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