THE

HEBREW PROPHETS

OR

PATRIOTS AND LEADERS
OF ISRAEL

A TEXTBOOK FOR STUDENTS OF THE HIGH
SCHOOL AGE AND ABOVE

THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

NOV 7 1913

HARVARD
DIVINITY SCHOOL

HA2246

COPYRIGHT 1910 AND 1911 BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

All Rights Reserved

Preprinted in Three Pamphlets
October 1910-May 1911

Published June 1911
Second impression September 1911

Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

The land and the literature of the Hebrews, 1, 2. The tribal

dream, and the tribal God, 2, 3. The rise of the Hebrew prophet,

3, 4. The religion of the Hebrews in early times, 5. The guilds of

the prophets, 6.

CHAPTER II. THE PROPHETS FOUNDING A KINGDOM

The spirit of the conquest, 8, 9. The records of Samuel's life, 10,

II. Boyhood of Samuel and life at Shiloh, 11-14. Samuel inspiring

the Hebrews to resist the Philistines, 14. A crisis in government, 15.

The choice of a king, 16. First account, chosen by Samuel privately,

16-18. Second account, chosen by lot, 19. Third account, chosen

by public acclaim, 19. Samuel establishes a new standard of conduct,

19-22. Samuel selects a new king, 22, 23. In death, as in life, a

ruler of kings, 24. David's lament over Saul and Jonathan, 25, 26.

Estimate of Samuel, 26.

Summary of work of Saul, David, and Solomon, and the division

of the kingdom, 27. Conditions in the North and South, 28-30.

CHAPTER IV. THE PROPHETS AND THE NEW GOD IN ISRAEL

Ahab strengthening the kingdom by triple alliance and foreign

marriage, 31. Introduction of Phoenician Baalism, 31, 32. Elijah

represents the prophetic party in opposing Baalism, 32. Elijah pre-

dicts three years' drought and disappears, 32, 33. Elijah returns at the

end of three years, 33. Jehovah or Baal: the test by fire, 34-36.

Jehovah the God of the rain, 36. Elijah driven out of Israel, 37.

Elijah defending the rights of the people, 37. The story of Naboth

and his vineyard, 38, 39. True and false prophets, 40. Micaiah and

the false prophets, 40-43. The extinction of Phoenician Baalism, 43.

The contribution of Elijah and his immediate successors, 44.

CHAPTER V. THE PROPHETS CREATING A NEW LITERATURE

Adjustment to new_conditions, 45. The prophets and the

national traditions, 46. The story of the beginning of sin, 47-50.

The call of Abram, 51, 52. Jehovah forbidding human sacrifice, 52-54.

The wooing of Isaac and Rebecca, 54-58. The story of the exodus

from Egypt, 58-62. The literary task of the prophets, 62, 63.

8-26

27-30

31-44

45-63

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CHAPTER VI. ISRAEL AND HER FOREIGN RELATIONSHIPS

FROM 876-722 B.C.

Overthrow of the house of Ahab by Jehu, 64. Invasions by

Hazael of Damascus, 64. Tribute to Assyria demanded from Jehu,

65. Campaign of Shalmaneser II against Damascus, 65. Damascus

reduced to submission by Adad-Nirari III, 66. Prosperous condi-

tions under Jeroboam II, 66. Conditions of anarchy following Jero-

boam's death, 66. Rapid advance of Assyria, 67. Damascus de-

stroyed, Israel tributary, 67. Northern Israel encouraged by Egypt,

67. Siege and fall of Samaria, 67. Work of Hosea and Amos, 67, 68.

CHAPTER VII. AMOS, THE PROPHET OF DOOM

of Jeroboam II, 69.

The home, the occu-

Amos at Bethel, 72.

Relations of Israel and Judah in times

Internal conditions in Northern Israel, 69, 70.

pation, and characteristics of Amos, 70, 71.

The visions of Amos, 72-76. The encounter with Amaziah, 77, 78.

Jehovah the God of the nations, 79. Judgments upon the nations,

79-83. Israel's failure to understand, 83, 84. The offenses of Israel,

85. The coming destroyer, 86, 87. Estimate of Amos, 88.

CHAPTER VIII. HOSEA, THE INTERPRETER OF JEHOVAH'S

LOVE

The reign of terror in Northern Israel, 89. Religious conditions

and ideals, 90, 91. Story of Hosea's life, 91. Tact of Hosea, 91.

Hosea's complaint against Israel, 92, 93. Jehovah forsaken and

insulted, 93, 94. Love, the desire of Jehovah, 94, 95. The coming

destruction, 96, 97. A call to repentance, 97, 98. Jehovah, God

and not man, 98-100.

TABLE OF IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS, 745-568 B.C.

CHAPTER IX. ISAIAH AND THE ASSYRIAN INVASIONS

Fall of Samaria imminent, 103. Isaiah's relation to his prede-

cessors, 103. Character of the period, 104. The call of Isaiah, 104-

106. Á demand for reform, 106-108. Isaiah pronounces the doom of

Israel, 108-111. Isaiah's contention with Ahaz, 111-116. The inva-

sion of Tiglath-pileser and the fall of Damascus, 116. Death of Tig-

lath-pileser and rebellion of Northern Israel, 116. Siege of Samaria

by Shalmaneser IV, 116. Fall of Samaria, 116. Deportation of

Northern Israelites to Assyria, 117. Isaiah opposes alliance with

Egypt, 117. Sennacherib invades Palestine, 118. Sennacherib de-

mands surrender of Hezekiah, 118. Isaiah's exhortations, 119-121.

Letter from the Assyrian king, 122. Hezekiah's prayer, I22.
Jehovah's answer through Isaiah, 123, 124. Deliverance of Jeru-
salem, 125. The song of the vineyard, 125, 126. Estimate of Isaiah,
126, 127.

CHAPTER X. MICAH OF MORESHETH

Location of Micah, 128. Announcement of Samaria's doom,

129. Denunciation of leaders of Israel, 130, 131. “What doth

Jehovah require of thee?" 131.

64-68

69-88

89-100

IOI-102

103-127

128-131