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Includes index. ; Deutero-Isaiah, the Prophet of Universalism -- Reasons for detaching Isaiah 40-66 from the rest of the book -- Relation of Deutero- Isaiah to Isaiah -- Authorship to Chapters 56-66 -- Deutero-isaiah's home and ministry -- Conflicting views concerning his date and the theme of his book -- Objections to a post-exilic date -- His message almost exclusively one of hope -- Restoration of the exiles and inauguration of a new era in the history of the world -- Jehovah as sole diety, the eternal and transcendent Creator of Heaven and Earth -- Jehovah as a God of Grace -- Cyrus -- Israel outside of the servant-passages -- The Suffering servant -- Deutero-Isaiah's universalism. ; Ezekiel, the Prophet of Individualism : The Priestly element in Ezekiel's work and its significance -- Relation of his teaching to that of Jeremiah -- His life -- Prophetic call -- Absolute sovereignty of Jehovah -- Exekiel's sternness -- His commission -- His visions -- Was he a cataleptic? -- His symbolic actions -- Evidence that he had an active minstry and was not merely a writer -- Analysis of the book -- Ezekiel's message of doom as compared with that of the preceedingprophets -- The Sins of israel -- Message of Hope -- Significance of chapters 38-39 -- Interpretation of chapters 40-48 -- Israel's future according to chapterss 34-37 -- Anticipations of Pauline teaching -- Doctrine of individualism. ; Jeremiah, the Prophet of Personal Piety : Teaching and influence of Jeremiah as compared with that of the proceeding prophets -- His Prophetic call -- Political background of his ministry -- The Scythian invasion -- Jeremiah's relation to the Deuteronomic reform -- His experiences during the reign of Jehoiakim -- Reign of Zedekiah and fall of Jerusalem -- Origin and analysis of the book of Jeremiah -- Jeremiah's message of doom -- Moral and religious conditions during his time -- His conception of human nature and of the need of a radical change of character -- Message of hope -- The Messiah and new covenant -- Jeremiah's self- revelations -- His suffering -- His attitude toward God. ; Isaiah, the Power of Faith : Reasons for isaiah's preeminence among the prophets -- His home and family -- His prophetic call -- The Historical background of his ministry -- Interview with Ahaz -- Scenes illustrating the prophet's opposition to rebellion against Assyria -- Isaiah's attitude toward Assyria -- Analysis of the book -- Moral and religious condition of Judah -- Points of resemblance between Isaiah and the two preceding prophets -- Isaiah, a religious teacher, not a practical statesman -- Inviolability of Jerusalem -- Doctrine of the remnant -- The Messianic prophecies -- Interpretation of Isaiah 7:14-17. ; Hosea, The Prophet of Love : The Importance of Hosea, like that of Amos, a modern discovery -- Political conditions during his time -- His home -- His relation to the priesthood -- The Story of his marriage and its interpretation -- Relation of his marriage to his prophetic call -- Teaching and structure of Chapters 1-3 -- Analysis of Chapters 4-14 -- The Prophet's message of doom and its significance -- The Moral evils of his day -- The Corrupt worship -- Hosea's denunciation of foreign alliances -- His antipathy to the monarchy -- Israel's cardinal sin -- Jehovah's love for Israel -- The Prophet's message of hope. ; Amos, The Prophet of moral law : His present distinction due to the work of modern critics -- His home and its influence upon his mental development -- Relation of his message of doom to Judah -- His occupaton and its bearing on his intellectual life -- His prophetic call -- Significance of his message of doom -- Analysis of the Book -- The Impending ruin as described by Amos -- The Popular trust in ceremonialism and Israel's election -- Moral evils of the day -- Righteousness, the one requirement of Jehovah -- Amos 9:8-15 not the work of a later hand. ; Prophecy as compared with divination -- Fundamental difference between the prophet and diviner -- Clairvoyant quality of the prophetic mind and possible reasons therefore -- Comparison of Hebrew prophets with Greek philosophers -- Function of prophet and priest contrasted -- Differences between prophet and apocalyptist -- The Eschatologicl element in the teaching of the literary prophets and its importance -- The Prophets not merely preachers of repentance, but heralds of a new kingdom. ; The History and Nature of Prophecy : Importance of Hebrew prophecy -- The Rank and file of the prophetic order -- The Prophetic bands in the time of Samuel -- The Prophetic guilds in the time of Elijah -- Deterioration of the prophetic order and rise of the false prophets -- Preliterary prophets -- Relation of Moses to prophecy -- Samuel -- Nathan, Gad, and Ahijah -- Elijah -- Elisha -- Literary prophets -- Cause of the rise of literary prophecy -- Relation of the literary prophets to their predecessors and the political developments of their own time -- Classification of the literary prophets -- Nature of prophecy -- The Hebrew terms for prophet and their relation to the idea of prediction. ; 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