THE TWELVE PROPHETS COMMONLY CALLED THE MINOR BY GEORGE ADAM

PREFACE

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE

CHAPTER II THE PROPHET IN EARLY ISRAEL

CHAPTER III THE EIGHTH CENTURY IN ISRAEL

CHAPTER IV THE INFLUENCE OF ASSYRIA UPON PROPHECY

AMOS

CHAPTER V THE BOOK OF AMOS

CHAPTER VI THE MAN AND THE PROPHET

CHAPTER VII ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos i. 3-ii.

CHAPTER VIII CIVILISATION AND JUDGMENT Amos iii.-iv. 3.

CHAPTER IX THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL Amos iv. 4-vi.

CHAPTER X DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? Amos viii. 4-ix.

CHAPTER XI COMMON-SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW Amos iii. 3-8; iv.

HOSEA

CHAPTER XII THE BOOK OF HOSEA

CHAPTER XIII THE PROBLEM THAT AMOS LEFT

CHAPTER XIV THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE Hosea i.-iii.

CHAPTER XV THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL Hosea iv.-xiv.

CHAPTER XVI A PEOPLE IN DECAY: 1. MORALLY Hosea iv.-vii 7.

CHAPTER XVII A PEOPLE IN DECAY: II. POLITICALLY Hosea vii. 8-x.

CHAPTER XVIII THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD Hosea xi.

CHAPTER XIX THE FINAL ARGUMENT Hosea xii.-xiv. 1.

CHAPTER XX " I WILL BE AS THE DEW " Hosea xiv. 2-10.

CHAPTER XXI THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Hosea passim .

CHAPTER XXII REPENTANCE Hosea passim .

CHAPTER XXIII THE SIN AGAINST LOVE Hosea i.-iii.; iv. 11 ff.; ix. 10 ff.; xi. 8 f.

MICAH

CHAPTER XXIV THE BOOK OF MICAH

CHAPTER XXV MICAH THE MORASTHITE Micah i.

CHAPTER XXVI THE PROPHET OF THE POOR Micah ii., iii.

CHAPTER XXVII ON TIME'S HORIZON Micah iv. 1-7.

CHAPTER XXVIII THE KING TO COME Micah iv. 8-v

CHAPTER XXIX THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION Micah vi. 1-8.

CHAPTER XXX THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE Micah vi. 9-vii. 6.

CHAPTER XXXI OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS Micah vii. 7-20.

INDEX OF PASSAGES AND TEXTS

FOOTNOTES:

Transcriber's Notes:

W. R. Nicoll, D.D., Editor of London Expositor.

1st Series in 6 Vols.

MACLAREN, Rev. Alex.—COLOSSIANS—PHILEMON.
DODS, Rev. Marcus.—GENESIS.
CHADWICK, Rev. Dean.—ST. MARK.
BLAIKIE, Rev. W. G.—SAMUEL, 2 Vols.
EDWARDS, Rev. T. C.—HEBREWS.

2d Series in 6 Vols.

SMITH, Rev. G. A.—ISAIAH, Vol. I.
ALEXANDER, Bishop.—EPISTLES OF ST. JOHN.
PLUMMER, Rev. A.—PASTORAL EPISTLES.
FINDLAY, Rev. G. G.—GALATIANS.
MILLIGAN, Rev. W.—REVELATION.
DODS, Rev. Marcus.—1st CORINTHIANS.

3d Series in 6 Vols.

SMITH, Rev. G. A.—ISAIAH, Vol. II.
GIBSON, Rev. J. M.—ST. MATTHEW.
WATSON, Rev. R. A.—JUDGES—RUTH.
BALL, Rev. C. J.—JEREMIAH. Chap. I-XX.
CHADWICK, Rev. Dean.—EXODUS.
BURTON, Rev. H.—ST. LUKE.

4th Series in 6 Vols.

KELLOGG, Rev. S. H.—LEVITICUS.
STOKES, Rev. G. T.—ACTS, Vol. I.
HORTON, Rev. R. F.—PROVERBS.
DODS, Rev. Marcus.—GOSPEL ST. JOHN, Vol. I.
PLUMMER, Rev. A.—JAMES—JUDE.
COX, Rev. S.—ECCLESIASTES.

5th Series in 6 Vols.

DENNEY, Rev. J.—THESSALONIANS.
WATSON, Rev. R. A.—JOB.
MACLAREN, Rev. A.—PSALMS, Vol. I.
STOKES, Rev. G. T.—ACTS, Vol. II.
DODS, Rev. Marcus.—GOSPEL ST. JOHN, Vol. II.
FINDLAY, Rev. C. G.—EPHESIANS.

6th Series in 6 Vols.

RAINY, Rev. R.—PHILIPPIANS.
FARRAR, Archdeacon F. W.—1st KINGS.
BLAIKIE, Rev. W. G.—JOSHUA.
MACLAREN, Rev. A.—PSALMS, Vol. II.
LUMBY, Rev, J. R.—EPISTLES OF ST. PETER.
ADENEY, Rev. W. F.—EZRA—NEHEMIAH—ESTHER.

7th Series in 6 Vols.

MOULE, Rev. H. C. G.—ROMANS.
FARRAR, Archdeacon F. W.—2d KINGS.
BENNETT, Rev. W. H.—1st and 2d CHRONICLES.
MACLAREN, Rev. A.—PSALMS, Vol. III.
DENNEY, Rev. James.—2d CORINTHIANS.
WATSON Rev. R. A.—NUMBERS.

8th and Final Series in 7 Vols.

FARRAR, Archdeacon F. W.—DANIEL.
SKINNER, Rev. John.—EZEKIEL.
BENNETT, Rev. W. H.—JEREMIAH.
HARPER, Rev. Prof.—DEUTERONOMY.
ADENEY, Rev. W. F.—SOLOMON AND LAMENTATIONS.
SMITH, Rev. G. A.—THE MINOR PROPHETS, 2 Vols.

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