Abomination, Dan. 8, 186
Acrostics, 229 f.
Alexander and successors in Dan., 185 f.
Allegory, in Song of Songs, 247
Amos, Book, 196 ff.
Annals, royal and temple, 100
Antiochus Epiphanes, 186, 187 f.
Apocalypses, character of, 188
—age, how determined, 188
Apocrypha, older use of the name, 18
—Jerome, 17 f.
—Luther, 21 f.
—See Canon
Aramaic, in Ezra, 130
—in Daniel, 189 f.
Asa, king, 123
Assyria, Greek kingdom (Syria), 155, 215
Astruc, analysis of Genesis, 32
Athanasius, 16
Augustine, 19 f.
Baal, Tyrian, 111
Baals and Astartes, 83, 192
Babylon, destruction, prophesied, 152
—taken by Cyrus, 153
Babylonian myths in Genesis, 43 f.
Baruch, scribe of Jeremiah, 166 f., 168
Bible, Jewish, see Old Testament
Calvin, on MaccabÆan Psalms, 226
Canaan, conquest, in Jos., 77 f., 88 f.
Canon, Jewish, formation of, 11
—of Greek-speaking Jews, 13
—Jewish, in Church Fathers, 14 ff.
—of Greek Church, 13 ff.
—Latin Church, 17 ff.
—Syrian churches, 20
—in the Middle Ages, 20
—the Reformation, 21
—Reformed churches, 22
—Council of Trent, 23
—See also Apocrypha
ChaldÆans, in Hab., 205
—in Dan., 189
Cherubim car, 178
Chron.—Ezra—Neh., one book, 118
Chronicles, Book, 118 ff.
—sources, 124 f.
—genealogies, 119
—historical value, 124
Chronology in Judg., 82
—in Kings, 101
Commandments, Ten, 49 f.
Criticism, historical, 25 f.
—of Pentateuch, 31 ff.
Cyrus, edict of, 128
—deliverer, messiah, 160
Daniel, Book, 180 ff.
—two languages in, 189
—Nebuchadnezzar's dream, 183 f.
—the four beasts, c. 7, 113
Jehoiakim, king, 165
Jehu, king, 112, 118
Jeremiah, prophet, 164
—his hard lot, 171 f.
—"confessions," 172
—not author of Lam., 230
Jeremiah, Book, 164 ff.
—later additions, 168 f., 171, 173
—Hebrew and Greek texts, 172 f.
Jericho, taking of, 75 f.
Jeroboam I., 104, 108
Jeroboam II., 114
Jerome, 17, 18
Jerusalem, two sieges, 117 f., 174
—in Chron., 121
Joash, king of Judah, 113
Job, mention of in Ezek., 241
Job, Book, 235 ff.
—prologue and epilogue, 241
—structure of the poem, 236 f.
—purpose of author, 239 f.
—age, 242 f.
—later additions, 240 ff.
Joel, Book, 194 ff.
Jonah, Book, 140 ff.
Joshua, Book, 73 ff.
Josiah, king, 116
—his reforms, 62
—reaction, 103 f.
Judas MaccabÆus, 187
Judges, Book, 81 ff.
—stories of deliverance, 84 ff.
—interpretation of history, 81, 83
—original close of the Book, 91
Judgment, last, in Isa. 24-27, 156 f.
Julius Africanus, 15
Kadesh, 70
Kingdom, founding, two accounts, 92
—division of, 108
Kings, Books, 100 ff.
—2 Kings 18-20 = Isa. 36-39, 114
Koheleth, the name, 243
Lamentations, Book, 229 ff.
Latin Bible, 17
Laws, given at Sinai, 49
—Ezra's, ratification of, 130
Legends, rise of, 98
Leviathan, 156
Levites, choice of, in Num., 55 f.
—in Chron., 123
Leviticus, Book, 52 ff.
Little Horn, Dan. 8, 185
Love, principle of religion in Hos., 192 f.
Malachi, Book, 215 f.
Manasseh, king, his sins, 176
Uncanonical books, Hebrew and Greek, 12
—See also Apocrypha
Valley of dry bones, 179
Visions, in prophets, 149, 178, 183 ff., 197, 211
Wedding songs, 248
Wisdom, in Proverbs, 232
—personified, 233
—divine, in Job 28, 241 f.
Worship, prophetic attitude, 151 f.
—See Sacrifice
Zechariah, Book, 211 ff.
Zech., 9-11, 12-14, age, 214, 215
Zedekiah, king, 175 f.
Zephaniah, Book, 207 ff.
Zerubbabel, Messianic hopes, 210 f.