Prolegomena to the History of Israel

Name: Prolegomena to the History of Israel
Author: Wellhausen, Julius

Wellhausen, Julius

Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.

(1.) The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah, or of Judah and Israel
(in the cases of Asa, Amaziah, Jotham; Ahaz, Josiah, and Jehoiakim),
with which the Book of the Kings of Israel (in the cases of Jehoshaphat
and Manasseh; comp. 1Chronicles ix. 1) is identical, for the kingdom
of the ten tribes is not reckoned by the Chronicler.

(2.) The Words of Samuel the Seer, Nathan the Prophet, and Gad the Seer
(for David; 1Chronicles xxix. 29; comp.  xxvii. 24; Ecclus. xlvi. 13,
xlvii. 1); the Words of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah
of Shiloh and the Vision of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam
ben Nebat (for Solomon; 2Chronicles ix. 29); the Words of Shemaiah
the Prophet and Iddo the Seer (for Rehoboam; xii. 15); the words
of Jehu ben Hanani, which are taken over into the Book of the Kings
of Israel (Jehoshaphat; xx. 34); a writing of Isaiah the prophet
(Uzziah; xxvi. 22), more precisely cited as the Vision of Isaiah
the Prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah
and Israel (Hezekiah; xxxii. 32); the Words of the Seer in the Book
of the Kings of Israel (Manasseh; xxxiii. 18; comp. also ver. 19).
Following in the footsteps of Movers, Bertheau and others have shown
that under these different citations it is always one and the same
book that is intended, whether by its collective title, or by the
conventional sub-titles of its separate sections. /1/ Bertheau calls

-- Footnote
1. In Ezra and Nehemiah also the Chronicler has not used so many
sources as are usually supposed.  There is no reason for refusing
to identify the "lamentations" of 2Chronicles xxxv. 25, with our
Lamentations of Jeremiah: at least the reference to the death of
Josiah (Jos., Ant. x. 5, 1), erroneously  attributed to them,
ought not in candour to be regarded as such.
-- Footnote


attention to the fact that ordinarily it is either the one or the
other title that is given, and when, as is less usual, there are
two, then for the most part the prophetic writing is designated as
a portion of the Book of the Kings of Israel (xx. 34, xxxii.  32;
and, quite vaguely, xxxiii. 18).  The peculiar mode of naming the
individual section-/1/-at a time when chapters and verses were

-- Footnote
1 Romans xi. 2: )EN (HLLLA| TI LEGEI )H GRAFH i.e., How stands it
written in the section relating to Elijah?
-- Footnote

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Prolegomena to the History of IsraelWellhausen, Julius

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Prolegomena to the History of Israel

Wellhausen, Julius

Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Jews -- History -- To 70 A.D.; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.

(1.) The Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah, or of Judah and Israel
(in the cases of Asa, Amaziah, Jotham; Ahaz, Josiah, and Jehoiakim),
with which the Book of the Kings of Israel (in the cases of Jehoshaphat
and Manasseh; comp. 1Chronicles ix. 1) is identical, for the kingdom
of the ten tribes is not reckoned by the Chronicler.

(2.) The Words of Samuel the Seer, Nathan the Prophet, and Gad the Seer
(for David; 1Chronicles xxix. 29; comp.  xxvii. 24; Ecclus. xlvi. 13,
xlvii. 1); the Words of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah
of Shiloh and the Vision of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam
ben Nebat (for Solomon; 2Chronicles ix. 29); the Words of Shemaiah
the Prophet and Iddo the Seer (for Rehoboam; xii. 15); the words
of Jehu ben Hanani, which are taken over into the Book of the Kings
of Israel (Jehoshaphat; xx. 34); a writing of Isaiah the prophet
(Uzziah; xxvi. 22), more precisely cited as the Vision of Isaiah
the Prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah
and Israel (Hezekiah; xxxii. 32); the Words of the Seer in the Book
of the Kings of Israel (Manasseh; xxxiii. 18; comp. also ver. 19).
Following in the footsteps of Movers, Bertheau and others have shown
that under these different citations it is always one and the same
book that is intended, whether by its collective title, or by the
conventional sub-titles of its separate sections. /1/ Bertheau calls

-- Footnote
1. In Ezra and Nehemiah also the Chronicler has not used so many
sources as are usually supposed.  There is no reason for refusing
to identify the "lamentations" of 2Chronicles xxxv. 25, with our
Lamentations of Jeremiah: at least the reference to the death of
Josiah (Jos., Ant. x. 5, 1), erroneously  attributed to them,
ought not in candour to be regarded as such.
-- Footnote


attention to the fact that ordinarily it is either the one or the
other title that is given, and when, as is less usual, there are
two, then for the most part the prophetic writing is designated as
a portion of the Book of the Kings of Israel (xx. 34, xxxii.  32;
and, quite vaguely, xxxiii. 18).  The peculiar mode of naming the
individual section-/1/-at a time when chapters and verses were

-- Footnote
1 Romans xi. 2: )EN (HLLLA| TI LEGEI )H GRAFH i.e., How stands it
written in the section relating to Elijah?
-- Footnote

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Prolegomena to the History of Israel

Prolegomena to the History of Israel

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