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Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament , by J . G : Etchhorn , 3 vols . 8 vo .
( Continued from p . 584 . ) Summary of Contents of Vol . III . pp . 658 , WITH THREE INDICES . Of the Prophets .
PRELIMINARY observations on the origin of the prophets and their oracles . —Of the notions promulgated by Moses respecting them . — description of the Prophets of the Hebrews—and of their oracles : —the latter were delivered in a poetical style . —Of their sources and the mode
adopted in their publication . —Scriptural origin of the Hebrew-Prophecies and oracles . —Of the manner in which they were probably collected . —Of the superscriptions prefixed to them . — Decided proofs of the authenticity of the prophetical books of the Old Testament .
Isaiah . His life . —Various oracles no ways attributable to him are contained in the book under his name—some of them being undoubtedly of recent
date . —The present form of the book of Isaiah to be traced in a period subsequent to the Babylonian exile . — Origin of the collection of prophecies under the name of Isaiah . —The book
of Isaiah exhibits a species of anthology of oracles in general , of which the prophecies of Isaiah probably formed the basis . —Advantages to be gained from this view of its origin . — Objections to it considered and refuted . —Various interpolations and glosses to be discovered in this book . —The
superscriptions or titles frequently erroneous—Of the poetical character of Isaiah . —History of the book of Isaiah . Jeremiah .
His life . —Character of the oracles of Jeremiah—peculiarity in the mode adopted by him for publishing them . —He dictated them to Baruch—nor
was it till the fourth year of the reign of Jojakim that he commenced his work . — -Of the consequences thereof . —Of the confusion which appears in the collection extant of the oracles of Jeremiah—probability of two distinct original editions of the text of Jere-
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miah having once existed—this conjecture apparently confirmed by a comparison between the readings of the text of the Masora and of tlife Septuagint . —Observations on both editions . —Instead of admitting two
original editions , others suppose the conciseness of the text of the Septuagint to originate in its being an intentional abbreviation of the Hebrew . —This , however , highly improbable . — The
first twenty-four chapters of this book appear to be iSie genuine production of Jeremiah . —The rest ( including the passage in Matt , xxvii . 9 ) in no wise to be attributed to him . —History of the book of Jeremiah .
EzekieL Life of Ezekiel . —Connexion between the oracles of Ezekiel and those of his contemporary , Jeremiah . —Of the collection of his oracles . —All the chapters of the book of Ezekiel appear to originate in one and the same writer ,
even admitting that it originally consisted of two distinct parts , the first comprising the first thirty-nine chapters , and the second the remainder . — Of the general character of Ezekiel . — Brief observations on his poetical character . —History of the book of Ezekiel .
Hosea . All accounts of Hosea extremely scanty , nor is much more than the name of his father , and the period in which he lived , with any degree of certainty known . — » The book of Hosea consists of two parts , the former comprising the three first chapters , and the latter the remainder . —Of its
contents and character , —Its history . Joel . Little is ktiown respecting Joel , one of the most original poets of the Hebrews—even the precise period in which he flourished is
uncertain—although it is highly probable that he lived in an age antecedent to that in which most of the prophets flourished , whose works are now extant . —Of the origin and contents of the book of origin ana contents or trie dook or
Joel—and of the poetical character of the author . —Various imitations have been made of the style of J , oel , as may be seen , amongst others , in the Apacalypse ,- ~ History of the book of Joel .
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704 . ; * Etckkorn ' s Introduction to the Old- Testdmmt .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1821, page 704, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2507/page/8/
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