CONTENTS

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I

INTRODUCTION:

The Old Testament: Its Literary Character and underlying

Plan of Arrangement...

CHAPTER

I. Old Testament History Interwoven with Story and Song...... 7

II. Transition from History to Collected Literature.

139

III. Collected Books of the Prophets...

173

IV. Collected Psalms and Lyrics of Israel. .

269

V. The Poem of “Zion Redeemed ” (Isaiah 40-66) as Climax of the

Old Testament..

367

VI. The Books of Wisdom: Intermediate between the Old and the

New Testament..

387

NOTES:

Notes to Particular Passages or Books..

464

General Notes..

509

INDEXES:

Index I. Connecting the Selections in this work with the Chap-

ter and Verse arrangement of ordinary Bibles..

522

General Index..

533

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THE MODERN READER'S BIBLE FOR

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Introduction

THE OLD TESTAMENT: ITS LITERARY CHARACTER AND

UNDERLYING PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT