Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows
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the First Part; of the Second Part--Prophecies against Foreign
Nations--Promises relating to the Glory of the Latter Days--Ezekiel's Vision of a New Jerusalem with its Temple--Meaning of this Vision and Principles according to which it is to be interpreted--IV. _Daniel_--19. Its Place in the Hebrew Canon--Notices of Daniel's Personal History--20. Arrangement and Contents of the Book--First Series of Prophecies; Second Series--Intimate Connection between the Book of Daniel and the Apocalypse--21. Assaults made upon the Book of Daniel in Respect to its Genuineness and Credibility--Grounds on which it is received as a Part of the Sacred Canon--Its Unity; Uniform Tradition of the Jews and its Reliability; Testimony of Josephus; of the Saviour; Language and Style; Intimate Acquaintance with the Historical Relations and Manners and Customs of the Age--22. Insufficiency of the Various Objections urged against the Book--Chronological and Historical Difficulties; Difficulties connected with the Identification of Belshazzar and Darius the Mede; Silence of Jesus the Son of Sirach respecting Daniel; Alleged Linguistic Difficulties; Commendations bestowed upon Daniel--The Real Objection to the Book on the Part of its Opponents lies in the Supernatural Character of the Events which it records--Remarks on this Objection CHAPTER XXIII. THE TWELVE MINOR PROPHETS--1. Jewish Arrangement of these Books--Their Order in the Masoretic Text and in the Alexandrine Version--2. General Remarks on their Character I. _Hosea_--3. Period of his Prophecying and its Character--4. Peculiarly of his Style--Contents of the Book II. _Joel_--5. Place and Date of his Prophecies--6. Character and Contents of his Book--III. _Amos_--7. Date of his Prophecies--Notices of his Person--He was a Jew, not trained in any Prophetical School, and sent to |
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