),
and includes only the last and dying words of prophecy, which really
have more of the character of apocalypse than of true prophecy. Here
belong the book of Joel, the material of Zechariah, chaps. 9-1 1,
12-14, the story of Jonah, later additions to the earlier prophets, and,
in its present form, the story of Daniel. The psalms of this period are
almost wholly priestly.

§10. The Work of the Prophet, viewed externally in distinction
from the inner thought of prophecy, deserves careful study, since much
depends upon the immediate environment which conditioned the pro-
phetic thought. Each historical period makes a special contribution
to this subject. The principal heads of classification are the following :

1. The private life of the prophet, including his parentage, home,
education, occupation, and social position.

2. The political activity of the prophet, including his attitude toward
the home government, his policy in relation to foreign nations, the
new measures which he proposes, and his general political point of view.

CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION

3. The pastoral activity of the prophet, in its various forms of
preaching, of individual work, teaching in schools, charitable work,
etc.

4. The literary activity of the prophet, including story-writing, its
methods and characteristics; sermon-writing; editorial revision of
earlier writings; general literary form.

5. The prophetic reception of the divine message, as by forms of
sorcery and divination, the use of external agencies such as music, the
use of the lot, the urim and thummim, dreams, visions or ecstatic
trances, and spiritual enlightenment.

6. The prophetic proclamation of the divine message, by tongue and
pen, through symbols and symbolic actions, by the use of literary
skill, and by the employment of oratorical methods.

§11. The Principal Ideas of prophetism, as they were presented
from period to period, form a definite body of teaching, including
many subjects. These subjects may be roughly classified as follows :

1 . As relating to God and the supernatural world:

a) The idea of God, his personality, his names, and his self-
manifestations.

b) The various attributes of God.

c) God in creation and in history.
d) Angels, cherubim, seraphim.

e) Evil spirits ; sorcery, witchcraft, etc.

2. As relating to man:

a) The origin of man, his nature, dignity, destiny.
l>) The origin and nature of sin and guilt.
c) Atonement for sin.
d) Death and the future world.

3. As relating to the future of Israel:

a) The coming of Jehovah; the day of Jehovah.

b) The holy land in which Israel will dwell.

c) The future destruction of the "nations."

d) The new covenant, individual instead of national.

e) The royal order and the messianic king.

/) The place of prophetism in the new regime.
g) The place of the church in the new regime.
h) The suffering servant ; the vicarious idea.

4. As relating to ethical standards and worship:

a) Morality and standards of morality for individual and nation.

b) Righteousness and faith.

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c) A covenant relationship between God and man.

d) Attitude toward worship and forms of worship.

§12. The Various Schools of Interpretation may be arranged in
three groups :

i. The rationalistic school denies the existence in Hebrew prophet-
ism of any element or factor not found in the history of other nations.
The visions of the prophets are only the aspiration and imaginings of a
school of poets; their predictions have not been fulfilled, and their
fulfilment need not be expected.

2. The predictive school lays greatest emphasis on the predictive ele-
ment in prophecy, other elements being largely ignored. This school
has two divisions:

a) The literal interpreters, who understand that the prophetic pre-
dictions will be fulfilled in their literal meaning.

b) The spiritual interpreters, who maintain the fulfilment of the
spirit, not the letter of the predictions.

3. The historical school assigns to prediction a less important place,
and emphasizes the historical element in prophecy, and the ethical
character of the prophet's work in and for his own times. Here again
two divisions exist:

a) The conditional interpreter of the predictive element teaches
that the various predictions are conditioned rather than absolute, and
consequently capable of fulfilment only in case of the realization of the
condition expressed or implied.

b) The idealistic interpreter understands that the predictions were
ideal representations based upon a high conception of God; and that
these representations have been gradually realized as these higher
ideas of God have been accepted.

§ 13. Books on Prophecy.2

Schultz, Old Testament Theology, 2 vols. (1868, 5th ed. 1896, transl. 1892);
Kuenen, The Prophets and Prophecy in Israel (1875, transl. 1877); W. R. Smith,
The Prophets of Israel (1882, new ed. 1895); Orelli, Old Testament Prophecy (1882,
transl. 1885); Briggs, Messianic Prophecy (1886) ; Piepenbring, The Theology of the
Old Testament (1886, transl. 1893); Kirkpatrick, The Doctrine of the Prophets
(1892) ; Montefiore, Religion of the Ancient Hebrews ("Hibbert Lectures" for 1892) ;
Cornill, The Prophets of Israel (1894, transl. 3d ed. 1898); McCurdy, History,
Prophecy, and the Monuments, 3 vols. (1894-1901); F. H. Woods, The Hope of Israel
(1896); G. A. Smith, The Book of the Twelve Prophets, 2 vols. (Expositor's Bible,
1896-98); Riehm, Messianic Prophecy (3d ed. 1900); G. S. Goodspeed, Israels
Messianic Hope (1900); Davidson, art. "Prophecy and Prophets," Hastings's

"This list is intended to include only the most important books on the subject of
prophecy.

CONTENT AND CLASSIFICATION I I

Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. IV (1902); Cheyne, Guthe, and Volz, art. "Prophetic
Literature," Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol. Ill (1902); A. B. Davidson, Old Testament
Prophecy (1904); L. W. Batten, The Hebrew Prophet (1905).

Duhm, Die Theologie der Propheten (1875); Bruston, Histoire critique de la
litteralure prophetique (1881); K.ONIG, Der Offenbarungsbegriff des Alten Testaments,
2 vols. (1882) ; Maybaum, Die Entwickelung des israelitischen Prophetenthums (1883);
LoTZ, Geschichte und Offenbarung itn Alten Testament (1891) ; Smend, Lehrbuch der
alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte (1893, 2d ed. 1899); Marti, Geschichte der israeli-
tischen Religion (3d ed. 1897); VoLZ, Die vorexilische Jahweprophetie und der
Messias (1897); Giesebrecht, Die Berufsbegabung der alttestamentlichen Propheten
(1897); Kittel, Profetie und Weissagung (1899); Konig, Das Berufsbewusstsein
der alttestamentlichen Propheten (1900); Kraetzschmar, Prophet und Seher im
alten Israel (1901); Koberle, Siinde und Gnade itn religibsen Leben des Volkes
Israel bis au/ Christum (1905) ; Stade, Biblische Theologie des Alten Testaments, Vol. I
(1905).

CHAPTER II.

DEFINITION AND PRINCIPLES OF THE PROPHETIC ELEMENT.

§14. The Word "Prophet" and the Hebrew word of which it is a
translation require consideration.

1. Dots pro in "pro-phet" mean "before" or "for"? What is the
meaning of the Greek word phe-mi from which the second syllable of
"prophet" is derived?

2. Compare with this the word "pre-diction," which is of Latin
origin, and note the difference.

3. Consider the meanings assigned the Hebrew root na-bha\ from
which nd-bhV, "prophet," comes; does it mean (a) "to bubble forth,"
the prophet being thus represented as one through whom prophecy
bubbles forth, as the spring bubbles forth from the earth? or {b) simply
"to speak" {cf the Assyrian root, which means "to call, name"), the
prophet being thus simply a spokesman? or (V) "to carry off by force"
{cf. Assyrian root), thus representing the prophet as an involuntary
speaker, carried away by a supernatural power, as in an ecstatic
vision ? or (d) is the word prophet a denominative meaning "one con-
trolled by the god Nebo" ?

4. Note the meaning of the word "prophecy" as used of Saul and
others in 1 Sam. 10:5,6, 10, 13; 18:10; 19:20-24; its use with music,
the frenzy implied, the violence indicated; also the characterization of
Elisha by Jehu's servants as "mad fellow," 2 Kings 9:11; and
consider the relation between prophecy and insanity in their outward
manifestation.

5. Consider the note in 1 Sam. 9:9 which refers to the introduction
of the word "prophet" as a substitute for an earlier word "seer."

6. Note also that the word is used of an official class, characterized
as "false prophets;" cf. especially Deut. 13:1-6; 18:20-22, and many
places; e.g., Isa. 28:7; Jer. 2:26; 4:9.

7. Decide in what sense Amos's denial (7: 14) that he is a prophet
or the son of a prophet is to be taken.

8. Consider the discredited position of the "prophet" in the days of
Zechariah, as indicated in Zech. 13:2-6.

9. Note, on the other hand, the meaning of "prophet" called for in
the statement (Exod. 7: 1) that Aaron is to be a prophet to Moses {cf.
Jer. 15:19)-

DEFINITION AND PRINCIPLES

See the commentaries on 1 Sam. 9:9, especially those of H. P. Smith (1899),
Nowack (1901), Budde (1902), Kennedy (1905), and Thenius-Lohr (1898); and
the Hebrew dictionaries, viz., Brown Driver-Briggs (1891 ff.), Gesenius-Buhl
(14th ed., 1905), and Siegfried-Stade (1893).

See also REDSLOB, Der Begriff des Nabi (1839); Ewald, Commentary on the
Prophets of the Old Testament, Vol. I, pp. 8 f.; HUPFELD, Zeitschrift fiir die Kunde
des Morgenlandes, Vol. Ill, p. 40; Delitzsch, Assyrisches Handwbrterbuch, p. 44 1;
Kuenen, The Prophets and Prophecy in Israel, pp. 42 ff.; Hoffmann, Zeitschrift fiir
die alttestameniliche IVissenschaft, Vol. Ill, pp. 87 ff.; W. R. Smith, Prophets of Israel
(2d ed.), pp. 390 f.; Oehler, Old Testament Theology, pp. 363 ff.; Maybaum, Die
Entwickelung des israelitischen Prophetenthums, p. 1 13; Fleischer in Delitzsch's
Genesis (4th ed.), p. 552; Schultz, Old Testament Theology, Vol. I, pp. 264 ff.;
Wellhausen, Composition des Hexateuchs (3d ed.) p. 242; Orelli, Old Testament
Prophecy, pp. II f.; Briggs, Messianic Prophecy, pp. 14 ff.; Konig, Der Offen-
barungsbegriff des Alien Testaments, Vol. I, pp. 73 ff.; Giesebrecht, Die Berufs-
begabung der alttestamentlichen Propheten (1897); Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestament-
lichen Religionsgeschichte (2d ed., 1899), p. 80; Kittel, Prophetie and Weissagung
(1899); K.ONIG, Das Berufsbewusstsein der alttestamentlichen Propheten (1900);
Kraetzschmar, Prophet und Seher itn alien Israel (1901); A. B. Davidson in
Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. IV, pp. 108 f.; Cheyne, Encyclopedia Biblica,
cols. 3853 f.; Bewer, American fournal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol.
XVIII (1902), p. 120; W. R. Harper, Amos and Hosea (International Critical Com-
mentary, 1905), p. 4; H. P. Sunn, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. XXIV,
pp. 27 f.; Batten, The Hebrew Prophet, pp. 317, 344; and Holzinger (1898),
Gunkel (1901), and Driver (1904) on Gen. 20:7.

§15. The Words for "Seer" and "Vision" also occupy an important
place in prophecy.

1. Note the use of ro-'eh in Isa. 30:10; 1 Sam. 9:9 ff.; 2 Chron.
16:7, 10.

2. Note the use of ho-zeh in Am. 7:12; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7;
2 Chron. 33: 18; 2 Sam. 24: 1 1; 2 Chron. 9:29; 29:30.

3. Note the use of "vision" in Isa. 21:2; 29:11; 28: 18; Joel 3: 1 ;
Job 4:13; 7:14; 2 Sam. 7:17; Zech. 13:4.

4. Consider again 1 Sam. 9:9, and explain the significance of this
change; when and why did the new word come in?

5. Observe that these words originally marked the method of
receiving the divine communication, it being seen in a vision, that is,
an ecstacy or trance (Dan. 8:13, 17, 26), or a dream (Isa. 29:7); but in
time they came to designate the utterance or writing of the message, as
in Jer. 23: 16; Hab. 2:2; Hos. 12:11; Nah. 1:1; Isa. 1:1.

See on visions and similar phenomena: Oehler, Ueber das Verhdltniss der
alttestamentlichen Prophetie zur heidnischen Mantik (1861); Baur, Der Prophet Amos,
p. 400; Duhm, Die Theologie der Propheten, pp. 86 ff.; Oehler, Theology of the Old
Testament, §^207 , 209; Kuenen, The Prophets and Prophecy in Israel,^. 76-85; Konig,
Der Offenbarungsbe griff des alien Testamentes, Vol. II, pp. 8-60; Maybaum, Die Ent-

14 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

wickelung des israelitischen Prophetenthums, pp. 1-6; Briggs, Messianic Prophecy, pp.
6-IO; Riehm, Alttestamentliche Theologie, pp. 20 ff., 212 ff.; Schultz, Old Testament
Theology, Vol. I, pp. 250 ff., 275-79, 281 ff.; Orelli, Old Testament Prophecy, pp. 4 ff.;
Meinhold, Prophetie und Schwdrmerei (1892); Gunkel, Schbpfung und Chaos, pp.
323-27; W. R. Smith, Prophets of Israel, pp. 2i9"ff., 421; Borchert, "Die Visionen der
Propheten," Theologische Studien und Kritiken (1895), pp. 217 ft.; Dillmann, Alt-
testamentliche Theologie, pp. 477 ff ., 494 ; Schwartzkopff, Die prophetische Offenbarung
(1896); SMEND, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte (2d ed.), pp. 82 ff.;
GlESEBRECHT, Die Berufsbegabung der alttestamentlichen Propheten,pp. 38-72; DRIVER,
Joel and Amos, pp. 200 ff., cf. p. 126; Macdonald, Journal of the American Oriental
Society, Vol. XX (1899), pp. 89 ff., 96, 109 f., 117; Morgan, arts. "Trance" and
"Vision," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. IV; Volz AND Cheyne, art.
"Prophetic Literature," (§§ 19, 20), Encyclopedia Biblica.

§16. The Prophetic Vocabulary contains also other words deserving
special study, among which are :

1. The word ne'utn, translated "saith" in Ps. 110:1; this would be
better rendered "utterance," "oracle" {cf. also in Ps. 36:1; Prov.
30 : 1), and really means "whispering," "murmuring ; " it is used espe-
cially with divine names, e. g., Gen. 22:16; Isa. 14:22!.; 30:1;
31:9; Hos. 2:15; n: n; Am. 3:13; 4:5; 6:8; 8:35 Ezek-
13:6; 16 : 58 ; Jer. 2 : 22 ; 46 : 18 ; 49 : 5 ; Nah. 2:14; Zech. 13:2;
but also with the name of a prophet in an ecstatic state, cf. Numb.

24:3, J5; 2 Sam- 23:1-

2. The word masse? , translated " burden," "utterance," "oracle."

(a) Note the use of the verb (="liftup") in Numb. 23 : 7 ; Mic. 2:44;
Isa. 14: 4, when the reference is to some formal or solemn utterance.
{b) Examine the word in Isa. 13: 1; 14:28; 15:1; 2 Kings 9 : 25 ;
Hab. 1:1. (c) Note, however, that in Jer. 23 : 33, 34, 36, 38 the use of
this word is strictly prohibited.

3. The use of "word" (Heb. dabhar) is also to be noticed as a
technical one, designating the utterance of the prophet, as dis-
tinguished from the "law" {tordh) of the priest, and the "counsel" of
the sage {cf Jer. 18:18).

4. The phrase "And Jehovah (or God) said," or "Thus said
Jehovah," is frequently used to designate a prophetic utterance {cf.
Am. 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2: 1, 4, 6; 5:4; Hos. 3:1; Isa. 8:1; 37 = 33;
43: 1 ; Jer. 3: n; 11:6; 13:1; Ezek. 6:11; 8:5; 30:13; Zech.
8:9; 11:15. Concerning this phrase, it may be noted {a) that it
does not indicate the method of speech employed by the Deity, since it
is used of all the methods of divine communication; {b) that. in
many cases it designates the prompting of the heart, the voice of
conscience, and consequently is used by the false prophet (Jer.

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28 : 2 ft.; 1 Kings 22 : 11) who, perhaps, really thinks that he is utter-
ing the " word of God," and also of ideas which later experience shows
God would not indorse ; cf. the lying spirit placed by God in the
mouths of the prophets (1 Kings 22:19-23); (c) that time was
required to sift the alleged "sayings of God," and to determine
whether, after all, they bore the divine stamp; observe the provision
made for this in Deut. 18 : 22 f.

See especially Briggs, Messianic Prophecy, pp. 12-22; Orelli, Old Testa-
ment Prophecy, pp. 5-13; GlESEBRECHT, Die Berufsbegabung det alttestamentlichen
Propheten; Konig, Das Berufsbewusstsein der alttestamentlichen Propheten; VOLZ,
art. "Prophetic Literature" (§§ 14 f.), Encyclopaedia Biblica.

§17. Definitions of Prophecy.

1. The Rationalistic School of interpretation excludes from prophecy
everything that points to guidance by a higher power, and then reduces
it to the level of ordinary human composition. Prophecy, from this
point of view, may be defined as a system of thought (a) intended to
lift the people to an ethical conception of the Deity; (6) advocated
by men of various degrees of moral and intellectual attainment, some
of whom were fanatics, others men of great spiritual endowment; (c)
including coarse and extravagant pictures of the people's sins, and
varied by prognostications of the future which were more likely to
prove false than true.

Here may be classified such works as Spinoza, Tractalus theologico-politicus
(1670), chaps, i-iii ; Hitzig, Vorlesungen iiber biblische Theologie und messianische
Weissagungen des Alten Testaments (1880) ; Renan, History of the People of Israel;
and, with some reservation, Kuenen, Prophets and Prophecy in Israel.

2. The Predictive School of interpreters, on the other hand, ignores
very largely any relationship between prophecy and history, treats
prediction as the most important factor in prophecy, and demands an
exact fulfilment in letter or spirit of every predicted utterance. From
this point of view, prophecy may be defined as the foretelling, by
information granted directly through revelation, of occurrences which
were contingent, and which, therefore, were not to be foreknown by
human wisdom.

To this school belong, for example : Hengstenberg, Christology of the Old
Testament (1872-75); R. Payne Smith, Prophecy a Preparation for Christ (1871);
Gloag, The Messianic Prophecies (1879) ; Pember, The Great Prophecies concerning
the Gentiles, the fetus, and the Church of God (1881); Stanley Leathes, Old Testa-
ment Prophecy; Its Witness as a Record of Divine Foreknowledge (1880) ; Thomas
Newton, Dissertations on the Prophecies Which Have Remarkably Been Fulfilled,
etc. (1883) ; W. H. Green, Moses and the Prophets (1883).

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3. The Historical School of interpretation places great emphasis
upon the historical connections of prophetic utterances, relegates pre-
diction to a less prominent position than is given it by the Predictive
School, and endeavors to trace through the centuries the beginnings,
the growth and climax, and the decay and death of this movement of
Israelitish thought. From this point of view, prophecy may be defined
as a special form of religious instruction, in which effort is made to
illustrate and to formulate the principles in accordance with which the
Ruler of the universe conducts his government of nations and of indi-
viduals.

As representative of this school, which is now dominant, may be cited : W.
Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel; Cornill, Prophets of Israel; Kirkpatrick,
Doctrine of the Prophets; RlEHM, Messianic Prophecy; SMEND, Lehrbuch der alttesta-
mentlichen Religionsgeschichte; Marti, Geschichte der israelitischen Religion ; Monte-
fiore, Religion of the Ancient Hebrews; Batten, The Hebrew Prophet.

§ 18. History in its Relation to Prophecy. — Three points deserve
attention:

1. A knowledge of Israelitish history is necessary for any proper
understanding of Old Testament prophecy; still further, there is
needed an acquaintance also with that wider Semitic history of which
Israelitish history is only a part. This becomes evident in the study
of such a prophet as Isaiah, whose voice was heard on all the great
political issues at a time when Israel's interests were closely interwoven
with those of Egypt and Assyria.

2. The history of a period is fundamental to the prophecy of that
period, since the history lies back of the prophecy and supports it.
Even more, the history occasions the prophecy; the historical event
furnishes the situation which prophecy undertakes to interpret. Con-
sider from this point of view the prophecies of Isaiah uttered in con-
nection with the embassy of Merodach-Baladan to Hezekiah (chap. 39).

3. If prophecy has in it a divine element, then history has the
same. If history is human — that is, determined by the will of man,
characterized by the limitations of human weakness — so is prophecy.
The prophet conveys a true conception of God's will, but he is limited
in his work by the character of the language which he employs, by
the ignorance and wilfulness of the people whom he addresses, and by
the weakness inherent in his own humanity, and inseparable from the
situation in which he does his work.

§ 19. The Time, Form, and Substance of Prophecy are conditioned :

1. The time of the utterance of a given prophecy was determined by

the time of the occurrence of the event or experience which gave rise

DEFINITION AND PRINCIPLES I 7

to the prophecy. If the event or experience had been postponed, the
preaching of the particular truth taught by the event would have been
postponed. Each truth was appropriately made known at a particular
time in the history which, as it proceeded, furnished a basis for the
announcement of that truth. Every crisis signified the promulgation of
some new truth ; e. g., Isa'iah's doctrine of the inviolability of Jerusalem
was announced in connection with Sennacherib's attempt upon the city.

2. The form of the prophetic utterance was also determined by
the historical event out of which it grew. The same truth takes on
varying forms in different periods. The form in every case finds its
explanation in the particular circumstances with which it stood closely
related. Consider, for example, the apocalyptic, enigmatical character
of the prophecy of Daniel in the light of the tyrannical oppression
of Antiochus Epiphanes, in whose reign it was written.

3. The very substance of prophecy was dependent upon and deter-
mined by the historical event. Amos preaches destruction in view of
an approaching Assyrian invasion. Isaiah announces the doctrine of
the remnant when Jerusalem's existence is threatened. The doctrine
of individualism appears at the very moment when national existence
is about to perish. When loyal Israel is languishing in captivity, the
reproach and sport of her enemies, the doctrine of a suffering servant
is presented. At this time, too, arguments for the oneness of God
are urged more earnestly than before. At the time of the restoration,
prophecy concerns itself with the rebuilding of the temple. The
substance of prophecy cannot, in any case, be separated from the his-
tory of the prophetic people.

§ 20. Prophecy's Relation to the Nation's Past, Present, and Future. —
Prophecy had to do with all three spheres of time :

1. With the past, when the speaker presents for the encouragement
or the warning of his countrymen the record of God's dealings in for-
mer times with the nation and with individuals — stories of the nation's
apostasy and consequent slavery; of a king's crime and the punish-
ment which followed; of a royal prayer and a miraculous deliverance;
of a prophetic mission and a city turned from sin, such as are found
throughout Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, and Kings.

2. With the present, when the prophet describes the wickedness and
iniquity which he sees on every side and rebukes it; or observes a
true desire for righteousness and approves it — pictures of the corrup-
tion and debauchery existing among the ruling classes ; of extortion
and oppression practiced upon the poor; of faithlessness and skepti-

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cism toward the nation's God Jehovah ; of peace and prosperity the
result of obedience, such as occupy a large portion of the space of
written prophecy. See, for example, Am. 3:9-15; 5:4-12; Hos.
4:1-19; Zeph. 2:1—3:7; Jer. 3:21—4:5.

3. With the future, when the prophet, acquainted with the laws
in accordance with which the divine will acts, and knowing therefore
that which must follow this or that line of conduct, directs his thoughts
to the glorious future, with all its splendid prospects for the nation
and its ideal government; or in tones of thunder depicts the divine
judgment which must inevitably fall upon a land so full of corruption
and idolatry, and leave it a scene of desolation. Cf. Isa., chap. 28 ;
Am. 9:11-15; Ezek., chaps. 6, 7.

§21. Prediction occupies a large and important place in prophecy,
and may be considered from the point of view of —

1. Its immediate purpose, viz., to influence the minds of the people
directly addressed. Here it is important to observe (a) that every pre-
diction grew out of two factors : one, the historical situation ; the
other, the body of principles received and applied by the prophets;

(b) that prediction in almost every case was general rather than specific ;

(c) that general predictions were frequently applied specifically by New
Testament writers, e.g., Isa. 9:1, 2; cf. Matt. 4:14 ff.; Isa. 29:13; cf.
Matt. 15:8 f.

2. Its conditional character. Study Jer. 18: 1-10 and note: (a) When
the prediction contained a threat, and the people for this reason gave
heed to the words of the threat, the calamity threatened did not fall ;
in other words, the prediction remained unfulfilled ; and (6) when
the prediction took the form of a promise, and the people gave no
heed to the words of the prophet uttering the promise, the thing
promised was not given ; in other words, the prediction was unful-
filled. The predictions of the prophet who was able by his preaching
to turn the people from their sins were not fulfilled, the prophet's suc-
cess rendering the fulfilment unnecessary; while on the other hand,
the predictions of disaster made by a prophet who had failed to reach
the hearts of the people were the predictions which received fulfil-
ment.

3. Its more distant purpose, as shown by time, the New Testament
writers, and human experience. This distant purpose (a) rested upon
the fact that the prophets' words were based upon principles true for
all time, and therefore capable of application to every situation which
corresponded in general to the situation for which the words were

DEFINITION AND PRINCIPLES I9

originally intended ; (b) presupposes the introductory and preparatory
character of the history in connection with which the utterances were
made ; (c) is to be closely connected in every case with the immediate
purpose ; (d) is to be interpreted in the light of the fact that in many
cases the prophets were setting forth lofty and inspiring ideals in
highly poetic and figurative language, the exact realization of which in
every detail is not to be expected ; see, e. g., Isa. 2 : 2-4 ; 1 1 : 6-9 ; Zech.
14: 16-21.

On predictive prophecy see Briggs, Messianic Prophecy, chap, ii ; Kuenen,
Prophets and Prophecy in Israel, chap, v ; Orelli, Old Testament Prophecy, pp. 50-62;
A. B. Davidson in Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. IV, pp. 120 f.; Volz, art.
"Prophetic Literature " (§§ 16 f.), Encyclopedia Biblica; Hoffmann, Weissagung und
Erfullung (1841) ; KlTTEL, Profetie und Weissagung (1899).

§ 22. The Prophet Himself is to be thought of —

1. As one of the people, the product of the agencies at work in the
nation, identified in spirit and life with his age, choosing one or another
of the political parties of his times, and always speaking a message
primarily intended for his contemporaries.

2. As a reformer, whose chief function was to improve the religious
condition of his people, dealing with the sins of his day rather than
with those of other periods, never speaking except to influence the
lives and thoughts of those whom he addressed.

3. As himself one of the objective factors influencing his people and
his age, representing ideas far in advance of his times, urging poli-
cies directly in contrast with those of his age, contending with an
audacious courage against the tendencies of his times, and all the while
shaping and molding these times.

§ 23. The Prophetic Work is also to be considered from the point of
view of —

1. The prophefs life in each case, and his relation to the technical
schools of the prophets which were in vogue. Some were professional
prophets, among these the so-called false prophets ; others refused to
be so considered. Some were priests, especially in the closing periods
of prophetic work. Some lived in the cities ; others came from the
country. Some were of royal blood ; others, of the most humble
parentage. Some exercised the powers of king or dictator; others
lived the life of martyrs and were placed in dungeons.

See I Sam. 10:9-12, 25 ff.; 11:14 f.; 13:8 ff.; I Kings 19:19 ft.; 20:35; 22:27 U
2 Kings 2:15 ff.; Amos 7: 14 ff.; Jer. 1: 1; 38:6; Ezek. 1:3; 4:14.

2. His relation to the priest. At first priest and prophet were hardly

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to be distinguished; later the prophet's high conceptions of God and
life bring him into direct conflict with the priests of his times; after a
time, prophet and priest join hands in promulgating the new law of
Deuteronomy, the priest thereby gaining great advantage ; still later,
the priest with the written "law" takes the place of the prophet and
his " word," the last prophets being themselves priests.

See I Sam., chap. 3; 7:5-11; Hos. 4:6-10; 5: 1 ff.; Amos 7:10 ff.; 2 Kings, chaps.
22 and 23; Ezek. 1:3; 4:14; chaps. 40-48; Hag. 2: 11 ff.; Mai. 1:6-14; 2: 1-9.

3. His relation to the sage — one of sympathy and co-operation,
although the prophet always represented the national point of view,
while the sage stood for the universal.

See Prov. 29:18; Am. 5:10; Isa. 29:21; Prov. 11:21; and 20:7; cf. Jer. 32:18;
and cf. Cheyne,/<?£ and Solomon, pp. 1 19 ff., 182 f.

§24. Israelitish History, Literature, and Prophecy share alike in the
characteristics of the Israelitish development.

1. Israelitish history, whatever may have been the special divine
relationship sustained to it, includes, on the part of its greatest leaders,
actions of the most sinful character, and, on the part of the nation itself,
actions and institutions of the most degraded type. It is the his-
tory of a nation, starting on the level of other nations, and gradually
rising, through the influence of great leaders, to a more and more noble,
more and more true, conception of God, and with every step upward
leaving behind some belief or custom inherited from paganism which
had become inconsistent with the higher ideal of God. This history
exhibits the influence of the divine spirit — an influence exerted with all
the strength of almighty power acting in consistency with other attri-
butes, and working in the hearts of a people held down by sin.
It is, in short, the story of a nation lifted little by little from the lowest
condition of nomadism, and exhibiting at each stage of progress the
weaknesses and sins common to peoples at that stage of advancement.

2. Israelitish literature, whatever may have been the special divine
relationship sustained to it, contains different and differing accounts of
the same event, including errors and inconsistencies in statement, if
interpreted in the light of history and science, and shows a total disre-
gard for the common laws of history-writing accepted in our time.
It is the literature of a nation passing through successive periods of
national growth, each period making some new contribution toward a
better knowledge of God and of his relationship to man. This litera-
ture exhibits the influence of the divine spirit — an influence exerted
with all the strength of almighty power acting in consistency with other

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attributes, and working in the hearts of a people of Semitic blood, living
during these periods of the world's history. The literature shared all
of the merits and the demerits of the history. Whatever one was, the
other was. It is, in short, the literature of a people brought, from
time to time, into contact with the great nations of the world, absorb-
ing from these nations good, as well as bad, and transmitting to the
next age the accumulations of the past to be arranged and interpreted
according to the ideas of each successive period.

3. Old Testament prophecy is both history and literature ; the former,
if viewed as a movement; the latter, if viewed as the product of that
movement. The prophets made history as well as literature. As agents
of the higher power which they firmly believed had especially called
them to its service, they entered heartily into everything that consti-
tuted national life. At times they were actually in full control of the
nation's development and for a period they almost exclusively consti-
tuted the literary class. Whatever is said of Israel's history may be
said of Israel's prophetism ; whatever is said of Israel's literature
may be said of Israel's prophecy. It was a movement, in some respects
the most eventful in the history of human thought, exhibiting more
definitely than any other, perhaps, the direct influence of the Holy
Spirit.

Part Second

THE HISTORY OF PROPHECY THROUGH HOSEA

III. Prophecy and Prophetism during the Period of the

Patriarchs and Judges.

IV. Prophecy and Prophetism During the Davidic Period.

V. The Background of Prophecy and Prophetism in the
Northern Kingdom.

VI. The Product of Prophecy and Prophetism from 933-
800 B.C.

VII. The Prophetic Message of the Early Histories.

VIII. The Prophetic Message of Amos.

IX. The Prophetic Message of Hosea.

CHAPTER III.

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE PERIOD OF
THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES.

§25. The Scope of This Period is practically that of Israel's begin-
nings, commencing with Abraham and closing about the time of
Samuel's birth. It includes therefore (1) the early nomadic life in
Palestine, (2) the descent into Egypt, (3) the exodus from Egypt,
(4) the residence in the wilderness, (5) the conquest of Canaan, (6)
the settlement in Canaan — a period of more than one thousand years.
§ 26. The Character of the Period may not easily be indicated.
The earlier portion could be only what a nomadic life made possible.
It was certainly not a period furnishing prophetic thought or pro-
phetic movement. It might be called //v-prophetic, because it pre-
ceded, and prepared the way for, the earliest phase of prophetic
development which started with Samuel. The religious spirit was
crude and primitive, although very intense. It was this spirit, how-
ever, that furnished the basis on which prophecy was to develop.
It was, above all, the period in which the older Semitic religion came
into contact with the Baalism of the Canaanites, in which Israel
"assimilated the mass of the Canaanites with their thought and their
principles" (Davidson). Israel's religion was long weighed down
with the foreign elements thus absorbed ; but when once these new
elements had been overcome and brought into control, the result was
something which proved to be broader and warmer; something which
could not have existed but for this commingling.

§27. The Contemporaneous Literary Sources of this
period are few. Those that exist are hardly to be called
prophetic. The determination of these sources is at-
tended with much difficulty (cf. § 3). Entire agreement
has not yet been reached. The following pieces, in
whole or in part, may, however, be regarded as the
literary product of this period :
Gen. 4:23,24. 1. The Song of Lamech, in which the primitive war-

like spirit of the early Semites finds expression.
Gen. 9:25-27. 2. The blessing of Noah, in which the hostility of

the Hebrews toward the Canaanites in post-Egyptian
times is the dominant note.
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3. Portions of the blessing of Jacob, a reflection of Gen., chap. 49.
the conditions and relations of the tribes in the days of

the early occupation of Canaan.

4. The Song of the Exodus, in which the triumph Exod. 15:1-19.
of Jehovah over the Egyptians is celebrated.

5. The original words of the Decalogue, in which Exod. 20: 1-17.
ethical and religious laws for the newly organized nation

are formulated.

6. Some portions of the Book of the Covenant, con- Exod., chaps.

21-23.
tabling the laws required for the conduct of social and

religious life in the newly acquired land of Canaan.

7. Notes of the itinerary from which the later accounts Numb., chaps.

J 10-25 and 33.

were developed.

8. Songs of the desert, arising out of the conditions Numb. 21:14 1,
of nomadic life.

q. Portions of Balaam's addresses, which grew out of Numb., chaps. 23,

24-

the strife between Israel and Moab in the days of con-
quest and settlement.

10. Portions of the Song of Moses, which express Deut.,chap. 33.
the ideals and hopes of the later days of this period.

11. The Song of Deborah, a triumphal ode upon Judg., chap. 5.
Israel's overthrow of the Canaanites under Sisera.

12. Jotham's fable, an illustration of the disturbed Judg. 9:7-15.
political conditions in early Israel.

It is to be noted that the present literary form of
some of this material — e. g., the Decalogue, the Bless-
ing of Jacob — is from a date later even than 900-800
B. C.

§ 28. Constructive Work. — In the case of each of the twelve pieces
cited under § 27, consider the following suggestions:

1. Ascertain the particular century to which the piece is now com-
monly assigned, together with the grounds on which its assignment to
this period rests.

2. Separate carefully those portions of the piece which may fairly
be regarded as having had their origin later than 1050 B. C, indi-
cating the reasons for this separation.

3. Describe the historical background of the piece in as close
detail as possible.

4. Indicate succinctly the content of the piece — what, as a matter
of fact, is said in it.

THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES

5. Try to connect the content with the historical setting, and to
discover the underlying purpose of the piece.

6. Formulate the principal teachings, the most vital thought, which
the piece contains.

§ 29. Later Literary Sources of information relating to
this period and throwing light upon (1) the institutions,
(2) the important lives and events, and (3) the utterances
of the principal characters, are to be found in certain
documents or books, the date of which falls a considerable
time after the events themselves. This material, ordi-
narily called tradition, represents more accurately the
point of view of the later age in which it took its
present literary form, than that of the age which it
describes. The following are the principal pieces falling
under this head :

1. Books (now lost) of the Wars of Jehovah and
of Jashar, probably collections of songs celebrating
Israel's victories from the time of Moses onward.

2. The book of Judges, a compilation of stories con-
cerning the conquest of Canaan, and of heroic deeds
against the Canaanites and other foes of Israel in the
pre-monarchical period. These stories were first reduced
to writing about the ninth century B. C, and this primi-
tive work underwent thorough revision at the hands of
successive editors until the book assumed its present
form. The result is a narrative presenting the early
history in Canaan from the Deuteronomic standpoint.

3. E, one of the constituent documents of the
Hexateuch, taking its name from its use of the word
Elohim in speaking of God, compiled probably in north-
ern Israel, and narrating the ancient traditions and early

40:1—41:40; s J

42:8-37; Exod. history of Israel from the point of view of northern

1 : 15—2 : 10; J

prophets, living not later than 850 B. C.

4. J, another constituent source of the Hexateuch,
deriving its name from its use of the name Jehovah in
speaking of God, compiled in Judah, and narrating the
ancient traditions and early history of Israel from the
point of view of southern prophets, living not later
than 750 B. C.

Numb. 21 : 14 ;
Jos. 10: 12, 13;
2 Sam. 1 : 17-27.

E. g., Judg. 6:1-
10; 10: 6-16;
chaps. 17 and
18; 21 11-14;
2:6—3:6.

E. g-, Gen. 20:1-
17; 21 :8 —
2a: 13; 31:2-16,
19-24. 32-42, 51
—32:2; 35:1-4,
6<5-8; 37:5-36
(in the main) ;

17:1^—18:27;
20: 1 — 24: 8;
Deut., chap. 33.
E. g., Gen. 2 : 46
— 4 : 26 ; 6 : 1-8 ;
9:18-27; 11 : 1-9;
12: 1-40, 6-20;
18:1— 19: 28,30-
38; 24:1-67;
Exod. 34 : 1-28.

28 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

k. D, a third Hexateuchal source, containing the Especiaiiy.Deut.,

•J ' chaps, i-ii.

greater part of the book of Deuteronomy and other
materials, especially in the book of Joshua, characterized
by the same style and spirit, being chiefly a revision of
the earlier legislation and a narrative of the events con-
nected with the promulgation of the Mosaic law. This
is probably the book that was found in the reign of
King Josiah (621 B. C).

6. P, a fourth Hexateuchal source, being a narra- E.g., Gen. 1:1 —

2 : 4<z/ 5 : 1-28 ;

tive of Israel's history beginning with creation itself, 6:9-22; 9:1-17;

. 11:10-27; 17: 1-

compiled by men controlled by the priestly spirit and 27; 28:1-9;

V , .,. 36:1-30; Exod.,

representing the point of view of the post-exilic Jews; 6:2—7:13;

„ 12:1-20; 34:29

in its latest form, not earlier than the days of Ezra, —40:38; Book

of Leviticus ;
440 B. C. Numb. 1:1— 10:

28; 15: 1-41.

§ 30. In the Interpretation of These Later Sources it will often be
found difficult to distinguish between the thought of the writer's time
and that of the times of the event. In general, three schools of
interpretation exist :

1. The school which maintains that the material of these documents
is, for the most part, contemporaneous with the events described or
words uttered ; and that, in any case, by direct divine interposition,
the narratives have been rendered absolutely accurate in every par-
ticular, and consequently are to be understood literally, the words, for
example, placed in the mouths of Abraham, or Jacob, or Moses,
being the exact words used.

2. The school which maintains that this material has no historical
value, since it is largely, if not wholly, the creation of the later author,
the representations made by him belonging to his own time rather
than to the times which he describes.

3. The school which concedes the later date of the literary author-
ship of the books in their present form ; but insists that these authors
made use of earlier writings, some of them very old, and that, conse-
quently, some, at least, of the essential substance, belongs to the age
of the events. The point of view of this, the third school, is taken in
these studies. It is frankly conceded that the adoption of this posi-
tion often leaves one in great uncertainty, for the reason that in many
cases sufficient data do not exist to serve as a basis for sharply distin-
guishing the writer's point of view from that of the times of which he
is giving the history.

THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES 2Q

§31. Constructive Work. — It is important to make use of these
later traditions, and to this end it is suggested that, in the case of each
of the collections or documents indicated in § 29, the student —

1. Secure from some authority (see below) the actual Scripture
material which scholars are accustomed to regard as included in it.

2. Consider the various points which are thought to be characteristic
of it.

3. Study closely the times in which it is claimed to have had its
origin, and the important ideas of those times.

4. Note the "traditions" given concerning these early times which
form the basis of this study, and distinguish the sympathies and
antipathies which have been transferred from the later period.

5. Sum up briefly the essential events and ideas which, after due
allowance has been made for such transference, may fairly be regarded
as belonging to the period described.

See especially Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament, pp.
116-72; Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, Vol. I, pp. 92-156,
and Vol. II; Mitchell, The World before Abraham, pp. 16-67; B. W. Bacon,
The Genesis of Genesis (1893); Idem, The Triple Tradition of the Exodus (1894); Addis,
The Documents of the Hexateuch, Vol. I (1893), Vol. II (1898); articles " Hexateuch," in
Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible and Encyclopedia Biblica; Gunkel, The Legends
of Genesis; and the commentaries by Driver, Moore, Nowack, Kennedy and
H. P. Smith on Deuteronomy, Judges, and Samuel.

§ 32. Monumental Sources throwing light upon the times of this
period include, among other material :

1. The Hammurabi code of laws, dating from about 2250 B. C,
and revealing fully the advanced stage of civilization already attained
by the Babylonians.

See R. F. Harper, The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylonia (1904);
L. W. King, The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi (1898); S. A. Cook, The
Laws of Moses and the Code of Hammurabi (1903); W. Hayes Ward, "Who Was
Hammurabi?" Century, July, 1903; C. F. Kent, "The Recently Discovered Civil
Code of Hammurabi," Biblical World, Vol. XXI (1903), pp. 1 75-90; C. H. W.
Johns, "Notes on the Code of Hammurabi," American fournal of Semitic Languages
and Literatures, Vol. XIX (1903), pp. 96-107; Idem, The Oldest Code of Laws in the
World: The Code of Laws Promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon, B. C.
2285-2242 (1903); T. G. PINCHES, Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archeology,
November, 1902; W. Hayes Ward, "The Code of Hammurabi, King of Babylon
(about 2250 B. C.)," Independent, 1903, pp. 67-70, 127-32, 183-90; V. Scheil,
Memoires de la delegation en Perse, Tome IV (1902); H. Winckler, Die Geselze
Hammurabis (1903); D. H. MiJLLER, Die Gesetze Hammurabis und ihr Verhaltnis
zur Mosaischen Geselzgebung sowie zu den XII Tafeln (1903); Kohler und Peiser,
Hammurabi's Gesetz; Band I, Uebersetzung, furistische Wiedergabe, Erlduterung

30 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

(1903); GRIMME, Das Gesetz Chammurabis und Moses (1903); OETTLI, Das Geselz
Hammurabis und die Thora Israels (1903); J. JEREMIAS, Moses und Hammurabi
(I903)-

2. Babylonian contract tablets from the time of Abraham, showing
that persons bearing Hebrew names were then in Babylonia, that there
was much intercourse between Babylonia and the West, and that
Babylonian civilization was already highly developed.

See R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Literature — Selected Translations
(1901), pp. 256-72.

3. The Tell-el-Amarna letters, dating from the fifteenth century
B. C, and showing the extent of Babylonian influence in Canaan and
the disturbed political condition there at that time.

See Bezold, Oriental Diplomacy (1892); Budge and Bezold, The Tell-el-
Amarna Tablets (1892); Winckler, The Tell-el-Amarna Letters (1896); Petrie,
Syria and Egypt from the Tell-el-Amarna Letters (1898); Niebuhr, Die Amarna-Zeit
(1899); R. F. Harper, op. cit., pp. 217-41.

4. The popular Egyptian story entitled " The Tale of Two
Brothers," which originated about the thirteenth century B. C, and
affords a parallel to the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife.

See Petrie, Egyptian Tales, Vol. II (1895), pp. 36 ff.; Records of the Past (1st
series), Vol.11, pp. 137-52; Maspero, Conies pnpulaires egyptiennes.

5. The Stele of Merneptah, mentioning the Israelites and illus-
trating Egyptian activities in Canaan about the time of the exodus.

See J. H. Breasted, Biblical World, Vol. IX (1897), pp. 62-68; Spiegelberg,
Zeitschrift fur aegyptische Sprache, Vol. XXXIV (1896), pp. 1-25 ; Hommel, Expository
Times, October, 1896; Petrie, Contemporary Review, May, 1896; Sayce, Academy,
July, 1896; Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, III, §§602 ff.; 10-12 ; 629-38.

6. The lists of the Egyptian kings, Thothmes III. (1501-1447 B. C),
Seti I. (1313-1293 B. C), Ramses II. (1293-1226 B. C), and Ramses
III. (1198-1167 B.C.), furnishing evidence of Egyptian activities in
Palestine.

See Records of the Past (new series), Vol. VI, pp. 24 ff., 31 ff.; W. Max
Muller, Asien und Europa (1893), pp. 159, 164 ff., 227 ff., 393 ; Sayce, Patriarchal
Palestine, pp. 235-40.

7. The Egyptian narrative entitled "The Travels of a Mohar,"
coming from the reign of Ramses II. and being an imaginative recital
of a trip through Palestine.

See SAYCE, Patriarchal Palestine (1895), PP- 204-24; Records of the Past (ist
series), Vol. II, pp. 107-16.

8. The legend concerning the birth and boyhood of Sargon I.,
king of Agade, a story furnishing some parallels to the narrative of the
birth of Moses.

THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES 3 1

See R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Literature — Selected Translations
(1901), p. I.

9. Historical inscriptions of Nebuchadrezzar I., king of Babylon
(about 1 1 40 B. C), and Tiglath-pileser I., king of Assyria (about n 00
B. C), yielding much information concerning the power and influence
of Babylonia and Assyria in the twelfth century B. C.

See R. F. Harper, op. cit., pp. 8-27; W. Lotz, Die Inschriften Tiglathpileser's,
I (1880); Eb. Schrader, Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek, Vol. I (1889), pp. 14-49.

§33. Constructive Work. — Prepare a brief statement in relation to
each of these pieces, presenting the essential items of interest from
the point of view of Israel's history and thought in this early period.
For these materials in general and their value see the literature cited
in §§ 2, 32, and also the following :

S. R. Driver, "Hebrew Authority," in Hogarth's Authority and Archceology,
pp. 35-79; C. J. Ball, Light from the East, pp. 62-133; Sayce, Higher Criticism
and the Verdict of the Monuments (1894); Idem, Patriarchal Palestine ; Hommel, The
Ancient Hebrew Tradition as Lllustrated by the Monuments (1897); W. Max Muller,
Asien und Europa nach altaegyptischen Denkmdlern (1893); L. B. Paton, Early
History of Syria and Palestine (1901); Schrader, Die Keilinschriften und das Alte
Testament (3d ed. 1902); T. G. Pinches, The Old Testament in the Light of the His-
torical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia (1902).

§ 34. Constructive Work. — On the basis of the monumental material
cited in § 32, consider in general (1) the relations of Israel with other
nations ; (2) the various changes in Israel's geographical, historical,
and social environment during this early period ; (3) the help
received from it for a better understanding of Israel's life and religion.

§ 35. Study the Institutions expressive of religious thought as they
existed in this period, in general (see my Priestly Element in the Old
Testament [1905], §§ 15, 16), and in particular, viz.:

1. The Priest ; see Priestly Element, §§ 59-61.

2. The Place of Worship, §§ 73, 74.

3. Sacrifice, §§ 83, 84.

4. Feasts, §§ 96, 97.

5. The Sabbath, §§ 108, 109.

6. The Clean and Unclean, §§ 122, 123.

7. Prayer, §137, 1.

8. The Vow, § 140, 1.

9. Blessings and Cursings, § 143, 1.

10. The Ban, § 146, 1.
n. The Oath, § 149, 1.
12. The Fast, § 152, 1.

32 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

13. Consultation with the Deity through Oracles, Urim and Thum-
mim, the Ephod, the Lot, § 155, 1.

14. Consultation with the Deity through Magic, Divination, Sorcery,
Witchcraft, § 158, 1.

15. Mourning Customs, § 161, 1.

16. Circumcision, § 164, 1.

§ 36. Constructive Study on the Religious Sentiment of the Times. —
Upon the basis of the material thus collected formulate a general
statement which will characterize the religious sentiment of the times
in respect to —

1. Its purity from superstition.

2. Its stage of advancement.

3. Its simplicity or complexity.

4. Its adaptation to nomadic life.

5. Its adaptation to agricultural life.

6. The presence of elements approved or disapproved in later times
by the prophets.

7. The presence of elements common to other Semitic religions.

8. The presence of elements peculiar to the Hebrew religion.

9. The relative importance of the religious and the moral elements.

§ 37. Survey Rapidly the Great Characters and Events
of this period, with a view to ascertaining, in the case of
each, the peculiar religious significance which it must
have suggested to the people of the earliest times, e. g. :

1. The life of Abraham, with its lessons of joyful Gen. 12:1—25:11.
communion between Jehovah and his people.

2. The characters of Isaac and Jacob, suggestive of the 0011.25:19—50:3.
low standards of religion and morality prevalent in
patriarchal times, and of the strife between Israel and the
neighboring tribes.

3. The career of Joseph, teaching Jehovah's preserv- Gen. 37:1—50:26.
ing care of his people and the triumph of true virtue.

4. The residence in Egypt, welding the captive clans Exod.,cnaps.i; 2.
into a unit through common suffering, and bringing them

into contact with the advanced civilization and religion
of Egypt.

5. The exodus from Egypt, furnishing convincing Bxod., chaps. 5-
evidence of Jehovah's care of Israel and his power to

deliver them from the mightiest foes.

THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES 33

•E"-irhNumb 6* The resi{*ence in the wilderness, necessitating a

chaps. 10-33. simple, abstemious manner of life, and emphasizing the
nation's absolute dependence upon Jehovah's favor.

^chap^rV ao- 7" The work of Moses in organizing the clans into a

Numb.,/««m. nation, giving them a new conception of Jehovah, and
laying the foundations of their religion.
Joshua and 8. The lessons of the conquest, which made evident

Judges, passim, *■

the necessity of hearty co-operation among the clans,
and showed the superiority of Jehovah to the gods of
Canaan.

E.g., Judg., 9. The anarchy in the times of the Tudges, when the

chaps. 8; 11; 12. J jo

nation was in danger of disintegration and was held to-
gether only by the common worship of Jehovah.

10. The significance of the settlement in Canaan.
In this work, the greatest effort must be made to re-
construct the picture of the times of the event, in dis-
tinction from those in which the narrative, in each case,
was written. The question is: What was the significance
of Abraham, or Moses, or the exodus, or the conquest to
the people of these early times? We do not, at this point,
care what the later generations thought. What special
impression did these great lives and these wonderful
events make on the people of the times of which they
were a part ?
§ 38. Constructive Study. — Consider now the religious progress indi-
cated by these lives and events, and formulate the same in a series of
propositions under the following heads :

1. Faith in the power of Jehovah to deliver.

2. The consequences of sin.

3. The reward of righteousness.

4. The nation's conception of its own future.

5. Israel's attitude toward other tribes and nations.

6. The existence of other gods than Jehovah.

7. The relation of Jehovah to Israel.

8. The nation's conception of Jehovah.

§ 39. Constructive Study on the Prophet and Prophetic

Work. — Study the more important instances in which

reference is made to the prophet, or his work, viz.:

Gen. 20: 7(E). Abraham is called a prophet ; Moses is represented as

Deut. 18:15 (D). calling himself a prophet; the song of "Miriam, the

34 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

prophetess," upon the overthrow of Pharaoh's army; the Exod.is:2of.,(E)
prominent part in the overthrow of Sisera's army given judg. 4:4«.
to "Deborah, a prophetess;" and the description of the Numb., chaps.

r * 22-24 i J ana Ei.

work of Balaam, the prophet.

1. Note the fact that all these passages are in narra-
tives that received their literary form from the hands of
prophetic editors later than this period, and consider, in
view of this fact, whether the term "prophet" in each
case is properly applied to the individual in question.

2. Upon the basis of these statements, consider how
comparatively inactive the prophetic function still is at
this time.

3. Consider, further, the fact that in this period,
Israel, like other nations, was accustomed to resort to
wizards, sorcerers, necromancers, for information con-
cerning the will of the Deity, and that these classes of
wonder-workers occupied a large place in the thought
and life of the people.

§40. Constructive Study on the Principal Religious Ideas, prophetic
or otherwise, during this period of patriarchs and judges. From the
various sources cited — viz., (1) contemporaneous literature (§§27, 28),
(2) later literature (§§29-31), (3) monumental literature (§§32-34),

(4) religious institutions as they stood in these periods (§§35>36),

(5) the great characters and events, as distinguished from the history
of them prepared in later times (§§37,38) — let us endeavor to for-
mulate the religious ideas as they were entertained in those days :

1. As relating to God and the supernatural world. — (a) What, for
example, was the opinion held among the people at large concerning
Jehovah ? What are some of the explanations of the origin of the word
Jehovah? What conception of the Deity is involved in each of these
explanations ? What other names of the Deity were employed in this
period ? Is there evidence that any effort was being made by certain
leaders to introduce a conception of the Deity quite different from that
held by the mass of the people ? What attributes of God are receiving
special emphasis at this time ? Are there in the contemporaneous
literature references to Jehovah as the God of creation ? (ft) Do the
people of the times believe in the existence and manifestation of
angels? If so, what relation do these angels sustain to God? Are there
other superhuman beings who have power over human life and fortune ?
(c) What is the opinion of the times (that is, of the leaders as well as

THE PERIOD OF THE PATRIARCHS AND JUDGES 35

the masses) concerning spirits ? Were these spirits always evil ? Was
there any connection between these spirits and the spirits of dead
ancestors ? What common methods of sorcery, witchcraft, and necro-
mancy were employed among the people ? What attitude toward all
this was assumed by the later writers? What evidence is there that in
the period itself these practices were discountenanced ?

2. As relating to man. — (a) What may be regarded as the sub-
stantial consensus of this period as to the origin of man, his relation
to the Deity, his relation to the animal world, his future place in the
world-economy ? (b) What conceptions of sin and guilt exist at this
time, and in what relationship do these conceptions stand to the idea
of God commonly entertained ? Define sin, as the people understood
it ; and the relationship of guilt to sin. (c) In what way was atone-
ment made for sin ? Was it really in any proper sense atonement?
(d) What was their conception of the future world ? In what sense
was death understood to be related to sin, and sin to death ? How did
the belief in the return of the spirits of the dead bear upon all this ?

3. As relating to Israel' s future. — (a) Was Israel yet a nation?
Were there any really national conceptions ? Had reference been
made to the coming "day of Jehovah"? (0) How did the anticipa-
tion and realization of possessing the Holy Land prepare the way for
ideas of Israel's future ? (V) Is there yet any doctrine of the future of
the outside nations, i. e., the heathen ? (d) Has there been any certain
reference to a messianic king, or to a royal order? (<?) Accepting the
early origin of the substance of Deut., chap. 18, what steps have been
taken toward the establishment of the prophetic order, and what is the
logical connection of this order with the practices of witchcraft, etc.,
for which it was to be a substitute?

4. As relating to ethical standards and worship. — (a) What is a rea-
sonable statement describing the standard of morality prevalent in
those days ? Was it the same in general for individuals and for the
nation ? Or can there be detected a difference ? (b) To what extent,
if at all, had emphasis been placed on the idea of personal and national
righteousness ? Was there such a thing as faith in those days ? If so,
faith in what, or in whom? Define the words "faith" and "right-
eousness," as they seem to be used, (V) What conception do the
people have concerning a so-called covenant-relationship between them
and Jehovah ? What did this call for on their part ? on his ? (d) Is
the routine of worship in this period simple or complicated ? pure or

2,6 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

corrupt ? What, briefly, were the principal factors at the beginning of
the period? What new elements have crept in during the period?
Have these debased or elevated the older form ? Was there any good
derived from contact with these new elements ? If so, what ? If not,
how may we explain the divine providence in bringing the older form
into touch with the new ?

CHAPTER IV.

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE DAVID1C PERIOD.

§41. The Scope of This Period is that of the United Kingdom, com-
mencing with Samuel's birth and closing with the disruption of the
United Kingdom after Solomon's death. It includes, therefore, (1)
the period of Samuel and the beginning of the monarchy under Saul,
(2) the establishment of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, (3) the
organization of the kingdom, (4) the work of David, (5) the sudden
development of Israel as a world-power, (6) the building of the temple,
(7) the further adjustment of Israel's affairs to the outside nations, (8)
the work of Solomon.

§42. The Character of the Period is distinctly prophetic, as is evi-
denced by the large influence of Samuel, Gad, and Nathan upon the
conduct of public affairs. The earlier nomadic customs and character-
istics had practically disappeared, and had given place to the usages
and activities of agricultural and urban life. The long struggle against
the Canaanites for the possession of the land had driven the isolated clans
and tribes closer together, and rendered them more and more conscious
of their inner unity. Their common dependence upon, and worship
of, Jehovah as their war-god had strengthened this tendency toward a
unified life. With a considerable addition to the national possessions
derived from the Canaanites the people rose above their Canaanitish
neighbors and moved forward in what proved to be a most rapid
course of development. The prophets appeared as exponents of the
spirit of nationalism, and contributed much to the organization and
development of the nation. This period was thus the birth-period of
both prophecy and national life — two forces which continued their
development in the closest possible connection with each other, and
finally passed off the stage of history together. In these early days of
national existence the life of the nation was strong and vigorous,
abounding in energy and hope. Prophecy was establishing standards
of life and thought which were to serve as guides in all its future devel-
opment. It was in large measure a period of organization. The great
change which came during this period may be measured by the differ-
ence in the gift thought worthy of a king; compare the gift brought to
Saul by David (1 Sam. 16: 20) with that of the queen of Sheba to Solo-
mon (1 Kings 10: 2).

38 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

§43. The Contemporary Literary Sources of this period
are few, and only in part prophetic. The literary activity
of the prophets has not yet begun. The determination
of these sources is attended with much difficulty (cf. §3).
Entire agreement has not yet been reached. The follow-
ing pieces, in whole or in part, may, however, be regarded
as the literary product of this period :

1. The original form of the Song of Hannah upon 1 Sam. 2 : 1-10.
the occasion of the birth of her son, Samuel.

2. The elegy of David upon Saul and Jonathan, in 2 Sam. 1 : 19-27.
which expression is given to David's feeling of personal
bereavement and national loss.

3. David's lament over Abner, in which he mourns 2 Sam. 3:33, 34.
the death of Abner and expresses his indignation at the
treachery of the assassin.

4. Nathan's parable of the one ewe lamb, which carries 2 Sam. 12: 1-15.
home to David the lesson of the selfishness and enormity

of his crime against Uriah, the Hittite.

5. The "last words of David" which in their present 2 Sam. 23:1-7.
form have been much edited by later hands.

6. Possibly some Davidic psalms. Ps. 18.

7. Other psalms, in case there are any Davidic psalms ;
it is not reasonable to suppose that there was only one
psalmist in a period of a century, if psalm-writing had
been entered upon at all,

8. Solomon's address at the dedication of the temple 1 Kings 8 : 12-26.
which is in its present form permeated by the Deutero-

nomic spirit.

9. Solomon's work as a "wise" man interested in the 1 Kings 4: 29-34.
phenomena of nature and of human life and conduct.

10. Additions to the Book of the Covenant made Exod., chaps. 21-
from time to time as the life of the nation expanded and 23

the need of further legislation was felt.

n. The final revision of the Balaam oracles. Numb., chaps. 23,

24.
12. The books (now lost) of the Wars of Jehovah and Numb.2i:i4;Jos.

of Jashar (see § 29). "sam.1?? 17-27.

§ 44. Constructive Study. — In the case of each of the pieces cited in
§43, consider the following suggestions:

1. Ascertain the various views concerning the time of the origin of
the piece, together with the grounds on which its assignment to this
period rests.

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE DAVIDIC PERIOD 39

2. Separate carefully those portions of the piece which may fairly
be regarded as having had their origin later than about 920 13. C, and
indicate the reasons for this separation.

3. Describe the historical background of the piece in as close detail
as possible.

4. Indicate succinctly the content of the piece — what, as a matter
of fact, is said in it ?

5. Try to connect the content with the historical setting and to dis-
cover the underlying purpose of the piece.

6. Formulate the principal teachings, the most vital thought, which
the piece contains.

§45. Later Literary Sources furnishing information
relating to this period, and throwing light upon (1) the
institutions, (2) the important lives and events, (3) the
utterances of the principal characters, are to be found in
certain documents or books, the date of which falls a
considerable time after the events they describe. This
material, ordinarily called tradition, represents more
accurately the point of view of the later age in which
it took its present literary form, than that of the age
which it describes. The following are the principal
pieces falling under this head:

1. An early history of the times of Saul and David, 1 Sam.9: 1—10:16;

, , r 1 chap, n; 13:2—

forming one of the constituent sources of the present 14:52:16:14-23;

18 : 6-13, 20 29a/

books of Samuel, and characterized by the primitive 19:11-17; 21:2-

... , , 1 • 1 • i_ 10; 22: if., 6-23;

nature of its religious and theological conceptions, by 23:1-14; chaps.

1 1 25-27, 29, 30; 2

its realistic style, and by its lenient attitude toward the Sam., chaps. 1-

4, 6, 9:1 — 21 :i4,

life and work of Saul.1 24.

2. A second history of the times of Saul and David, lS*™;7\'l*'™-}*\
coming from a somewhat later time and from a different ?i .*6:£m5; 17*1
point of view, forming another constituent element of ^lo^lg-lo-ig':

'The analysis of the books of Samuel here given is that of H. P. Smith in The
International Critical Commentary on Samuel (1899). Reference may also be made
to the commentaries of Thenius-Lohr (1898), Budde (1902), Nowack (1902), and
Kennedy (1905); Budde's edition of the text in the Polychrome Bible (1894);
WELLHAUSEN, Composition des Hexateuchs und der historischen Biicher des Alien
Testaments (3d ed. 1899); Kittel, History of the Hebrews, Vol. II, pp. 22 £f.; Driver,
Introduction to the literature of the Old Testament (6th ed. 1897), pp. 172-85 ; Sten-
ning, art. "Samuel" in Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol .IV (1902); Stade,
art. "Samuel" in Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol. IV (1903); Cheyne, Devout Study of
Criticism, pp. I-126.

40 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

18-24; 21 :n-i6; the present books of Samuel, and characterized by the

22 13-5 ; 23 : 11 —

24:26; 28; 31; large share of attention given to the life and work of
2 Sam., chaps. , .,,, ,.,... ,

5-8. Samuel, by a considerable measure of idealization, and

by an unmistakably theological point of view.

1 Sam. 10:25^-27; ? Later additions to the earlier histories by an editor

11:12-14. ^ J

dominated by the spirit and teachings of the book of

Deuteronomy.

1 Sam. 2:1-11; 4. Still later additions by another Deuteronomic

13:1; 20:1 — 21:1; ■*

2 Sam. 21: 15-22; editor who gathered up and carefully edited various frag-
ments pertaining to the history of earlier times.

5. The various sources incorporated in the first eleven

chapters of the first book of Kings, which deal with the

closing days of David's reign and the entire reign of

1 Kings 1:1—2: Solomon; viz., (a) a narrative of David's last days which

2a ;2: 5-9, 13-46.

perhaps belonged originally in the books of Samuel ;

"ij—j^'io-'it- (^) a "D0°k of the acts of Solomon," probably a list of

20, 26-29. court annals ; (c) records drawn from the archives of the

7 ■ 13 — 8: 13. ' \ /

3:I5c_I233'- l6"iii-5: temple compiled by the priests; {d) a pre-Deuteronomic

14; 10:1-10; 11: jjfe 0f Solomon ; (e) the work of the Deuteronomic editor

14-31. ' • '

2:10-12; 3:i4f-; who compiled the book, supplied the "framework," and

8:14-43,54-9:9; r rr

9:15-22; 11: 1- added much else from his own hand; (/) the work of

8:44-53. the post-exilic editor, controlled by priestly influences,

who supplemented the book with various materials
intended to render it more edifying for the people of his
own day.2

1 Chron. 10:1— 6. The Chronicler's narrative of the reigns of David

2Chron. 10:19.

and Solomon compiled about 200 or 300 B. C. The

spirit and tone of this work are priestly, its interest being

especially in the religious institutions and the law, The

E.g., 1 Chron. main sources of this narrative were (a) the present books of

10:1-12 ; 11 :i-9; v ' r

14:1-16. Samuel and Kings, or possibly a midrash of these books ;

I Chron. 29:29; 2 {b) a collection of prophetic writings such as "the his-

tory of Samuel the Seer," "the history of Nathan the

2 For the analysis of the books of Kings see the commentaries of Kittel (1900),
Skinner (1904), and Benzinger (1899); Wellhausen, Die Composition des Hexa-
tenchs und der historischen Biicker des Allen Testaments (3d ed. 1899), pp. 266-302,
359-61; Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament (6th ed. 1897),
pp. 185-205; C. F. Burney, art. "Kings," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol.

II (1899); W. R. Smith and E. Kautzsch, art. "Kings," Encyclopedia Biblica,
Vol. II (1901); C. F. Burney, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of Kings
(1903), pp- ix-xix ; Stade and Schwally, The Books of Kings (Polychrome Bible,
1904).

PROPHECY AND PROPHET1SM DURING THE DAVIDIC PERIOD 4 1

prophet," "the history of Gad the seer," "the prophecy

of Ahijah the Shilonite," and "the visions of Iddo the 1 Chron. 11:41*-

seer;" (c) old genealogical and official lists; (d) the £.*■•» 1 Chron.
^, ■ 1 i i- • , ., 15:16-24:29:10-

Chronicler s own editorial contribution.3 30.

§ 46. Constructive Work. — It is important to make use of these later
traditions, and to this end it is suggested that, in the case of each of
these collections or documents, indicated in §45, the student —

1. Secure from some authority the actual Scripture material which
scholars are accustomed to regard as included in it.

2. Consider the various points which are thought to be character-
istic of it.

3. Study closely the times in which it is claimed to have had its
origin, and the important ideas of those times.

4. Note the "traditions" given concerning these early times which
form the basis of this study, and distinguish the sympathies and antipa-
thies which have been transferred from the later period.

5. Sum up briefly the essential events and ideas which, after due
allowance has been made for such transference, may fairly be regarded
as belonging to the period described.

§ 47. Monumental Sources illustrating the history of this period
include, among other material :

1. The inscriptions of contemporary kings of Assyria, showing that
Assyria's energies were occupied in other directions, so that the
Hebrews were left free to expand their territory and enlarge their
influence under David and Solomon.

See G. S.GoODSPEED, A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians (1902), pp. 178-
84 ; McC'JRDY, History, Prophecy, and the Monuments, Vol.1 (1894), pp. 219-23 ; Paton,
Early History of Syria and Palestine (1901), pp. 1 76-9 1 ; Rogers, A History of Baby-
lonia and Assyria, Vol. II (1900), pp. 35-45 ; WlNCKLER, Geschichte Babyloniens und
Assyriens (1892), pp. 1 76-8 1 ; Idem, Die Keilinschriflen und das Alte Testament,
3d ed., Vol. I (1902), pp. 38L ; Tiele, Babylonisch-assyrische Geschichte (1886),
pp. 167, 178.

2. The contemporary Egyptian records, showing that Egypt was
paralyzed by internal struggles for supremacy, thus interposing no
obstacle to the rapid development of Israel.

3 On the sources of Chronicles see: Kittel, Die Biicher der Chronik ("Hand-
kommentar z. A. T.," 1902) ; Benzinger, Die Biicher der Chronik (" Kurzer Hand-
Commentar z. A. T.," 1901); Barnes, The Books of Chronicles (Cambridge Bible;
1899); Kittel, The Books of Chronicles in Hebrew (Polychrome Bible, 1895);
Francis Brown, art. "Chronicles." Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. I (1898);
Driver, art. " Chronicles," Encyclopedia Biblica, Vol. 1(1899); Driver, Introduction,
etc., pp. 516-40.

42 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

See Maspero, The Struggle of the Nations (1896), pp. 756-72; Ed. Meyer,
Geschichtt des Alterthums, Vol. I (1884), pp. 380-82; Wiedemann, Aegypiische
Geschichte (1884), pp. 527-42; Budge, A History of Egypt, Vol. VI (1902), pp. 33-60.

§ 48. Constructive Study. — Prepare a brief statement of the essential
facts in the history of Assyria and Egypt during this period, with
especial reference to their bearing on the life and thought of Israel.

§49. Study the Institutions expressive of religious thought as they
existed in this period, in general (see my Priestly Element in the Old
Testament [1905], §§ 15, 16), and in particular, viz.:

1. The Priest; see Priestly Element, §§59-61.

2. The Place of Worship, §§ 73, 74.

3. Sacrifice, §§ 83, 84.

4. Feasts, §§ 96, 97.

5. The Sabbath, §§ 108, 109.

6. The Clean and Unclean, §§ 122, 123.

7. Prayer, §137, 1.

8. The Vow, § 140, 1.

9. Blessings and Cursings, § 143, 1.

10. The Ban, § 146, 1.

11. The Oath, § 149, 1.

12. The Fast, § 152, 1.

13. Consultation with the Deity through Oracles, Urim and Thum-
mim, the Ephod, and the Lot, § 155, 1.

14. Consultation with the Deity through Magic, Divination, Sor-
cery, and Witchcraft, § 158, 1.

15. Mourning Customs, § 161, 1.

16. Circumcision, § 164, 1.

From the above materials select only such as belong to the par-
ticular period under consideration here.

§ 50. Constructive Study on the Non-Prophetic Religious Sentiment of
the Times. — Upon the basis of the material indicated in §49, formulate
a general statement which will characterize the non-prophetic religious
sentiment of the times in respect to —

1. Its purity from superstition.

2. Its stage of advancement.

3. Its simplicity or complexity.

4. Its adaptation to agricultural life.

5. The presence of elements approved or disapproved by the con-
temporary or later prophets.

6. The presence of elements common to other Semitic religions.

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE DAVIDIC PERIOD 43

7. The presence of elements peculiar to the Hebrew religion.

8. The relative importance of the religious and moral elements.
§51. Survey Rapidly the Great Characters and Events

of this period, with a view to ascertaining, in the case of
each, the particular religious significance which it must
have suggested to the people of those days, viz.:

1. The life and judgeship of Samuel as an example of 1 Sam. 3:1—4:1 ;

7*1 — 12 ' 25 CtC

unimpeachable integrity.

2. The founding of the kingdom as an evidence of 1 Sam. 8:4— 11:15.
the growing consciousness of unity among the clans.

3. The reign of Saul, with its constant wars, the per- 1 Sam. 13:1 —
secution of David, the friendship of David and Jonathan,

and the final overthrow at Mount Gilboa.

4. The reign of David, at first in Judah, then over all a Sam. a :i—

•r,.,, 1 . • 1 r ■, l Kings a :n.

Israel, with the resulting wide extension of territory and
great increase of wealth and power.

5. The significance of the capture of Jerusalem and a Sam. 5:6-16.
its establishment as the national capital.

6. The many wars of David, with almost uninter- aSam. 5:17-35;

7:1 ; 8 :i-i4J 10:

rupted victory, as an evidence of Jehovah's favor and 1-19, etc.
power.

7. The reign of Solomon, with all its wealth, pomp, iKings 2:1a— n:

43.
and magnificence, and the corresponding deterioration

of national vigor and virtue.

8. The erection of the temple and its significance in 1 Kings 6:1-38.
the development of Hebrew worship.

9. The relations of Israel with the outside world ;

e. sr., the hostility with the Philistines, Ammonites, a Sam. 5:17-25;

6 ' J 8:1-14:10:1-19;

Amalekites, etc.; the treaties with Phoenicia under David 5:"*-; » Kings

3:1; 5: xft; 7:
and Solomon ; the treaty with Egypt in Solomon s reign ; i3f. ; g:a6ff.;

and Solomon's general attitude toward foreign peoples.

10. The internal relations of Israel during this

period; e. ?., the dissatisfaction occasioned by the injus- 1 Sam. 2:11-17;
r A 7:7; 8:1-5; 13:

tice and oppression of Eli's sons and of Samuel s sons; 5a., 19-22; 19:

the absolute inability to resent Philistine oppression in a Sam. 3/-

,, . . , ... , 4:12; 1 Kings

certain periods of Samuels activity; the civil war be- 1:5-53; 3:13-25;

r , ,. . 4:1-28:5:13-18;

tween Saul and David; the existence of two distinct 9:15-03; 11:26-

governments for seven years after the death of Saul ; the
revolts of Absalom and Shimei; the influence of Joab;
the conspiracy of Adonijah ; the organization of the king-

40.

44 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

i Kings 5:13-16; dom under Solomon; the existence of a standing army;
4o;I5i22?4. " the exaction of forced labor for Solomon's building
operations; the flight of Jeroboam ; the despotic charac-
ter of Solomon.

In doing this work bear in mind the suggestions
made at the close of § 37.

On this period of Hebrew history see: Ewald, History of
Israel, Vol. Ill ; WellhaUSEN, Prolegomena to the History of Israel,
pp. 448-56; KlTTEL, History of the Hebrews, Vol. II, pp. 103-96;
Kent, A History of the Hebrew People, Vol. I, pp. 113-206; Cor-
NILL, History of the People of Israel, pp. 56-95 ; Ottley, A Short
History of the Hebrews to the Roman Period, pp. 120-57 ; Wade, Old
Testament History, pp 213-31 1; H. P. Smith, Old Testament
History, pp. 106-76; Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Vol. I, pp.
197-343; GUTHE, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, pp. 68-128.

Also the various articles in Encyclopaedias and Bible Diction-
aries on "Samuel," "Saul," "David," "Jonathan," "Solomon," etc.

§52. Constructive Study. — Consider now the religious progress
indicated by these lives and events, and formulate the same in a series
of propositions under the following heads :

1. The nation's conception of Jehovah.

2. The relation of Jehovah to Israel.

3. The existence of other gods than Jehovah.

4. Faith in the power of Jehovah to deliver.

5. Israel's conception of its own future.

6. Israel's attitude toward other peoples.

7. The reward of righteousness.

8. The consequences of sin.

9. The standard of conduct.

10. The average state of morals and religion.

11. The religious aspects of the monarchy.

12. The character of David.

§ 53. Constructive Study on the Prophet and Prophetic

Work. — Study the more important instances in which

the prophet appears or reference is made to his work, viz.:

1 Sam. 9:6ft., 20. 1. The reputation and influence of Samuel as a

"seer," or soothsayer.

1 Sam. 10:9-13; 2. The relation of Saul to the prophets, and his own

16:14 ff. ... , , . /-, • j ■ ,i •

participation in the prophetic spirit. Consider in this

connection the significance of the "evil spirit" which

troubled Saul.

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE DAVIDIC PERIOD 45

3. The higher work of Samuel as a teacher of right- 1 Sam. 12:1-5:15:

, ,, , . . , . , ,, . 1-35; 16:1-13.

eousness and the dominant councilor in national affairs.

4. The story of the witch of Endor, and the insight 1 Sam. 28:3-25.
it affords into current conceptions of religion.

5. The careers of Nathan and Gad, their relation to 1 Sam. 22:5; 2

the king, their political influence, and their fearless i:ff.; 34:11*6.; 9

Kings, chap. 1.
utterance.

6. The prophetic guilds, their relation to Samuel, iSam.ioisff. ;ig:
the ecstatic and fanatical character of their work, their
resemblance to the modern dervish, their communal life,

their political influence, and their significance as repre-
sentatives of the original Jehovah religion and opponents
of all Canaanitish innovations.

7. The relation of David to the prophets, as seen in

the friendly counsel given him by Gad when Saul was iSam. 22:5.

seeking to kill him; in his attitude when rebuked by 2 Sam. 12:1-15.

Nathan; in his willingness to surrender the privilege of 2 Sam. 7:1-17.
building the temple to his successor in accordance with

Nathan's word ; in the part played by Nathan in deter- 1 Kings chap. 1.

mining the choice of David's successor; in his submis- 2 Sam. 24:11. ff.
sion to the rebuke of Gad upon the occasion of the
census ; and in his spirit and character in general.

8. The attitude of Solomon toward the prophets, as 1 Kings 1:8, 10-27,
inferred from the part taken by Nathan in securing the f: xif.;A ii':l-\',
throne for him ; from the autocratic character of this *9 39'
king; from his tolerance of non-Israelitish religions and

his treaties and marriages with several pagan peoples ;
and from the attitude of the prophets toward the disrup-
tion under his successor.

§ 54. Constructive Study on the Principal Prophetic Ideas prevalent
during this period. In the light of the various sources of information
previously cited — viz., (1) contemporaneous Hebrew literature (§§43,
44); (2) later Hebrew literature (§§45, 46); (3) monumental literature
(§§47,48); (4) the religious institutions found existing during this
period (§§49, 50); (5) the great characters and events, as distinguished
from the history of them prepared in later times (§§51, 52); (6) the
character of the prophets and their methods of work (§53) — let us
endeavor to formulate the contribution of the prophets to the religious
ideas entertained by their contemporaries :

46 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

i. As relating to God and the supernatural world. — (a) What was
the conception of Jehovah prevalent among the people at large ?
Does this popular idea of God show any advance upon the correspond-
ing idea in the previous period ? What phases of the divine activity
were especially impressed upon the popular consciousness? Was
Jehovah looked upon as the only God ? What was the significance of
the use of a special, proper name — viz. Jehovah — for God? What
was the attitude of the people toward the gods of other nations?
What was the relation of Jehovah to these foreign gods ? What was
the significance of the ban ? Did the lives and teachings of the
prophets tend to change the conception of Jehovah in any important
respects ? What does the existence of a class of prophets and seers in
itself imply as to the relation of God to man ? How was the idea of
God related, on the one hand to the development and organization of
the national spirit, and on the other to the appearance of the prophets in
connection with this national life ? Upon what phases of the divine
character did the prophets lay emphasis ? (b) Is there any evidence
that the people or the prophets of this period believed in the existence
and manifestation of angels ? If so, what was the function of such
beings and their relation to God ? Were there any other superhuman
beings who had power over human life and fortune ? (c) What was
the opinion of the times concerning spirits ? Were these spirits
always evil ? Was there any connection between them and the spirits
of departed ancestors ? What was the feeling of the times toward
sorcery, soothsaying, witchcraft, and necromancy? Did the prophets
of the period oppose such practices? Were these customs in them-
selves inconsistent with true prophecy? If so, why?

2. As relating to man. — (a) Did any new teaching appear in this
period concerning the origin of man, his relation to God, his relation
to the animal world, and his future place in the world-economy? Was
the estimate of the value of human life a high one ? (b) What were
the existing ideas of sin and guilt, and how were they related to the
existing idea of God ? Did the contemporaneous prophets impart any
new meaning to the word sin ? What was the effect of sin upon man's
relation to God and upon God's attitude toward man ? Was sin con-
ceived of by the prophets as primarily a violation of ceremonial or
ethical laws ? What sins were most denounced by the prophets of these
times ? (c) How was atonement made for sin ? Was there any
progress in this respect beyond the ideas of the previous period ?
What is the significance in this connection of the practice of blood-

PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM DURING THE DAVIDIC PERIOD 47

revenge ? How did the teachings of the prophets affect the situation ?
(d) What was the view of death and the future world ? Was there any
relation between the idea of sin and that of death ? How did the
beliefs concerning death and the future influence the present life ?

3. As relating to Israel's future. — What was the influence of Israel's
unification into a nation upon the conception of her future ? What
especially important steps were taken in this period in the progress of
the idea of Israel's future? How did the splendor and power of
David and Solomon influence the development of the idea? How did
the establishment of Jerusalem as the national capital and the building
of the temple there affect the idea ? Was there yet any teaching con-
cerning the Messiah ? What was the significance of prophecy in
relation to the nation's future ? Was there any teaching concerning the
future relation of Israel to the outside nations ? Was there any doctrine
of the "Day of Jehovah"?

4. As relating to ethical standards and worship. — (a) Was the stand-
ard of morality prevailing in these times high or low? Was there any
distinction between national and individual morality? Were morals
and religion dissociated and independent of each other, or were they
inseparably connected ? Was the prophetic standard of ethics a uni-
formly high one ? Did the prophets contribute anything to the current
idea of righteousness ? Did they emphasize either ethics or religion,
the one more than the other ? Is there any evidence of the existence
of an attitude of faith on the part of the worshipers of Jehovah ? If so,
how was it manifested ? (6) Was the idea of a covenant-relationship
between Jehovah and Israel modified or enriched in any way? What
demands did it make upon the two parties to the covenant ? (V) What
was the influence of the building of the temple upon the ideas of wor-
ship ? Was the worship of the period in general purer and more spir-
itual than heretofore, or had it deteriorated ? What was the effect of
continued contact with Baalism, and other worships tolerated by Solo-
mon ? Did the prophets of the period take any position with refer-
ence to the nature and conduct of worship? What was their attitude
toward the building of the temple, the offering of sacrifice at the local
shrines, etc.? Were they deeply interested in these things ?

§55. Literature to be Consulted.

On the prophets and prophecy of this period see: Schultz, Old Testament
Theology (1868, 5th ed. 1896, transl. 1892), Vol. I, pp. 151-57; Kuenen, The
Prophets and Prophecy in Israel (1875, transl. 1877), pp. 3691., 3921., 564-67; W. R.
Smith, The Prophets of Israel (1882, new ed. 1895), pp. 391 f.; Orelli.C/o' Testament

48 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Prophecy (1882, transl. 1885), pp. 148-57; Briggs, Messianic Prophecy (1886), pp.
121-52; Piepenbring, The Theology of the Old Testament (1886, transl. 1893), pp.
11-20; Montefiore, The Religion of the Ancient Hebrews (1892), pp. 72-83; Cornill,
The Prophets of Israel (1894, transl. 3d ed. 189S), pp. 1-15 ; Budde, Religion of Israel
to the Exile (1899), pp. 88-1 1 1 ; S. A. Cook, "Notes on the Composition of 2 Samuel,"
American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol. XVI (1900), pp. 145-77 ;
White, art. "Nathan," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. II (1900);
Stenning, art. "Samuel," ibid., Vol. IV (1902); Davidson, art. "Prophecy and
Prophets," ibid., Vol. IV (1902), pp. 109 f . ; S. A. COOK, art. "Nathan," Encyclopedia
Biblica, Vol. HI (1902); Cheyne, art. "Prophetic Literature," §§4, 5, ibid.; Stade,
art. "Samuel," ibid., Vol. IV (1903); Davidson^ Old Testament Prophecy (1904),
pp. 40-61 ; Batten, The Hebrew Prophet (1905), pp. 161-76.

Maybaum, Die Entwickelung des israelilischen Prophetenthums (18S3), pp. 30-59 ;
Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte (1893, 2d ed. 1899), §5;
Marti, Geschichle der israelitischen Religion (3d ed. 1897), pp. 79-91 ; Kraetzschmar,
Prophet und Seher im alien Israel (1901); KURTZ, Zur Psychologie der vorexilischen
Prophetic in Israel (1904).

Also the commentaries on Samuel and Kings cited in notes 1 and 2, pp. 39, 40.

On the so-called "schools of the prophets" see especially: Kuenen, The
Prophets and Prophecy in Israel, pp. 46 ff.; L. W. Batten, The Hebrew Prophet, pp.
42-72; Kautzsch in Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. V, pp. 652 ff.;
Kraetzschmar, Prophet und Seher im alien Israel; Kittel, Prophetie und Weis-
sagung; G. Rothstein, "Herkunft und urspriingliches Wesen der israelitischen
Prophetie," Studierstube, 1905, pp. 323-331, and the list of literature on p. 81.

CHAPTER V.

THE BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM IN THE NORTHERN

KINGDOM.

§ 56. The Scope of this Period is that of the Northern as distinguished
from the Southern kingdom. It commences with the revolt of the
Northern tribes under Jeroboam I. (933 B. C), an event incited by the
prophets; and closes with the fall of Samaria (721 B. C), an event
foretold by the prophets in considerable minuteness. This period
includes :

1. The more or less successful efforts of Northern Israel to establish
herself in spite of wars with Judah (933-887 B. C), with Syria (890-790
B. C), and with Assyria (854-721 B. C).

2. Three successive and prolonged struggles: (1) of Jeroboam
I. and his successors against misfortune of every kind, intensified by
disorganization and confusion, until Omri builds Samaria and makes it
the central and controlling factor in the kingdom (933-885 B. C.) ;
(2) of Omri's dynasty and that of Jehu, against the prophets Elijah,
Elisha, and their followers who were unwilling that the worship of
Jehovah should be contaminated by the impurities of Baalism (885-
784); (3) of Jeroboam II. and his successors, against Assyria on the
one hand, and on the other against the prophets Amos, Hosea, and
Isaiah, who recognized in Assyria the instrument in Jehovah's hands
for Israel's punishment and destruction (784-721 B. C).

3. Three startling and indeed significant movements of prophetic
character, each seemingly revolutionary, but each, when viewed closely,
passing onward into the next, the three together constituting the real
foundations of prophecy; viz., (1) the prophetic revolt from despotism
and priest-control at the time of Solomon's death which alone fur-
nished opportunity for the freedom demanded for prophetic growth ;
(2) the assumption by the prophets of a power superior to that of
kings, in their determined effort to rid themselves of the injurious
influence of outside religious cults; and (3) the transition, made neces-
sary by the situation, from the primitive methods and ideas of the
earliest prophets, to the more permanent and efficient work of the
writing prophets, of whom Amos was, perhaps, the first.

4. Three contests of great importance in world -history ; (1) the
battle of Karkar, 854 B. C, in which Israel's military forces (in union

50 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

with the armies of other nations) first met defeat at the hands of
Assyria; (2) the Syro-Ephraimitish campaign (735 B. C.) against Judah,
the end of which was the fall of Damascus (732 B. C.) ; (3) the siege
of Samaria and its final destruction in 721 B. C.

§57. The Character of the Period has been partly indicated in the
statement of its scope (§56). If we attempt to think of it as a whole,
covering two centuries and more, we are able, in spite of the great
variety which it presents, to distinguish certain predominant features :

1. There is almost always to be noted a condition of disorganiza-
tion and confusion which very frequently becomes anarchy. At no
time does the government seem to have been regarded as stable. This
was due in part, at least, to the prevalence of a democratic spirit, a
spirit without which prophecy could not have been developed. While
this is the home situation, the foreign relations are even worse, resulting
in continuous wars with one or another of the outside powers (see §56).

2. It is evidently a period during the progress of which a great
transition is taking place, e.g., from agricultural life and residence in
villages, to military life and residence in cities — a change due to the
warlike character of the times. Little of the pastoral life remains.
Mercantile ideas and influences prevail. This has come about in large
measure because of the wars. And with this change have come great
wealth, and, particularly in the reigns of Jeroboam II. in Israel and of
Uzziah in Judah, great prosperity. These are Israel's days of greatest
splendor, and are due, in large measure, to the peace which followed
the Syrian wars.

3. In these years Israel is in the fullest sense an independent world-
power — one of the lesser kind, in contest with "the restless aggressive-
ness of the gigantic empire of Assyria." This was in accordance with
the divine plan, which involved a close contact of Israel and Judah,
for educational purposes, with all the great world-powers of antiquity.
Israel never was an isolated nation, and never was intended to be, until
long after the Babylonian exile. As a part of this general movement
there came to Israel a closer intercourse with foreign nations. This
brought about a widening of her intellectual horizon, a stronger
and deeper sense on the part of the true leaders, of her own indi-
viduality, and of her mission to the world. For in proportion as she
lost her place as a nation, in that proportion was her great vocation
realized. With all the bad that came from intimacy with these outside
nations, there came much that was good. This good, while not suffi-
cient to save Northern Israel from destruction, was handed down in
various ways to the great advantage of posterity.

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4. The religious zeal of the times was marked ; but while outwardly
flourishing, there was corruption within. Tainted with impurity,
abounding in pagan customs, given over to magic, necromancy, and
superstitious rites of every kind, the more rigidly it was observed, the
less of true religion really existed. The immorality of the period was
most flagrant; shameless sensuality prevailed everywhere. Violence
and robbery, murder and corruption were rampant.

5. It is, however, the period of all periods in Israelitish history,
in which the prophet has largest place. It is true that he is always in
opposition to the governing power; but his opposition is so strong
that it means a large measure of control. He was Israel's adviser, and
had his guidance been freely accepted the pages of history would have
told a far different story. At the same time, these changes in government
and these many wars with hostile neighbors, this transition in method
of life, and the opportunities afforded by increased wealth, this position
as a world-power in contact with other world-powers; even this false
religious zeal, and the immoral activity of the times — all this furnishes
an experience, an object lesson, a text for prophetic appeal and for the
announcement of divine law, which was to educate some of those who
lived then, and more of those who were to follow.

§ 58. The Contemporaneous Literary Work of this period is very large
in quantity, and of the highest value. This, in fact, is the age in which
Israel cornes to literary consciousness. Our greatest difficulty lies in
the abundance and the richness of this material. The following may
be regarded as a rough catalogue of the most important prophetic
material. Distinction is to be made between the literature produced
in Northern Israel, and that coming from Judah. For the sake of con-
venience we may arrange this material in three groups:

A. Narrative Literature, produced in this period, which relates to
times preceding 933 B. C. These works are of especial interest in that
their spirit and purpose belong to the times under consideration.
They were written to meet the problems of these times; and, present-
ing as they do the sympathies and antipathies of the period, they form
a true expression of the inner thought. Here may be placed :

1 . The great prophetic narrative of Judah, J.z This narrative begins

'0611.2:43—4:25; 7 : 1-5, 7-IO, 12, 173, 22 f. ; 8 : 23, 30, 6-12, 133, 20 f.J 18; I —
20:38; 24:1-67; 29:1-14, 31-35; 30:3^-16, 223-310, 34-385, 39, 40a, 40^-43;
31 : I, 17, 180, 25, 27, 31, 43/, 46, 48-50; 38 : I-30; 39 : 1-23; 43 : 1— 45 : la; 48 : 13-
19; 49:1^-27; Exod. 1 :8-l2, 14a/ 4:1-16; 5:5 — 6:1; 8:1-4,8-150,20 — 9:7;
10:1-11; 11:4-8; 12:29-34,37-39; 34:1-28; Numb. 22 : 33-50, 5^-7, II, 17 f., 22-
360, 39 ; 24 : 1-25 ; etc. See also Appendix D.

52 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

with an account of creation and the fall of man, passes rapidly
over the antediluvian period, dwells a little while upon the deluge and
the confusion of tongues, and gives the biographies of the patriarchs
in some detail. Some of the patriarchal episodes most fully described
are the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, the selection of a wife for
Isaac, Jacob's sojourn with Laban, Judah's treatment of Tamar, the case
of Joseph and Potiphar's wife, the visits of Joseph's brethren to Egypt
in search of corn, and Jacob's blessing. The residence and bondage
in Egypt are related together with the deliverance and exodus. The
narrative then follows the history on to Sinai and incorporates at this
point the smaller Book of the Covenant. In the further recital of the
history especial consideration is given to the Balaam incident, the fall
of Jericho, the capture of Ai, and Joshua's relief of Gibeon.

This document is characterized by : (a) a charming narrative style,
{b) its naive, anthropomorphic conception of God, {c) the use of the
name Jehovah, (d) the intensely ethical and theological spirit of the
narrative, (<?) the presence within it of duplicate accounts of the same
event, (/) its lack of chronological indications and, (g) a deep interest
in the early history of the human race.

The general consensus of scholarly opinion is that while J contains
much material coming from very early stages of Israel's life, it assumed
its literarv form some time early in the eighth century, or late in the
ninth century B. C. The narrative thus reflects the ideas of the Judean
prophets of the age just prior to Amos. For convenience J and E are
treated in this study as single documents ; it must be remembered,
however, that a truer conception is that they include within themselves
various strata of growth and are not the product of two particular
individuals, but rather of two schools of prophetic writers.2

2. The great prophetic narrative of Ephraim, E. The first traces of
this narrative3 appear in Gen., chap. 15, in connection with the promise

2 On the limits, contents, characteristics, date, and origin of I see especially:
Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, Vol. I, pp. 97-109; Driver,
Introduction, etc., pp. 1 16-25; KUENEN, The Hexateuch, pp. 138-63, 226-61; DlLL-
MANN, Die Biicher Numeri, Deuteronomium, und Josua, pp. 622-33; Holzinger,
Einleitung in den Hexateuch, pp. 72-173.

3Gen. 15:1, 2, 5; 20:1-17; 21:8-21,22-27,31,32,34; 22:1-13,19; 25:27,
29-34; 27 :7^_I4> 1 6-1 8a, 21-23, 30£-3ia, 35-4ia,- 31 :2, 4-16, 19-24, 26, 28-30, 32-
42,47,51 — 32:2; 37:5-11,13^, 173, 18a, 19, 20, 22-25a, 28a~3i, 36; 40:1 — 41:30,
32 f., 35a, c, 36a, 37-40; 42:8-26,29-37; 45:5a'-8, 15-18, 21^-27; 46:2-5; 48 : 20-22;
Exod. 1:15 — 2:10; 18 : 12-27; 20: 1 — 23:31a/ Numb. 20:14-18; 21:4^-9; 22:40 —
23 :26; Deut. 33 : 1-25. See also Appendix D.

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to Abraham of a great posterity. The most important sections of it
include the account of Abraham and Abimelech's dealings concerning
Sarah; the stories of the rejection of Hagar and her son; of the dis-
pute concerning the well at Beersheba; of the offering up of Isaac; of
the sale of Esau's birthright; of Jacob's success in securing the blessing
intended for Esau; of Jacob's return from Syria to his own land; the
narrative of Joseph's dream; of his going down to Egypt; of the course
of events in Egypt; of the coming of Joseph's brethren and their father
into Egypt; of the blessing of Joseph's sons; the account of the birth
of Moses; the advice given by Jethro to Moses; the Decalogue and the
Book of the Covenant; the refusal of the Edomites to permit the pas-
sage of Israel through the land of Edom; the making of the bronze
serpent; the Balaam-oracles; the blessing of Moses. There is in addi-
tion much material of a more fragmentary character carrying the history
on through the conquest of Canaan.

The narrative is, in general, characterized by (a) its evident interest
in archaeological and antiquarian subjects; (6) its representation of
Jehovah as revealing his will through dreams, visions, and angels; (c)
its marked interest in Northern Israel's history rather than that of the
Southern kingdom; (d) a distinctly didactic or prophetic tone and
purpose; (e) the use of the word Elohim, instead of Jehovah, as the
divine name; (/) a somewhat careful and exact chronological arrange-
ment of material.

It is generally conceded that E is of northern origin and that it
assumed literary form at a time subsequent to J, perhaps in the first
half of the eighth century B. C. It is thus a contemporaneous record
of prophetic ideals in Northern Israel in the generation before Amos.4

3. The J and E of Judges? — These sources of the Book of Judges

4 On the contents, scope, character, date, and origin of the E narrative see
especially: Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, pp. 110-20;
DRIVER, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament, pp. 116-26; Driver,
The Book of Genesis, pp. xi-xxi ; Holzinger, Einleitung in den Hexateuch, Vol. I,
pp. 173-228; Kuenen, The Hexateuch, pp. 138-73, 226-61; DlLLMANN, Die Biicher
Numeri, Deuteronomium, und Josua, pp. 615-22.

sThe following passages are assigned to J by G. F. Moore : \:\b, 21., 5-7, 10c,
11-17,19-230,24-36; 2:10,5^,23; 3:2,5,6,16-270,28; 6:11-19,21-24,34; 7:1;
7-9, 12-16, 20-22 ; 8 :4-2I, 24-27 ; 9:26-41 ; 13:2-25; 14 : 1-20; 15:1-19; 16:1-310,
17:1, 5, 7-12; 18:1-14,17-30; 19:1-6; 9 f., 12, 14-23,25-30; 20:1,3-8, 18 £., 29,
36-41, 44, 47; 21 : 1, 15-23; and the following to E: 4:6-22; 6:33, 36-40; 9:1-25,
42-55; 11:1,3-11,30-40; 12:1-6; 17:2-4, 7, II; 18:2-4, 8f., 15, 31 ; 19: 7 f., 10,
12 f., 15.

54 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

originated during the first or second century of this period. Whether
or not they formed a part of the J and E of the Hexateuch cannot be
definitely determined, but in any case they come from the same school
of prophetic narrators, and show the light in which these interpreters
of history looked upon events and movements of comparatively recent
times.6

4. The earlier Samuel Narrative (see § 45, 1), dealing with the
history of the times of Saul and David, and having value for this period
because the writer's purpose and point of view appear so plainly in his
selection and use of materials and in the general attitude assumed
toward these great leaders of former times.

5. The later Samuel Narrative (see §45, 2), covering the same
period as the earlier narrative, but reflecting a more highly developed
stage of thought and feeling and characterized by a distinctly prophetic
spirit.

6. The various narratives and documents in Kings relating to David
and Solomon, 1 Kings, chaps. 1-11. Chaps. 1 and 2, dealing with
the last acts of David, really belong to the books of Samuel and express
the same ideas as the sources of Samuel. Chaps. 3-1 1 include
several sources (§45, 5), among the earliest of which are: (a) an early
life of Solomon, the purpose of which seems to have been to emphasize
the great wisdom and power of Solomon, and (<£) still older annalistic
records of Solomon's building operations, and various other matters.
These are of interest and value as showing the thought of the times
concerning the life and work of Solomon. The pieces, thus included,
represent in truest fashion not only (1) the general purpose and spirit
of 933-721 B. C, or some special sub-period in these two centuries;
but also (2) a definite and separate development of prophetic growth
and prophetic literary expression, standing between the earlier work
of Elijah and Elisha, and the later activity of Amos and Hosea.

§59. Constructive Study. — In the case of each of the documents
treated in §58 :

1. Ascertain the various views concerning the time of its origin,

6 On the sources of Judges see the commentaries of G. F. Moore, Budde and
Nowack, and also Moore, art. "Judges," Encyclopedia Biblica; Konig, art. "Judges,"
Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; Moore, Judges (Polychrome Bible) ; Stade
"Zur Entstehungsgeschichte des vordeuteronomischen Richterbuches," Zeitschrift fur
die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. I. pp. 339-43; Driver, Introduction to the
Literature of the Old Testament (1897), pp. 160-72; Frankenberg, Die Composition
des deuteronomischen Richterbuches (1895) ; Marquart, Fundamente der israelitischen
und jiidischen Geschichte (1896).

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 55

together with the grounds upon which its assignment to this period
rests.

2. Separate carefully any portions which may fairly be regarded as
having had their origin later than 721 B. C. and indicate the reasons
for this separation.

3. Try to determine the particular portion of this period in which
the piece originated, and study the historical environment out of which
it came.

4. Endeavor by continuous reading of each document by itself to
secure a clear conception of the document as a whole.

§60. The Covenant Code. — (Exod. 20:23 — 23:33). This is a series of
laws arranged in groups of five and representing the ideas and usages
that had come into existence and received general acceptance between
the days of Moses and some time in the eighth or ninth centuries B. C.
at the latest. This code is characterized by (a) the comparatively
primitive character of many of its requirements ; {b) the agricultural
background reflected in its laws ; (V) the predominance of ethical and
secular elements in the legislation, almost to the exclusion of ritualistic
details ; {d) its harmony with the teachings of the earlier prophets.

On the Covenant Code see especially : Briggs, Higher Criticism of the Hexa-
teuch, pp. 211-32; Naumann, "Der Dekalog und das sinaitische Bundesbuch im
inneren Zusammenhange dargestellt," Zeitschrift fiir kirchliche Wissenschaft ttnd kirchl.
Leben, Vol. IX (1888), pp. 551-71; Baentsch, Das Bundesbuch (1892); Roth-
STEIN, Das Bundesbuch und die religionsgeschichtliche Entivicklung Israels (1888) ;
Budde, " Bemerkungen zum Bundesbuch," Zeitschrift fiir die alttestamentliche Wissen-
schaft,Vo\. XI, pp. 99-1 1 4 ; Kr aetzschmar, Die Bundesvorstellung im Alten Testament
(1896), pp. 70-99; Kuenen, The Hexateuch, pp. 50 f., 167,245; W. Staerk, Das
Deuteronomium (1894), pp. 32-57; L. B. Paton, "The Original Form of the Book of
the Covenant," fournal of Biblical Literature, Vol. XII (1893), pp. 79~93 ; Steuer-
nagel, "Der jehovistische Bericht iiber d. Bundesschluss am Sinai," Theologische
Studien und Kritiken (1899), pp. 319 ff.; G. F. Moore, art. "Exodus," §4, Encyclo-
pedia Biblica, Vol. II (1901); Cornill, Einleitung in das Alte Testament (1891), pp.
73~7S '> W. R. Harper, The Priestly Element in the Old Testament (1905), §§20, 169 ;
Idem, Amos and Hosea, pp. lxiv-ix ; and the commentaries of Baentsch and
Holzinger on Exodus, in loc.

§61. Constructive Study. — Take up the Covenant Code and consider
in general: (1) its place in the history of Hebrew legislation; (2) the
stage of civilization reflected in its social and religious ideas; (3) its
relation on the one hand to the work of the priests, on the other to
that of the prophets.

§62. B. Narrative Literature, produced in this period,
which describes selected features of the period — in other

56 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

1 Kings 12:1-30, words, contemporaneous history. This is found chiefly
25, 28, 29; 14: . __ . , T_ . ,

25-28,30. in 1 Kings, chap. 12 — 2 Kings, chap. 17.7

1. Old material in 1 Kings 12 :i — 14:18, relating to
the disruption and the subsequent history of the North-
ern kingdom, coming from the pen of a Northern writer.
Note that he places all the blame for the disruption
upon Rehoboam, and holds the conviction that the right
to choose their king is a prerogative of the people.

1 Kings, chaps. 2. Northern or Ephraitnite stories concerning Elijah

17-19 and 21. . °

and his work, setting tne prophet forth as the representa-
tive of Jehovah in successful opposition to the policy of
a wicked king and the sensuous tendencies of a corrupt
people. The narratives are characterized by freshness
and vigor and directness of aim. The stories are marked
by unity of style and purpose and have very few later
accretions. They come from a comparatively early time
as appears, e.g., (a) from the fact that they do not oppose
the calf- worship of Jeroboam II. as did Hosea ; (b) they
know nothing of the Deuteronomic prohibition of local
sanctuaries; (c) the statement in 1 Kings 19:3 that
"Beersheba belongeth to Judah." On the other hand
the stories are not contemporaneous with the events they
describe and do not purport to be the records of eyewit-
nesses. They may with reasonable certainty be assigned
to the period about 800 B. C.

1 Kings, chaps. 3. Northern or Ephraimite stories of the Northern
9:1—10:27. ' kingdom, characterized by a more favorable estimate of

Ahab than that prevalent in the stories concerning Elijah,
and concerned with the revolution under Jehu, not as
though coming from an active participant and sym-
pathizer with the efforts of the reforming party, but rather
from an outsider without any special prophetic tendencies.
Apart from a few later accretions these stories may be
assigned to the same general period as the foregoing.

2 Kings 2: 1—8: 4. Northern stories of E lis ha and his work. — In these

15; 13 :i4-2i.

stories Elisha is the center of interest. They are of

7 For the analysis of the Books of Kings see the works cited in §45, note 2, and
also Stade, Akademische Reden und Abhandlungen (1899), pp. 143-226; Stade
and Schwally, The Books of Kings (Polychrome Bible, 1904); Wellhausen,
Die Composition des Hexateuchs und der histori schen Biicher (1889).

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 57

varied character and value, and lacking in unity of

thought. They seem to have been gathered from various

sources, and incorporated without being brought into

perfect harmony with each other. Some of them are

evidently historical sources of high value, while others

are highly idealistic and poetic pictures of Elisha as

interpreted by later times. Altogether they present the

various aspects of Elisha's many-sided activity. The

stories probably come from different times and places,

but all may be supposed to have originated in Northern

Israel some time about the middle of the eighth century

B. C.

v Southern stories concerning Tudah. — These Tudean 2 Kings, chaps.
J * J J 11,13; 16:5-18.

narratives are based upon older sources of information,

but were edited by a later hand. The different interests

and conceptions of the older writers not infrequently

appear in the narratives as they now stand. Their

Judean origin accounts for the large share of attention

given to the temple and its interests.

§63. Constructive Study. — In the case of each of the sources cited
in § 62,

1. Ascertain the various views concerning the time of its origin,
together with the grounds upon which its assignment to this period
rests.

2. Separate carefully those portions of the piece which may fairly
be regarded as having had their origin later than 721 B. C, and
indicate the reasons for this separation.

3. Try to determine in what portion of this period the piece
originated, and study the historical environment out of which it came.

§ 64. C. Sermonic Literature, coming from this period,
which (1) describes the times, (2) is intended to meet the
needs of the people, (3) grows out of the circumstances,
historical and moral, of the particular period under con-
sideration.

1. An oracle concerning Moab. — This probably comes isa. 15:1— 16:12
from a prophet of Judah, older than Isaiah, living when
Jeroboam II. (2 Kings 14:25) subdued Moab, about
775 B. C.8 The writer evidently sympathizes with the

8 This has been the more commonly accepted opinion; so, e. g., Hitzig (who
ascribed the prophecy to lonah, and was followed by Knobel, Maurer, Baur,

58 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Moabites (15:5, 16: 10, 11). Isaiah himself, perhaps in
734 B.C., in connection with the incursion of Tiglath-
pileser, or in 712 B. C, when Moab was intriguing with
Egypt and Philistia, may have (a) reaffirmed its fulfil-
ment (16 : 13, 14), and at the same time (b) have inserted
16 : 4b, 5. The discourse is somewhat fragmentary and
obscure. Its most striking characteristic is the frequent
use of paronomasia (sixteen cases).
15:1-9- A great calamity is to befall Moab; her people will

be stricken with fear, and will flee in terror toward
16:1-6. Edom. If now Moab would submit to the house of

16:7-12. David in Jerusalem, protection would be secured. But

Moab is too proud to do this ; and therefore destruction
16:13,14- is certain. "The prediction of long ago," says the later

prophet, "will soon be fulfilled; in fact, within three
years."
Amos 7: i-9- 2. The visions of Amos, in which he sees the destruc-

tion, at first delayed, but finally executed, probably
constituted his call to the work of the prophet. Com-
pare the similar experiences of Hosea (chaps. 1-3),
Isaiah (chap. 6), Jeremiah (chap. 1), Ezekiel (chap. 1).
The prophet's definite statement, in poetical form, of the
7:9; 7:14- destruction of Jeroboam's house, and his denial that he

is a member of a prophetic society, furnish the key to an
7:10-13,14-17. understanding of the entire book. After the two pieces,
in which is related his encounter with Amaziah, there
follow two other visions, the first of which is entitled the
8:1,2^. vision of the basket of ripe fruit, with an explanatory dis-

8:4-14. course emphasizing the approaching catastrophe; the

9:1. second, the vision of the broken altar, with a most pas-

9:2-8*. sionate description of the ruin which is at hand.9

Thenius, et at.), DeWette, Ewald, Umbreit, Reuss, Kuenen, Wellhausen
(Encyclopedia Britannica9, Vol. XVI, p. 535); W. R. Smith (Prophets of Israel, pp.
91 f.,392), Dillmann, G. A. Smith, Driver (Introduction, etc., pp. 215 f.), Skinner.
Others have held that this was a prophecy revealed to Isaiah early in his career, and
that at the time of his final utterance of it he received the further revelation of its ful-
filment within three years (so, e. g., Delitzsch, Orei.li). Still others make it post-
exilic ; so, i». g., SCHWALLY (Zeitschrift fiir die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. VIII,
pp. 207 ff.); DUHM, Cheyne (Introduction, etc.), Marti.

9 Chap. 9: 8<r-i 5 must be assigned to a prophet living at a much later day than Amos.

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3. The fate of the nations, with whom Israel has been 1:3-5, 6-8, 13-15-
brought into relationship, viz., Syria, Philistia, Ammon, 2:1-3
Moab,10 is destruction, because they have transgressed

the universal laws of morality. Will not the same judg-
ment come upon Israel, who has been guilty of the most 2:6-8.
cruel injustice and oppression, notwithstanding Yahweh's 2:9-12.
many efforts to build and strengthen her? A calamity is 2:13-16.
coming which none will escape. The climax in the
enumeration of countries is found in Israel. The same
laws which apply to other nations must apply also to
Israel.

4. A mos's great message, contained in his visions (chaps.
7, 8, 9), and serving as the subject of his introductory
sermons, (1, 2), is simply repeated again and again in his
remaining sermons. These are (1) As everyone fears 3:1-8.
when the lion roars, so everyone ought to understand

that destruction is at hand when Yahweh has announced
the fact; (2) Samaria's doom has been decreed, viz., an 3:9—4:3.
adversary ; nothing left; the altars destroyed ; the women
carried into captivity; (3) Effort of every kind was put 4:4-13.
forth to bring Israel to her senses, but she would not
understand and return; (4) The virgin Israel will fall 5:1-6,8,9.
never again to rise up, because she would not seek
Yahweh;" (5) Israel, because of her transgressions, will 5:7,10-17-
come to grief; (6) Woe upon those who pray for Yahweh's 5:18—6:14.
day; woe upon Samaria for her recklessness and indif-
ference; Yahweh swears by himself that he will crush
Israel, by sending against her a hostile nation.

On the Book of Amos see the commentaries of W. R. Harper
{International Critical Commentary; 1905) ; G. A. Smith (Ex-
positor's Bible); Driver (Cambridge Bible); Mitchell, Orelli,
Wellhausen, Nowack (Kleine Propheten); Marti (Dodeka-
propheton) ; and also W. R. Harper, The Structure of the Text of
the Book of Amos (1904); Cheyne, art. "Amos," Encyclopcedia
Biblica; G. Rothstein, "Amos und seine Stellung innerhalb des
israelitischen Prophetismus," Theologische Studien und Kritiken*
April, 1905; Valeton, Amos und Hosea; Davidson, Expositor,

10 The statements concerning Tyre (1:9,10), Edom (1: 11, 12), Judah (2:4, 5) come
probably from a later day.

"Vss. 8, 9 are from a later prophet.

60 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

March and September, 1887; Taylor, art. "Amos," Hastings's
Dictionary of the Bible; BAUMANN, Der Aufbau der Amosreden;
L6hr, Untersuchungen zian Buck Amos ; Meinhold, Studien zur
israelitiscken Religionsgeschichte, Band I: Der heilige Rest, pp. 33-63 ;
Seesemann, Israel und Juda bei Amos und Hosea; RlEDEL, Alt-
lestamentliche Untersuchungen, Vol. I, pp. 19-36; Driver, art.
"Amos," Smith, Dictionary of the Bible (2d ed.) ; Idem, Introduc-
tion, etc., pp. 313-18.

i:a-g. 5. Hosed 's domestic experience furnishes both the intro-

duction to the book and the prophet's call to be a
prophet. He marries a wife, Gomer, who is strongly
inclined to harlotry at the time of marriage ; this shows
itself, later, in the birth of children in sin. She is put
away. After awhile she is purchased as a slave and put

3:1-5. in a place of retention "many days." Just so Israel has

2:4-7,10-14,19. become a harlot, going after other gods, and she must
be punished,12 that is, deprived of all opportunity for
worship and for self government for "many days."

6. Hosea 's sermons, when properly restored, are found
to be models of poetic and logical skill. In one after
another he deals with the sins of his times, and endeavors,
although ineffectually, to lead the people to a correct

4:1-19. knotvledge of Jehovah : (1) Israel is led on in wickedness

by the priests, who encourage the people in idolatry and
adultery. Let Judah beware of Israel doomed to death.

5:1-14. (2) Israel is led astray by priests ignorant of Jehovah and

therefore faithless to him. Twofold punishment will
come : from without, an invading army; from within,

5:15—7:7- anarchy and corruption. (3) Israel's blind and fitful

repentance is not sufficient to remove the guilt which
will one day be manifest to all ; the situation is one of
iniquity, as is plainly seen in the assassinations that are
taking place, the confusion and desperation on every

7:8—8:3. side. (4) Israel, in seeking aid from foreign nations, has

abandoned Jehovah, and will in turn be abandoned to

8:4-14. destruction by him. (5) Israel's self-appointed kings

and her stubborn idolatry are displeasing to Jehovah and

9:1-9- will bring destruction. (6) She shall go into exile and

be deprived of all her accustomed social and religious

"Chap. 2:8, 9, 16-18, 20-25, I_3 are four separate and later voices describing
Israel's return to Jehovah and his acceptance of her.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 6 I

privileges. (7) Israel is corrupt; the life of old as well 9:10-17.
as young is licentious. (8) Israel is wicked in propor- 10:1-8.
tion to her prosperity; but an end is coming of all that
she has falsely trusted. (9) Israel's history is one of sin 10:9-15.
and guilt; the fruit of such seed is a sad harvest; viz.,
desolation, destruction, and death, even that of the king.
(10) But yet Israel is a child, and Jehovah his father, h:i-h.
with all a father's love in spite of ingratitude and deser-
tion, (n) The falsity and faithlessness of Israel from 12:1-15.
the very beginning must bring retribution and ruin.
(12) Israel shall be utterly destroyed and condemned to 13:1-16.
Sheol. (13) An exhortation to repentance and words of 14:1-8.
hope.

On the Book of Hosea see: the commentaries by W. R. Harper
{International Critical Commentary, 1905); G. A. Smith {Exposi-
tor's Bible); Cheyne (Cambridge Bible); Ewald, Hitzig, Orelli,
Wunsche, Simson, Wellhausen (Kleine Propheten); Nowack
(Kleine Propheten); Marti (Dodekapropheton); V ALETON (Amos und
Hosea); and also W. R. Harper, The Structure of the Text of
the Book of Hosea (1905); Oettli, Amos und Hosea (1901); Mein-
HOLD, Studien zur israelitischen Religionsgeschichte, Band I : Der
heilige Rest, pp. 64-88 ; Seesemann, Israel und fuda bei Amos
und Hosea nebst einem Excurs iiber Hos. 1-3; RlEDEL, Alt-
testamentliche Untersitchungen, Vol. I, pp. 1-18; Davidson, art.
"Hosea," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; W. R. Smith and
Marti, art. "Hosea," Encyclopedia Biblica ; Driver, Introduction,
etc., pp. 301-7.

7. The call of Isaiah occurred about 740 B. C. ; the isa., chap. 6.
story of this call was not made public before 730 B. C;

its form and position show that it was intended to serve
as an explanation and justification of the severe and ter-
rible prophecies which precede it (viz., chaps. 2-5). The
wording of the chapter shows that the prophet had been
preaching several years before the publication of this call.
It includes two parts : (1) A vision of the glory of the 6:1-7.
Holy One of Israel ; from this we learn Isaiah's concep-
tion of God; (2) The commission of the prophet, viz., to 6:8-13.
be a preacher to his people, but without success, until the
sin-stricken nation shall be purged by the devastation of
an invader; the outcome of this period of purification
will be a "holy seed," something indestructible.

8. The ideal and the real, as they presented them- isa. 2:2-4.

62 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

selves to Isaiah, about the year 735 B. C, when he was

beginning his work as preacher, are described most

vividly in chaps. 2-4: (1) Israel's religion, in the future,

will have the place of pre-eminence among the world's

2:5-8. nations and will bring universal peace;'3 but (2) this

cannot be realized in the present condition of luxury,

2:9-17. infidelity, and idolatry ; there must first come a. judgment

2:18-21.

2:22—3:15- upon Palestine which will fall upon everything in which

the nation has wrongly placed its dependence, whether

(a) inanimate objects, which shall be brought low, or

(3) idols, which shall be destroyed, or (c) society, of which

3:16—4:1. the entire collapse may be expected, or (d) women, whose

luxurious tastes have brought ruin upon themselves and
their husbands — all must be purged; but, after this
punishment has been meted out, (3) the ideal condition
will be realized, the remnant will once more prosper;
those who constitute the citizenship of Zion will be pure
and holy — all this when the present filth of Zion has
been purged.14

isa.,chap. 5. 9. The parable of the vineyard and its fruit is one of

Isaiah's most characteristic sermons and was preached
about 735 B. C: (1) The prophet sings a song — he calls
it a song of love, in which he describes a vineyard
(Israel), carefully prepared and planted with the choicest

5:i-7. vines by its owner (Jehovah). This vineyard, expected

to produce grapes, yields only wild ones, nothing more
than would have grown without care and without pro-
tection. What will follow? Utter destruction of the
vineyard by its owner. But (2) of what kind of sinners

5:8-10,11-17,18, is Israel made up? (a) Avaricious monopolists; (b)

19,20,21,22,23. dissolute debauchees ; (c) presumptuous fools ; (d) per-

verters of truth ; (e) self-conceited skeptics ; (/) corrupt

5:24. officials. (3) These will all be destroyed in Jehovah's

indignation.

10. The collapse of Israel is described in a poetic
utterance found in 9 : 8 — 10 : 4 with 5 : 25-29 as a conclu-

13 This passage, found likewise in Mic. 4:1 £f., was probably placed here by a
later prophet, to soften the very severe statements that follow.

*4In this passage 2 : 5, 20, 22 ; 3 : 10 f., 18-23, 25 f.; 4:5 f. are probably from a
later prophet.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 63

sion. The feature of the poem is its refrain which is
repeated at the close of each stanza : (1) Foreign foes 9:8-12.
will inflict irreparable injury; but without avail. (2) 9:13-17.
Merciless pestilence will bring indescribable suffering.
(3) Internal strife will introduce ruin and disaster. (4) 9:18-21.
Death or captivity is awaiting one and all of them. But 10:1-4.
none of these afflictions has brought Israel to her senses ;
she continues as before, and Jehovah's hand is still out-
stretched. Therefore, now, (5) they shall be given over 5:26-30.
to the worst of enemies; an army marching swiftly, with
perfect outfit, ready for action, invincible, shall come and
take them away.15

11. The Syro-Ephraimitish war (735-734 B. C.) fur-
nished the occasion for some of Isaiah's most interesting
work : (1) Israel and Syria propose to force Judah into a 7:1.
triple alliance against the aggression of Assyria. (2) 7:2.
Judah and Jerusalem are in great distress. (3) Ahaz, 7:3-9.
who is inclined to join hands with Assyria, is told by
Isaiah that he need not fear ; the doom of Israel and
Syria is at hand ; they cannot injure Judah. (4) Because 7:10-17.
Ahaz is skeptical, a sign is given — the child {God-is-
with- us), and before this child is old enough to distin-
guish good from evil, Israel and Syria will be forsaken,
and Judah, likewise, will be called to suffer. (5) A great 7:18-25.
devastation will come upon Judah, because of the conflict
between Assyria and Egypt, and the land will become a
ruin. (6) Yes, let the people know that Israel and Syria 8:1-8.
will be laid waste before Mahar-shalal-hash-baz, the
prophet's son born a little later, is two years old ; and
this calamity to the nation in the north will include also
Judah in the south. (7) In these days of disaster let not 8:11-15.
the lack of faith of the people find a place in the heart of
the prophet or his disciples ; Jehovah is the only source
of help. (8) In these days of darkness, men must not 8:16-22.
resort to the dead, but to the "direction and the admoni-
tion." (9) But a day of brightness is coming in which 9:2-7.
the most northern tribes (just carried into captivity), will
have first share. Instead of darkness there will be
light; instead of grief, joy; for the tribes, taken into

^The position of 10 : 1-4 is not satisfactory logically. See MITCHELL, p. 222.

64 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

captivity, will throw off the yoke, for Assyria's armies
will have been destroyed. The instrument of deliver-
ance will be the child, the Prince of Peace, through whom
justice and peace will endure forever.

12. The fall of Damascus and that of Samaria are
17:1-11. treated likewise in two short pieces: (1) The oracle on

Damascus : (a) Damascus and Ephraim will soon perish ;
but (6) a remnant will escape that will be faithful to
Jehovah; (c) Ephraim falls because she has forsaken
38:1-6. Jehovah and adopted foreign cults. (2) Samaria in all her

haughtiness is doomed to destruction at Jehovah's hand.

On the book of Isaiah see especially : the commentaries of
Delitzsch, Ewald, G. A. Smith {Expositor's Bible); Skinner
{Cambridge Bible) ; Cheyne, Orelli, Duhm, Marti, Dillmann,
Kittel, Mitchell, and also Cheyne, Introduction to the Prophecies
of Isaiah; Driver, Isaiah, His life and Times ("Men of the Bible
Series"); G. A. Smith, art. "Isaiah," Hastings's Dictionary of the
Bible; Cheyne, art. "Isaiah," Encyclopedia Biblica; C. H. H.
Wright, art. "Isaiah," Smith's Dictionary of the Bible (2d ed).

13. Micah, a co-worker of Isaiah, brought up in a
country home (1:1, 14), and speaking from the point
of view of the masses, rather than that of the upper
classes, begins his work before 721 B. C. (1 : 6). Unlike
Isaiah he has little or no interest in the political situa-
tion.*6 The essence of his utterance is rebuke and

1:1-7; denunciation: (1) Jehovah is coming with judgment

against Samaria and Jerusalem because of the wickedness

1:8-15. which is seen in the cities, especially Samaria; but the

judgment will come also upon Jerusalem and upon the
country in which the prophet's own home lies. (2) The

a: 1-5. sin consists in the outrageous conduct of those in power,

who rob their poorer neighbors that they may become
richer. Just so they in turn will be robbed by foreign
invaders. Notwithstanding their remonstrance, they shall

2:6-10. be carried away, because they plunder my people. (3)

a: 11. The kind of a prophet Israel desires is one who speaks

false things. (4) The ruling classes are devouring sav-
ages; the softly speaking prophets shall be confounded,

3:1-4, 5-8, 9-12. the prophet's own work shall stand ; the national sins are
grievous; Zion shall be plowed as a field.
l6Only chaps. 1 ; 2 : i-ii and 3 : 1-12 may be assigned to Micah.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 65

On the Book of Micah see especially the commentaries by
Cheyne {Cambridge Bible); G. A. Smith {Expositor's Bible);
Nowack (Kleine Propheten); Wellhausen {Kleine Propheten);
Marti {Dodekapropheton); Elhorst, Evvald, Hitzig, Orelli, and
also Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament,
pp. 325-34; Ryssel, Untersuchungen iiber die Textgestalt und die
Echtheit des Buches Micha (1887) ; W. R. Smith and T. K. Cheyne,
art. "Micah," Encyclopaedia Biblica; STADE, " Bemerkungen iiber
das Buch Micha," Zeitschrift fiir die alltestamentliche Wissenschafl,
Vol. I, pp. 1 61-7 1; III, 1-16; IV, 291-97; Nowack, art. "Micah,"
Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; Taylor, "The Message of
Micah," Biblical World, Vol. XXV (1905), pp. 201-14.

§65. Constructive Study. — In the case of each piece or group of
pieces cited in §64, 1-13, consider (1) the characteristics of style which
it presents ; (2) its strophic structure and poetical form ; (3) any
external features or historical allusions which show its relationship to
the times to which it is assigned.

§66. Additions and Insertions have been made in the
prophetic writings by writers of a date later than that of
the original author. This fact is now generally acknowl-
edged,'7 although there is not always entire agreement as
to the particular passages which may be called late.
These insertions and additions are of several kinds :

1. Sometimes a single verse or phrase is introduced
by way of explanation, or for the purpose of adding a
new fact of history bearing upon the preceding passage.
This may be the work (a) of someone who has placed on

the margin of the MS. a phrase which later finds its way isa. 2:30; 3:1*/

i -li-i i • i 1 • i i • • 5 : 3°i trie words

into the text itself; the reader or writer, by this addition? King of as-
interprets, as it were, the prophecy or expands it, or 20; 8:5.'
brings it up to date ; or (b) of the editor of the collection isa. 2:5; 7:8*,-
who makes such an insertion to enable him to fit together
two or more passages not closely connected.

2. Sometimes the addition or insertion consists of a
complete or partially complete discourse, introduced by isa. 5:15, 16.
an editor because it is (a) similar to the original passage, isa. 2:2-4.
or (6) in contrast with it, or (c) needed in view of later
information or doctrinal idea, to make it more complete isa. 3:10 f., 18-23,
from the editor's point of view, or (d) serves as an intro- g:i (exc. first

1 • 'iM • • 1 11.* -t-.if-i* phrase), 2.

duction. 1 he principal additions to Isaiah s discourses isa.z:x;a:i.
(delivered before 721 B. C.) are given above. The fol-

*i Cf. Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hexateuch, Vol. I, p. no,
lines 1-8.

66 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

lowing are the more important passages recognized as
late in Amos, Hosea, and Micah, chaps. 1-3 :

a) Amos 1:1; 1:2; 1 : 9 f . ; 1 : 1 1 f. ; 2: 4 f. ; 4: *jb, 8a;
4:13; 5 : S f . ; 6:2; 6:9-110/ 8:6; 9:6 f - ; 9:8^-15.

b) Hosea 1:1; 1:7; 2:1-3; 2:6; 2:8 f. ; 2:12; 2:16—
18; 2:20-25; 3:5; 6: 11; 8:1b, 10, 14; 9 : 9; 10:3 £., 11^,
14^; 11:8b, 9a, io3, 11; 12: ib, 4^-7, 13, 14; 14:6, 7, 9.

<:) Micah 2:11 f.
§67. Constructive Study. — Take up some of the passages (see above)
supposed to be late, and (1) ascertain the grounds on which the assign-
ment to a later date is alleged to rest; (2) determine the purpose
sought to be gained by the later writer, or editor, in making the
addition.

§ 68. Later Literary Sources furnishing information
concerning this period, and aiding toward a better under-
standing of (1) the institutions, (2) the movements, (3)
the utterances of the principal characters are to be found
as follows :

1 Kings 12 : 20-24 ; 1. Later traditions in Kings, e. g., the story of Reho-
12:33 — 13:34; ° * J

14: 1-18,2 Kings boam's purpose to recover Northern Israel by force of

1 : 9-16 ; 14 : 23- r r J

29; 15:1-4, 5, arms; the story of the prophet's denunciation of the
altar at Bethel ; the prophecy of Ahijah concerning
Jeroboam's son Abijah ; the sending of the companies
of troops to seize Elijah; the account of the reigns of
Jeroboam II. of Israel and Azariah of Judah; the expla-
nation of the fall of Samaria.

2 Chron. 14:9-15; 2. Later traditions in Chronicles, consisting in large

20:1-30 ; 26: 16-

20. ' part of (a) earlier materials worked over by the Chron-

icler (<?. g., the accounts of Asa's victory over the Cushites,
Jehoshaphat's victory over Moab and Ammon, and the
infliction of leprosy upon Uzziah), and to a much less
extent of the original contribution of the Chronicler him-
self, consisting chiefly of editorial modifications, and the
general handling of the material in such a way as to
make it represent the Chronicler's own point of view.'8
§ 69. Constructive Study. — It is important to make use of these later
traditions, and to this end it is suggested that, in the case of the sources
indicated in §68, the student —

18 For discussions of the sources of Chronicles see the literature cited in §45,
note 3.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 67

i. Secure from some authority the actual Scripture material which
scholars are accustomed to regard as included in each.

2. Consider the various points which are thought to be character-
istic of them.

3. Study closely the times in which they are claimed to have had
their origin, and the important ideas of those times.

4. Note the "traditions" given concerning the period which forms
the basis of this study, and distinguish the sympathies and antipathies
which have been transferred from the later period.

5. Sum up briefly the essential events and ideas which, after due
allowance has been made for such transference, may fairly be regarded
as belonging to the period under consideration.

§ 70. The Monumental Sources illustrating the period 933-721 B. C.
are very abundant. They may be grouped as follows :

1. Egyptian. — A bas-relief on the southern wall of the temple of
Amen at Karnak representing Shishak as subduing his enemies, and
giving the names of several cities in Israel and Judah conquered by
him upon his raid in the days of Rehoboam (1 Kings 14:25-28).

On this inscription and the bearings of Egypt on Israelitish affairs see: Driver,
in Hogarth's Authority and Archaeology, pp. 87 f.; Price, The Monuments and the
Old Testament, pp. 140-42; PATON, Early History of Syria and Palestine, pp. 192 f.

2. Assyrian. — (a) The Monolith Inscription of Shalmaneser II.
containing his account of the battle of Karkar (854 B. C), and mention-
ing Ahab of Israel as one of the allied kings arrayed against him and
defeated. (i>) The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II. representing
"Jehu son of Omri" as prostrating himself before Shalmaneser and
bringing him tribute, (c) The tribute of Jehu is mentioned also by
Shalmaneser II. in an inscription on a paving-stone from Calah. (a7)
Adad-nirari III. (812-783 B. C.) includes "the land of Omri" in the
list of countries subjugated in one of his campaigns, (e) A comparison
of the statement of the Babylonian chronicle concerning this period,
with a corresponding statement of a list of the Babylonian dynasties
establishes the identity of the biblical Pul (2 Kings 15 : 19) with Tiglath-
pileser III. (/) Tiglath-pileser III. mentions Menahem as paying
tribute in 738 B. C, and names " Azriyahu of Ya'udi" as having joined
forces with Hamath against him and having been repulsed. Until
within recent years Azriyahu was supposed to be Azariah or Uzziah,
king of Judah, but it seems more probable that a king of a region in
Northern Syria is here alluded to. Tiglath-pileser further describes
the expedition against Damascus and Northern Israel made in response

68 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

to the request of Ahaz of Judah and states that he slew Pekah and
appointed Hoshea as king of Israel (2 Kings 16: 7 ff.). Tiglath-pileser
also includes Ahaz of Judah among his tributaries in the year 728 B.C.
(g) Sargon, the successor of Shalmaneser IV. who began the siege of
Samaria, tells of his capture of the city and the deportation of its
inhabitants, and in three different passages of his inscriptions speaks
of having settled various peoples in Samaria (2 Kings, chap. 17).

For the Assyrian inscriptions and the significance of Assyria in this period see
especially: R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Literature, pp. 33-64; Driver,
in Hogarth's Authority and Archeology, pp. 92-102; Price, The Monuments and
the Old Testament, pp. 148-75; Ball, Light from the East, pp. 1 58-80; Winckler
UND ZlMMERN, Die Keilhischriften und das Alte Testament (3d ed. 1902), pp. 41-66,
171-75, 240-70 ; G. S. GOODSPEED, A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians (1902),
pp. 185-247; McCuRDY, History, Prophecy, and the Monuments, Vol. I (1S95), pp.
261-401 ; Paton, Early History of Syria and Palestine (1901), pp. 199-245; Rogers,
A History of Babylonia and Assyria, Vol. II (1900), pp. 72-157; A. Jeremias, Das
Alte Testament im Lichte des alien Orients (1904), pp. 289-303; T. G. Pinches,
The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records of Assyria and Baby-
lonia (2d ed. 1903), pp. 327-64.

3. Moabite. — The inscription of Mesha, King of Moab, discovered
at Dibon in 1868, and containing an account in Mesha's own words of
the revolt of Moab from Israel mentioned in 2 Kings 3:4, 5.

On the inscription of Mesha see especially : Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text of
the Books of Samuel, pp. lxxxv-xciv ; Driver, art. "Mesha," Encyclopedia Biblica;
Bennett, art. "Moab," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; Ball, Light from the
East, p. 240; Price, The Monuments and the Old Testament, pp. 142-47; Stade,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Vol. I, pp. 532-36 ; Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nord-
semitischen Epigraphik, pp. 415 f. ; G. A. COOKE, A Text-Book of North Semitic In-
scriptions (1903), pp. 1-14; Konig, Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenldndischen
Gesellschaft, Vol. 59 (1905), pp. 233-51.

4. Aramaic. — The inscriptions from Zinjirli dating from the eighth
century B. C. furnish many illustrations of the religious and political
life of Northern Syria at this time, and show the dominance of Assyria
in the whole of Western Asia.

On the Zinjirli inscriptions see : G. A. Cooke, A Text-Book of North Semitic
Inscriptions, pp. 159-85; LiDZBARSKl, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik,
pp. 440-44 ; Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli, ausgefiihrt und herausgegeben im Auftrage
des Orient-Comite's zu Berlin (1893), Parts I, III, pp. 44-54, IV, pp. 55-84; D. H.
Muller, " Die altsemitischen Inschriften von Sendschirli," Wiener Zeitschrift fur
die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Vol. VII (1893), pp. 33-70, 113-140.

§71. Constructive Study. — Prepare a brief statement upon the essen-
tial facts in the life and history of Egypt, Assyria, Moab, and Syria
during this period, with special reference to their bearing upon the
life and thought of Israel.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM 69

§72. Allusions to the Institutions found in the writings of the period
throw light upon the non-prophetic and likewise the prophetic religious
thought of the times. The chief material of this kind is as follows:

1. The Priest: Exod. 20:6; 1 Kings 18:19-40; Hos. 4:6-9; 5:1;
6:9; Amos 7:10-17; Mic. 3:11; Isa. 28:7; Deut. 33:8-11.

2. The Place of Worship: Exod. 20:24 ff . ; 1 Kings 2:28-30; 3:4;
6:1-38; 18:30-38; Amos 2:8; 3:14; 4:4; 5:55 7:9> r3! 8:I4; 9:IJ
Hos. 4: 13, 15; 8:1; 9:4, 8, 15 ; 10:8; 12:11; Isa. 1 :i2 ; 6: 1, 4; Mic.
3:12.

3. Sacrifice: Exod. 20:24; 23:18; 24:5; 34:25; 1 Kings 3:4;
12:26-33; Isa. 1:11-13; Hos. 3:4; 4:13. x95 6:6; 8:13; 9:4; 11:2;
13:2; 1 Kings 8:5; 18:30-38; 12:26-33; Deut. 27:6^,7; Amos
4:4 f.; 5:22-25.

4. Feasts: Exod. 34:18-25 ; 23: 14-17 ; 1 Kings 8:2, 65 f.; 12:32 f.;
9:25; 2 Kings 4:23; Amos 5:21 ; 8: 10; Hos. 2:11; 5:7; 9:5; 12:9;
Isa. 1: 13 f.

5. The Sabbath: Exod. 20:8-11; 23:10-12; 34:21; 21:2-11;
2 Kings 4:23; 11:5, 7, 9; Amos 8:5; Hos. 2:11; Isa. 1:13.

6. The Clean and Unclean: Exod. 23:19^; 34:26^; 22:31; 2
Kings 5:10-14; Isa. 6:5; Amos 7:17; Hos. 9:3; Isa. 1:16; 6:5.

7. Prayer: Gen. 18:22 f. ; 19:18-22; 20:7,17; 24:12-14; 25:21;
30:6, 17, 22; 32:9-12; 35:3; Exod. 3:7, 9; 5:22 f. ; 8:8, 12, 29 ff. ;
9:28 ff.; 10:17 ff.; 14: 10, 15; 15:25; 17:4, 8-15; 32:11-14, 30-32;
33:7-11; 34:9; Numb. 10:35 f.; 11:1-3, 10-15, ^ 12:13; 14:13-19;
21:7; 23:10; Josh. 7:6-9; 10:12-14; 24:7; 1 Kings 3:6-9; 18:24-40;
2 Kings 4:33; 6:17-20.

8. The Vow : Gen. 14:21 ff. ; 28:20 ff. ; 31:13; Numb. 21 : 1-3.

9. Blessings and Cursings: Gen. 3:14, 17; 4:11; 9:25 f.; 12:3;
27:27-29, 35, 39 f.; 48:15 f.; 49:1-27; Exod. 12:32; 21:17; 23:21,
25-31; Numb. 22:6, 24:9; Deut. 33:1-29.

10. The Ban: Exod. 22:19; Numb. 21:2; Josh. 8:26.

11. The Oath: Gen. 14:22; 15:8-11, 17 f . ; 21:22-24; 22:15;
24:1-3. 27; 25:33; 26:3, 26-31; 31:53; 42:15, 47:29; 50:25; Exod.
13:19; Josh. 2:12-14, 20; 6:26; 1 Kings 1:13, 17, 30, 51 f . ; 2:23 f.,
36-46.

12. The Fast: Exod. 34:28; 24:18; 1 Kings 21:9, 12, 27.

13. Use of Oracles, Urim and Thummim, Ephod, Lot, etc. : Gen.
24:12-14; 25:22 f. ; Numb. 24:3, 15; Deut. 33:8; Josh. 16:1; 17:14,
17 ; 2 Kings 8:7 ff . ; Amos 2:11, 16 ; Hos. 3:4 ; Isa. 15:1; 17:14;
Mic. 2:5.

JO PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

14. Magic, Divination, etc.: Gen. 44:5, 15; Exod. 22:17 f. ; Numb.
22:7; 23:23; 2 Kings 9:22; Isa. 2:6; Mic. 3:6 f., 11.

15. Mourning Customs : Gen. 37:34 f.; 1 Kings 21:27; 20:31 f. ;
Amos 1:16; 8:10; Isa. 3:24; Mic. 1:8, 16.

16. Circumcision : Exod. 4:24 ff. ; Josh. 5:2 f., 9.

§73. Constructive Study. — Upon the basis of the material indicated
in §72 formulate a general statement which will characterize the
religious sentiment of the times as reflected in its institutions in
respect to —

1. Its purity from superstition.

2. Its stage of advancement.

3. Its simplicity or complexity.

4. Its adaptation to agricultural life.

5. The presence of elements approved or disapproved by the con-
temporary or later prophets.

6. The presence of elements common to other Semitic religions.

7. The presence of elements peculiar to the Hebrew religion.

8. The relative importance of the religious and moral elements.

§ 74. Make a Rapid Survey of the Great Characters and
Events of the period, with a view to determining in each
case their significance as relating to the general religious
thought of the times, or to the more specific form of
thought represented by the prophets, viz.:

1 Kings 11:36-40; j. The revolt of the ten tribes, with the part played

in this revolt by the prophets.

1 Kings 12:25— 2. The organization of Northern Israel by Jeroboam

I., with the opportunity thus offered for the growth of
prophecy.

14:35! 3. The invasion of Shishak; its significance to both

Israel and Judah.

12:21-24; 14:30; 4. The civil wars of Israel and Judah, their occasion,

15:8,3a. J

together with the gains and losses incurred therein.

15:9-24. 5- The revival in Judah under Asa; its form, charac-

ter, and results for the future.

16:15-34, etc. 6. The work of Omri and his dynasty ; its recogni-

tion in the Assyrian records ; and its religious significance.

16:31. 7. Affiliation with Phoenicia; its occasion; its rela-

tionship to the old Canaanitish regime.

17:1—19:21. 8. The work of Elijah; its significance for later

prophetic work.

BACKGROUND OF PROPHECY IN NORTHERN KINGDOM J I

g. Relations with Syria, that is, Damascus; their 14:18; 20:1-34;

' 22 : i ff.

bearing upon the historical development of this period.

10. The beginning of relations with Assyria (the 2 Kings 16: 7 f.
battle of Karkar) ; its meaning for the future.

11. Relations with Moab, and Moab's revolt. 1:1.

12. Relations between Syria and Assyria, and their 1 Kings 16:9 ff.
meaning from Israel's point of view.

13. The growing strength of Baalism under Omri's 1 Kings 18 : 19 ff .
dynasty.

14. The accession of Jehu's dynasty, with the pro- 2 Kings 9:1— 10:
phetic purpose sought to be gained through it.

15. Relations of Israel, Damascus, and Assyria in the 2 Kings 13:3-7.
times of Jehu's dynasty.

16. The work of Elisha, its political, as well as its 2:1-8:15.
religious meaning.

17. The sons of the prophets, their earlier and their
later position in prophecy.

18. The reigns of Jeroboam II. and Uzziah, as repre- 2 Kings 14:23-29;

l5 '■ I_7-

senting the highest political and commercial develop-
ment reached by Israel and Judah.

19. Amos and his work; its antecedents and its
results.

20. Hosea and his work, in relation to Amos.

21. Isaiah's early work in Judah. isa. chaps. 2-5, 6,

22. Micah and his work. Mic. 1:1—3:12.
2X. The Syro-Ephraimitish war, its purpose and its a Kings 16:1-20;

•J J r r r Isa., chaps. 7, 8.

issue.

24. The capture of Damascus by Tiglath-pileser.

25. The attitude of Egypt in the days of the Northern
kingdom.

26. The Palestinian revolt against Assyria, its occa-
sion and the outcome.

27. The capture of Samaria by Sargon, its meaning 2 Kings, chap. 17.
in the development of Israelitish religion and thought.

On the history of this period see : Ewald, History of Israel,
Vol. IV, pp. 1-200 ; Wellhausen, Prolegomena to the History of
Israel, pp. 457—77 ; Kittel, History of the Hebrews, Vol. II, pp.
205-311, 329-54; Kent, A History of the Hebrew People, Vol. I,
PP- 3-45, 57-76, 98-104; Guthe, art. " Israel," §§ 28-32, Encyclo-
pedia Biblica; F. H. Woods, art. " Kingdom of Israel," Hastings's
Dictionary of the Bible; Ottley, A Short History of the Hebrews to

J2 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

the Roman Period, pp. 158-92; Wade, Old Testament History, pp.
312-64; H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, pp. 177-237; Stade,
Geschichte des Voltes Israel, Vol. I, pp. 344-57, 519-602; Guthe,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel, pp. 129-94; Winckler, Geschichte
Israels in Einzeldarstellungen, Teil I, pp. 133-55, 160-71.

§75. Constructive Study. — Consider the general religious progress
indicated by these events and movements, and formulate the same pro-
visionally under the heads given below. This provisional statement
will be used later in securing a still more accurate expression of the
thought of the period.

1. The nation's conception of Jehovah.

2. The existence of other gods than Jehovah.

3. Faith in Jehovah's power to deliver.

4. Development of methods of worship.

5. Israel's attitude toward other peoples.

6. Israel's conception of its own future.

7. Current opinion as to the rewards of righteousness.

8. Current opinion as to the consequence of sin.

9. The standard of conduct in higher and lower classes.
10. The general state of religion.

n. Means of religious propaganda.

12. The Northern kingdom, in contrast with the Southern from a
religious point of view.

§76. The Historical Background of this period is before us, includ-
ing, as it does, (1) the literary activity of the times, (2) the institutional
history, (3) the contemporaneous history, (4) the great lives and move-
ments inside the nation itself. Our next task is to ask and, as definitely
as possible, to answer these questions : What was the actual product of
prophetic activity in this historical period ? What general and par-
ticular results were achieved by the prophets in connection with this
historical epoch ? What new truth was contributed by them ? What
old truth received new emphasis, and took on new expression ? In
brief, what did the world of thought possess at the end of this period
which it would not have possessed if in the history of Northern Israel
there had been no prophets ?

CHAPTER VI.

THE PRODUCT OF PROPHECY AND PROPHETISM FROM 933-800 B. C.

§77. The Prophetic Revolt in 033 B. C. — After an 1 Kings 11:29 ff.;

° ' ' r 7JO is: 1-20; 12:15.

examination of 1 Kings 1 2 : 1-20 and 1 Kings 1 1 : 26-31, '
consider —

1. The importance of the part played in this revolt
by Ahijah, together with (1) the significance of the fact
that Ahijah came from Shiloh ; (2) the explanation of the
revolt presented by the writer himself; (3) to what extent
it was, perhaps, a contest between the new civilization of
Solomon's times and the narrower spirit of the past.

2. The influence which may have been exerted by
such special factors as (1) the democratic spirit in gen-
eral; (2) the objection to a non-elective or hereditary
monarchy; (3) jealousy of the dominance of Judah and 4:7-19.
of the favor shown her by Solomon, e. g., in excusing her
from the obligation of providing for the king's table;

(4) antagonism (in anticipation of Josiah's reformation
in 621 B. C.) to the temple-worship emphasized in Jeru-
salem in opposition to the more liberal and popular
system of local sanctuaries ; (5) oppressive taxation ; (6)
the old cleavage between the north and south, occasioned
in part by the later entrance of the southern clans into
Canaan and the marked difference in the character of the
two regions, as illustrated, e. g., by the schism after the

death of Saul, and by the conduct of Tudah and Israel * Sam. 19:11-

15; 40-43;
after the defeat and death of Absalom. 20:1-22.

3. The definite statements attributing the revolt to
the influence of the prophets, together with (1) the actual
result of the revolt in so far as it affected prophecy ; (2)
the contrast between the situation in Northern Israel and
in Judah, so far as it concerned prophecy.

4. The indorsement of the act by a later writer, and 1 Kings 11:32-39.

'The order of the narrative of Jeroboam's movements varies greatly in the Septua-
gint from that found in the Hebrew Bible. The two narratives should be carefully
compared and estimated. See, e. g., Burney, Notes on the Hebrew Text of the Books of
Kings, pp. 163-69; Skinner, Kings ("New-Century Bible"), pp. 443-46.

74 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

12:22-24. his expansion of the explanation, together with (1) the

further indication of the prophetic attitude through She-

Hos. 8:4; 13:11. maiah ; (2) the different attitude held by Hosea ; (3) the

attitude toward Jeroboam of still later prophetism, as seen

1 Kings, chap. in the story of the prophet from Judah and in the story of
13; 14:1-19. . ... , J
Ahijah.

5. What is to be said to the claims, (1) that Jeroboam's

practice in establishing local sanctuaries was merely the

continuation of the national practice; (2) that the use of

material emblems to represent Jehovah was nothing new

or strange, the command against such representation

being something still in the future; and (3) that the

wholesale condemnation by the writer in Kings represents

the opinion of a later generation, and not even that of

the best contemporary thought ?

See : WELLHAUSEN, Prolegomena to the History of Israel, pp.
457 f.; Wade, Old Testament History, pp. 312-23; KENT, A History
of the Hebrew People, Vol. II, pp. 16-25; KuENEN, The Religion of
Israel, Vol. I, pp. 198 f.; Montefiore, The Religion of the Ancient
Hebrews, pp. 83-86 ; Schultz, Old Testament Theology, Vol. I, pp.
1 55_58; Cheyne, art. "Jeroboam," Encyclopedia Biblica; White,
art. "Ahijah," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; J. C. Todd,
Politics and Religion in Ancient Israel, pp. 90-99 ; H. P. Smith, Old
Testament History, pp. 177-80 ; Cornill, History of the People of
Israel, pp. 93-96 ; KlTTEL, History of the Hebrews, Vol. II, pp. 241-46 ;
Renan, History of the People of Israel, Vol. II, pp. 149-54: C. F.
Kent, "Jeroboam and the Disruption," Biblical World, Vol. IV,
pp. 38-48 ; G. A. Cooke, art. "Jeroboam," Hastings's Dictionary
of the Bible; Guthe, art. "Israel," Encyclopedia Biblica, col. 2238.

Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte, p. 92 ;
WlNCKLER, Alttestamentliche Untersuchungen, pp. 1-15; Guthe,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel, pp. 129-32 ; Stade, Geschichte des Volkes
Israel, Vol. I, pp. 344-49.

Abo the commentaries on Kings by Skinner, Burney, Farrar,
Kittel, and Benzinger.

§ 78. The Prophetic Work of Elijah must be gathered
from traditions concerning it, in the absence of any
writings from the prophet himself.

1. Make a study of 1 Kings, chaps. 17-19, (1) noting
1 Kings 17:1a. the circumstances of Elijah's first appearance; the rniracu-
17:2-24. lous preservation of his life ; his meeting with Ahab ; the

18:18. ' contest between the prophet and the king; Elijah's chal-

18:19-41. lenge to the Baal prophets and its outcome; the storm

PROPHECY FROM 933-8OO B. C.

and the prophet's flight; his journey to Horeb and his
vision; his commission to Elisha; and (2) consider (a)
the real point at issue between Ahab and Elijah, viz.,
Baalistic corruption of Jehovah-worship ; (0) Ahab's situa-
tion and point of view ; (c) the significance of the presence
of so many Jehovah prophets and so many Baal prophets ;
(a7) the role of Jezebel ; (e) what was involved in Baalism
as Elijah saw it; (/) the victory or failure of Elijah's
contest; (g) the lesson of the vision at Horeb, viz., the
presence of Jehovah in the sound of gentle stillness; (h)
Elijah's accomplishment of the commission received at
Horeb.

2. Examine 1 Kings, chap. 21, the story of Naboth's
vineyard, (1) noting the account of the seizure of the vine-
yard ; the prophet's message and prediction ; and the
fulfilment in connection with Jehu ; and (2) consider (a)
Ahab's character as revealed by this incident ; {b) the
issue here between Elijah and Ahab, viz., righteousness
in government ; (V) its later interpretation by Jehu.

3. Formulate, in the light of what has already been
done, a statement covering the following points: (1)
Ahab's political policy; (2) the danger which was involved
in it to the Jehovah religion ; (3) evidence against the
supposition that Ahab really desired to substitute the
Baal religion for that of Jehovah; (4) how far was it a
political as well as a religious crisis? (5) did Elijah
distinguish sharply between Baal and Jehovah? (6) what
was Elijah's idea, in contrast with that of other prophets
of his time, as to Jehovah's relation to Israel ? (7) the con-
ception of Jehovah which especially appealed to Elijah;
(8) the ethical idea involved in his stand for righteous
administration of the royal office; (9) the connection
between this idea and his conception of Jehovah.

4. Examine later allusions to Elijah and his work,
noting (1) the story of his translation; (2) the expecta-
tion of his return, as expressed in the Old Testament,
and in the New Testament in connection with John the
Baptist; (3) the estimate of him entertained in the days
of the son of Sirach ; (4) other references in the New
Testament, representing him as appearing with Moses at

18:42—19:4.

19:5-18.

19:19-21.

18:4, 19; cf. 22:6.

19: 12.

21 : 1-16.

21: 17, 18, 20.

2 Kings 9: 25, 26.

2 Kings, chap. 1.

Mai. 4:5, 6;
Matt. 17 : 12 ;

cf. 27:47;

Mark 15:35;

John 1:35.

Ecclus. 48 : 1 ff.

Matt. 17:3;
Mark 9:4;
Luke 9 : 30.

j6 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

the transfiguration of Jesus ; (5) his place in Jewish tradi-
tion, as the expected guest at every Passover; (6) his
place in Greek tradition, in connection with mountain-
lore; (7) his place in Mohammedan tradition, 2&el-Hadir?
the possessor of eternal youth and the champion of the
rights of men.

5. Consider, still further, (1) the position of Elijah
as a protestor (cf. the Rechabites) against the amenities
of civilization, and a perpetuator of the old ideals of
the nomadic life; (2) his attitude, in so far as it may be
discovered, toward ritual, and toward the law as it is
given, for example, in Deuteronomy; (3) his attitude
toward idolatry ; (4) was he a monotheist, or rather a
henotheist? (5) in what particular point lay his great
moral power? (6) for what, in brief, does he stand in the
progress of religious life and thought?

See T. K. Cheyne, The Hallowing of Criticism (1888); Idem,
art. "Prophetic Literature," Encyclopaedia Biblica, cols. 3859-63;
Coknill, Prophets of Israel, pp. 29-36 ; W. R. Smith, The Prophets of
Israel (2d ed.), pp. 76-89; MONTEFIORE, The Religion of the Ancient
Hebrews, pp. 91-94; A. B. DAVIDSON, Old Testament Prophecy, pp.
62-71 ; KlTTEL, History of the Hebrews, Vol. II, pp. 262-70; Mc-
Curdy, History, Prophecy and the Monuments, Vol. I, pp. 257-59;
H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, pp. 187-94; J. Strachan, art.
"Elijah," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible ; Wellhausen, Prole-
gomena to the History of Israel, 286-93; W. E. Addis, art. "Elijah,"
Encyclopaedia Biblica; Renan, History of the People of Israel, Vol.
II, pp. 229-42; Kent, A History of the Hebrew People, Vol. II, pp.
46-54 ; J. C. Todd, Politics and Religion in Ancient Israel, pp. 195—
97; Wade, Old Testament History, pp. 335-39; McFadyen, The
Messages of the Prophetic and Priestly Historians, pp. 1 98-204 ;
Kuenen, Religion of Israel, Vol. I, pp. 355-57 ; Robertson, Early
Religion of Israel (see Index); Schultz, Old Testament Theology,
Vol. I, pp. 241 f., 297; Batten, The Hebrew Prophet, pp. 171-85.

Gunkel, Preussische Jahrbiicher, 1898, pp. 18-51; Smend,
Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte, pp. 152-58;
Maybaum, Die Entwickelung des israelitischen Prophetenthums,
pp. 60-76 ; Marti, Geschichte der israelitischen Religion pp. 82-87
256; Guthe, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, pp. 175-79; Stade,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Vol. I, pp. 539-47; Meinhold, Studien
zur israelitischen Religionsgeschichte, Band I : Der heilige Rest,
pp. 2-32.

Also the commentaries on Kings by Skinner, Benzinger,
Kittel, Farrar, and Burney.
2Wieland, Legenden, p. 177.

PROPHECY FROM 933-8OO B. C. J J

§ 79. The Prophetic Work of Elisha is in sharp con-
trast with that of Elijah. It partakes of the wonder-
element to even a greater extent. Like the story of
Elijah, it is contained in narratives corning from different
periods.

1. Make a study of Elisha's introduction to the 1 Kings 19:19-31.
prophetic office, (1) noting his call ; his home and social

standing; the question he asks, with Elijah's answer;

his presence with Elijah in the latter's series of farewell 2 Kings 2: 1-6.

visits to the prophetic societies; his investiture in office; 2:7.

, 2 : 9 f .

his request for a double portion of Elijah's spirit; his 2:11-18.
separation from Elijah; and (2) consider (a) the signifi-
cance of the fact that Elijah's work was to be completed
by one who by birth and position occupied so different
a social place; (b) the meaning of the symbolical action
of the mantle ; (c) the force of the request for a double
portion ; (d) the controlling motive which lies back of
the story of the separation by the whirlwind.

2. Study the miracles ascribed to Elisha :

a) The dividing of the Jordan with Elijah's mantle; 2Kings2:i4;

b) The sweetening of the waters; 2:19-22;

c) The cursing of the children ; 2:23, 24;

d) The providing of Jehoram's armies with water; 3:16-20;

e) The increase of the widow's cruse of oil; 4:1-7;
/) The birth of a son to the Shunammite; 4:13-17;
g) The raising of the Shunammite's son; 4:32-37;
h) The healing of the pottage; 4:38-41;
/') The multiplication of the loaves and grain; 4:42-44;
j) The healing of Naaman's leprosy ; 5:1-14;

k) The smiting of Gehazi with leprosy; 5:20-27;

7) The making of the axe-head to float; 6:1-7;

ni) The smiting of the Syrian host with blindness; 6:14-23;

n) The rising of a corpse on touching his bones; i3:2of.
and consider (1) the extreme cruelty of one or two,
and the extreme beneficence of the great majority ; (2)
their close association with the work of the prophetic
societies (see § 7); (3) the fact that they represent Elisha
as a kind of wonder-worker {cf. also the traditions of
Elijah and Jonah); (4) the resemblance, in some cases,
to the miracles performed by Jesus ; (5) the fact that we

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 3: 11-20,
6 : 8-23.
6 : 24 ff .

8:7-15; 9:1-13.
13:14 c

1 Kings 21 : 17-24:

2 Kings 9:25 f.

1 Kings 19: 16 f. ;
2 Kings 2 : 13.

2 Kings 1:2-4,
16 f.; 6:8ff.;
1 : 1 J 3 : 4 ff- ;
9: 14—10:31.

2 Kings 13 : 20 f .
Ecclus. 48 : 12-14.
Luke 4 : 27.

2 Kings 4: 7, 9,
16, 22, etc.

2: 11 f.; 3:15;
6: 14-17;

2 : 19 ff. ; 4 : 42 f.
8:1, etc.

1 Kings 19 : 19 21.

find the miracle-stories so abundant in connection with
Elijah and Elisha as compared with later prophets.

3. Examine the account of Elisha's various dealings
with kings and rulers, (1) noting his presence in the cam-
paign against Mesha, king of Moab ; his magnanimous
conduct in connection with the entrapped Syrians; his
prediction of relief in the siege of Samaria by the Syrians ;
his interview with Hazael ; his anointing of Jehu; the
death-bed scene with Joash, Jehu's grandson ; and (2)
consider (a) his political activity and his character as a
statesman ; (b) his gentleness and magnanimity; (c) the
responsibility of prophetism for the revolt of Jehu and
its consequences; (d) the general nature of the predic-
tions which he utters ; (e) the long duration of his service.

4. Study, in particular, the revolt of Jehu as instigated
by Elisha, and consider (1) the position taken by Elijah;
(2) the presence of Jehu when Ahab receives Elijah's
rebuke; (3) the commission of Elijah as executed by
Elisha; (4) the misfortunes suffered by Israel which could
be interpreted as indications of Jehovah's displeasure
with the attitude of Ahab and his immediate successors
toward Baalism, e. g., the death of Ahab in battle ; the
accidental killing of his son Ahaziah ; the breaking out
again of the Syrian wars ; the revolt of Moab ; (5) the
actual facts of the so-called reformation ; (6) the history
of Baalism in Israel and Judah after this time; (7) the
significance of all this for prophecy.

5. Examine later allusions to Elisha and his work,
noting (1) the story of restoration to life after contact
with Elisha's bones; (2) the eulogy pronounced upon
him by the son of Sirach ; (3) the only mention in the
New Testament.

6. Consider: in general (1) the significance of the
title "man of God" used of Elisha, in ail, twenty-nine
times ; (2) the full sense in which he may be said to have
finished the work of Elijah ; (3) his relation to the pro-
phetic societies (§§ 7, 80); (4) his visions, and his use of
music in ecstasy; (5) his easy familiarity with the people
and his fondness for human companionship ; (6) his agri-
cultural disposition, as compared with Elijah's anomadic

PROPHECY FROM 933-8OO B. C. 79

tastes; (7) his entire lack of originality {cf. Elijah); (8) 2Kings4:iff.
was the sum of his religion "to visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction"?

See W. R. Smith, Prophets of Israel (2d ed.) pp. 85, 87, 116,
131, 208; Cornill, Prophets of Israel, pp. 13 f., 33; McFadyen,
Messages of the Prophetic and Priestly Historians, pp. 206-12 ;
McCurdy, History, Prophecy and the Monuments, §§ 239-44, 61 2,
935; A. B. Davidson, Old Testament Prophecy, pp. 49, 291 ; Todd,
Politics and Religion in Ancient Israel, pp. 112, 1 41-44, 1 51-56;
Strachan, art. " Elisha," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; W. E.
Addis, art. "Elisha," Encyclopedia Biblica; Wellhausen, Prole-
gomena to the History of Israel, p. 463 ; KlTTEL, History of the Hebrews,
Vol. II, pp. 214 f., 268, 278, 280 ff., 290, 292 f.; Kent, History of
the Hebrew People, Vol. II, pp. 61-69; RENAN, History of the People
of Israel, Vol. II, pp. 229 ff.; Wade, Old Testament History, pp.
336, 339. 34I_43- 35 l f-5 Montefiore, Religion of the Ancient
Hebrews, pp. 94 f.; Kuenen, Religion of Israel, Vol. I, pp. 360 ff.;
hlBVOJi, Sermons on Old Testament Subjects, pp. 195, 334; Ottley,
A Short History of the Hebrews, pp. 173 f., 178 ; ROBERTSON, Early
Religion of Israel '(1896), pp. 53, 61, 84 f., 225; SCHULTZ, Old Testa-
ment Theology, Vol. I, pp. 241, 243, 297; H. P. Smith, Old Testa-
ment History, p. 206.

DlLLMANN, Handbuch der alttestamentlichen Theologie, pp. 167,
172 ff., 481 ; Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsge-
schichte, pp. 80, 82, 90, 150, 158 f.; Marti, Geschichte der israeliti-
schen Religion, pp. 85, 1 34 ; Maybaum, Die Entwickelung des israeliti-
schen Prophetenthums, pp. 76-81 ; Stade, Geschichte des Volkes
Israel, Vol. I, pp. 542 ff.; Guthe, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, pp.
175-79-

§ 80. Other Prophets and the Prophetic Societies deserve

our attention. Note must be made of (1) "the man of 1 Kings 13 : 1-32.

God who came out of Judah;" (2) the "old prophet 22:9,13-28.

in Bethel ; " (3) Micaiah ben Imlah ; (4) Jonah ben Amittai, 2 Kings 14: 25.

(5) the dervish who encountered Ahab; (6) Jonadab ben 1 Kings 20:35-43.

Rechab ; and, indeed, the many whose names have not

come down to us.

1. Consider (1) the fact that in the davs of Elijah and 1 Kings 22:6;

18 * 4
Elisha the prophets are numbered by hundreds; (2) the

presence of a class known as nazirites, who resemble the cf. Judg., chap.

prophets in some ways, and are spoken of by Amos in AmosVn f.* "'

connection with them ; (3) the account of another order

or family founded by Jonadab, who was a co-worker with 2 Kings 10:151,

Jehu against Baalism ; (4) the fact that at this time (as in cJ-ier->c aP-35.

that of Samuel) the prophetic societies were flourishing.

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2. Go back to Samuel's times and recall (i) that Samuel

i Sam. 10:5. was called a seer; but (2) that in his days there were

bands of dervishes wandering about, (a) with whom Saul

10:9-12; 10:5. became identified, to the amazement of his friends; (i>)

19:19-24. who stimulated their activity by music; (V) who some-

2 Kings 9:11. times became frenzied and stripped themselves of all

outer clothing; (d) who, indeed, were called "mad" by

those who knew them ; (3) that these dervishes (called

nebhiim) were wholly religious in their character, in con-

1 Sam. 9:6-10. trast with the seer, who was probably secular {cf. the story

10:5; 19:20. of Saul, his servant, and the lost asses); (4) that Samuel

was probably not the director of these bands in his day,

but was entirely distinct from them; (5) that Elijah, one

of their number, a true fanatic in the good sense, and

wholly religious in his interests, rose so high above his

fellows as to become their leader, and as such occupied

a plane far higher than that of the order itself; (6) that

these forces were organized and used by Elisha in the

1 Sam. 10:5; struggle against Baalism {cf. their various headquarters

4:1,38; 6:1; at Gibeah, Ramah, Gilgal, Mount Ephraim, Bethel, and

Jericho).

3. Consider, now, (1) the relation which these pro-
phetic communities or societies sustained toward the
people at large and the estimate in which they were held
by the people; (2) their relation, likewise, to the priests;
Cf. Jer. 29: 26; (3) the fact that the service of "prophesying" was a joint

1 Sam. 19:20. act, presided over by one of their number; (4) the occur-
i9:i8ff. rence of sacred processions as at the "dwellings" in

2 Sam. 6 : 5 ; isa. Ramah; (5) the use of music (hand-drum and pipe) as

30 : 29 .

1 Kings, chap. 18. on other festal occasions; (6) the more violent exercises
of the Baal-prophets; (7) the suggestion that the institu-
tion known as the prophetic order was adopted from the
religion of the Canaanites.3
20:35-43- 4. Consider, also, (1) the story of the dervish, his

20:41. fanaticism, the marks between his eyes; (2) the hairy

3 Consider, in this connection, the significance of the fact that the earliest known
instance of prophetic ecstasy occurred at Byblos in northern Syria, that it was at the
royal court, and that it was in connection with a transaction involving both religion
and national policy. The incident is related by an Egyptian legate to Byblos about
1 1 00 B.C. in the report which he made to his Egyptian prince. An English transla-
tion of this report by J. H. Breasted may be found in The American Journal of
Semitic Languages and Literatures,^ o\ XXI (1905), pp. 100-109; see especiallyp. 105.

PROPHECY FROM 933-8OO B.C. 8 1

mantle worn by these prophets ; (3) the use of music (see Cf. Zech. 13:4.
above); (4) the "madness" often attributed to them (see •
above); (5) the fact that they have become an order or
guild; and compare with this (a) the companies of
modern Mohammedan dervishes; {b) the pre-Mohamme-
dan dervishes; {c) uncontrolled religious enthusiasm as
sometimes witnessed today.

5. Note (1) the attitude of Amos a little later, toward Amos 7:14-
all this class, in denying that he is one of them; (2) the 7:".
understanding of Amaziah who, in spite of the prophet's
denial, classes him as one of them; (3) the attitude of 1 Kings 22 : 19-23.
Micaiah ben Imlah toward them; (4) the really funda-
mental and remarkable difference between Amos and
Hosea, as compared with these professional prophets;
and consider (a) the stages of development from Samuel
(originally only a seer) through Elijah (a religious fanatic
of the noblest type), to Amos (a prophet in the highest
sense); (6) the character of these hundreds of prophets of 13: 1 ff.
a lower type ; {c) the careers of such prophets as the
"man of God from Judah," the prophet of Bethel, on 13:1-32-
the one hand, and on the other, of such a man as Jonah 2 Kings 14: 5
ben Amittai, who was adviser to Jeroboam II.

See on the prophetic societies the literature on p. 48, and :
Cheyne, art. "Prophetic Literature," §8, Encyclopedia Biblica;
A. B. Davidson, art. " Prophecy and Prophets," Hastings's Dic-
tionary of the Bible, Vol. IV, p. 109; Cornill, Prophets of Israel,
pp. 12-15, 28; W. R. Smith, Prophets of Israel, pp. 85 f., 389-92;
Robertson, Early Religion of Israel, pp. 83 ff. ; Schultz, Old
Testament Theology, Vol. I, pp. 240 ff.; Montefiore, Religion of
the Ancient Hebrews, pp. 76 ff.; Kent, History of the Hebrew
People, Vol. II, pp. 63-65 ; G. A. Smith, Book of the Twelve Proph-
ets, Vol. I, pp. 26 f.; H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, p.
193; BUDDE, Religion of Israel to the Exile, pp. 100 ff.; KueNEN,
Religion of Israel, Vol. I, pp. 193-202, 316 ff.; Wellhausen, Prole-
gomena to the History of Israel, p. 461 ; KlTTEL, History of the
Hebrews, Vol. II, pp. 265 ff.; W. R. Harper, Amos and Hosea (1905),
pp. xlix-lviii.

Maybaum, Die Entwickelung des israelitischen Prophetenthums,
pp. 30-59 ; Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Vol. I, pp. 476-79 ;
Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte, pp. 79-
94; Marti, Geschichte der israelitischen Religion, pp. 81 f., 121 ff.;
Schw ALLY, Semilische Kreigsaltertiimer, Heft I (1901), pp. 103-105 •
Franckh, "Die Prophetie in der Zeit vor Amos," Beitrdge zur
Fbrderung Christl. Theologie, IX (1905), pp. 29-65.

CHAPTER VII.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES

§81. Understanding that the Judean Prophetic Narra-
tive Called J (§ 58, 1) had its origin in Southern Israel
between 800 and 850 B. C, we may ask ourselves:
What was its message? What ideas, new and old, con-
cerning God, and man, and life did it teach to the
people of that period ? This message, we must note, is not
the story, nor the series of stories, which J contains, but
the lesson which these stories were meant to convey. It
will be discovered by (a) analyzing the stories one by
one, {b) determining the underlying ideas, and (e) study-
ing the point of connection between these ideas and the
times of the prophet who tells the story. The following
selections will perhaps indicate the scope of the narra-
tive and furnish a basis for the inquiry proposed.

Gen. 2:46— 3:21. 1. The formation of man after the animals; the gar-

den of Eden, and the temptation ; sin, followed by the
curse and expulsion from the garden.

4:1-26. 2. The murder of Abel by Cain; the building of the

first city, and the progress of sin in the development of
the arts of civilization.

6:1-8; 7:1-5, 7-10, 2. The sinful intercourse between angels and women,

12. 176,22!; 8: °

6-12, 136,20-22. the birth of giants; further development of sin, followed
by the deluge, in which all are destroyed save the family
of Noah.
9:18-27; 11:1-9; 4. The besnnnin^ of vine-culture and drunkenness;

11:28 ff.; 12:1- S 6

4a. the further growth of sin, followed by the confusion of

tongues and the dispersion, with the selection of

Abraham's line.

16:16,2,4-14:19: c. The stories of the several collateral branches of

30-38; 24:1 —
25:6. Abraham's family, viz., Moab and Ammon, Ishmael,

Arab descendants through Keturah, and others, with the

selection of Isaac's line.

252f!~246' 56^' 6. The stories of Esau and Jacob, with the account of

*£. 'e8^0' a4- Jacob's sons.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 83

7. The story of Joseph, sold into Egypt, who becomes 39: 1-23; 43: 1—44:
Pharaoh's chief minister, with the settlement of Jacob 6*-

and his sons in Egypt.

8. The oppression of Israel in Egypt; Moses; his Exod. 1:15-200,

rr nj r ' 21 ; 2:1-10; 3:1,

soiourn in Midian ; his commission ; the struggle with 46.6,96-13,15,

J °° 21 f. ; 4:17!; 5:

Pharaoh, the passage of the Red Sea, and the march to 11,4:7:15,176,

r c 206, 23 ; etc.

Sinai.

q. The covenant made at Sinai ; the revolt and Exod., chaps. 20-

. 23; 32:1-6, 15-

massacre ; the iourney toward Canaan; the spying of 24, 35; Numb.

J J r J ° 13:20, 21a, 23,

the land; the determination of the route around Edom 24, 266; 14:25;

20:16, 14-18,
and Moab and through the kingdom of Sihon. 21a, 220; etc.

10. The stories of Balaam. Numb. 22:8-10,

12-16, etc.

11. The story of the death of Moses, and of Joshua, Deut. 34:51.;

, . , r , , , , r Josh. i:if., 10,

his successor; the passage of the Jordan ; the capture of 3:654:41; 6:1,
Jericho and Ai; the covenant made at Shechem. 8 : 18, ;24 ; ' chap!

Keep in mind (1) that J is history (not like D, § 29, 5, 24*
which is largely legal), and that this history indicates the
spirit of the prophet (not, like P, § 29, 5, which is strongly
priestly); (2) that J, like other prophets, speaks for God,
i. e., he interprets the events of past times from the point
of view of God, as he conceives him ; (3) that J selects
only such material as will enable him to accomplish the
purpose he has in mind ; (4) that his selection, therefore,
will be greatly affected by his thought concerning God
and sin, i. e., by the thought on these subjects which he
wishes to present to his contemporaries.1

§82. Constructive Study. — Study each section of J included in the
analysis given above (§ 81), with a view to collecting data that will
throw light upon the following heads :

1. The prophetic character of the narrative.

2. The idea of God which it represents, including all references to
an overruling providence.

3. The idea entertained concerning man and his relation to God,
sin, and deliverance.

4. The ethical standards which the narrative seems to advocate.

5. The attitude indicated toward forms of worship.

'The pragmatic element in J (and in E) is, of course, but slightly manifest, if
we compare it with the later representation of this same element in D and P. At the
same time, neither J nor E may be regarded as a collection of uncolored folk-lore.
Cf. George F. Moore, art. " Historical Literature," Encyclopedia Biblica.

54 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

6. The feeling of the writer toward outside nations and his idea of
Israel's future as a nation.

7. The degree of importance attached to the land of Canaan and
the representations made concerning it.

§ 83. The Prophetic Element in the narrative as a
whole should be formulated. In connection with such
effort —

1. Study the general framework of the narrative,
from the story of Eden to the settlement in Canaan ;

(1) Is a definite purpose to be discovered? Does the
purpose relate to the origin of the people of Israel ?

(2) Is there evidence of a desire to connect Jehovah
with this origin and with the subsequent development ?

2. Is the spirit throughout that of insight into
Jehovah's plans, recognition of the consequences of sin,
encouragement toward higher ideals of life ?

3. Is there a reflective element to be seen in the fond-
Gen. 6:1-4; 6:5— ness for incorporating (1) songs and sayings which

8 :22 ; 9 :20.

Gen. 16:13 ;Exoa. involve anthropological observations? or (2) remarks

15:23; Numb. , j

11:34; Gen. 32: which contain reference to the origin of customs and of
names? (3) Is it possible to make out quite clearly a
definite purpose which, one may suppose, explains the
presence in the collection of a given story, or, at all
events, its general form and coloring ?
Numb. 22:36-36; 4. Is there evident everywhere a strong interest in the

24 : 1—25 :3ft/

josh. 7: a— 8:23- national, as distinguished from the institutional? side of
affairs ? Why is this element to be treated as pre-
eminently prophetic?

5. To what extent is the predictive element present?
Gen. 3:14, 15. Consider, e. g., (1) the first prediction concerning the
history of sin, its long struggle with mankind, but the
final triumph of humanity, though wounded in the con-
gee, 27. flict; (2) the representation of the relations of Shem,
Gen. 12:1-3; 13: Ham, and Japheth ; (3) the patriarchal blessings (involv-
27:27-29. ing great numbers, great prosperity, and blessing to the
49:8-12. world) placed in the mouth of (a) Abraham, {b) Isaac, and
Numb. 24:17-19. (c) Jacob; (4) the forecast of Israel's future relation to the
nations. How far, now, are these utterances the very mes-
a The narrative of the origin of the Passover (Exod. 12 : 3-16) is the only instance
in which extended consideration is given in J to any institution.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 85

sageoi the prophet for his times, and placed for rhetorical
and homiletical purposes in the form of prediction ?

6. Is there to be noted throughout the narrative a
tendency toward idealism ? Just how can this best be de-
fined ? Does the writer present pictures of life, which he
would have his contemporaries observe in order that their
life, still lower than the ideals presented, may be lifted to
a higher plane ? Consider the picture thus presented in
the pen -portrait of (1) Abraham, representing the ideals Gen. 12: 1-40,6-8;
of intimate acquaintance and communion with Jehovah;
(2) Isaac and Jacob, representing the superiority of the 26:6-14^16, 19-33^
Hebrews in all relations with other peoples because of Mi 32:43-5°.
their especial relation to Jehovah ; (3) Joseph, repre- 39:ms;«-*— 44-
senting the vindication and triumph of the pure and
upright, notwithstanding the machinations of wicked
opponents; (4) the oppression in Egypt and deliverance Exod^8'12' |f|j
from the same, representing the wonderful power of 15a; 8:20— 9:7;
Jehovah in triumphing over the mighty gods of Egypt; 34; etc.

(5) the giving of the law on Sinai, teaching the awful Exod. 19:20-35;
sanctity of Jehovah and the absolute authority of his law;

(6) Moses, representing the ideal of a national leader, N"mb\ xf:^5;
taking every step in absolute dependence upon the guid-
ance of Jehovah; (7) Joshua, representing courage and Josh. 5-.i3-»m-
success due to obedience to Jehovah's command to 17,19-23.
exterminate the Canaanites.

§84. Constructive Study.— Consider the message, in general,
intended for people living 800 to 850 B. C. contained in a presenta-
tion of (1) Israel's actual origin under circumstances of so peculiar
and elevated a character ; (2) the origin of Israel's neighbors under
circumstances of an entirely opposite character ; (3) the origin of
customs (e. g., marriage) and of names (<?. g., Jacob and Israel); (4)
stories like that of Cain and Abel, or the angels and women, or the
elevation of Joseph, or deliverance from Egypt, or the giving of the
law on Sinai ; (5) so many points relating to the nation as such, at a
time when Israel believed herself to be a nation side by side with other
nations; (6) predictions assuring plenty and prosperity, the degrada-
tion of enemies, and victory and world-power for Israel herself; (7)
pictures of ideal life for individual and for nation.

§ 85. The Conception of God, of supernatural beings,
and of an overruling providence is after all, the most

86 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

fundamental element in the message of any prophet.
What was J's conception of God ?
Gen. 4:26. 1. Consider (1) the significance of the fact that

Jehovah is everywhere, from the earliest times to the end,
the name and title of the Deity; (2) the principal mean-
ings which have been suggested for Jehovah.3

2. Inquire into (1) the writer's representation of
Jehovah as doing many things ordinarily ascribed to
men, some of them being quite undignified ; e. g., (a)

2:7; 8:21; 11:7. as molding, blowing, smelling, coming down; also (b)
32:24-30; Exod. as fearing, repenting, arguing, etc.; note, further, (c) the
still more strange representations in the stories of the
wrestling of Jacob and the circumcision of Moses; and
(2) the proper interpretation of this material (a) as
expressing J's conception of God (6) as reflecting the
opinion of J's times.

3. Note the agents through whom Jehovah is repre-

Gen. 16:7; 24:7, sented as acting in his intercourse with men, viz., (1)

40; Exod. 3:2; & » > \ /

angels — what was the idea entertained in J's times of the

Numb. 22:22. nature, abode, and function of angels? (2) captains of
Josh. 5:13-15. o. \ / r

the hosts — what is meant by "hosts" in this phrase, and
Exod. 13:21. in the phrase "Jehovah of hosts?"4 (3) "pillar of cloud

3 For example: (1) "The One who is" (Lieblein); (2) the Hebrew equivalent of
the name of one of the Egyptian gods of light (Roth, Geschichte unserer abend-
landischen Philosophic, Vol. I, p. 175, note); (3) a translation of the Egyptian phrase
"Nuk pu nuk" (Wahrmund, Babylonierthum, Israeliterthum und Christenthum, p.
119); (4) "He will be" (RASHI; Ewald, Die Lehre der Bibel von Gott, Vol. II, pp.
337 f-); (5) "He who causes (rain or lightning) to fall" (W. R. Smith, Old Testa-
ment in the Jewish Church, p. 423); (6) "The Feller" or "Destroyer" (Stade,
Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Vol. I, p. 429); (7) "He who causes to be," i. e., "the
Creator" (Lagarde; Schrader ; SCHULTZ, Old Testament Theology, Vol. II, p. 134);
(8) "The Breather" (Wellhausen). The meaning and origin of the name are
discussed in Schultz, Old Testament Theology, Vol. II, pp. 117-39; Driver, Studia
Biblica, Vol. I (1885), pp. 1-20 ; Spoer, " Origin and Interpretation of the Tetra-
grammaton," American Journal of Semitic Languages, Vol. XVIII (1901), pp. 9-35;
Budde, Religion 0/ Israel to the Exile, pp. 1-38 ; Barton, A Sketch of Semitic Origins,
Social and Religious, pp. 269-308 ; Baudissin, Studien zur semitischen Religions-
geschichte, Vol. I, pp. 179-254 ; E. KAUTZSCH, in Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible,
Vol. V, pp. 625 f.; DELITZSCH, Babel and Bible (translated by C. H. W. Johns, 1903),
pp.71 f., 133 ff.

4 For the meaning of this phrase see Lohr, Un/ersuchungen zum Buch Amos, pp.
37-67; Driver, art. "Lord of Hosts," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; G. A.
Smith, Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I, pp. 57 f.; E. Kautzsch, Zeitschrift fur

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 87

and fire" — what is the force of the symbolism in this

phrase? (4) a presence — what is meant by this ? Exod. 33:14.

4. Study other representations concerning Jehovah

made by T : (0 the instances in which his name is known Gen. 10:9; 24:31.

J J \ / Numb., chaps. 23

and his worship accepted outside of Israel; (2) the and 24.

* x Gen. 26:24 ; 20:13 ;

meaning of the references to his being the God of the Exod. 3: 16 54:5.
patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; (3) as God of gen. 24:3, 7.
heaven and earth; (4) as the Judge of all the earth; (5) Exod 14:216, 25;

v^' J ° JOSh. IO:l2f.

as a God of unrestricted power; (6) as a moral God, Gen, 3:1-24; 6:5!

r > \ / Gen. 19-16; 24:27;

hating: sin; (7) as a God of mercy to those who are in Exod. 34:6.

o * \»/ J Gen. 9:15-17;

distress; (8) as a God of everlasting faithfulness to those 18:19; 21:33;

' v ' ° 28:156.

who are his people; (9) as a God "with" and "in the Gen. 26:3; 28:15;

r " ' yy/ 39:2; Numb. 14:

midst of" his worshipers. 96.

5. Observe the frequent recurrence of the idea of an
overruling providence, (1) in which the heroes have an
abiding faith ; (2) of which the progress is "irresistible

and triumphant," against (a) the nation when antagonis- Numb. 11:31-35.
tic; (&) the individual whose sin takes on the form of Numb. 16:266,

1. ,. / \ 1 • , • 27c-3i, 33a;

cowardice, fraud, or malice; or (c) the nation whose sin Josh. 7:2-26.

' v ' Numb. 14:41-45-

takes on the form of blindness, cruelty, or deceit.

§ 86. Constructive Study. — Formulate briefly (on the basis of § 85)
J's teaching to his times concerning God; and, in connection with the
statement thus formulated, (1) show the progress in this teaching seen
in comparing the grossly anthropomorphic representation with other
representations seemingly inconsistent and vastly higher ; (2) compare
this teaching with that of Elijah and Elisha; (3) indicate the signifi-
cance, for J's times, of his idea that Jehovah has been worshiped as
such from the earliest days of history and is so recognized by people
of other nations; (4) indicate those attributes of God found in J which
are new; (5) indicate those attributes which are taken up and empha-
sized by later prophets; e. g., is not the use of "with" (see above) an
anticipation of Isaiah's Immanuel? Is not his doctrine of a God of
mercy the basis for Hosea's doctrine of divine love? Are there perhaps

die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Vol. VI (1886), pp. 17-22; Idem, art. "Names,"
§ 123, Encyclopedia Biblica; Idem, art. "Religion of Israel," Hastings's Dictionary
of the Bible, Vol. V, pp. 636 f.; Ewald, History of Israel, Vol. Ill, p. 62; Schultz,
Old Testament Theology, Vol. II, p. 141; SMEND, Lehrbttch der alttestamentlichen
Religionsgeschichte, pp. 185-88; WELLHAUSEN, Skizzen und Vorarbeiten, Vol. V, p-
77; SCHWALLY, Semitische Kriegsalterth timer, Vol. I, p. 5 ; Ewald, Die Lehre der
Bibel von Gott, Vol. II, p. 339; Borchert, Theologische Studien und Kritiken (1896),
pp. 619 ff.

88 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

other cases of anticipation? (6) indicate the divine attributes on which
J seems to lay greatest emphasis ; (7) show the peculiar appropriateness
for J's times of the doctrine of an overruling providence as it is pre-
sented by J in his resume of the patriarchal period.

§ 87. J's Conception of Man, his relation to God, and

of sin and deliverance, naturally depends closely upon

his doctrine of God, the one being a corollary of the

other. What is it ?
Gen. 2:4^-9, 15- 1. Consider (1) the story of the origin of man,

including as it does the idea of molding from clay, the

contemporaneous origin of animals, and the later crea-
2:7. tion of woman; (2) the writer's teaching of the dualism

of human nature, the two elements being matter (dust)
8:21. and spirit, each being independent of the other; (3)

the character of man, viz., "evil from his youth." (4)

Is it of man as an individual, or of the people as a whole,

that this prophet speaks ?
Gen. 3:1-^1. 2. Study (1) the account of the beginning of sin

3.15, through disobedience; (2) the forecast of the struggle

between sin and humanity, a struggle in which man will
4:1-34. at last be victor; (3) the representation of the writer that

sin increases with each forward step of civilization, that
7:1-5. is, with the development of the various arts ; (4) the

terrible growth of sin, until it is so great that the race
9:20-27. itself (except a single family) must perish; (5) the sin of

11:1-9. Noah in introducing vine-culture; (6) the rebellion of

men against the Deity, followed by the confusion of

tongues and the dispersion.

3. Take up, likewise, the writer's conception of
Gen. 26:6-13. deliverance from sin, as illustrated (1) in the stories of the

32:24—29.

45:9-11. heroes, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses;

especially their deliverance from evil situations conse-
quent upon sin, e. g., Isaac's equivocation in calling
Rebekah his sister, and Abimelech's discovery of the
deception ; Jehovah blesses Jacob on his way to meet
Esau whom he has defrauded ; Joseph is freed from
prison and made governor of Egypt and so enabled to
14:11-14. help his treacherous brethren ; (2) in the stories of the

nation's frequent deliverances, in spite of sin, from hos-
tile foes, and after disgraceful acts involving rebellion

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 89

and backsliding ; e. g., the deliverance from Pharaoh's

pursuing army notwithstanding the murmuring and lack

of confidence of the Israelites; the defeat at Gibeon of Josh. 10:1-27; n:

it 4-9.
the five kings allied against Israel ; the victory over

another body of allies at the waters of Merom. (3) Gen. 3:1^4; 4:9-
Note, likewise, (a) the fundamental place occupied by 20-33.
the idea of Jehovah's attitude toward sin and his readi-
ness to bring deliverance (cf. the name of Joshua =
Jesus = Jehovah delivers) ; (p) the prophet's explanation Gen. 3:16-19.
of all labor and toil, of all misery and suffering; (V) the josh. chap. 7;

.•1 • 1 , • «• 1 • j ,-,, ow Exod.g:27.

strictly national coloring of the idea which always appears,

and the consequent uniqueness of Israel's position among

the nations; (d) the certainty of the disastrous conse- Gen. 29:26, 31.

quences of sin in the case of good as well as bad men ;

e.g., Jacob's treachery repaid by that of Laban; Pharaoh's

scheme of destroying Israel's children avenged by the Exod. 1:22; n:

killing of the first-born of Egypt.

4. Take up for examination those instances of deliver-
ance suggested by J, which perhaps point forward to the
Messianic hope and prepare the way for its realization,
and include at all events, (1) the promise that the seed of Gen. 3:15.
the woman shall wage continual warfare with sin as
represented by the serpent; (2) Isaac's blessing of 27:29a.
Jacob, which contemplates a future pre-eminence of
Israel among the nations of the earth ; (3) the outlook 49:10.
for Judah which finds expression in Jacob's blessing of
his sons; (4) the lofty position predicted for Israel in Numb. 24:17.
one of the oracles of Balaam.

§ 88. Constructive Study. — Upon the basis of § 87 prepare a state-
ment which will connect J's teaching concerning sin and deliverance with
the needs of the times of 800 to 850 B. C, remembering that never
before in Israel's history had the sinful character of the nation been
more strongly pronounced, and also that, if ever in the nation's history
deliverance was needed, this was such a time. In this statement
include (1) a definition of sin as it seems to have been understood in
these days; (2) a catalogue of acts which are regarded as sinful ; (3)
a definition, also, of the word "deliverance," with reasons for using
this term rather than the more technical word "salvation ;" (4) specific
instances of national deliverance between 800 and 900 B. C, with
specific instances, likewise, of what might be called the very opposite
of deliverance.

90 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

§ 89. The Ethical Standards of J are closely related to
the writer's doctrine of sin (§ 87); but some phases of the
subject deserve, perhaps, independent study.

1. Consider (1) the frankness with which J represents
Gen. i2:ioff. the shortcomings of the patriarchs; e. g., (a) the decep-
26:6-14. tion practiced by Abraham ; {b) the similar deception
27:19 f.; 30:34- practiced by Isaac; (c) the crookedness of Jacob's policy;

38a ; 41 f. ; 16 :

4ff. id) the polygamy of Abraham and Jacob; (2) the

25:1-6; 29:316=.; .... . . . , , .

30:40=. simplicity, and, in fact, seeming unconcern, with which

certain immoral transactions are described ; e. g., (a) the

19:30-38. incest of Lot with his own daughters; (o) the immoral

38:1-36. conduct of Judah ; (c) the treacherous and cruel treat-

34:19,26,296-31. ment of the men of Shechem by the sons of Jacob; (d)

g:2of. the drunkenness of Noah; (3) the foundation on which

the distinction between right and wrong is based; (a) is

it law, or the personal relation to Jehovah ? (b) in what

respect and why are Abraham and Noah, for example,

standards, by comparison with whom others are tested ?

forward ? (d) in what sense were Adam and Eve, Pharaoh

and Esau types of an opposite character ? (e) what, after

all, was the complete duty of man according to J ?

2. Study the relation of the foregoing facts to J's
times: (1) How far is the representation here given a
reflection of the higher standards of the period ? In
how far does J hold up ideals which have thus far never
been realized ? (2) What, briefly, were the national
shortcomings between 800 and 900 B. C? What were,
perhaps, the most striking individual vices of this period ?
(5) How definite in J is Elijah's conception of righteous-
ness on the part of rulers ? (4) To what extent does J
really adopt the ethical code of .the Decalogue ? (5)
Does the lex talionis, or law of revenge, appear to have
prevailed in these times ? (6) State in a few words J's
ethical message to his times.

§ 90. Attitude toward Worship. —
Gen. 8:20; 12:8; 1. Prepare a statement which will present J's attitude

4:3i;Exod. 34: toward the prevailing method of worship, including (1)

i9f., 26.

35:14. the use of altars; (2) the conception of the offering, a

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 9I

present of fruit or from the flock: (3) its cleanness or Gen. 8:20; Exod.

r ' VJ/ 34:25, 266; Gen.

uncleanness; (4) the use of fire; (5) the necessity of 8:20; Exod. 10:

' v^7 ' yD/ J 25; Gen. 12:8;

having a priest; (6) the use of the oracle; (7) reference Exod. 19:22; 32:
o r » \ / > \i / =25-29; Gen. 24:

to sacred trees, or wells, or stones; (8) the significance 12-14; 35:32!;

' v ' ° Josh. 16:1; 17:

of the large number of stones which are associated with m. 17; Gen. 12:

° 6 ff.; 13:18; 16:

sanctuaries; (o) the emphasis placed on the Passover; 13 f-; 31:33; 35:

X7/ r r ' 14. 20; Josh. 4:

(10) the large ritualistic element in the T edition of the 3-8; Exod. 12:3-

v ' ° J 16; chap. 34.

Book of the Covenant.

2. Compare this with the observance of the cult in
J's times, and determine (1) whether J is in any sense
under Canaanitish or Baalistic influence; does he possess
Elijah's point of view? (2) Is he hostile to the high-
places? (3) What ideals, if any, does he present for
adoption ? (4) Formulate his message on this subject
in a proposition of fifty words.

§91. The Outside World and Israel as a Nation. —
What are J's representations on this subject ?

1. Consider the influence on Israel's own thought
concerning herself of (1) the study of the deliverance Exod. 7:16. 17a,

, 18, 21a; 8:1-4,

from Egypt, an event marking Israel s birth as a nation; 8-150, 20-9:7;
(2) the idea which is now entertained of Israel's special Gen. 12:3; 18:18;

28:14 ; 49:10.

mission to the world; (3) the assurance given, doubtless 27:29a.
many times, that she is to occupy a place of political
supremacy.

2. Observe, further, that, in general, J's point of view
of Israel's world-relations is large and broad, as is shown

(1) by the world-stories which were collected and made Gen. chaps, i-n.

an introduction to Israel's history; (2) by the very chap. 34 549:5-7.

neighborly relations which the patriarchs are represented

as sustaining to those about them; (t.) by the attitude 3:i6ff.; Numb.

0 ' VJ/ J 22:7; 24:1; 25:

toward the religious institutions of other nations which 'ff-; Josh. 5:

9(?)-

from time to time appears.

x. Note (1) that, while no allusion has yet been made Exod. 19:5, 6;

*» ■ \ / ' J Numb. 14:21.

which points to the actual separation of Israel from the
world at large, other nations are represented as serving
Israel, and likewise Israel's god Jehovah {cf. the later
specific statements of a different character); (2) that Gen. 25:23: 19:30-

/ » \ / 38 ; 25 : 1-6 ; 9 :

Israel's superiority is clearly indicated in J's stories of 25; 16:12.

the origin of (a) Moab and Amnion, (b) Esau, (c) Canaan,

(d) various Arab tribes; (3) that apparently no difficulty Gen. 41:45a;

92 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

is seen in the fact that Joseph marries an Egyptian;

Gen. 12:3; 18:18; Moses, a Midianite; (4) that definite promises of land

28*14
18:19. and national life are made to the patriarchs from time to

time, while the necessity is clearly seen of training the

nation for its work; (5) the Messianic import involved

in these assurances.

§ 92. Constructive Study. — In view of the extreme importance which
must have attached to J's conceptions on this question of Israel's
relation to the nations, prepare a statement, based on § 91, which will
show (1) the importance of a definite policy at this particular time in
Israel's history; (2) what we may suppose to have been the essence of
J's position on this question. It is of special interest to inquire (a)
whether the idea of isolation has yet prevailed to any extent; (<£) the
wisdom of the policy, from a pedagogical point of view, of bringing
Israel into touch with the other nations; (c) the falsity of the view
which treats Israel even from Abraham's times as "cut off" from the
world; (//) the influence of the prophets in convincing Israel of her
world-mission.

§ 93. The Relation Sustained to J by Later Prophets

and by J to later prophets is of importance in determin-
ing with exactitude J's own position. Consider —

1. The ideas of J already mentioned, which were
taken up and developed by later prophecy, e. g., (1) the
conception of Jehovah (§ 86) as faithful, merciful, just,
hating sin, all-powerful, and ever-present among his
people, all of which attributes are dwelt upon by Amos,
Hosea, and Isaiah; (2) the conception of sin (§ 88) as
essentially a product of the will of man, and the large
place given to pointing out the evil effects of sin; is not
this characteristic of all genuine prophecy ? (3) the germ
of the Messianic hope (§ 87,4) which became later so large
an element in prophetic thought; and (4) the conception
of Israel's mission to the world in general (§ 91, 1).

2. Specific allusions to the traditions and utterances

of J found in the prophecies of Amos and Hosea, e. g.,

Am. 2:10; 9:7; (1) citations of the Exodus and wilderness wanderings as
Hos. 12:9; 13:4. v ' "

proofs of the wonderful power and goodness of Jehovah;

Am. 5:25; Hos. 9: (2) other references to incidents and customs of the

Am.' 4:11; Hos. wilderness period; (3) references to the overthrow of the
n:8.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 93

cities of the plain; (4) the attitude of J toward the ancient Am. 3:14; 4: 4; 5:

r ' v^' J sf. ; 8:14; Hos.

sanctuaries, in contrast with that of Amos and Hosea as 4:15: 6:8f.; 10:

15; 12:4, XI.

seen in their allusions to Bethel, Beersheba, Shechem,
Gilead; (5) the two conflicting estimates of Jacob repre- Hos., chap. 12.
sented in Hos., chap. 12, and their relation to J's atti-
tude toward the patriarch; (6) the thought that Jehovah Am. 3:2; cf. Gen.
had known Israel as expressed by Amos, and the similar
representation in J that Jehovah had known Abraham for
a special purpose; (7) the conception that Israel's attitude Hos. 4:6, 10; 9:1;

. ,~j c/. Numb. 11:20.

toward Jehovah constituted a rejection of him as their God,
so prominent in Amos and Hosea, is already present in J.

On the teachings of J see especially: Carpenter and Har-
ford-Battersby, The Hexaieuch, Vol. I, pp. 98-104; Addis, The
Documents of the Hexateuch, Vol. I, pp. lii-liv; Kent, The Begin-
nings of Hebrew History (1904), pp. 31-34; Driver, Introduction to
the Literature of the Old Testament (6th ed.), pp. 1 19 f.; McFADYEN,
The Messages of the Prophetic and Priestly Historians, pp. 76-83 ;
Gunkel, The Legends of Genesis (1901); Briggs, Higher Criticism
of the Hexateuch, pp. 146-54; W. R. Harper, articles in Hebraica
for 1888-91; Idem, Amos and Hosea (1905), pp. lxix-lxxix ; H. P.
Smith, Old Testament History, pp. 210 f.; Duff, Old Testament
Theology, Vol. II, pp. 279-318.

HOLZINGER, Einleitung in den Hexateuch, pp. III-13, 130-38;
Idem, Genesis erkldrt (" Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testa-
ment "), pp. xvi, xvii ; BAUDISSIN, Einleitung in die Biicher des
Alten Testamentes, §30; Baentsch, Exodus- Leviticus- Numeri
("Hand-Kommentar zum Alten Testament"), pp. xvi-xx.

§ 94. Understanding that the Prophetic Narrative E
had its origin in Northern Israel between 800 and 750
B. C, we are to ask ourselves the same question that was
suggested concerning J (§85): What was his message?
It will be noted, at the very outset, that, since J and E
are both prophets or prophetic schools, and live about the
same time, great similarity will be expected in their
teachings. In the study of E emphasis may be placed
on points in which he differs from J. The fact that one
wrote primarily for Southern Israel, the other for North-
ern Israel, will explain many of the points in respect to
which differences are found. The following passages
may be regarded as representative of E.

1. Abraham's deception of Abimelech with reference Gen. 20:1-17.
to Sarah.

2. The expulsion of Hagar and her son from Abra- 21:8-21.
ham's family.

94 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

22:1-19. 3. The proposed sacrifice of Isaac.

31:19-24,26,28-30 4. The flight of Jacob from Laban, with the theft of

32-42,51—32:1.

Laban s gods.

35:1-5,66-8. 5. Jacob's journey to Bethel where he builds an altar.

40:1—41:40. 6. Joseph's experiences in prison and his interpreta-

tion of Pharaoh's dream.

4*iKKB~sw 7> JosePh's treatment of his brethren in Egypt.

Exod. 2:1-10. 8. The birth of Moses and his adoption by Pharaoh's

daughter.

17:8-16. 9. Israel's victory over Amalek.

18:12-27. 10. Jethro's advice to Moses concerning the adminis-

tration of justice.

Numb. 11:16,246- 11. The story of the seventy elders.

Deut. 33:1-25. 12. The blessing of Moses.

§ 95. E's Distinctive Work may be grouped very sum-
marily along the lines already indicated for J. These
include —

1. A strongly marked prophetic character, which is
Gen 20:7. seen in (x) the representation of Abraham as a prophet;
Deut. 34: 10-12. (2) the ascribing of Elohim's spirit to Joseph; (3) the

lifting of Moses to the highest possible position in
Exod. 15:20; prophecy; (4) the representation of Miriam as a prophet-
ess, and of Balaam as a prophet, although a non-Israelite;
Numb. 11:16,246- (5) the continuation of the divine direction through the
josh. 1:1. seventy elders; (6) the characterization of Joshua as the

Gen. 15:5:46:3. minister of Moses and as the servant of Jehovah; (7)^the
presentation (although rare) of predictions concerning
Israel's greatness, including forecasts of the future by
27:39!. ; 48:20. Isaac and Jacob; and, still further, (8) the hero-stories
20:1-17; 22:1-13; which are intended to serve as ideals for the Israel of

31 :4-l6 ; etc.

the writer's own day, and, as such, to be regarded as his
anticipations, in fact his predictions, of Israel's future
josh., chap. 24. glory; (9) the general representation of theocratic guid-
ance and control which prevails.

2. A conception of God characterized by several strik-
ing facts; viz.: (1) the recognition of three different
stages of growth, including (a) the situation of Israel's
early ancestors, when polytheism and idolatry were in

josh. 24:2. vogue; (6) the religion of Abraham, and especially that

of Jacob, who has seen the angels of Elohim and imme-

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES 95

diately introduces a reformation in his clientage by bury-
ing the strange gods under the oak at Shechem; (c) this Gen. 35:2-4.
is followed by the later revelation of Jehovah ; (2) the use Exod. 3:15.
of "Elohim" as the word for the Deity, until "Jehovah" Gen. 13:17-19:18:

■* 12; Exod. 20:1,

is revealed, and its continuation afterward side by side 19ft.: Gen. ax:

I7;28:i2;3i:n ;

with "Jehovah" and in certain special phrases; (3) the Exod. 14:19.
frequent allusion to angels; (4) the frequent use of the Gen. 20:3, 6; 28:

... 12; 31 : 10, 24;

dream as a means of revelation, especially in the story 42:9.

of Joseph; (5) the very significant use of the plural of Gen. 20:13; 31:53.

the verb when employed as a predicate to the word for

God — Elohim; (6) the fact that the representations of

the Deity are generally less crude than those of J, and

partake far less of the anthropomorphic character; (7) Gen. 31:42,53:28:

r r r 22; Exod. 33:9;

the use of the phrase "fear of Isaac;" the sacred stone; josh. 24:27.
the pillar at the door of the tent speaking; the stone of
witness; (8) the peculiar representation of- the Deity Gen. 22:1.
as "trying" his people; (9) the custom of treating josh. 6:20; Exod.
important events as the result of the direct action of the
Deity, and not as having come about through the inter-
position of human effort; (10) the use by the Deity of Gen. 50:29; 45:58.
men to accomplish his plans, although they may be
ignorant of them or hostile to them.

3. Other characteristic teachings may, perhaps, be
grouped together, the more important being (1) a desire c/. Gen., chaps. 16
to shield the reputation of the patriarchs by relieving
them of the responsibility in certain transactions, thus
showing a keener ethical sense than J exhibited; (2) a Gen.28:22; 8:20a;

° j 1 \ > 13:18; Josh. 9:

definite recognition of the patriarchal cultus, including 27; Exod 33:7-
the tent of meeting (which was placed under the charge 16-30.
of Joshua, rather than Aaron and his sons), altars, pillars,
but no priests; (3) a lack of interest in the outside world, ^n. 20:1-17; 21:
and in the connection of Israel's history with that world,
but an attitude toward neighboring nations altogether
friendly; (4) points of contact with Amos and Hosea;
cf., e. g., (a) the widely differing conceptions of Israel's
future in E and Amos; (6) the contrast between the Hos.4:i3f.;8:nf.
attitude of E and that of the prophets toward the high-
places and ancient sanctuaries of Canaan; (c) Hosea's HNumb25°3a c '
reference to the sin of Israel in joining themselves
unto Baal-peor; (</) Amos's allusion to the great stature ANumb. 13:33. c/"

96 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

of the Amorites; (<?) the high ethical standards of Hosea
and Amos as related to the corresponding standards of
A917-8Hos3r8ff3- ^' (/) tne attitude of E toward the surrounding nations,
8:8- and that of Amos and Hosea toward them.

§ 96. Constructive Study. — Formulate, on the basis of § 95, the special
points to be noted in E's message to his times, including (1) that which
is new in E as compared with J; (2) that which is different in E as
compared with J; (3) that which is lacking in E as compared with J.
On the teachings of E see: Carpenter and Harford-Battersby, The Hex-
ateuch, Vol. I, pp. 1 10-20 ; Driver, Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament
(6th ed.), pp. 118 f.; Addis, The Documents of the Hexateuch, Vol. I, pp. liv.lv ; Kent,
The Beginnings of Hebrew History, pp. 34 f.; McFadyen, The Messages of the Pro-
phetic and Priestly Historians, pp. 76-83; Briggs, Higher Criticism of the Hexateuch,
pp. 146-54; W. R. Harper, articles in Hebraica for 1888-91 ; Idem, Amos and
Hosea, pp. Ixxix-lxxxiv ; H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, pp. 219 f.; Duff, Old
Testament Theology, Vol. II, pp. 457-89.

Holzinger, Einleitung in den Hexateuch, pp. 197-21 2, Idem, Genesis erkldrt
("Kurzer Hand-Commentar zum Alten Testament") pp. xviii, xix ; Baudissin,
Einleitung in die Biicher des Alten Testamentes, § 30 ; Baentsch, Exodus- Leviticus-
Numeri (" Hand-Kommentar zum Alten Testament "), pp. xxviii-xxxii.

§ 97. The Early Laws of the Israelitish nation5 found
in three main groups — viz., the Decalogue, the larger
and smaller books of the Covenant — stand related to
the prophecy of this period in three ways: (1) they are
codified in this period — a step which involved general
and, indeed, official acceptance; (2) they are appropriated
and made a part of the prophetic history of JE — a step
which signifies their indorsement by these prophets; (3)
they serve as the legal basis for the prophetic utterance
until the year 621 B. C. They may rightly be regarded
as representing prophetic thought. Accordingly, the
following study is suggested with a view to determining
the character of the prophetic message which was con-
veyed through these codes to the people of the ninth
and tenth centuries B. C.

1. An examination of the principal passages relating

Exod. ao:2ff., 7; to God, and a formulation of the results; viz., (a) the
23:17, 25ft.; 34: .

14,17,23*- idea of Jehovah's jealousy — what is meant by this term ?

(b) the prohibition of improper use of the divine name —
what is involved here ? (c) the thought of God as bestow-
ing the blessings of crops and herds; (d) the thought of
God as Israel's God.

*Cf. Priestly Element in the Old Testament (3d ed., 1905), §§20, 169; pp.24 ff.,
115 f-

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF THE EARLY HISTORIES g1/

2. Similar treatment of passages in which allusion is 2o:4ff 7,8^,23;

r ° 22:18-20,28 ; 23 :

made to actions or conduct which may be termed trans- I3,„24. 32; 34:

J I2ff.

gressions against God, e. g., idolatry, polytheism, improper
use of the divine name, sorcery, blasphemy, uncleanness.

-*. Similar treatment of passages in which allusion is 20:8ft., 24-26; 22:

u r o 29-31 : 23:14-17

made to worship, dealing, e. g., with the sabbath, the 18 f. ,-34:18-26.
altar, offerings of first-fruits, sacrifices, clean and unclean,
the feasts.

4. A classification of the laws involving the relation (<») Exod. 20:13;

0 21 : 12-14, i8f.,

of man to man in various activities of life, together with 22-25, 28-32 : (6)

0 20:15:21 :i6 ;22:

a statement of the fundamental principles which seem to J-4, 7*., 10:13;

underlie these enactments, e. g., those relating to (a) per- 26 f.; (<*) 20:12;

21 :i5, 17; (e) 20:

sonal injuries and loss of life; (b) theft and violation of h; 21:33-36:

22:5, 6, 9, i6f.;

trust; (c) the rights of slaves; (d) filial reverence; (e) (/) 22:141,25-

v ' 27; (g) 20:16;
damage to property; (/) loans; (g) testimony; (//) the 23:1-3; (h) 22:

21-24:23:41,9-

exercise of kindness; (/') bribery; (/) covetousness. "; (»') 23:6-8;

^ v (7)20:17.

5. A study of Amos, Hosea, Isaiah, and Micah, with

a view to ascertaining, in the case of each prophet, the
extent to which these codes, or their individual enact-
ments, are recognized by them and indorsed.

§ 98. Constructive Study on the Early Judean Narratives in Judges,
Samuel, and Kings. — Take up these narratives (see § 58), for consider-
ation in the same way as the foregoing materials, and endeavor to
formulate (1) the writer's point of view as seen in his choice of
materials and in his version of the story; (2) the purpose of the writer
as revealed in his presentation of his materials; (3) the prophetic ele-
ment in his narrative; (4) the teachings on the great themes of
prophecy, viz., God, sin, Israel's future, righteousness, and deliverance;
(5) the points of agreement and difference in comparison with the
method and ideas of the J narrative in the Hexateuch. What con-
ception of Israel's history prevails in these narratives ? What national
ideals are here presented ?

§ 99. Constructive Study on the Early Ephraimitish Narratives of
Judges, Samuel, and Kings. — In the same general way, consider these
narratives (see § 58, 3-6) and compare them with the foregoing Judean
material on the various points at issue, noting (a) the points of agree-
ment and (b) those of variation ; and formulate the teaching of these
writers with reference to the times and circumstances which they were
striving to influence. How far is the teaching determined and influ-
enced by the environment amid which it found utterance ? What out-
look for Israel is here presented ?

CHAPTER VIII.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF AMOS.

§ ioo. The Personal Life of Amos. — Since many points
of peculiar interest in the work of Amos turn upon his
personal life, and especially on the location of his home,
it is important to consider —

i. The evidence found for supposing that he lived in

I:1. Judah : (a) the statement of the superscription that his

home was in Tekoa, which is known to have been located
about ten miles south of Jerusalem and five south of

7:I2. Bethlehem; (t>) the command of Amaziah to flee to Judah,

which implies that Judah was the home of Amos; (c) the
unsympathetic attitude of Amos toward Israel, which is
more natural in an outsider than in a native citizen. In
contrast with which may be noted —

2. The suggestions offered in opposition to the loca-
tion of his home in Judah, for example, (a) his entire
occupation with Northern Israel; (i>) the too great eleva-
tion of Tekoa for sycamore culture; (<*) his lack of
interest in Judah; (d) the suggestion that his home was in
Northern Israel, and that he went to Judah only after being
expelled from Bethel. In this same connection —

3. It is worth while to consider the'location of Tekoa,
and (a) the likelihood of its producing a character like
that of Amos; {b) its contiguity to the lines of travel

CI. 2 Chron. n:6, taken by the Arab caravans; likewise (c) its proximity to
Jerusalem, and (d) its relation to the wilderness, and the
significance of a matter like this in the creation of
character.

§ 1 01! The Date and Circumstances of Amos's Career. —

These are of vital concern in any effort to understand

his prophetic work. Note the almost unanimously

accepted date of 765-750 B. C, and consider the support

1:1. found for this view (a) in the superscription; (6) in the

7:10,11,17. statements of a personal character contained in chap. 7,

6:i4. as in harmony with the times of Jeroboam II.; (c) in

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF AMOS 99

the statement of the boundaries of Israel which agree a Kings 14:25.
with its extent in the reign of Jeroboam II.; (d) the con-
fidence of the people politically in view of the pre-
occupation of the kings of Assyria (Shalmanezer, 783-
773 B. C, and Ashurdan, 772-755 B. C), whose time
was taken chiefly with conspiracy at home and wars
in other parts of the empire; likewise (e) the general
religious situation, one marked by keen interest in the
religious cultus of the times because the people in this 3:14; 4:4,5; 5:21-
time of political prosperity seek to acknowledge their
appreciation of the divine favor accorded them, as well
as because of anxiety aroused by earthquake and pesti-
lence. It is to be noticed (/) that the social situation is 2:6_8; 3:I0> "•

vy ' 15. 4:i' 5:7,io-

one of wealth and luxury, debauchery and oppression, |3; 6:1,3-6;
fraud and robbery. It may not be uninteresting (g) to 4:10; 8:9; 1:1.
observe that the land had within recent years been visited
by pestilence as well as by a solar eclipse (about 763
B. C.) and by an earthquake.

§102. The Occupation of Amos. — Closely associated
with the question of Amos's home and time of work is
that of his occupation. Here it is necessary to study (a) 7:14; cf. 1:1.
the prophet's own statement, with its implications. Does
he disdain to be reckoned as one of the regular prophets
of the times? If so, why? Is his work different in
purpose or in spirit? Is he a closer observer than those
who have preceded him ? Does he exhibit evidence of
greater philosophical insight ? Is he more inclined to
recognize general law ? Is he, in fact, almost as truly a
sage as a prophet? (6) What was the nature of his
occupation as a dresser of sycamores, and what was
implied in this? Was he poor, or was he financially
independent? (c) Was he also a shepherd? In what
way is the occupation of a shepherd consistent with
that of a dresser of sycamores ? Was he perhaps a
wool-gatherer? Was this a higher occupation than that
of a shepherd ? Did it involve journeys in which he
might meet men from different parts of the world ? (d)
Do we find evidence of his rustic life in the language of 3:I3'. 3:4 f. ,12;

° ° 4:1 i-\ 5:",i7

Amos? May we attribute to the loneliness of his occupa- 19,6:12.
tion the lack in his message of anything that may be

100 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

called tenderness or love? Was it in this shepherd life

that he learned to observe facts and causes ?

§ 103. The Preparation and Call of Amos. — This brings

us to the question of his call and preparation, (a) Do

we find in his writings evidence of a lack of intellectual

preparation and ability; or, on the other hand, is he a

1:3, 6, 13; 2:1,9- master in the use of the Hebrew language? Has he a
12; 4:6-11. ° °

large knowledge of history and society ? Does he seem

8:8; 9:7. to have seen things with his own eyes? Is he an

ethnologist as well as a historian, a geographer as well as

a sociologist ? Is his conception of God and of ethical

philosophy high or low? Is he credited with working

miracles? {b) Did he really entertain contempt for the

2:11,3:7. prophetic societies of his times? If so, how are we to

1:3, 6, 13; 2:1,6, explain the respect shown for prophets? In what

4:5-11; 5:3a, 16,' respects did he resemble Elijah? Did he himself make
17,27; 6:86,146; ., . . . . . _ _.. - , . ..

7:1-9; 8:if; use of the technique of prophetism ? Did he, after all,

stand alone ? Or was he not closely preceded by J and E,

and just as closely followed by Hosea ? How, then, are we

to explain his apparent desire not to be reckoned as one

7:14- of the prophets ? (c) Aside from the discipline which

he secured in the desert and in the progress of travels
which were undertaken in connection with his occupa-
tion, what are the facts in reference to the development

7:1-7- of culture in eastern society? (d) Is it possible to

suppose that Amos's call, like those of Isaiah and
Jeremiah, came in visions, namely, those of the fire,
locusts, and plummet ? Does the fact that these visions
are recorded in the seventh chapter oppose this sugges-

isa.,chap. 6. tion ? Compare the place of Isaiah's call in the narra-

tive. («?) Consider what may be called the antecedents
of Amos's thought as they are found in connection

Amos, 2:11 f.; with (1) the prophets whom he cites; (2) Elijah and

Numb., chaps. 23, Elisha; (3) the many disconnected fragments of pro-
34' phetic utterances found in J and E ; (4) the prophet

Hosea8:i2. of Isa., chaps. 15, 16; (5) the priestly literature which

had already taken form ; (6) the prophetic diction which

judg., chap. 5; Amos employs and which implies long usage; (7) the
great poetical pieces which had come down from ancient
times, like Deborah's song, etc.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF AMOS IOI

§ 104. The Character of Amos. — Consider now the
character of Amos in so far as it can be gathered from
the facts at our command, and discover the evidence, if
such exists, for regarding him as (a) bold and courageous; 7:10-17.
(i) accurate in observation and scientific in habits of 3:4-6.
mind; (c) nomadic in his instincts; (d) austere and 6:4-7.
uncompromising ; (e) the nature of his spirituality as
distinguished from that of Isaiah.

§ 105. The Message of Amos — This, after all, is the
most important topic. Consider (1) the reasons for the
opinion that the message of Amos is the most important
of any conveyed by an Old Testament writer, and (2)
the two or three factors which are disclosed in a general
analysis of this message, namely, (a) a profound convic-
tion on certain subjects relating to God and to human
life; {b) a knowledge of certain facts in national and
international history; (V) a conclusion which grows out
of putting together the conviction and the knowledge
of the situation; (3) the importance of distinguishing cf. §66.
the words actually uttered by Amos from the insertions
and additions that come from the pen of later prophets,
in all nearly one-fifth of the entire book.

§ 106. The Popular Religion. — It is necessary to
formulate the state of feeling and opinion of the people
against which the prophet arraigns himself. This popu-
lar opinion, it will be remembered, represents also that
of the royal order, the priests, and a vast majority of the 4:1; 6:1; j-.ioi.
prophets. Consider now the consensus of thought which
he opposes, the old theology in comparison with which
his theology is new.

1. To what extent was the people's conception of
Jehovah that of a nature-God, one among other gods,
the Deity of Palestine?

2. To what extent was their conception of Jehovah 3:2:9:7.
that of a national God — a God, therefore, who would be
satisfied if Israel would limit herself to his worship; a

God who could not get along without his nation Israel
any more than Israel could get along without her God ?
To what extent did the people interpret the period of 5:16-24-
peace and prosperity which they were enjoying as a

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definite indication of Jehovah's pleasure and satisfac-
tion ?

3. Did the people believe that Jehovah was virtually
5:i4-,c/. Mic.3:n. bound to protect their political interests without reference

to their moral conduct? Must he sooner or later, with-
out reference to wright or wrong, identify himself with
his people ? Was it a matter in which he had no option ?
In other words, was his relation to them one which did
not involve an ethical basis ? Was their belief in Jehovah
non-moral, that is, natural ?

4. What, according to the opinion of the people, was
Jehovah's attitude toward other nations ? Was it to
fight against them on behalf of his own people? And
if they were conquered, did it exhibit on his part a lack
of strength ? Did these other nations have gods, and
was it understood that the gods of the other nations were
stronger than Israel's God when Israel was in subjection,
but that Israel's God was stronger than other gods when
Israel was victorious ? Had Israel's God shown his
power against Egypt and in Canaan, and more recently
against Syria? Did his relationship with these nations
cease when peace was declared? Did Israel belong
wholly to Jehovah ? Was Jehovah wholly Israel's ?

5. How, in the opinion of the people, was Jehovah's
favor to be secured and his anger averted ? Was there
any other method than by following out the ceremonial
or cultus, including its festivals and sacrifices ? Were
these indispensable? Were they likewise wholly satis-
factory ? Could they give him nothing else than gifts,
pilgrimages, and praises? Did Jehovah ask nothing
more ? Would the increasing costliness of these require-
ments develop injustice and inhumanity ?

6. Did the people then understand that moral
Exod., chaps. 20- requirements were ignored by Jehovah in case they were

faithful to the routine of the ceremonial ? Can it be
said that they were entirely ignorant of moral duties in
view of the existence of the Covenant Code and the
Decalogue ? In any case, did they not seem to have the
belief that morality was an unnecessary factor in religion ?
Was this not a fundamental conception in early Semitic
religion ?

Judg. 11:24.

Amos 2:9 f.; 3:1;
2 Kings 13:25;
14:25.

Amos 3:1, 2.

3:14; 4:4 f-; 5
21-26; 8:10.

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7. Did the people think about Assyria ? Did they
fear her? Why should they, in view of the fact that Amos 6:13.
Jehovah had only recently shown his great strength ?
Could they doubt his ability, and, besides, were not
Egypt and Syria equally interested with Israel and Judah
against Assyria ? Was it possible that one nation could
overpower four? Then, too, were not the Assyrians
occupied for the most part with distant wars and internal
conspiracies ? Had Assyria always been victorious ?
Did not fear of Assyria imply lack of faith in Jehovah ?
Why should they exhibit this lack of faith at a time 2 Kings 14:25.
when he had given such definite evidence of his favor?

§ 107. The Teachings of Amos. — What, now, were the
convictions of Amos ? To what extent is his thought in
direct antagonism with the current thought of his times ?
To what extent is it positive rather than negative, and
thus the statement or restatement of eternal truth ?
Were there some popular beliefs altogether wrong which
he did not possess ?

1. Consider Amos's conception of Jehovah, and 5:14,27.
remember in this connection the full significance of the
title, "Jehovah, God of Hosts," as well as the favorite 413.
expression of Amos, "Lord Jehovah," occurring perhaps 3:7, «; 4:2,5;
nineteen times. In what way did Amos represent
Jehovah as All Sovereign and Omnipotent ? In connec- *:67XI- 8;8'- 9:2_
tion with nature? In connection with history? What
has Jehovah's relation been to the Syrians, the Philistines,
Israel herself? Does his power reach to heaven and to 9:2.
Sheol ? But is this power of Jehovah ever said to be
universal ? Did other nations ascribe to their gods the
same power ? Does Jehovah have intercourse with any
nation other than Israel ? Is there evidence, in other
words, that Amos in his conception of Jehovah repre-
sented pure monotheism ? Does he anywhere deny
the existence of other gods ? In any case, does not
Amos ascribe to Jehovah unlimited power? But, in this
case, what relationship did these other gods sustain to
Jehovah? If Jehovah, for example, brought the Philis- 97.
tines from Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir, did he do
this with or without the permission of the gods of those

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6:14

7:36,7.

CI. Hos. 3:4.

Amos 3:2.

9:7.

5:6.

5:7-15,24.

1 Kings 21:18 ff.

Cj. Mic. 3: ix.

Amos 1:3-8, 13-
15; 2:1-3.

nations ? Does not Amos clearly imply that other gods
are inferior and subject to Jehovah ? They only carry
out Jehovah's will. Jehovah, then, is a God who has
defeated the gods of Egypt, of Philistia, and of Canaan.
He has overthrown the Phoenician Baal and the Syrians.
Can we see the relationship of Amos's thought to
that of the past ? Did Amos make use of anthropo-
morphisms ? In what way are these to be explained?
Did Amos pass by image-worship ? Had objection
been made to image-worship ? What was the restriction
in Exod. 34: 17 ? Had use been made of images — for
example, the ephod and the teraphim ? Is there any
objection to the interpretation of 2 : 4 as representing
Amos's views on this point, or 8:14? Is there any
evidence that Amos approved image-worship?

2. Is Jehovah ever called God of Israel in Amos ? Is
Jehovah nevertheless represented as sustaining a peculiar
relation to Israel ? Is this relationship indissoluble, or
is it clearly conditioned ? (a) Does he give any reason
why Israel was selected by Jehovah rather than some
other nation ? With unlimited power could he not have
taken any nation ? (6) What special responsibilities rest
upon Israel in view of the selection that has been made ?
(c) Is Jehovah interested in the outside world simply for
Israel's sake, or is he interested particularly in Israel for
the world's sake ? Is Israel really anything more to him
than are the Cushites? On what condition alone is
Israel's future safe ? Does the prophet actually expect
the people to adopt his view of the matter ?

3. To what extent does the conception of Jehovah as
a God of justice control the thought of Amos ? Had
this idea of God been expressed by Elijah in the Naboth
episode? (a) Does Amos go farther than did Elijah?
Was he enabled to do this because he conceived of
Jehovah as standing in close relation to all nations ?
Must Jehovah be impartial, and consequently ethical,
because his power is universal ? What is it to be a national
God, if not to show favor to Israel ? Can he do this and
be ethical ? Must a God to be ethical be a world-God ?
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character, must he not demand it of those who are his
followers ? Can he have one standard for the world at
large and a lower standard for Israel ? If Israel has
enjoyed special privileges, must she not be judged by a
higher standard ? (c) But does Amos express any clear 3:2.
or adequate conception of sin ? Does he show any great
purpose on the part of Jehovah in the working out of
this idea of righteousness ?

4. If Jehovah has unlimited power, is he not able to
control the world ? Does this not include Assyria as 6:14.
well as Egypt? Will Jehovah demand righteousness of

the world-nations ? Why is punishment announced for chaps. 1 and 2.

Syria, Philistia, Moab, and Amnion? Was it because

they had not treated properly his nation Israel ? Was it

because of idolatry on their part, or was it rather because

of the violation of some dictate of universal morality,

some principle of the natural laws of humanity and

mercy?1

5. Does lehovah really care for the observance of 5:25; 5=21-23; 3:
, m; 5:5; 7:9;

the ceremonial? Is he pleased with Israel's pilgrim- 8:10; 9:1-4.

ages? Does he enjoy their feasts and songs? Is
he not actually ready to destroy their places of wor-
ship, and to put an end even to worship as a whole ?
What, now, does Amos really mean ? Is he denouncing
to the people sacrifice itself, or is he trying to change
the belief of the people that sacrifice duly performed
will satisfy the mind of Jehovah ? Does he teach that
the ritual of itself cannot meet the demands of an ethical
Deity ? Could he have opposed sacrifice itself without
opposing the only method yet known to humanity of
coming into communion with the Deity? Does he really
wish them to give up the ritual ?

6. If something beyond the ritual is demanded, what 5:7-15,24.
is it ? Does it grow out of Jehovah's ethical character,

and is it in fact an ethical demand ? Is it a demand for
justice, and what does justice include except honesty,
integrity, purity, and humanity? Did Amos present his
demand in the abstract or in the concrete form ? And
does he, after all, ask anything that has not been recog-

1 W. Robertson Smith, Prophets of Israel (2d ed.), p. 134.

106 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

nized as necessary by all nations who have attained

2:7 f.; 4:1; 5:1a; governmental organization ? Is any more asked of Israel
than of other nations ? Is it obedience to mere legal
justice that is called for, or rather consideration of the

5:4, 6. poor and weak — that is, moral justice ? Is any statement

of reward or punishment associated with the demand ?

3:6- In the language of the prophet's demand and in the

universality of its character, does he not himself resemble
the sage ?

5:i8ff. 7. What position, now, is maintained by Amos con-

cerning Israel's future, and what is his conception of the
day of Jehovah ? Is Israel to suffer punishment ? Will

6:71,14; 7:8 f., this punishment mean utter destruction? How impor-
17; 9:1-86. . .

tant a place does this thought have in the message as a

whole ? Had anyone before Amos proposed the utter

destruction of the nation? Was the overthrow con-

5:14 f. templated in any sense political? Is the sentence a

possibly revocable one ? Is it at all clear that Amos saw

a brighter picture in case of repentance ? Review here

the considerations for and against assigning 9 : 8^-15 to

a later date. Is it possible that Amos, being from Judah,

expected the true religion to be continued and developed

by Judah after Israel had perished ? What were the

essential points of difference between Amos's conception

of the day of Jehovah and that of the people of his

times?2

§ 108. The Antecedents of Amos. — The relation of
Amos to those that preceded him is a subject which
furnishes many interesting questions for study. To
what extent was Amos a creator of the Israelitish ethical
monotheism; or to what extent is the essential content
of Amos's teaching rooted in the past?

1. Consider the importance of this question in the
study of the progress of the Old Testament develop-
ment, and especially in determining the place of prophecy
in that development. Was he, perhaps, instead of Moses,
the founder of the religion ? If, in general, Old Testa-
ment history, like other histories, is an evolution, is the

2 See J. M. P. Smith, "The Day of Yahweh," American Journal of Theology,
Vol. V (1901), pp. 505 ff.

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107

movement which found expression through Amos, Hosea,
and Isaiah exceptional in that it had no antecedents?
Is the fact that Amos makes no appeal to something
earlier than his own work — for example, a code of laws
— evidence that his work was not the fruitage of the
past?

2. Is the morality which he demands something new
or of long standing ? Were not demands for this same
justice, including honesty, humanity, etc., made in the
earliest days of history ? Did they not form the basis of
his condemnation of other nations ? Is anything more
asked of Israel than of them ? Does Amos in his pres-
entation of these demands assume that Israel is ignorant
of these things; or is aware of them, and negligent of
them, and therefore deserving the punishment? Is it
possible to explain the representation of Amos as an
anachronism ; or as a piece of beautiful rhetoric ? Could
Israel be punished justly for failing to observe con-
ditions or demands of which they were totally ignorant ?
Could Amos, living in such close proximity to Jerusalem,
have been ignorant of the past history of the nation, its
literature, and its laws as handed down by tradition ?

3. To what extent does Amos show a knowledge of
Israel's past history ? How far did Israel's history rest
on the character of Jehovah as shown in history? To
what extent is Amos making use of the terminology of
prophecy as fixed by his predecessors ?

4. Does he concretely express appreciation for pre-
ceding prophets? Who were these ? Would the num-
ber include Elijah and Elisha, J and E?

5. Is it quite certain that Amos knew such written
documents as the Decalogue and the Book of the Cove-
nant ? May we suppose that, in addition to these works,
others were familiar to him ? (a) Were there national
songs which prepared the way technically as well as
spiritually for his work ? {b) Would these include the
Song of Deborah, the Song of the Red Sea in its earliest
form, the blessing of Jacob, as well as Deut., chaps. 32
and 33? (c) And would there be, in addition, proverbs
and folk-lore, some of which had already been incorpo-

C/., e.g., the Book
of the Dead,
and the Code of
Hammurabi.
1:3, 6, 13; 2:1.

1:3, 6, 13; 2:9-12;
3:1; 4:6-11;
5:25; 6:5; 9 = 7-

Exod., chaps. 34,
20; Deut., chap.
5; Exod., chaps.
21-23.

Judg., chap. 5;
Exod., chap. 15;
Gen., chap. 49.

Gen. 4:231.; 25:
23; Judg. 9: 7-20.

108 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Numb. 21 : 27-30. rated in J and E, and some of it perhaps preserved in
the canonical Book of Proverbs? Does Amos himself

Amos 9:4. show a familiarity in his own address with the folk-lore,

and with the speech and thought of the common people ?

§ 109. The Ministry of Amos, that is, the external

form of Amos's work. What was its scope ? In what

did it consist?

1 Kings, chap. 13. i. Is it possible that the story of the man of Judah is

a distorted account of Amos's ministry ?3 Or is it worth
while to consider the suggestion that the story of his

Amos 7:14. ministry, together with that of Jonah, is a later invention

or fiction?4 What is a natural inference to be drawn
from (a) the fact that no miracle or wonder-story is con-
nected with his work; (&) no ecstatic frenzy is suggested;

7:1-9; 8:1 f ■, 9:1; an(j /a the emphatic statement made in answer to

cf. Isa., chap. 6; \ / r

jer. ini-19. Amaziah? Did he use music, as did Elisha, to pro-
duce ecstatic trance? Did he have visions? Are these
to be compared with those of Isaiah and Jeremiah ?
What relation did the visions of Amos sustain to those
of the past and those of the future? Does he in receiv-
ing his message follow the method of those who pre-
ceded him ? In his own method of presentation does
he show progress ?

2. What significance lies in the fact that Amos was
the first of the prophets to write down his sermons?
(a) How far was this due to the fact that Israel is now for
the first time enjoying the privileges of civilization, and
therefore literature? To what extent was opportunity
for this afforded in the long and peaceful reign of
Jeroboam ? To what extent is he merely following the
fashion already set by the priests, and the prophets of J
and E ? (b) If Israel's religion in the prophet's mind
stood for something more than ritual — in other words,
for ideas which could not be expressed in an institution
— was writing a necessity ? Is it true that prophetic
utterance has now become something of permanent
value? Has the prophet himself assumed new functions
and new responsibilities?

3 So Wellhausen.

* So Day and Chapin, "Is the Book of Amos Post-Exilic?" American Journal
of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol. XVIII (1902), pp. 65-93.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF AMOS I OQ.

3. What was the nature of the influence exerted by
the earlier prophets in comparison with that of the later
prophets? How far did the earlier work wield "an
instantaneous influence"? Is the prophet henceforth to
be leader of the masses ? Is his work outwardly to be a
failure? Is he compelled to put his words in writing
because of his ill success in reaching their hearts?

4. How could permanent interest be secured without
an opportunity to read and study the prophetic stories ?
Could there be a continuous development without this?
Would it be necessary for the prophet to write out his
words just as he had spoken them ? Was it necessary
that the prophet himself put his speeches into written
form ? May this have been done by a band of disciples ?
What motive could have existed in the mind of Amos
for writing down his addresses, if he expected the end
of Israel to come within his own generation ?

§110. The Political Activity of Amos. — This deserves
consideration, especially in the variation which it pre-
sents from the older types.

1. Is this a difference in fact or in method ? Was the x Kinss i8:i7ff.;

19:15-18; 21 :

prophet's influence in national life less than was that of 27 ff.; 2 Kings
r r 13:14 it-

Elijah and Elisha? Was he an official of the govern-
ment? Did he sustain a special relation to the king?
Was he more than a private citizen ? Did he establish
any organization ? Did he adopt any other method than
that of preaching?

2. Consider the skill with which Amos announced chaps. 1 and 2.
his political views concerning the nations. What are the

features of the method adopted, and what may be
regarded as the chief motive ?

3. Consider the political insight exhibited in his
interpretation of Assyria's relation to Israel.

§111. The Stages in the Ministry of Amos. — Con-
sider the question of the chronological order of the
stages in Amos's ministry.

1. Did he, may we suppose, while in Tekoa, make
visits at home and abroad, and in such visits would he
learn the methods and work of the prophets? Might
he in this way secure information concerning the world
at large in these early years ?

110 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

7:1-9. 2. May he, in visions like those of the locust and fire,

have received his call to preach; and, in a vision like
that of the plumb-line, the message which he was to
preach, namely, the irrevocable destruction of Israel ?

5:4,6,14; 7:2 f., Did he perhaps at first believe that the doom might be
averted ? But is he gradually convinced that there is no
hope unless something extraordinary happens ? Does
he then go to Northern Israel, amazed that all do not
see as he sees?

Chaps. 1 and 2. 3. Did he introduce his work, may we suppose, by a

proclamation in diplomatic form of one oracle after
another concerning Israel's neighbors ? Were these
uttered on successive days, or did they extend perhaps
over months ? Does he in time announce to Israel the

2:6-16. future ruin, and does he, going from place to place,

finally reach the climax of his work at Bethel when
utterance is given to the words contained in chap. 6 ?

7:1-9. 4. Is it possible to assume that at this point he is

interrupted, and that a demand is made for his authority,
and that in justification of his words, he tells the story
of his call as it came in the visions of the locust, fire,
and plumb-line, closing with the definite announcement
of Jerusalem's end ?

7:10-17. 5. May we understand that this is followed by the

attack of Amaziah ? Does he give up his prophetic work
immediately, or does he continue in spite of the priest's
interference? Is it possible to suppose that the inter-
ference was a friendly one; or, on the other hand, was
Amos strong enough to defy the king's command and
remain permanently? Is it more reasonable to suppose
that he continued to preach until he had finished his
message ?

Isa.,8:i6ff. 6. Does the prophet then go back to Judah and

gather about him a small band of disciples, to whom, as
in the case of Isaiah with his disciples, he turns over his
sermons and his visions?

§ 112. The Efficiency of the Ministry of Amos. —
1. To what extent is there a lack of the religious
element ? Could his ministry have reached many minds ?
Did he himself clearly recognize the issue involved in

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF AMOS III

his preaching? Did he have a purpose, or is he like a
sage advocating a new philosophy without reference to
its consequences ?

2. To what extent may his ministry be explained
upon the supposition that it contained an infusion of
the new spirit, namely, that of philosophical inquiry and
the acceptance of law? In what sense does his work
furnish the basis for future prophecy?

§ 113. Literature on Amos. —

On the teachings of Amos see especially: the commentaries of W. R. Harper
(1905), G. A. Smith, Driver, Mitchell, Orelli, Wellhausen, Gunning,
Nowack, and Marti; and also Cheyne, art. "Amos," Encyclopedia Biblica;
Taylor, art. "Amos," Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible; Driver, art. "Amos,"
Smith's Dictionary of the Bible (2d ed.); W. R. Smith, Prophets of Israel {2d ed.),
pp. 120-43; Cornill, Prophets of Israel, pp. 37-46; Kirkpatrick, Doctrine of the
Prophets, pp. 83-108; H. P. Smith, Old Testament History, pp. 211-18; McCurdy,
History, Prophecy, and the Monuments, §§302-4, 937—41 ; Budde, Religion of Israel
to the Exile, pp. 133 ff.; Davidson, "The Prophet Amos," Expositor, Vol. V (1887),
pp. 161-73; Mitchell, "The Idea of God in Amos," Journal of Biblical Litera-
ture, Dec, 1887, pp. 33-42; Paton, "Did Amos Approve the Calf-Worship at
Bethel?" ibid., Vol. XIII (1894), pp. 80-91.

Duhm, Theologie der Propheten, pp. 109-26; Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestament-
lichen Religionsgeschichte (2d ed., pp. 179-86); Lohr, Untersuchungen zum Buck
Amos, pp. 28-36; Meinhold, Studien zur israelilischen Religionsgeschichte, Vol.1,
pp. 31-63 ; PROCKSCH, Die Geschichtsbetrachtung bei Amos, Hosea und Jesaia, pp. 2-12 ;
SEESEMANN, Israel und Juda bei Amos und Hosea, pp. I— 17 ; TESCH, Setzt der Prophet
Amos atttoritatives Gesetz voraus? Giesebrecht, Die Geschichtlichkeit des Sinai-
bundes, pp. 19 ff.; MARTI, Geschichte der israelilischen Religion (3d ed.), pp. 180 ff ;
G. Rothstein, "Amos und seine Stellung innerhalb des israelitischen Prophetismus,"
Theologische Studien und Kritiken, April, 1905; Franckh, Die Prophetie in der Z*it
v or Amos [Beitrage zur Forderung Christlicher Theologie, IX (1905), pp. 27-86].

§ 114. Constructive Study. — Consider each of the sections 101-112
as furnishing the basis for a constructive study in which the various
points suggested in the questions asked shall be treated. The formu-
lation of the subject may thus be presented in the form either of
propositions or of a more general discussion. In each there will of
course be incorporated the results of a study of the Scripture material
cited, and of the reading pursued in the list of literature suggested.

CHAPTER IX.

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF HOSEA.

§115. The Personal Life of Hosea. — In the history
of no prophet is there a closer connection between the
message and the personal life than in the case of Hosea.
And since Hosea's work was performed among his own
people rather than in another country (cf. Amos), it is
especially instructive to consider —

1. His place of residence. In this connection one may
iChron. 5:6. pass over the views (a) that Hosea was of the tribe of

Reuben (compare his father's name Beeri with the name

SOs'6*'l'I*s*i4?' Beerah),and (^) that Hosea, like Amos, went up from Judah

11:12, etc. t0 israei — a view based upon the frequent reference to

Judah in the book. But would these passages, even if all

mi. authentic, prove the place of the prophet's work ? Is this

view supported by anything which may be found in the
superscription or by the prophet's apparent attitude of
leniency toward Judah in contrast with Israel ? Is there
any evidence that the book was written out in Judah after
Hosea had left Israel ? In favor of Northern Israel as
his home take up the following questions: Does the lan-
guage of the book indicate anything? Is there any evi-

7:5; 6:10, 1.2. dence to be found in such expressions as "the land," "our
king," etc. ? Does he show any special interest in Northern
Israel, its historical conditions and foreign relations, and

4:15; 5:1,8; 6:8,9; its political parties? Are the places with which he shows

7:1; 8:5,6; 9:15; r r r

10:5,7,9,15; familiarity in the north or in the south — for example,
Mizpah, Tabor, Samaria, Gilead, Shechem, Gilgal, Bethel,
Gibeah, Ramah ? Does he speak from the point of view of
a visitor or a resident ? How important is this question of
his citizenship in the Northern kingdom?

2. The suggestions offered as to the meaning of the
word " Hosea." Is it a combined word made up of
"Jehovah" and the root "to save" (<:/. Joshua), or simply
a word meaning "deliverance"? Is there anything sig-
nificant in the name?

12: ii.

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§116. The Date and Circumstances of Hosea's Life
and Work. — Are these indicated in the superscription? 1:1.
Is this superscription from Hosea's hand or from a later
date? In what respect may Hosea's life and work be
compared with those of Jeremiah ?

1. Consider now the data which determine the begin-
ning of his work and its duration. What date is implied

in view of the threat concerning Jezreel ? Would his 1:4.

marriage and the birth of his oldest son have preceded?

Is evidence to be found that he preached in the midst of 1''\..\cf' 7:3ff-;

the anarchy which followed the death of Jeroboam II.?

Does the book contain any allusion to the Syro-Ephraim-

itish war? If not, what indication does this give of

date? Is Gilead in Hosea's times a part of Northern

Israel? But was not Gilead with Naphtali conquered 5:*; 6:8; xa-.n.

by Assyria in 734 B. C. ? What then are the dates within

which he must have preached ?

2. Consider the historical events of the period indicated 2 Kings, chap. 15.
above and their consistency with the times described by

Hosea; for example, is there evidence in the early part of
the book of prosperity and wealth? On the other hand, Hos. 2:51, gff.
does the situation change later? Is lawlessness prevalent ? 4:2; 5:1; 7:1.
Is the political situation one of peril? Are the leaders 5'H\^:"' 8:8;
themselves guilty? Are revolution and anarchy prev- 4:8; 5:1; 9:15.
alent? How does Hosea's description of the times 5:*|j 7:II"» M:6;
differ from that of Amos ? Which of the two saw more
widely? Which more deeply?

3. Concerning Hosea's occupation and social stand-
ing, it may be asked whether he was one of the so-called
prophets, or was he, like Amos, neither prophet nor the

son of a prophet? May we infer from a familiarity 4:4, &-9; 6:9.
which he shows with the evil practices of the priests that
he himself was a priest? Is there anything opposing
this view ? Is there evidence of any kind to indicate
whether he occupied a high social position or the
opposite ?

§117. Hosea's Call and Preparation. — This subject
is perhaps the most important of all that will present
themselves in a study of the Book of Hosea. The diffi-
culty and the delicacy of the subject are apparent, but a '

114 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

careful examination of the material, and the various views
that have .been presented concerning it, will give a clear
insight into Hosea's character and the significance of his
personal experience as determining the nature of his
message.

1:2-9. 1. Make a thorough study of the narrative which

describes the harlotry of Hosea's wife, and in connection
with this the narrative of the purchase of Gomer as a

3:1-4. slave and her retention many days, and prepare a brief

statement of the thought contained in these two pas-
sages, keeping in mind that, whatever view may be taken
of the authenticity of the remaining verses of the first
three chapters, these passages contain the actual narra-
tive concerning Hosea and his wife.

2. Consider whether this transaction is to be regarded
as (a) a vision or trance, something that never actually
happened in real life; or (3) as a parable or allegory.
Could a prophet have done the thing here described ?
Is the woman of 3 : 1 the same as in chap. 1 ? And did
Hosea have two marriages of the same kind ? Did the
prophets sometimes represent themselves as commanded

Ezek. 4:1-8, 9-17. to do strange things? Could Hosea psychologically
have received such a command ? Or (c) is the trans-
action to be understood literally? Does the prophet
indicate in any way that it was a vision? Is the thing
commanded less objectionable in a vision than in actual

isa. 7:3; 8:1-4. practice? Was it the custom of prophets to give sym-
bolical names to real children ? Is a real experience
of this kind consistent with the message which Hosea
preached ? But (d), if it is taken literally, are we to under-
stand that Gomer was a harlot when Hosea married her ?
Or is it possible (e) that spiritual fornication is meant,
since Gomer was, like other Israelites, an idolatress ?

Hos.i:2. Or may we understand (/) that the phrase " a wife of

whoredom " may mean one who, although chaste at the
time of marriage, had in her a tendency to impurity
which manifested itself after marriage ? Does this view
cover the facts of the narrative ? Does it remove the moral
difficulties ? Does it furnish a reasonable basis for
Hosea's love for his wife ? Will it furnish explanation

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF HOSEA I I 5

of the mental process through which Hosea came to
realize Jehovah's love for Israel ?

3. Trace the connection between the symbolical
names given tothechildren and the progress of the thought
in Hosea's mind, and at the same time take up the close
connection between chap. 3 and chap. 1. Is the old
relationship of wife re-established? In what position is 3:1-4
the wife placed at the close? Is the period of seclusion 3:4.
— namely, "many days" — a definite period?

4. Consider the following questions : If we restrict
the narrative to 1:2-9 and 3: 1-4, is the conclusion of
the story furnished ? Is there any inconsistency between
the representation made of a love so strong that it
leads the husband to do strange things, and the usual
Israelitish custom in accordance with which the wife was Exod. 22:16 f.
the property of the husband? How long a period must

these transactions have covered ? What was Hosea's
domestic situation during these years?

5. Consider these additional points: Might a call to
prophecy come through a personal experience as well as
in a vision? Was the chief teaching of these domestic
experiences the announcement of Israel's destruction, or
the announcement of Jehovah's love for Israel in spite of
faithlessness? If Gomer was a harlot at the time of
marriage, why was she called "wife of whoredom" Hos. 1:2.
rather than harlot? Is this command of Jehovah to
marry such a woman to be compared with Scripture
representations concerning the hardening of Pharaoh's Exod. 10:1.
heart and the command to Isaiah, and were these really isa. 6:9f.
commands? Could these experiences have been used in
communicating to the people the thought which the
experience itself brought to the prophet?

6. Is it to be understood that the prophet in writing
out the story of his experiences at a later time introduced

into the story much of his later history. Did Isaiah do isa., chap. 6.
this in the story of his call, and Jeremiah likewise? jer., chap. 1.
May we understand, then, that there first came the experi-
ence, after that the recognition of the truth which it
suggested, and still later the writing out of the experi-
ence in the light of this truth? Is there anything
analogous to this in Amos ?

Il6 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

7. To what extent did the old Semitic conception,
that the national deity was the husband of the land,
afford a basis for Hosea's interpretation of his experi-
ence? Supposing this to be the basis, what new thought
does he introduce ?
§ 118. The Character of Hosea. — Consider the facts and the material
of the book, and picture to yourself the character of the author, Hosea.

1. In what respects did Hosea's strength differ from that of Amos ?

2. In what respects was his character complex, as compared with the
simplicity of the character of Amos ?

3. Compare closely the character of Jeremiah with that of Hosea,
and indicate the points of resemblance?

4. Does any other personality in Old Testament history exhibit so
affectionate a character ?

5. Was Hosea strongly ethical or rather strongly religious? Cf.
Amos.

6. Was Hosea, because of his emotional character and the com-
plexity of his temperament, illogical ?

7. To what extent did Hosea represent the national type ?

§ 1 19. The Message of Hosea. — Consider in general the importance
of the message and the facts which contribute to it a special interest.

1. Is the message a strongly personal one, and is this personal ele-
ment so pervasive as to give it a prominence over and above the politi-
cal and religious factors ?

2. Is there a remarkable relationship between the message of Hosea
and that of Amos, both being required to secure a complete conception?

3. Is there any significance in the fact that this message is given
within a few years of the end of the Northern kingdom ?

4. Is it true that nearly one-fourth of the verses contained in the
Book of Hosea are to be regarded as insertions and additions from the
point of view of later prophets, and will this affect somewhat the formu-
lation of Hosea's message ?

5. Consider whether the general thought of Hosea may be connected
with the following topics, and formulate a proposition presenting his
thought concerning each of the subjects named: (a) Israel's character
and condition; (b) Israel's future; (c) Jehovah's relation to Israel; {d)
Israel's conception of Jehovah; (e) Israel's acts of repentance; (/) the
outcome of Israel's present attitude toward Jehovah.

6. Consider what Amos had said that did not need to be said over
again by Hosea, and also what Amos had not said which Hosea must

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF HOSEA I 1 7

now say. For example, did Amos present any plan for a restoration ?
Did Amos lay emphasis upon Jehovah's love, or upon universal law?
If the latter, what was the next problem to be solved ? Was it necessary
for Hosea to promise redemption, or would it be sufficient if he would
show that redemption was possible?1 Had the popular feeling on
fundamental questions changed, or was it practically the same as at the
time of Hosea's utterances ?

§120. The Convictions of Hosea. — Recognizing the
fact that Hosea, when compared with Amos, deals dif-
ferently with the same questions, the one being deeper,
while the other is broader; the one being strongly reli-
gious, the other strictly ethical; consider the more
important points upon which expression is made:

1. The omnipotence of Jehovah. Is this idea as
important in Hosea's scheme of thought as it was in that

of Amos? How does Hosea represent Jehovah's power Hos. 2:8-, 4:3; 9:2;
over nature, and in what way does he describe the power
of Jehovah in history? Is he interested in Jehovah's xx: l\3> *'• ,2:9- IO">
work outside of Israel?

2. Was Hosea more truly monotheistic than Amos ?

Is Jehovah represented as a national God? Is Hosea's 3:4; 9:3; 13:4.

representation of Jehovah anthropomorphic? Is the 6:5; 5:X4; I3:7'-

manner of his representation of Jehovah influenced by 5:x.°'.Mt; ":I4;
his own poetic nature?

3. How are we to account for the fact that Hosea 8:5, 6; 3:1; 13:2.
attacks the image-worship of the times, which was passed

over in silence by Elijah, Elisha, and Amos? Why
should Hosea have taken this position rather than Amos ?

4. Prove that Hosea's fundamental idea of Jehovah is 6:7.
that of a God of love. What, in detail, is the significance

of the word "love" used of Jehovah by Hosea? What is
involved in the exercise of this feeling on the part of
both Jehovah and Israel ? What words or phrases may
be used as synonyms to express the idea contained in the
word translated " love" ? What, according to the prophet,
is the relationship of this feeling to religion itself?

5. From a study of the passages cited, formulate the 2:8; 4/l~6 5:4;
substance of Hosea's most bitter complaint against Israel.

Explain what is the full meaning of the word "know" as

1 Cf. George Adam Smith, Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I, p. 229.

I 1 8 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

used in these passages. What knowledge of God is it

that Hosea has here in mind? Something which the

nation once possessed, but has lost, or is it something

4:1 ff.; 6ff.; 5:1 ff. really new? Why is it that the people do not reach up

2:8; 4:6. to this new knowledge ? And in what way is it possible

for Israel to gain a true knowledge of Jehovah ?
2:2; 3:1. 6. If Jehovah is the husband of Israel, or if he is the

II :i. father of Israel, what relation does he sustain to outside

nations ? Is Hosea much concerned with the outside

world ? What evidence is there that Jehovah occupies a

place of superiority in the outside world ? Why was

Hosea indifferent to the world at large?

4:131; 6:6; 8:11- 7. Formulate a statement representing Hosea's mes-

13; 13:1 f.;
chap. 10, passim, sage on the cultus, and compare with this the thought of

Amos. Why is the Canaanitish worship distasteful to

Hosea ? Why is he opposed to calf-worship ? Does he

give larger consideration to the cultus than does Amos ?

4:|; 5:1; 10:13; 8. Prepare a statement expressing Hosea's concep-

tion of the immorality of Israel in those days. What is
the occasion of this general immorality? Is it encour-
aged by the priests ? Why ? What methods does Hosea
adopt to bring about a reform in this particular?

8:4-6- 9. Prepare a statement representing the political

situation at home and abroad as represented by Hosea.

In what respect has the home policy been wrong? Does

he condemn the disruption of the kingdom which took

7:I-8; 8:4-13; place in the days of Rehoboam ? What is his attitude
10:8 ff. r J

toward the anarchy of his own time? What about the
foreign policy? Exactly what was it, and what was its
weakness ?

10. What was Hosea's interpretation of Israel's past

history? What interpretation of this same history had

been made before the days of Hosea, and what two great

1:4; 5:13; 7:3-7, interpretations follow? Formulate in some detail Hosea's

13 ft.; 9:14; ix: r

1; 12:3, 91 point of view and the great religious lesson which he

based upon it.

1:10— a:i. 14-16, II# if 14:1-8 comes from a later hand, compare also

18-23; 3:5; 11: » r

10 f- other suspected passages with Hosea's representation

concerning Israel's immediate future. Present in con-
trast his conception of the future on the supposition that

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF HOSEA II9

these passages come from his pen. What considerations
how may be urged in this connection against the authen-
ticity of the passages cited? In any case, is not Hosea's

conception of Jehovah one which furnishes a basis for a 2.2; 5:4; 6:6-, 10:

12.
hopeful future? Did he teach the possibility of repent- 13:14-

ance? Did he expect Israel to repent?

12. Consider two additional points in reference to

Hosea's message : (a) To what extent did he make use

of the nation's past history, and where did he get his

material? Is it possible that he may have made use of c/.8:ia; 9:10;

oral tradition? Did he have information which no pre- c/. 8:13; 9:3, 10;

10 :g; 11 :i, 5;

ceding document still in existence furnished? Did he 13:4 f.
exercise a judgment concerning the past, differing from c/! "4; 10:5.
that of those who preceded him? (b) In what sense now
may the character of Hosea's message be said to be typi-
cally Israelitish? Was his message a true expression of
the national spirit? In what respects may the message
of Hosea be contrasted with that of Amos?

§ 121. The Ministry of Hosea. — What is the external form of his
work? What was its scope? In what did it consist? Remembering
that the ministry of Hosea was that of a poet, not a philosopher; that
of a mystic, not a moralist — consider the following topics:

1. In the reception of his call to preach and the message which he
was to preach, what method was definitely employed ? Through how
many years did this experience continue? What was the nature of the
experience? How may we in a practical way explain the reception of
the message by the prophet ?

2. In the presentation of his message to the people, what methods
were employed ? Was the use of symbolical names for children a good
method? May we suppose that he made a public statement of the
story of his discourse, and, if so, for what purpose ?

3. Did he preach ? What was the important purpose of his dis-
course ? How many of these discourses have been preserved ? What
may be said as to the character of these discourses from the point of
view of public delivery ?

4. Did he follow the example of Amos in committing his addresses
to writing?

5. How may we contrast the ministry of Hosea with that of Amos
in its relation to political activity? Did Hosea occupy any public
position ? Did he come into contact, so far as we know, with the

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government ? Was it, in other words, a private rather than a public
ministry? Were the political conditions of his times peculiarly diffi-
cult? Was he more severe toward the prophetic policy of the past than
toward that of his own times ?

§ 122. Stages in the Ministry of Hosea.

i. Criticise in detail the following hypothesis concerning the
chronological order of the various stages in his ministry:2

a) At the time of his marriage (750 B. C. ?) he was presumably a young
man, and, if his occupation was that of a priest, his mind had been dwelling
on sacred things for many years. At first hand he gained his knowledge of
the evil practices of his fellow-priests, and their close associates, the prophets.

b) Within two or three years (747 B. C.) he had satisfied himself as to the
doom of Jehu's dynasty; this was announced in connection with the birth of
his son (Jezreel). He, doubtless, expected Israel's collapse to be contempo-
raneous.

c) Within six or seven years the tragedy of his life has been enacted ; the
real call to preach has come; the great message has been received; Jeroboam
has died, and anarchy has set in; important announcements concerning the
future have been made (in the symbolic names given the three children of
his wife).

d) During the next six or seven years (742-735 B. C), with his wife put
away (for he cannot now live with her, however much he loves her), he
preaches his impassioned sermons, breathing into them all the warmth and
all the pain of an agonizing heart. These are the years of revolution and
vacillation, of decay approaching close to death — years without any hope,
yet with a faith in Jehovah that is strong and steadfast.

e) What next? We do not know. It is improbable that, like Amos, he
left home and went to Judah, there to put his writings into form, and to include
the Judaistic references which are in the present book. It is probable that he
was spared the worst agony of all, that of seeing Samaria in ruins and Israel
carried captive. We have nothing from his lips or pen later than 735 B. C.

2. Present considerations which may be offered to prove the effi-
ciency of Hosea's ministry. What is its real success, notwithstanding
the failure of the prophet to turn people from their sins and to save
the nation from destruction ?

§ 123. Literature on Hosea.

For presentations of the teachings of Hosea see: The introductions to the
various Commentaries, especially those of Cheyne {Cambridge Bible), George Adam
Smith (Expositor's Bible), Ewald, Wunsche, Valeton (Amos und Hosea), Nowack
(Hand-Kommentar znm Allen Testament), Marti (Kurzer Hand-Kommentar zum
Allen Testament), and W. R. Harper ("International Critical Commentary," 1905;.

2See Amos and Hosea ("International Critical Commentary," 1905), pp. clvii f.

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Special discussions are: A. B. Davidson, "The Prophet Hosea," Expositor,
ist Series, Vol. IX (1879), pp. 241-64; W. R. Smith, art. "Hosea," Encyclopedia
Britannica (1881); Idem, Prophets of Israel (1892, 2d ed., 1895), pp. 144-90; KlRK-
patrick, Doctrine of the Prophets (1892, 3d ed., 1901), pp. 109-42; Idem, art. " Hosea,"
Smith's Dictionary of the B idle (2d ed., 1893); Cornill, Prophets of Israel (1894,
English 1898), pp. 47-55; L. B. Paton, "Notes on Hosea's Marriage," Journal of
Biblical Literature, Vol. XV (1896), pp. 9-18; A. B. Davidson, art. "Hosea," Has-
tings's Dictionary of the Bible, Vol. II (1899); Budde, Religion of Israel to the Exile
(1899), pp. 45 ff.; W. R. Smith and Karl Marti, art. "Hosea," Encyclopedia
Biblica, Vol. II ( 1 901).

Duhm, Die Theologie der Prophelen (1875), pp. 126-41; Lagrange, "La nou-
velle histoire d'Israe'l et le prophete Osee," Revue Biblique, Vol. I (1892), pp. 203-38;
Smend, Lehrbuch der alttestamentlichen Religionsgeschichte (1893, 2d ed., 1899), pp.
204-18 ; Oettli, " Der Kultus bei Amos und Hosea," Greifswalder Studien (1895), pp.
I-34> VoLZ, Die vorexilische Jahweprophetie und der Messias (1897), pp. 24-40;
Seesemann, Israel undjuda bei Amos und Hosea, nebst einem Exkurs iiber Ho. 1-3
(1898); Volz, "Die Ehegeschichte Hosea's," Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Theo-
logie, 1898, pp. 321-35; Procksch, Die Geschichtsbetrachtung bei Amos, Hosea und
Jesaia (1901); Oettli, Amos und Hosea, zwei Zeugen gegen die Anzvendung der
Evolutionstheorie auf die Religion Israels (1901); Nowack, "Die Zukunftshoffnungen
Israels in der Assyrischen Zeit" in Theologische Abhandlungen (Festgabe fur H. J.
Holtzmann, 1902), pp. 33-59; Riedel, Alttestamentliche Untersuchungen, Heft I
(1902), pp. 1-15; Boehmer, "Die Grundgedanken der Predigt Hosea's," Zeitschrift
fiir wissenschaftliche Theologie, Vol. XLV (1902), pp. 1-24; Meinhold, Studien zur
israelitischen Religionsgeschichte, I : Der heilige Rest (1903), pp. 64-88.

§ 124. Constructive Study. — On the basis of the results reached
through the foregoing study and in the light of the literature cited in
§ 123, prepare a positive, constructive statement of the message of
Hosea, giving special attention to (1) his call and preparation, (2) his
relation to Amos, (3) his diagnosis of Israel's religious condition, and
(4) his conception of God.

Appendixes

D. A Table of Important Dates.

B. A Chronological Table of the Religious Life of Israel.

C. The Prophetic Vocabulary.

D. Analysis of the Hexateuch.

APPENDIX A.

TABLE OF IMPORTANT DATES.

Israel.

B.C.

Other Countries.

Hebrew clans in Canaan (Gen. 14).

c. 2250

Hammurabi, king of Babylon.

c, 1700

Hyksos enter and subdue Egypt.

Jacob -clans enter Goshen.

c. 1500

Hyksos expelled from Egypt.

c. 1400

Tell-el-Amarna letters.

c. 12Q3-1226

Ramses II. (Pharaoh of the Oppression).

Israel defeated in Canaan by Merneptah.

c. 1226-1198

Merneptah.

Exodus of Jacob -clans from Goshen.

c. 1198-1167

Ramses III.

Philistines enter Canaan.

Jacob-clans enter Canaan.

c. 1150

Deborah and Barak (Judg. 5).

C. IIOO

Gideon.

Abimelech.

Jephthah.

Eli.

Philistine oppression.

Samuel.

c. 1040

Saul.

c. 1025

David becomes king.

c. 1000

Jerusalem captured and made the capital.

Solomon.

c. 970

Temple completed.

c. 960

Disruption.

933

JUDAH.

ISRAEL.

Rehoboam.

Jeroboam I.

933

Wars between Ju-

dah and Israel.

Shishak invades Ju-

dah and Israel.

929

Shishak I, of Egypt.

Abijam.

916

Wars between Ju-

dah and Israel.

Asa.

Nadab.

912

War against Philistia.

Philistia invaded by Israel.

Baasha.

911

Wars between Ju-

dah and Israel.

900

Rise of Damascus.

Asa appeals to Da-

mascus for aid against

c . 890

Ben-hadad of Damascus invades Israel.

Israel.

Northern campaigns of Tukulti-Ninib II.

Baasha loses territory

to Syria.

Elah.

War against Philistia.

Philistia attacked by Elah of Israel.

Zimri.

Omri.

885

Civil war ; factions led

Ashurnasirpal III.; northern campaigns, 885,

by Omri and Tibni.

884, 883, 880, 867 ; eastern campaigns, 882,

Tibni slain.

881 ; campaigns in west Mesopotamia, 884,

Omri builds Samaria.

879, 878-875 ( ? ) ; reaches Mediterranean,

Long peace between

Judah and Israel.

876 (?)

Ahab.

875

Alliance with Phoeni-

Phoenicia and Israel allied.

Jehoshaphat.

Wars with Syria.

872

Wars between Syria and Israel.

c. 860

Mesha's revolt; Moabite stone.

860-825

Shalmaneser II.; constant war; campaigns
in Babylonia, 852, 851 ; jn west Mesopo-
tamia, 859-856; in south Syria, 854, 849,
846, 842, 839; in central Syria, 850, 843,
841, 832; in north Syria and northwest,
840, 838, 837, 835, 834; in north, 860, 855,
853. 845, 833, 831-828; in east, 844, 836.

First contact with

854

Assyria; battle of

Karkar.

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APPENDIX A — Continued.

JUDAH.

Israel.

B.C.

Other Countries.

Jehoshaphat aids

Jehoram.

Revolt of Edom and

Libnah.
Ahaziah.

Ahaziah aids Joram
Ahaziah slain by

Jehu.
Athaliah.
Joash.
Joash gives tribute

to Hazael of

Syria.

Amaziah.

War against Edom.

Jehoash smites

Jerusalem.
Uzziah.

Total eclipse of sun

Jotham.

Ahaz

Judah invaded by

Ahaz sends tribute
to Tiglath-pileser.

Ahab against Syria.

Ahaziah.

Joram.

Joram against Moab.

War against Syria,
against Syria.
Joram slain by Jehu.
Jehu tributary to
Shalmaneser II.

Hazael smites Gilead,
Gad, Gath, etc.

Jehoahaz.

Syria's long oppres-
sion of Israel.

Jehoash.

Victories over Syria.

War with Amaziah.

Jeroboam II.
Syria expelled from
Israel.

on June 15, visible in
Syria.

Zechariah (6 months).
Shallum (1 month).
Menahem.

Menahem sends
tribute to Tiglath-
pileser.

Pekahiah.

Pekah.

Pekah and Rezin of
Syria.

Tiglath-pileser
deports inhabitants
of Gilead, Galilee,
and Naphtali.

Hoshea, an Assyrian

Vassal.
Hoshea rebels

against Assyria.

Siege of Samaria.
Fall of Samaria.

853
850

843
842

836

c, 830

827-822

825-812

814

812-783

c. 800
797

c. 785
783

783-773

773-755

763
755-745
745-727

739
738

736
735

733
730

War between Syria and Israel.

Moab attacked by Israel, Judah, and Edom.
Edom and Libnah rebel against Judah.
War between Syria and Israel.

Hazael of Damascus smites Gilead, Gad,
Gath, etc.

Insurrection in Assyria.

Sharrishi-Adad IV.; quells insurrection, 822;
three campaigns in north; six in Babylonia.
Syria humiliates Israel.

Adadnirari III.; campaigns against Syria
and reduction of Damascus, 806-803, 797 ;
eight campaigns against Medes; six cam-
paigns in Northeast.

Ethiopians subdue Upper Egypt.

Syria defeated by Israel in days of Jehoash.
War between Edom and Judah.

Syria repulsed by Israel.

Shalmaneser III. ; decline of Assyria and
growth of kingdom of Urartu; campaigns
against Aramaeans in north Babylonia,
against Urartu, and against Damascus

(773)-
Ashurdan III. ; Assyria's decline continued ;
campaigns in central Syria, 772, 765; in-
surrection in Assyria, 763.

Ashurnirari II. ; campaign against Arpad,
754; downfall of dynasty in Assyria.

Tiglath-pileser III.; revival of Assyria;
campaigns against Aramaeans in Baby-
lonia, 745; in East, 744, 737; in Syria,
against Arpad, 743-740; against Hamath,
738; against Damascus, Israel, and Phi-
listia, 734-732; against Kaldi, 731, 729, 728.

Damascus joins Israel against Judah.

Kingdom of Damascus destroyed.

Shalmaneser IV. ; campaign against Syria
and Palestine, siege of Samaria (724-722).

Sargon ; acme of Assyrian power ; expedition
to the West, 722.

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APPENDIX B.

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE RELIGIOUS LIFE OF ISRAEL.

I?, c.

Prophetic Activity.

Extra- Prophetic.

c. 1200

Moses.

Observance of old institutions; <■.£., Sacri-

The covenant at Sinai.

fice, Circumcision, Clean and Unclean,

Judges foster a spirit of patriotism and reli-
gion.

Spring Feasts, Feasts of the Moon, Vows,

Fasts, Sabbath, the Ark, the Tent of Meet-

Deborah, and Judg., chap. 5.

ing, Founding of the Sanctuary at Dan.

Divine will sought through Ephod.Teraphim,

Gradual assimilation of Canaanitish thought

lot, etc.

and customs.

Seers.

Beginnings of tendency to centralize priestly

activity in tribe of Levi.
Jotham's Fable (Judg. 9: 7 f.)

Nazirites.

Image-worship common.
Necromancers ; witchcraft.

Patriarchal traditions.

Local sanctuaries at Ramah, Mizpah, Bethel,

Gilgal, and elsewhere.
Ark in sanctuary at Shiloh.
Eli, and his sons.
Annual feast at Shiloh.

c. 1040

Samuel.
Prophetic societies.

Ark captured by Philistines.

Ark restored, and kept at Kiriath-jearim.

Ban executed upon the Amalekites.

Book of Jashar (Josh. 10: 13 ; a Sam. 1 : 18).

Rejection of Saul by Samuel.

Book of the Wars of Jehovah (Numb. 21 :

14 f.)-
Slaughter of the priests of Nob.

Anointing of David by Samuel.

Gad, the seer.

Abiathar, the priest.

Nathan, the prophet.

David's lament over Saul and Jonathan (2
Sam. 1 : 19-27.)

Blessing of Jacob (Gen. 49).

David's lament over Abner (2 Sam. 3: 33 ft.) .

Nathan's parable (2 Sam. 12: 1-4).

c. 960

Oracles of Balaam (Numb. 23, 24).

Building of the Temple.

Song of the Exodus (Exod. 15, earliest form).

Ancient Songs; e.g., Lamech's Song (Gen.
4:23!.); Song of the Well (Numb, ax:

i7f.)-
Early Proverbs; e. g., 1 Sam. 10:111.: 24:

'3-
Popular Riddles; e. g., Judg. 14:14-18; 15:

16.
Ancient Laws ; e. g., 1 Sam. 30 : 24 f .

933

Ahijah (1 Kings n : 29).

Shemaiah (1 Kings 12:22 f.).

Golden Calves.
Development of temple ritual.

Hero-stories in Judges.

Nazirites.

Nebhi'im.

State Annals.
Tyrian Baalism.

875-850

Elijah.

Early world- stories.

Judean Decalogue.

Micaiah ben Imlah.

Gradual development of Hebrew civil and
religious law, later codified in Deuteronomy
and in the Holiness Code.

850-800

Elisha.

Early Saul and David stories.

850-750

J1- , •

842

Prophets support Jehu s revolution.
Rise of Rechabites.

836

Book of the Covenant.

Priests under Jehoiada overthrow Athaliah.
Joash repairs the temple.

800-750

Elijah stories.

Ei.

Early narratives in Samuel and Kings.

Parable of Jehoash (2 Kings 14: 9).

Elisha stories.

783

Prophet Jonah (2 Kings 14: 25).
Isaiah 15 and 16 ( ?).

Blessing of Moses (Deut. 33).

Ephraimite Decalogue.

765-750

Amos.

745-735

Hosea.
E2.

739

Isaiah.

Jotham repairs the temple.

734

Ahaz introduces Assyrian element's into
temple ritual.

721

Micah.

128

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

APPENDIX C.

PROPHETIC VOCABULARY.

The following list of words aims to include the more important
terms used by the prophets to convey their distinctive ideas. It is not,
therefore, an exhaustive vocabulary of the prophetic utterances, but
confines itself to the favorite, or characteristic, words of the prophets.
The list of Greek equivalents gives the most common renderings of
the Septuagint translation of the prophets, without attempting to
enumerate all the rare interpretations. Renderings based upon a mis-
taken reading or a different text from that of the Massoretes are pur-
posely omitted.

"13X awoWietv, O-oXeOpetieiv, iic-
rplfleiv (Deut. 7:20),
ixXelireiv (Jer. 7:28)

perish, be exterminated

TffiMS

vivt]%, 7rru)x6s, Taireivbs

poor, needy

bi»

irevdetv, crrevd^eiv (Isa. 19:8),
dprjvetv (Ezra 7: 12)

mourn, lament

nns

(LvOpwTros

man, mankind

nn?

dyairav, <pi\eiv

love

nnnx

dydTTijcris

love

rnx

hriffv/uiv

desire

rn»

a-qp-eiov

sign

T»

di'o/.a'a, ddiicla, 70771/07x65
(Isa. 58:9), tidrcuos, fid-
Ti)v, (3\da<pT)p.os(ls&. 66:3),
7^05, k6ttos, (Ltottos

trouble, wickedness

bif

Spvs, repifiivOos, MvSpop

- terebinth

dacrv, yeveal (Isa. 61:3)

f&*

n?1?^

Xtpa.

widow

Ytqk

a\-q6t.v6s

faithfulness, truth

hjtok

dX-qdeia, d\rj0tv6s, irlcms,

faithfulness, steadfastn

7Tio"T<5s, d^idiriffTos

■yqs

\tyeiv, eiireiv, ipetv, \a\eiv

utter, say

6vp.6s, 6pyfi

anger

nbss

yi>6<pos, ctk6tos

darkness, calamity

toSss

\ap.fidveiv yvvaiKa, p.vt\a-
Oetiecrdai yvvaiKa

betroth

"W?

ddereTv, Karacppoveiv, iyica.-

deceive, deal treacher-

rakelireiv, dcrvvdereiv

ously

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129

pits

<pa.v\lfeiv, drip.dfciv, aTt/xovv,
£%ov8evovv, QovOevovv

despise

TT2

(TKvXi^eiv, 8tapTrd£eii>, irpo-
vop.ev€LV, diacTKopwlfeiv

spoil, plunder

nnn

inX^yeiv, diriX^yeiv, aipetv,
aipeTifetv, 8oKip.dfeiv, npo-
aipelv

choose

nt?3

TTfldetv, £\Trl£eii>

trust

nun

dprivri, i\wls, Treideiv, d<r-
<pa\Qs

security

crvverSs, (Tvvleiv, avvUvai,
<ppbvLp.os elvai, Karavbav,
£iriOTr)p.wv

perceive

fc*P

Trapdpop.0^, \oip.6s, dcrefiris,
dvofxla, dv6p.r]ixa

worthlessness

npa

inj/r]\6v(inj/ri\ri), j3ap.d, dj3a./xd
(Ezek. 20:29), (3w/*6s,
<TTq\t), ij-fios (lovvSs (Ps.
78 158; I Kings 10:13),
el8w\oi> (Ezek. 16: 16)

high-place

by?

/3aaX, aicrxvvr) (1 Kings
18:19, 25), d8u\op (Jer.
9:14)

Baal

*l?3

iKKaieiv, iKKOido.ipfiv, dcpavi-
£eiv, tfiTTvpifciv

consume

Op.3

^■qretv, iK$r]Teiv

seek, enquire

rrna

diadriKT), fxaprtjpiov, ivro\-q

covenant

n'fa

eva.yye\l£effdcu

preach, announce good
news

n©3

aiaxvv-q

shame

nbina

irapdivoi, vip.<pt\

virgin

"f»i

vrreprj^avta, <pptjayp.a, vfipis,

majesty, pride

86*0.
5Sp Xvrpovv, ay xi&Teveiv.pvecrOat.,
diroKvTpovv, i^aipeiv
71513 ) dTTOLK€<ria, dwoiKla, fieroi-
n^bil ) Keiria, ai'xMciXuxTitt

"'13 edvos, Xa6s

J*1!! dyaWiaaQat, xcupetV, ev-
(ppaiveiv
n*3 diroKakvirreiv, dvaKaXinrTeiv,
inroKa\virT€Lv,iKKa.\inrTeii>,
dvoiyeiv, (pavepovv, cti'x-
/xaXwWfetj', alx^d^Kwrov
yevtadat, aTroudfav, dird-
yeiv, dtpltrravai

redeem, act as kinsman

exiles, exile

nation, people
rejoice

uncover, go into exile

130

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

D^ba

-ira

*G1

trrn

■pTxn

nsn

"Tins !fbn
TO

Xi/7,uaTa, SiafOTj/aara, ^p-

tt7reiXetV, aTreikrj, dirovKO-
paicifeiv, £wlti!j.8,v, <ni\-
Xoidopew

(rvvTaucreiv, inroTacriretv, iv-
rfWco-dai, di'ayy^Weiv,
(rvWaKetv, TrpocrXaXe'iv,
pteiv, elirelv, XaXetV, Xtyew

X67OS, €7T0S, pTjp.0.

ddvaros, b~iKri

yivea,, eKyovov, cvyytvtLa

Kpiveiv, SiaKpiveiv

do~6evr)'i, Trivrj's, tttuxos, to-

tt€lvos
yvQ>o~is, eirL<TTrjp.T), e-rriyvucris,

fiovkr) (Isa. 44:25), o~vve-

<ra

iT&fav (Deut. 13:15),
dTTOKplvecrdai, irvvOdvecrdai
(Gen. 25:22), iwepwrdv,
iTTLCKitrTeadai (Ezek.
20:40), iiri<TKOTre?v (Deut.
11:12), iXirl^eiv (Isa.

11: 10), xpy°~ixo^-bye<-v

(Jer. 38:4)
ivurl^eadaL
p-draios, p.arai6TT]s, etdojXov,

p.drr)v, eh ovSev (Isa.

49:4)
u<peXuv, wcpfXeia, u<p4Xrjp.a

dvatrwfeiv, Statraifetv
Ka\bv Troielv, a7a#i;j'ei»', dpt-
aiceiv, (itXriov ttouiv, e5

WOLiiV

TraTd(TO~eii>, rvTrreiv, ndirreiv,
KOLTaKoirreiv, €kk6ttt€iv,
TraUiv, ir\r)a<reiv

Trapopylfeiv, TrapaTTLKpaiveiv,
trapo^vvuv

TropeiJe<r()ai ovicruj

o~Tp£<peiv, dva(TTp^<peiv, diro-
o~Tpt(peiv, in<TTpe<peiv, /xera-
o~Tpf<t>eiv, aXXdcveiv

idols

rebuke

speak

word, utterance

pestilence

generation

judge

weak, poor

knowledge

seek, consult

hear, listen
vanity (= idols)

avail, profit
deliver, save

do good to, deal well with

smite, destroy

vex, provoke to anger

walk after
turn

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131

:nn

onn

"in

rnnmJn

nnt

nnr
-t

D'ar

nnr

n:T

D7T

D37T

"b*ri

i^aipeiv, pveadai, eKcrirav,
crwfietv

(Isa. 14:19), KaTa<r<£dfete
(Zech. II : 5), flawroOi',
airoKtvTeiv (Ezek. 21: 16)

KaTa<TKdTTT€lV, KCLTCUTTpicpeiV,

pr/yvtivai. (Ezra 38 : 20)
6pos, 6peiv6s
TTpocrKweiv, KaTa<pt.\e?v

(1 Kings 2 :I9)
duetv, dv&idfeiv, dv/xiav,

6vp.id£eiv, <T(pafeiv, irpoa-

<pipeiv (Deut. 17:1)
Qv<rla, dvcrlacr/xa, 6vp.a, 0v/xl-

ap.a, <r<pdyiov (Am. 5:25)
inrepr)<pavos
fjup.vrj<rK€<rdai, avau.ip.vrja'Ket.v,

fivrj/jioveveiv, ovofid^eiv
SiavoeicrOai, TrovTjpeveirdat

(Deut. 19:19), eTriT Idyiixi.

(Gen. II: 6), XaXeZV (Jer.

4:28; 51:12), 4 vOv fitter Oai

(Lam. 2:17), irapa.Td<T<retv

(Zech. 1:6), iraparripdv
> (Ps. 37:12)
dcripeLa, dvofxla, fifia (Judg.

20:6), &p.p.a( Ezek. 24:13),

avhaia
iropvefccv, iKiropvetieiv
dirwdetv, airoaTpt'cfreiv (Hos.

8:3), air or pipe iv (Hos.

8:5)
opyrjv iirdyeiv, vapaTdcraeiv

(Mai. I :4), inrepeldeiv

(Zech. 1:12), dvfxovffdai
opyr), direiXr] (Hab. 3:12),

e/x/3 pi ixi) /xa (Lam. 2:6),

iriKpla (Jer. 15 : 17), airai-

deva-la (Hos. 7:16)
= 6^X6^(1X05 (Isa. 13:5)
dt.a<rKopTrl£eii>, aKopirl^eiv,

diaawelpeiv, Xac/xdv
otrelpeiv, Ka.Ta<Twelpeiv,<nropd,

awbpos
Ppaxlwv
ffaKeveiv, wdlveiv, ciStVas

eX*"', ir6veiv, apdeveiv,

oSwaadcu

snatch away, rescue
slay, destroy

throw down, break down

mountain, hill

bow down, do obeisance

to sacrifice

sacrifice

insolent, scornful
remember

purpose, devise

plan, wickedness

commit fornication
reject, spurn

be indignant

indignation

scatter, disperse

arm, strength
whirl, writhe

132

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

nrn
' rfltij

atpn

nbn

Dibn

cpn

■pan
non

ysn
ph;

™?
nsnn \

inn

6/>ai<, owreadai, Ideiv, OewpeTv

bp&v

Spacns, opa/jia. Trpcxprjrela,

vwvos

6pap.a, Bewprirds, prjfia, i\irls,

6pap.a, tipaffis

afAaprdveiv, i^apLaprdveiv, d5i-

Keiv, i(f>ap.apTdveiv
a/jLaprla, dvofiia
dfjiaprla, ap.dprr]p.a, dvop.la,

dv6fj.7]/j.a, daij3eia (Ezek.

33 : 14), d<xi^y]p.a (Lam.

4 : 22), KaKla (Jer. 15 : 13),

Kapdla (Ps. 32 : 5), p-drcuos

(1 Kings 16 :2)
oi a,uapTO}\oi, oi a.p.apTdvwv-

Tes, oi dvopoi, oi aaefieh
/jualveiv, f3ef3ri\ovv
4vvirvid£e<r0ai, ivrjirvLov tdeiv,

ivtiirviov bpdv
evinrviov, virvos
(pelSecrdai, £\ieiv, tirnrodelv,

aiperl^ecv (Mai. 3:17)
dcripeia, aduda, &8ikos, ade-

ala (Jer. 20 :8), avop.la
olKTtipnv, i\4eiv, KaraffTevd-

friv (Jer. 22:23)
Pkeijixuv, oiKrlpfioiv
eXeos, SiKaioo-vvr] (Isa. 63 :7),

oiKTdprina (Jer. 31 : 3)
fiov'kecrda.i, ev8oKe?v, iiudvp.uv,

64\etv, (HovXevtadai
6i\rip.a, deXrjrbs, ^k\ckt6s

(Isa. 54 : 12), j3o6\eo-9ai
rb v6p.1p.ov, irpbo-rayp-a, 8iKal-

(vp.a
ipT]p.ovv, <iprip,os
ipr)p.uxns, cprjp,os, cp7)p.la, |t;-

paffla, Kavp.a
p.dxo-1-pa, pop.<pcua, i-lcpos,

iyxeiptdiov
i^icrdvai, rptp.eiv, £K<po(5eiv,

airocrofielv (Jer. 7:33)>

diioneiv

pity, have compassion
behold, see a vision

seer
vision

night-vision
vision

vision
sin

to sin
sin

profane, defile
dream

dream

spare, have compassion

violence, wrong

be gracious, shew favor

gracious

goodness, kindness, piety

delight in

pleasure, delight

statute

be waste, desolate

waste, desolation

sword

tremble, be terrified

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133

mil 6pyi£eo-dai, dvpovcrOai, rrapo-
{■vveiv

dpytf, 0v/jl6s

6vei8os, 6f€t5io>i6s, aiffx^v-q

irroeiv, (pofidaOou, vapaXveiv

(Isa. 27 : 36), iKXeLireiv

(Isa. 7:8)
apirafciv, dtjperjeii> (Jer. 5;6)
p-oxOeiv, KOiriav
eiSeiv,yiyvd}a,Keip,iTTL(TTd<T$ai
Kijpios aafiawd, nvpios ttolvto-

Kparwp, 6 KVplOS 6 01710s

(Isa. 14:27)
ripApa Kvplov,i)pipa. rod Kvpiov
iratdeveiv, vovdereiv, aireidetv
ir\d<T(T€iv, KaracrKevd^eiv, ktL-

£eiv, x^veveiv
<pof3eT<T0cu, atfieadai
<p6f3os, euo~e'(3eia

(TWTTJpia, aWTTjp

ooiriipiov, (rwTrjpla

evdvs, evOvveiv, ev8oiceiv (Hab.

2:4), KCLTOpOoVV, dp4<TK€lV

evdvs, 6p66s
6p<pav6s, 7ttwx<5s
56£a, TLp.7)

\j/evSos, (ca/c/a, p-draios
cvvriKeiv, iraveiv
(Tvvr^Xeia, (rvvriXeia Kaipov,
avvrehtiv
nbDb = els tAos
D?3 aTip.d$eiv, a.Tip.ov<rdcu, ko.t-
aurx^veiv, Kara\a\eiv,
kl-a.Tip.ovv, aio-x^veo-dai
rTBbS dripla, 6veid«rp.6s, 6vei8os,
aliTxvvTi (Isa. 50 : 6)> &&-
cavoy
XD3 6p6vos, U<ppos
073 Qvpbs, 6pyrf
n"H3 n*13 dtadiJKTiv oiaridi'va.i, Sta^i/'xTjv
rtdivai
5TD3 dadevetv, KOiriav, ddvvareiv
(Isa. 8 : 13), dw^cu (Isa.
3:8), irapaKieiv (Isa.
35:3), irXo»'a«' (Jer. 31:9),
KaravaKto-Kfiv (Isa. 59 : 14)

be angry

- anger

ontp

rnrn dt>

IS"!

rmtn
'*&

onrn
Ttas

nb3
nbs

reproach

be shattered, dismayed

tear, seize

be afflicted, distressed
know, perceive
Jehovah of Hosts

day of Jehovah
discipline, chasten
form, fashion

to fear, reverence
fear, reverence, piety
salvation, deliverance
deliverance, safety
be upright

right, just
orphan
glory

lie, falsehood
cause to cease, consume
total destruction, annihi-
lation

insult, reproach, torment,
revile

insult, reproach

throne

vexation, anger

cut, or make, a covenant

stumble, stagger

134

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

Kapoia, ipvxv, iiriOvfila, 8ia-
vola, vovs

r heart, mind, will

Tab

fj.avdd.veiv, SiSdcriceiv, 8ei.K-
vvvai, diSaxv

learn, teach

OXtt

awwdelv, diroSoKLfid^eiv, i^ov-
Sevecv, ii-ovSevovv

reject

rrairra

66pv(3os, airuiXeLa, rdpaxos,
rapaxv, "'<0'Xl"r'si '^ffra-
<ris, iK\ip.la, Oav/j-acrTos

tumult, confusion

rogrra

KOLTCHTTptcptlV

overthrow

-Hjra

iraidela

discipline, correction

rrara

irapa.voiJ.la (Ps. 37:7)> ^'a*
PovXiov (Ps. 10:2), ivih-
wiov (Ps. 10:4), fiovXri
(Ps. 21:12), 5ia\oyicr/J.6v
(Ps. 139:20), f38i\vyfj.a
(Jer. 11:15), iyxelPVtJ-a
(Jer. 23:20; 30:24), 6pyy
(Jer. 51 :n)

purpose, device

nrn'o

Spa^ia

vision

bitb'i?

(TK&v8a\ov, irrdfia, dadiveia,

occasion of stumbling,

pdvavos, K6\a<xis

stumbling-block

taba

ffdifreiv, avaawfriv, Siavuifriv,
i^aipeiv

preserve, escape

"tBDT2

K0Trer6s

wailing

riJn

tcrxvs, @qt)06s, o-ksttij, (3or)6eia

stronghold, refuge, for
tress

nte?1?

epyov, irolrjua, Trolricris

work, deed

rajhg

T ■■ -

o-T-qXi), crrOXos (Jer. 43 : 13),

pillow, massebah

mwa

nspE
n-na

npp

vTr6<XTa<ris (Ezek. 26:11),
dr)K7) (Isa. 6:13)

ivr6\y, evra\p.a, irp6<TTayfj.a,
SiKaiufxa (1 Kings 2:3),
Kplo-is (Deut. 1 1:1), <poovrj
(Deut. 28:9, 13)

6pao~is, 8pap.a, 8\pts, owrao-la,
etSos

avOio-rdvai (Hos. 14:1), d/j.e-
\e?v (Jer. 4:17), direideTv,
TrapaniKpalveiv, dwwOeiv
(Ezek. 5:6), /iijSe eltra-
Koveiv (Isa. 1: 20), dcpiord-
vai (Ezek. 20 : S)

Spacris, prjp-a, opa/xa, \rj/x/j.a

d\d<peiv, xP^eiv< Scaxpleiv,
Xptcr6s

Xpurrds

commandment

be rebellious, obstinate

utterance, oracle, burden
anoint

anointed, Messiah

APPENDIXES

135

DSD

TWS

&P33
yo

nn?
yea

nt2D

T3
Dp?

DpT2

nana.

ens

Kplfia, Kplffis, oiKaiufMa, di-

Katocvvrj, iic5lKri<ns
Xiyeiv, <j>dvai
■marbs eivai, iriGTeve iv, irlariv

i'xeiv, iriffTodv

TTtards, d£l67TlCTTOS

Hoixevav, fJ.oixo.o6ai, ixolx^Io.,
fMOixfc, p.oixaXls

TTpO<p7]T€VeiV

Trpofpijrris, \f/evdoTrpo<pi]Tr)s
craXevetv, creleiv, i^io-Taadai,
cvvadpolfeiv, \iKfj.av, Ki.veiv
TrapaKakeTv, fxeravoeiv, iXteiv

Itrr&vai, (pvreveiv, Ka.Ta.cpv-
reveiv

crraXd^eiv, dwocrraXd^iv, iwi-
fiXt'ireiv (Ezek. 21 : 2, 7),
Sdicpvcri tcXaleiv (Mic. 2 : 6)

d#<J3os, dvalnos

induce??, ddyovv

nbo

-isd
■no

n2?
-or

judgment, ordinance,

justice
utterance, oracle
be faithful

faithful
commit adultery

prophecy

prophet, spokesman
shake, quiver

be sorry for, have com-
passion on
place, set up

drop, discourse, prophesy

clean, exempt, innocent
avenge, take vengeance

iKdlKTjins, Siktj, avTair65ocris [ vengeance

6irT€o-dai

itcrlXXeiv, iKpifavvQer. 1:10),
iKcrwdv (Am. 9:15), diro-
ffirav (Jer. 12:14), in-
k6ttt€lv (Mic. 5:13), i^al-
peiv (Jer. 12: 17; 18 :7)

'IXews ylveaQai, 'IXeut eivai,
IXda Kecrdai, eviXareveiv,
acpUvai

Kdwreiv

direidetv, irapoiffTpav (Hos.
4:16), irapacppovetv (Zech.

7H i), aVTJKOOS, dTTOO~TdT7)S

(Isa. 30:1)
dovXevetv, Xarpeveiv, icara-

dovXovu
SoiXos, dovXri, SovXeicjv
Trapafialveiv, irapipxeo-Bai, iy-

KaraXelneiv, irapairopev'-

ecrdat
Ovfibs, 6pyij, Upp/qp-a

jix6(rxoj, no<rx&PiOVi Sdp.aXis,
(3ot8iov (Jer. 50 : II )

appear (of God)
pull up, root out

pardon, forgive

wail, lament

be stubborn, rebellious

serve, worship

servant, worshipper
transgress

fury, arrogance
calf (idol set up by Jero-
boam)

136

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

T¥

tnbbra

ptD7

nns

bos

nps

yes

y©D

dSLKta, ablxTfUa, a/napria,
afj.dpTT]fj.a (Isa. 59:2),
dvofxia, dvofxriixa, Kaicta
(Jer. 13:22; 16:18), diri-
/3eta (Ezek. 33 : 9)
i^eyeipeiv, iyelpeiv, tireyeipeiv
tyKarakelweiv, KaraKilireiv
dvop.ia, ddiKla, irapdirTwixa.
aluv, aidovios, 81' alQvos, els
tov alQiva, 81a. iravr6s,
divvaos

iiTLTrj8evp.aTa, epya

Xa6s, edvos, yivos

diroKpiveffdai, viraKoveiv

raireivovv, kukovv

iTTUxbs, trevris, rcnreivds,

Trpavs
Tairelvw<jis,KdKW(Ti'i,irT<j)xela.,

irtvLa, 68vvr), 8\l\pis
d8iK€tv, d\lj3fii', KaraSwaff-

reveiv
"\vTpouv, pveadai (Isa. 50 ' 2),

avvdyeiv (Isa. 35 : 10),

aibfav (Isa. I : 27)
<pofi€?<r6ai., 8ei\iav, i^aTaadai
06/3os, eKffTacris, Tp6p.os
yXvirrbv, et8o\ov, tlKuiv,

8.ya\p.a., wepifiuifiiov,

y\vp-/xa
imiXKiirTtLV, iicSiKeiv
daefielv, ddereiv, dvop.elv,

d<pi<TTdva,i
dirifieia, dvop.la, irapdirrup-a,

a/iaprla (Isa. 53 : 5), dp.dp-

rtiixa (Isa. 58:1; Lam.

1:22), dSiicla. (Ezek.

18 =22)

8iKaio<rvvrj

dlnaios, evo-epijs (Isa. 24 : 16;
26:7)

TV2X

dvaroXri

"12

ixfyh

<rvvdyeiv, <rvva6polfeiv, ddpol-

guilt, iniquity

arouse, awake
leave, forsake
injustice, unrighteousness
long duration, antiquity,
futurity

deeds, designs, evil doings

people, nation

answer, respond

be bowed down, afflicted

poor, afflicted, meek
affliction, poverty

oppress, extort

ransom, redeem

be in awe, dread
awe, dread

idol, image

visit upon, punish
rebel, transgress

rebellion, transgression

Tightness, righteousness
just, righteous

branch, or sprout (in Mes-
sianic sense)
adversary, enemy
gather, collect

feiv, iirnrvvdyeiv

APPENDIXES

137

trip

t5*nR

n?P

nrp

ns:p

KIR

ay]
rcpi

run

yen

bis©

rvnsE

QdnTTeLV, KCLTOplHTffeiV

crytos, ayiaa/ia, dytd^eiv,

dyiocruvT)
ayLos, Kadapos, yyiaff/x^vos
iXirifav, irddeiv (Isa. 33 :2),
ireiroidws elvai (Isa. 8 :I7),
ixtveiv, vwofxiveiv, dva/xtveiv
(Isa. 59:11), avvdyecrdai
(Jer. 8:15)

fi/Xos

KaKeiv, Kpdfeiv, (3oav, KTjpixr-

creiv
biappr)yvvvai, 8iapprj<T<Tet.i>,

prjyvvvai, trx^fe"'
dva.Tra.veiv, Kotrdf'etrflcu, koi-

ixa.ada.1, KaraXfatv, ve'p.eiv
7rvevfj.a. T7V07]
dac&i'eiv, Kpheiv, XoiSopeiv,

p.dxe$9ai
8tK&£eiv, StaSiKd^eiv, inrepbi-

icdfeiv

\ip.bs

TTOi/xdveiv, (Hbaneiv, vt/xeiv,
rptcpeiv, iroip-riv, 7toi/xtj^ik6s

KaKovv, Trovrjpeuto'dat., KO.KOV,
Katcta, irovripbs ylyveadai,
TrovTjpbs eivai

TTOvrjpia, Kaicla, TTOVTjpbs,

KdKOS

kok6s, Trovrjpbs, Kania, aiaxpbs
KaKia, TTOv-qpla, KaKovv, vovrj-

p6s, alcrxpos
ea.a'dai, iarpeveiv, fivejOcu,

iarpbs
dvo,ata, &vop.os, d<r^/3eia,

d<re/3ijs
&V0/J.0S, a.fxapTu>\6s, d<re/3i7S
dctfieiv, dffef3r)s
ixiaeiv

q.orjs, Odvaros (Isa. 28 : 15)
/c<XT(£\oi7ro$, KaTdXeip-fia, \oi-

7r6s
KardXonros, KardXeifxpLa, Xot-

vbs, vTrb\eip./j.a., iyKard-

bury

sanctity, holiness

sacred, holy

wait for, expect, hope for

elegy, dirge

ardor, zeal, jealousy

call, proclaim

rend, tear

lie down, rest, crouch

spirit, breath
strive, plead

strife, dispute

famine

be shepherd, pasture,

nourish
be evil, bad

misery, evil, distress

bad, evil
badness, evil

heal, save

wickedness

wicked, criminal

be wicked, act wickedly

hate

Sheol
remnant

remnant

138

PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

!"QTU ai'x/icaXajTetfeie, fieTayeiv, alx-

carry captive

mmp~

■n-£J

alx/J-o.\w(ria.alx^d\uTot!Trpo-

vop.rj, d.TTOO'TpO<pT?l

■ captivity

rpnv

nnis

avvrplfteiv

break, destroy, devast.

*QE

avvTpifiri, avvTpip.p.0., o~vv-
Tpt,p./ji6s

breaking, destruction

TTTp

6\\6vai, f!;o\eOpeveiv, 6Xe-
dpetieiv, 6\e6po$, diroWivai,
raKanrupcTv, TaXanroipia

devastate

"ITS

<rvvTpifj./j.a, <TWTpiixp.bs, 6\e-
6pos, Takaurivpia

devastation

ff#

p.ara.Lbrr)%, /udrcuos, /j.dT7]v,
\J/ev5rfs, Kev6s

vanity, lie, evil

iTriarpicpeiv, diro<TTpt4>eiv,
ava.<Trpe<t>eiP, inro<TTp4<peiv

turn, return

n?b

iwi\avddv«Tdai

forget

DttW

ip7]p,ovcrdai, dtfxxvLfodcu, il-i-
<TT&ffdai, dav/ji.dfc<T6a.i

be amazed, desolated

rra^'tt:

a<pavi<7p.6s, d7rtiXeta, 6\f6pos,

desolation, waste

I2S©

Kpiveiv, diaKplveiv, dacafciv,
iKdiKeiv, Kpirrjs, StKcwnJs

judge

ppt?

P8i\vy/J.a, irpocbx&^P-o-

abomination, idol

1p.E

\peudos, ij/evdris

lie, deceit

rnxn

iwi.dvp.la.

desire

nwan

ffvveffis, <pp6vi)o~is

understanding

rarun

(3di\vyp.a, dvopta

abomination

nnin

VOfXOS, ivTOhi), TO vSfJLlfWV

direction, instruction

nann

eXeos, Shirts, irpo<revxv

favor, request for favoi

nyn

TrXavacrdai

go astray, err

rnjjfl

(\irls, etieXwis, viropovq

hope

npiijn

<TUT7]pia, owT-qpiov, porjdeia

deliverance, salvation

APPENDIXES 139

APPENDIX D.

ANALYSIS OF THE HEXATEUCH.1

r Traces of editorial revision. ' In J or E lines — RJe, in P line — Kp.

0 Supplements from writers of the same school. " In J or E lines — Rd.
A period after a figure indicates the following verse ; e. g., 25. = 25-26.

J^r^n^cic t 1 4&~° I5~25 ->1-21 23 A1 2b l6t"24 c 29 (-1
Js VJCllCMb 1 Z 10-14 3 22 24 4 2a 3-160 25. 3 u

5-8
1-28 30-32 9-22

Jg _ Q _ 20-27

Js / 1-5 7-ior 12 166 176 22. r ° 6a 26-30 66-12 136 20-22 V 180 '6 19

11 13-160 17a 18-21 24 1-20 36-5 13* 14-19

Jg [n T ,1-9 28-30 1-40 6-8 °9 - -1 2 566-na

Js 1U iJ 8-19 21 24-30 ' ' *■ ^ 10-20 1o "3-

P w 2-7 20 22. 31. 10-27 31. S 46 6a 116-120

Jg ., -126-13 18 T . J r 3. 6 7a 6 8-11 12-15 17-iSa b s 16-2 4-8 11-14

Js IJ 14-17 A4 El3i.rs 16 "10-21 iu 9.

P '1-24 P ia 3 15.

J T - 01-16 "17-19 20-220 "226-330 336 1-2830-38 „_ 18 1020 7

Ely 10 19 2UI_I7 21 68-27

16 26-5

J 0 28-30 33 0~ '15-182006-24 1-67 or"i-4 5 116 18a °6 c

E21 31-34 22i-i3°i4 19 23 24 25 '6

P 1-20 7-110 12-17

J _- 21-25026028 OfV~3<2 6-14 16. 19-33 o_I0 2. 46 56-70 15 186-20

E ^j 256 27 29-34 •^t-' '36-5 15 18 — / 16 4050 76-14 16-180 21-23
P 19. 266 34.

J _-24-27 29OC 30O C 3^-34 416-42 436 45a Q IO I3-16 1906 2l6

E^/ 28 296 306 31a 35-410 430 44 456 ^" 11. 17. 20-210 220 '6

P '46 1-9

J 2-14 26 31-35 ^n 36-16 22C-230 24. 27 29-310 34~38a

E '■Vi 15-23 25 27-280 30 j^ 1-311 17-20 226 236 26 28 316-33

J -n 39-4°ac 41-43 ,,13 '10 126 17-180 25 27 31 43.4648 500 '6

E 0U386 406 O l 2 4-9 11-120 13-16 19-24 26 28-30 32-42 45 47 '49 5i-55r

J ~ ~ 3-7a 136-220 236 24-29 31-320 '6 .,.51-17 ~. 26-30 c 5 7

E O !• 76-12 130 230 226 23c 30 OO 180 18C-20 j4

P l86 I-20 '36 '4 '6 '8-10

J -.11 19 26 296-31 __. 1416-220 f-

e34 3 5 1-4 66-8 30

P 12-18 '20-25 27-290 '5 60 9-120 '6 13a '6 15 226-29 ia 6-50 56-8

'This analysis is reproduced from Carpenter and Battersby, The Hexateuch
(1900), Vol. I, pp. 272-79. For a tabular presentation of the analyses of other
scholars, e. g., Wellhausen and Cornill — see charts 1-14 at the end of Holzinger's
Einleitung in den Hexateuch (1893). For further literature on Hexateuchal criticism,
see pp. 93.96.

140 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

APPENDIX D— Continued.

J nr 32-39 -, »y 26 2<i-4 12-130 146 186 21 256-27 286

EjO O/ 5-11 136-140 15-170 176-180 19.22-250 280

P '9-28 29. '31 40-43 1-20 c

J -~ 320 336 35 <?QI_3o onI_4a 4C-5 66 76-23 -n(i 3 5 15)/- . 14631 34

E O/28C-31 326-330 3436 J° OV 46 60C70 4'-'i-23 4 x 1-30 32.

J A1 356 366 4i-4S<i 46649 56057 24.70 c 27-280 38

E41350C36o 37-40 47- 5o-55 566 4^13 6 8 9a 76 96-26 29-35 286 36.

P 456-460

J ,-,1-13 15-34 A A i-34 ac1" 264-50.: 9-11 13. 1906-210 28 A{.™r

E43 I4 44 45 1J-20 3 560^-8 12 15-18 2167-27 4° 2-4 16 5a '6

J (i 28-34 /i*71-4 6* 12-270 29-31 .0 26 96-100 13-19

e 40 4/ 4° 1-20 8-90 106-12 20-22

P 6. '8-27 5-607-11 276-28 3-6 '7

J 16-240 27 336 cni-» 14 18 21 24. FvorhiQ t 68~12 I4<1

F,4v '246-26 ju 15-17 19.22.25. J— AUUU3 l 7 15-200

P 10 l8 28'0 6-330 C 12. 1-5 13 I46

J 206 22 II-23O ,,2-40 5 7-9O 14 l6-l8 . I-I2 °I3-l6 19-200 21-23

£ I 2I -^i-io ji 466 96-13 15 19.21. 4 17- 206

236-25

J 24-26 29-31 - 3 5-23 f^ ~, J4 I6-I70 18 21

E 4 27. O1.4 u / 'S 176 206

P 2-12 '13-30 I-I3 19-200 2l6-22 5-7 I56-I9

2IO 24. OI-4 8-150

23 °

T 020-32 0i-7 13 "14-16 17- 236 246 256-290 "6 "3033- t nia lb~2 3r~zl

EC V 8-12 '19-21 22-230 24a 250 31- 35r x u I2

12-130

J T«i36 146-151 15C-19 24-29 4-8 TO

E A <-> 140 156 20-23 x x 1-3 A ^

p '9. 1-13' 14-20 24 28

210 "216-23 "25-270 276 29-34
'35-

J 37-39 t-2 3? 4 °5 6 "7. 10-13 21. S- 100 11-14

El* A O 36 9 14-16 17-19 A4 7 9a 106 150

P '40-42 43-50 '51 *■ 20 1-4 8 g6r 15&

J 196 206 216 240 25 276 286 30 T -1 22-250 27 T s-

E 14i6o 190 20a 246 '31 l J '2-18 20. 256 '26 'U 4

P 166-18 210 21C-23 26-270 280 '29 19 1-3 '5 6. '8

JxA -32671c o '2-4 7 9-11 n

E IO 1/ 16-20 4-6768-16 lOir 5.8 12-27 XV

P 9-140 15 a 6-21 '22-30 31-35 36 ia 20 i

J t^ '36-6 H6-13 10 20-22 24. _0 2 40-0 70 9- 120 170 OJ

E IV26-30 7-110 14-17 19 '23 ■^'-'13-40 7a 8 120 13-170 18-26 * >■ 1-36

J __ '216-22 '24 0 ,, '13 I56'i7'i9 '23-250 '27 '316-33

E 2 2J-2KJ 23 25-31 -^01-90 '6 10-12 14-150 16 18 20-22 256-26 28-310

J ..1.9-11 ,f 1T <>~ 7-i4 25-29 -

E 24 3-8 120613-150 186 ^5 ,5 * 186^^1-6 150 16-24 3o-34 35 JO

p . 156-180 1 — 180 156

1 3-41 b

APPENDIXES 141

APPENDIX D — Continued.

J '12-23 - ."-5 '6-9 ioo '106-13 14 "15. 17-1806 19-23 25-28 n - ,0

e 33 '56-n 34 "24 29-33 '34- 3:> 4U
p 1— 38

I Leviticus 1 27 Numbers 1 10 *™ 35nI_rIoa "^Va
p 1— 34 1— 28 34

J 18-240 31-35 16 n 176 186 19 22 27a 28 30.

E H '246-30 l ^1-15 *■ O I7c-i8a c 20-210 23. 266 276 29 33?-

P 1-1712 216 25-260 32

J IC3 896 11-24 31 41-45 TC t^i ld 13-140 15

E 14 16 4 25 396-40 1J 1U iC2a 12 146

P 1a 2 5-79010 26-30 32-390 1-41 ia '6 26-7 8-1 1 '16.

J TA 27C-31 33a T ~ on 30 5 86 19. 216

£ 1U 25 266 276 320 336 34 l I ■^■(J 16 14-18 21a 220

P 18-24 26a 27a '326 33^35 '36-4041-50 1 — 11 2 36-4 6-80C-13

J 00 o T I_3 ,6_2° 246-25 32 _« 36-51 c-7 11 17-

E •^(~' -^ -1 46-9 116-15 21-240 '26 27-31 "33-35 -^^2-30 56 8-10 12-16 19-21

P 226-29 4a 10 1

J ,,,22-34 35' 36a 37639 on '22. 28 ^^1-25 0r 16-2 36-4 0f. 7(\

E ^- 366-371 38 40. -^ .} 1-2 1 24-26 27 29. ^4 zJio 3d 5 *V JVJ

P 6-18 I— 13

ds Deuteronomy iia '^_2 4-7a ^ %-io 31-33 34-36 '37- 35^-45 '46 2j_67 s.

JEP P3

Ds2IO_I2 I3. I5 16-19 '20-23 24-37 3 1-7 '8-1 1 12-130 136 16 17 1S-29 4i~4 5-40
JEP Rp 14-

Dg 45-49 ri"4 '5 6-33 z:i-3 4-25 „i-26 01-20 n.1~I7 21 26-29

Ds 4 '44 J ° / ° V 18-20 22-25

JEP Rp 41-43

Dg T ^ 10-22 1-32 13-15 17-19 '20-27 28-32 - 1-18 . . 3

Ds lU^j 8. X1 1*1-1 '8-12 16 • j x4i '24-210

JEP E 6.

Dg 216-29 -1-37-23 /-i. '3.5-79-22 „i 8-i6a 1720 .01-22 1-7 10-21

Ds I4 T5 4-6 I0 8 1 7 2-7 166 18. lO 19 8.

JEP

Dg ,,,-1-20 5-20 1-4 '6-9 10-23 00i-3o _-°i-i2 15-25 1-7 '8. 10-15 '16 17-22

Ds 20 2&-4 2 1 s 2 2 23 24

JEP

Dg _J-i6 17-19 0^i-i9 ~n oSi"251 27-34 38-40

Ds -Z J *\J -^/'i-4 '76-8 9. °n-i3 14-26 ■io 256-26.3 35 '36. 41.

JEP E 5-71

Dg -043-46 ~n 1-68-10 9-13

Ds -^O 47-57 '58-68 zVi-28 '29 J1^ '7 J 11-20 J *■ 1-6 7. '16-22 24-29.30

JEP E 14. E 23

Dg 1 O J -2 7 5 /I I(/r 4

Ds 0^1-43 44-47 E O01-20 '26-5 6-25 '26-29 o4 16 "2.5a 6r "10-12

JEP P 48-52 ia ic 56 7-9

142 PROPHETIC ELEMENT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

APPENDIX D— Continued.

J 2-30 c 46-5068-90 12 136-14 17 i8ar c 19-21

E fricU,,-, T 1. 10-na 1 364a 567 13a 15. 186 22-240

DsJOSilUa 1 3-6 '7. 9 116-18 2 9j_rl

J lacr 5 9-100 nr 13, 170 36/- 6-70 86/- 106-11 i8r

E _ - 16 2. 6 12 14 . 16-30 4. 20

Ds ^246 3 4^7 106 176 4 10 9-100 i2r 14 21-24

Ps 40 8 15. 76-80 13 15-17 19

J 2. 9 13-15 2. 70 10-120 14.?- 166-170 "6 200 c 21 25. 2-26r

E - £-14-676-9 126-13 16a 206 22-24/ _

Ds Ji4 '5 6-8 O 18 27 /

Ps IO-I2 19 I

J lar 26-80 9-11 14-17 19-23?- 25 29 4.66-7 116-14 156 166 d

E 0 12 13 18 24T 26 _^ 3 60 8-90 no 150 160 c

Ds o 16-20 86 27. 30-35 V 96-10

Ps 1. 15c 17-21

J 226-23 26.7- lar c 2. 56-60 c 7a 9 106 I2r-i4 16-24?- 26. 14-9

E 220 16 4-50 6bd 100 11

Ds 9 24. i(J 76-8 15 2528-43 i i 2. 10-23 i-i-24

J I 7 13 14-19 63 1-3 10

E /C

ds 13 2-68-12 i4r J4 6-15 15 I"

Ps I5-2IO '2l6-22 23-32 '33 1-5 I-I2 13 20-62 4-8 '9

J n-18 47

gsI7 T g '2-6, '8-100 IQ 2Q

Ps ia 16-2 3. '5. 789. 1 '7 '106 11-28 1-46 48-51 1-3 '4 5,-9

Ds2I 43_4S 22^ °7a -6_8 23^6 24 I3 31

Ps 1-10 11 12-42 0-34

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