CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Canon of the Old Testament[7]
IIThe Old Testament as a National Literature[25]
IIIThe Pentateuch[29]
IVCharacter of the Sources. Genesis[33]
VExodus, Leviticus, Numbers[47]
VIDeuteronomy[58]
VIIAge of the Sources. Composition of the Pentateuch[65]
VIIIJoshua[73]
IXJudges[81]
XSamuel[91]
XIKings[100]
XIIChronicles[118]
XIIIEzra and Nehemiah[128]
XIVStory Books: Esther, Ruth, Jonah[134]
XVThe Prophets[144]
XVIIsaiah[147]
XVIIJeremiah[164]
XVIIIEzekiel[174]
XIXDaniel[180]
XXMinor Prophets[190]
XXIPsalms. Lamentations[218]
XXIIProverbs[231]
XXIIIJob[235]
XXIVEcclesiastes. Song of Songs[243]
Bibliography[251]
Index[253]

THE LITERATURE
OF
OLD TESTAMENT

CHAPTER I