Personalities of the Old TestamentThe Old Testament has never been better understood than it is today. The amazing advance in philology, archaeology, and history has shed so much light on the material and political, the social and religious life of Israel, and on the influence of the culture of the centers of civilization upon it that the Old Testamenthas become an entire new book, full of interest, throbbing with life Our critical study and our modern understanding of the Old Testament, far from making it impossible for us to gain its highest, its spiritual values, actually help us immeasurably in this, if only with open-minded sincerity, real sympathy, and active inward participation we combine a true desire to know what the Old Testament has to say to ourselves. |
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FOREWORD BY JULIUS A BEWER | 1 |
Israel After the Judges | 75 |
The Deliverance at | 84 |
Copyright | |
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Ahab Ahaz altar Amaziah Amos Assyria Babylon Babylonia Behold Book of Proverbs bring brought chapters Chronicler command covenant David death Deuteronomists divine doom earth Egypt Elijah Elisha ethical evil exiles Exod Ezekiel Ezra faith father favour give God's Haggai hand hath heart heaven Hebrew holy Hosea house of Yahweh human idea Israel Israelites Jeremiah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jewish Jews Joshua Judah king kingdom land later Levites living looked Malachi Melkart Micah Moses narrative nation Nehemiah Old Testament oracles Palestine Philistines priestly writers priests probably prophecies prophets religion religious righteousness ritual sacrifice saith Yahweh Samaria Samuel Saul Saul's scholars Second Isaiah seems servant Solomon sons speak story tells temple thee things thou shalt thought tion tradition unto uttered whole wisdom worship Yahweh of hosts Yahwist Zechariah Zerubbabel