THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT--1. The Term _Apocrypha_ and its Origin--2. Remarks on the Date of the Apocryphal Books--Their Reception by the Alexandrine Jews--3. History of these Books in the Christian Church--4. Their Uses--I. _The Two Books of Esdras_--5. Name of this Book--Its Contents--Its Date--6. The Second Book of Esdras found only in Versions--Remarks on these Versions--7. Its Contents and Date--II. _Tobit_--8. Accounts of the Contents of this Book--9. Various Texts in which this Book is Extant--Its General Scope--III. _Judith_--10. Contents of the Book--11. Remarks on its Character, Date, and Design--IV. _Additions to the Book of Esther_--12. Account of these--V. _The Wisdom of Solomon_--13. Its Divisions and their Contents--14. Authorship of the Book--Its Merits and Defects--VI. _Ecclesiasticus_--15. Its Titles and Contents--16. Date of the Book and of its Translation--VII. _Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah_--17. Character and Contents of the Book of Baruch--18. Second, or Syriac Book of Baruch--19. So-called Epistle of Jeremiah--VIII. _Additions to the Book of Daniel_--20. Enumeration of these--Their Authorship and Date--IX. _The Prayer of Manasses_--21. Remarks on this Composition--X. _The Books of the Maccabees_--22. Number of these Books--Remarks on their Historic Order--Origin of the Name Maccabee--23. First Book--Its Genuineness and Credibility--Its Authorship and Date--Original Language--24. Second Book--Its Character and Contents--25. Third Book--Its Contents and Character--Fourth Book--Its Stoical Character--Its Contents--Fifth Book--Its Original Language and Contents * * * * * PART III. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. FIRST DIVISION--GENERAL INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER XXIV. Language of the New Testament--1. God's Providence as seen in the Languages of the Old and New Testaments--Fitness of the Hebrew for its Office in History, Poetry, and Prophecy--2. Adaptation of the Greek to the Wants of the New Testament Writers--3. Providential Preparation for a Change in the Language of the Inspired Writings--Cessation of the Hebrew as the Vernacular of the Jews, and Withdrawal of the Spirit of Prophecy Contemporaneous--4. Introduction of the Greek Language into Asia and Egypt--Its Use among the Jews, especially in Egypt--Its General Use in our Lord's Day--5. Character of the New Testament Greek--Its Basis the Common Hellenic Dialect, with an Hebraic Coloring received from the Septuagint, and an Aramaic Tinge also--The Writers of the New Testament Jews using the Language of Greece for the Expression of Christian Ideas--Technical Terms in the New Testament--6. Adaptation of the New Testament Greek to its Office CHAPTER XXV.