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 prophesy against Israel--Character and Contents of his Writings--IV. _Obadiah_--8. Date and Contents of his Prophecy--V. _Jonah_--9. His Age--10. Remarks on the History of the Book--11. Authorship and Historic Truth of the Book--VI. _Micah_--12. His Residence and the Time of his Prophetic Activity--His Prophecies directed against both Israel and Judah--13. Divisions of the Book with the Contents of Each--Passages Common to Micah and Isaiah--General Agreement between the Two Prophets--VII. _Nahum_--14. His Prophecy directed against Nineveh--Its Probable Date--15. Contents of the Book--VIII. _Habakkuk_--16. Date of the Book and its Contents--Remarks on the Ode contained in the Third Chapter--IX. _Zephaniah_--17. Date and Contents of his Book--X. _Haggai_--18. Date and Scope of the Book--19. Its Different Messages--XI. _Zechariah_--20. His Priestly Descent--Date of his Prophecies--21. The Three Divisions of the Book--First Division; Second Division; Third Division--22. Remarks on the Character of Zechariah's Prophecies--XII. _Malachi_--23. Name of this Prophet--Date of his Prophecies, and Condition of the Jewish People--24 Contents of the Book APPENDIX TO PART II.