Manual of historico-critical introduction to the canonical Scriptures of the Old Testament
By: by Karl Friedrich Keil ; translated from the 2d ed., with supplementary notes from Bleek and others, by George C.M. Douglas
Contributors: Bleek, Friedrich, 1793-1859
Publisher: W.B. Eerdman
Published: 1952
Place of publication: Grand Rapids
Language: eng
Subjects: Introductions; Hebrew literature; Bible; History and criticism
Other titles: Commentaries on the Old Testament; Introduction to the canonical Scriptures of the Old Testament
Table of contents: title: V. 1. Rise, growth, prime, and decay of the Hebrew literature; title: The languages of the Old Testament; title: The five books of Moses, or the law; title: The prophetical historical books; title: The prophetical predictive books; title: The poetical writings.; title: VOLUME ONE. PREPARATORY; title: FIRST PART Origin and Genuineness of the Canonical Writings of the Old Testament; title: FIRST SECTION of the Old Testament Literature in General; title: CHAPTER I RISE, GROWTH, PRIME, AND DECAY OF THE HEBREW LITERATURE; title: 4. Beginnings of the Practice of Writing among the Hebrews; title: 5. The Hebrew Literature in the Age of Moses; title: 6, 7. Development of the Hebrew Literature after Moses till the Time of David; under Solomon and the Kings until the Exile; title: 8. Decay and Termination of the Hebrew Literature after the Exile; title: CHAPTER II THE LANGUAGES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 9. Name and Origin; title: 10. General Character of the Shemitic Languages; title: 11, 12. The Aramaic Language; the Arabic; title: 13, 14. The HEbrew Language, its Age and Character; its Course of Development; title: 15-17. The Language of the Age of Moses; of the Age of David and Solomon; of the Age of the Exile; title: 18. How the Hebrew died out as the National Language; title: SECOND SECTION ORIGIN AND GENUINENESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 19. General Classification of these Books; title: FIRST DIVISION THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, OR THE LAW; title: 20, 21. Names and Division: Contents of the Five Books; title: 22, 23. Aim and Plan: Sources of Information, or Documents, in the Pentateuch; title: 24, 25. Nature of the imaginary Fundamental Document: Basis od the Hypothesis of Supplements; the Divine Names; title: 26, 27. The Marks by which the two Documents are said to be distinguishable: Contradictions and varying Legends; Difference in the Circle of Ideas, and in the usus loquendi; title: 28-30. Relation of Deuteronomy to the Earlier Books; in respect of its Contents, and of its usus loquendi; title: 31. The Historical Point of View of the Laws in Deuteronomy; title: 32, 33. Unity of the Pentateuc; its Author; title: 34, 35. Historical Testimonies to the fact that Moses composed the Pentateuch; Testimony of the Synagogue and the Christian Church; title: 36. Assaults upon the Genuineness of the Pentateuch, and Defences of it; title: 37-39. Objections to the Genuineness: its Unhistorical Character; Traces of a Later Age; remaining General Objections; title: SECOND DIVISION THE PROPHETICAL WRITINGS; title: CHAPTER I THE PROPHETICAL HISTORICAL BOOKS; title: 40. Peculiarity of the Historical Books composed by the Prophets; title: 41-45. The Book of Joshua: Name, Contents, and Object; Independence and Unity of the Book; Date of Composition; Sources of Information, and Historical Character; title: 51-55. The Books of Samuel: Name, Division, Contents, and Object; Composition and Unitiy; Date and Author; Sources of Information; Historical Character; title: CHAPTER II THE PROPHETICAL PREDIVTIVE BOOKS; title: 61. The Position of Prophecy in the Theocracy; title: 62. Nature of Prophecy in reference to Subject-matter and Form; title: 63. The Literature of the Prophecies; title: A. THE GREATER PROPHETS; title: 64, 65. Isaiah: his Person; Contents and Arrangement of his Book; title: 66-70. Date of Composition and Genuineness of ch. i.-xii., xiii.-xxvii, xxviii.-xxxv.; upon Ch. xxxvi.-xxxix; title: 71, 72. Date of Composition and Genuinesess of Ch. xl.-lxvi.; Origin of the Book of the Prophecies of Isaiah; title: 73-76. Jeremiah: his Person; Contents and Structure of his Book; Genuineness and Integrity of his Prophecies; Origin of his Book; title: 77-80. Ezekial: his Person; Contents and Arragnement of his Book; Genuineness of his Prophecies; Origination of his Book; title: B. THE TWELBE MINOR PROPHETS; title: 81. Collection and Arrangement; title: 82, 83. Hosea: his Person;  his Book; title: 84, 85. Joel; his Person, his Age; his Book; title: 86, 87. Amos: his Person; his Book; title: 88. Obadiah: Contents and Date of his Prophecy; title: 89, 90. Jonah: Contents and Character of the Book; Author and Date of the Book; title: 91, 92. Micah: his Person; his Book; title: 93, 94. Nahum: his Person; his Book; title: 95, 96. Habakkuk: his Person and Age; his Book; title: 97, 98. Zephaniah: his Person; his Book; title: 99, 100. Haggai: his Person; his Book; title: 101-103. Zechariah: his Person; Contents of his Book; Genuineness of Ch. ix.-xiv.; title: 104, 105. Malachi: his Person and Age; his Book; title: THIRD DIVISION THE HAGIOGRAPHA, OR HOWLY WRITINGS; title: 106. Classification of them; title: CHAPTER I THE POETICAL WRITINGS; title: 107, 108. Hebrew Poetry: its Character, its Species, its Form; title: 109-114. The Psalms: Titles; Contents and Divisions; Superscriptions, and Notes appended; Authors; Age of the Anonymous Psalms; Origin of the Collection; title: 115-119. The Proverbs of Solomon: Names and Character; Contents and Component Parts; Author of ch. i.-xxxix., and of the Appendices Ch. xxx. xxxi.; Origin of the Book; title: 120-123. The Book of Job: its Idea, its Contents, its Arragnement; Matter and Form of the Poem; its Age and Author; its Unity and Integrity; title: 124, 125. The Song of Songs: its Name, Contents, and Form; its Author, and the Date of its Composition; title: 128-130. The Book of Ecclesiastes: its Name and Charcter; its Contents, Plan, and Object; its Author, and the Date of its Composition.; title: VOLUME TWO. FIRST PART; title: SECOND SECTION; THIRD DIVISION (continued); title: CHAPTER II; title: 131-134. The Book of Daniel: the Person of the Prophet; Contents and Unity of the Book; its Genuineness; objections to the Genuineness; title: CHAPTER III THE HISTORICAL BOOKS OF THE HAGIOGRAPHA; title: 135. Character of these Books; title: 136, 137. The Book of Ruth: its Contents, Object, and Historical Character; its Author, and the Date of Composition; title: 138-142. The Books of the Chronicles: Name, Division, and Contents; Relation to the other Historical Books; the Object; the Sources; the Author, and the Date of Composition; title: 143, 144. Historical Character of the Chronicles in those Sections in which they are parallel with the Books of Samuel and kings, and in the Narratives which are peculiar to themselves; title: 145-147. The Book of Ezra: its Contents and Component Parts; its Unity and Independence; its Author and its Credibility; title: 148, 149. The Book of Nehemiah: its Contents and Component Parts; its Genuineness, Integrity, and Crediblity; title: 150-152. The Book of Ester: its Contents and Object; its Historical Character; its Author, and its Date of Composition; title: THIRD SECTION HOW THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON ORIGINATED; title: 153. Collections of the Sacred WRitings at times earlier than the Exile; title: 154, 155. Collection of the Old Testament after the Exile; Close of the Collection; title: 156. Names, Divisions, and Enumerations of the Scriptures of the Old Testament; title: SECOND PART HISTORY OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 157. General Survey; title: FIRST SECTION PRESERVATION AND CULTIVATION OF HEBREW PHILOLOGY; title: 158. The Transmission among the Jews of the Hebrew as a Dead Language; title: 159. The Philological Cultivation of the Hebrew Language among the Jews; title: 160, 161. The Study of Hebrew among the Christians until the Reformation; and thence down to Present Time; title: 162. Aids to the Investigation of the Hebrew Language; title: SECOND SECTION PROPAGATION AND DIFFUSION OF THE CANON OF THE OLD TEASTAMENT; title: FIRST DIVISION PRESERVATION AND PROPAGATION OF THE HEBREW CANON BY MANUSCRIPTS; title: CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE EXTERNAL FORM OF THE TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 163. The Original Form of the Old Testament; title: 164. The Changes in the Hebrew Written Characters; title: 165, 166. The most Ancient System of Vowel Marks; how the Masoretic Vowel System came into Existence; title: 167, 168. Divisions of the Words and of the Sense by Open Spaces and Paragraphs; Verses, Chapters, and Ecclesiatical Pericopae; title: 169. The Masoretic System of Accents; title: CHAPTER II THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 170-173. Their General Nature and Character;  Synagogue Rolls; Private Manuscripts in the Chaldee Square Character, and in the Rabbinical Character; title: SECOND DIVISION DIFFUSION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BY MEANS OF THE ANCIENT VERSIONS; title: 174. Value and Classification of the Ancient Versions; title: CHAPTER I GREEK TRANSLATIONS; title: 175. The Alexandrian Translation; its Origin and Nature; title: 176. The other Ancient Greek Versions; title: 177, 178. History of the Septuagint to the Time of Origen, and afterwards; title: 179-184. Versions derived from the Septuagint: the Itala; Syriac Mediate Translations; the Ethiopic; the Egyptian; the Arabic Mediate Translations; and others; title: 185. The Versio Veneta; title: CHAPTER II ORIENTAL TRANSLATIONS; title: 186-190. Chaldee Paraphrases (Targums), their Origin; that of Onkelos; that of Jonathan ben Uzziel; the Jerusalem Targum on the Pentateuch (Pseudo-Jonathan); those on the Hagiographa; title: 191, 192. The Syriac Peshite: Versions derived from it; title: 193. Arabic Translations from the Original Text; title: 194, 195. The Samaritan Version of the Pentateuch; Greek and Arabic Translations from it; title: 196. Persian Translation of the Pentateuch; title: CHAPTER III THE LATIN VULGATE, AND THE VERSIONS DERIVED FROM IT; title: 197-200. Its Origin, its Nature and Character, and the Ecclesiastical Recognition given to it; its Fortunes until the Invention of Printing; history of its Printed Text; Versions derived from it; title: THIRD SECTION THE CRITICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: FIRST PERIOD HISTORY OF THE CRITICISM OF THE UNPRINTED TEXT; title: 201. How various Readings of Errors came to exist in the Text; title: 202. Nature and Condition of the Text before and at the Closing of the Canon; title: 203. How the Text took firm Shape in the Age of the Sopherim; title: 204. The Samaritan-Alexadrine Text; title: 205, 206. The Hebrew Text in the Talmudic and in the Masoretic Periods; title: 207, 208. The Masora; Subsequent Fortunes of the Unprinted Text; title: SECOND PERIOD HISTORY OF THE PRINTED TEXT; title: 209. The Principal Editions of the Old Testament; title: 210, 211. Critical Apparatus: the Transactions respecting the Integrity of the Masoretic Text; title: FOURTH SECTION THE EXXLESIASTICAL AUTHORITY AND TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 212. The Character of the Old Testament in general; title: FIRST DIVISION THE DOCTRINE OF THE CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 213. The Idea of the Canon; title: CHAPTER I HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON AMONG THE JEWS; title: 214. The Palastine and Alexandrian Canon; title: 215. The Samaritan Canon; title: CHAPTER II HISTORY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; title: 216. The Views of the Ancient Church as to the Authority of the Old Testament Canon, and the number of Books Comprehened withing it; title: 217. Protestant and Neo-Catholic Canon; title: 218. The more recent Views with reference to the Canon of the Old Testament; title: SECOND DIVISION THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT; title: 219. In general; title: CHAPTER I THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT AMONG THE JEWS; title: 220-222. The Hermeneutical Procedure of the Talmudists, and of the Rabbins who explained the Scriptures; that of theHellenistic and Alexandrian Jews; that of the Karaites and of the Kabbalists; title: CHAPTER II THE HERMENEUTICAL TREATMENT OF THE OLD RESTAMENT IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH; title: 223-225. In the Ancient Church till the Reformation; in the Protestant Church; in the Roman Catholic Church; title: IDEXES; title: I. Passages of Scriputre Illustrated or Explained; title: II. Principal Subjects