An Introduction to the Old Testament

Johann Jahn

G. & C. Carvill, 1827 - Bible - 546 pages

Contents

• PRELIMINARY REMARKS: 1
• Nature of the arguments used to prove their genuineness: 7
• Corruption of the Old Testament in the nature of things impos: 13
• Its Contents: 23
• The books of the Old Testament are worthy of credit: 26
• It is worthy of credit: 29
• The Old Testament contains a divinely revealed religion 18: 33
• Origin of the Alexandrine Version: 34
• It is taken from ancient documents: 35
• Inspiration of the historical books 24: 39
• The Song of the Three Children 223: 47
• The Second Canon or Apocrypha 29: 48
• CHAPTER III: 50
• Specimen of the Hexapla P: 56
• Its contents: 65
• Its language 224: 66
• Language of the Old Testament: 68
• Mediate Syriac Versions 52: 69
• OF THE PSALMS: 71
• Diversity in the dialects: 74
• Value of particular dialects: 80
• Evidences of a divine mission: 85
• Contents of the Book of Amos: 91
• Age of the Vowel points: 94
• Contents of the Book of Micah: 97
• Necessity of Etymology 83: 98
• Division of the Pentateuch into Pharashioth: 100
• Are the prophecies of Isaiah entire?: 103
• Versions which ought to be used 87: 105
• History of it from that time to A D 200: 106
• Principal editions of the Hebrew text: 112
• Authority of the ancient editions: 118
• Changes arising from failure of memory: 131
• Alexandrine Version of the Book of Jeremiah: 137
• CHAPTER VII: 142
• General critical rules 143: 163
• Date of the Book of Psalms: 166
• Contents of the book: 185
• Design of the author: 191
• The author was a Hebrew: 197
• The design of Moses in writing the book: 203
• History of Susannah: 225
• Versions of the history: 231
• First Appendix to the book c xvii xviii 38: 245
• Of the name of the books: 249
• Its Age 41: 251
• OF THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL KINGS AND CHRONICLES: 253
• Contents of the First book of Maccabees: 257
• Their age 47: 259
• Their historical credit 52: 266
• CHAPTER V: 273
• The Artaxerxes of Nehemiah is Artaxerxes Longimanus 62: 279
• SECTION II: 291
• The Prophecies of Scripture not general 79: 302
• Some prophecies have a double sense 82: 309
• Whether the different parts are connected so as to form: 344
• The prophecy against Tyre c xxiii 106: 354
• CHAPTER IV: 379
• Style of Jeremiah 135: 388
• The subject of the book 206: 393
• Contents of the Book of Ezekiel 142: 395
• Style of Ezekiel 143: 401
• Its style 149: 417
• CHAPTER V: 424
• Its style: 430
• Psalms inscribed to the Korahites and to Jeduthun 172: 445
• Psalms composed for choirs 179: 451
• Contents of the Book of Malachi 164: 452
• Its style 165: 476
• It is a canonical book 207: 487
• On the name of the book 209: 490
• SECTION IV: 498
• Versions of the Book of Baruch 222: 504
• OF THE BOOK OF TOBIT: 518
• CHAPTER V: 524
• Difficulties in it 237: 527
• CHAPTER VI: 530
• Author and age of the book 208: 536
• Its age 240: 541
• Versions of the work 255: 542

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Page 64 - Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the. twelve minor Prophets.‎

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Page 46 - But if any one receive not, as sacred and canonical, the said books entire with all their parts, as they have been used to be read in the Catholic Church, and as they are contained in the old Latin vulgate edition; and knowingly and deliberately contemn the traditions aforesaid; let him be anathema.‎

Bibliographic information

• Title: An Introduction to the Old Testament
• Author: Johann Jahn
• Editor: Samuel Hulbeart Turner
• Translated by: Samuel Hulbeart Turner
• Publisher: G. & C. Carvill, 1827
• Original from: Princeton University
• Digitized: Mar 22, 2008
• Length: 546 pages