The Christian View of the Old TestamentEiselen, Frederick Carl
Religion
The Christian View of the Old Testament
Eiselen, Frederick Carl
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Hezekiah, 138 f.
Higher criticism, 73 ff.; definition, 76; extra-biblical, 76 f.;
tradition and h. c., 77; importance, 78 f.; origin, 79 ff.; reformers
and h. c., 80 f.; loyalty to Christ and h. c., 82 f.; traditional, 83;
non-traditional, 83 ff.; conclusions, 85 ff.; illegitimate, 101 f.;
Jesus and h. c., 92 ff.; inspiration and h. c., 98 ff.; Moses and h.
c., 102 f.; Isaiah and h. c., 103 f.; David and h. c., 104.
Historical criticism, 72 f.
Historical literature, 19 f., 240 ff., 256 f.
Human element, 20 ff.
Ideal harmony, 52.
Illegitimate criticism, 101 f.
Imperfections, 24 f.
Inaccuracies, 23 f., 55 ff.
Infallibility, 38 f.
Inferences versus facts, 144 f.
Inspiration and criticism 98 ff., 105.
Interpretation, 39 f., 45 ff.
Isaiah, 103 f.
Jehu, 134.
Jesus, the supreme revealer, 35 ff.; limitation of knowledge, 97 f.;
criticism and J., 92 ff.; the Old Testament and Jesus, 9 f., 26, 36 f.,
234.
Job, 247-250.
Knowledge versus assumption, 217 ff.
Legal literature, 18 f.
Legal system, Babylonian, 187 ff.; Hebrew, 195 f.; relation between the
two, 199 f.
Linguistic criticism, 70 f.
Literary criticism, 71 f.
Literature, kinds of, 15 ff., 90.
Merneptah, 128 f.
Miracles, 27 f.
Mission of Israel, 60 f.
Misuse, 231 f.
Moabite Stone, 130 ff.
Monotheism, 167 f., 218 f.
Monotheistic tendencies, 167-169.
Moral teaching, 259.
Moses, 102 f.
Nature of Old Testament, 12 f.
Nebuchadrezzar, 140 f.
Neglect, 227 f.; causes of, 229-233.
New Testament, superiority, 229 f., 254 f.; estimate of O. T., 10 f.
Old Testament, nature, 12 f.; reliability, 150 f.; as literature, 255
f.; in Christian church, 9; New Testament estimate of, 10 f.; Old
Testament and interpretation of New Testament, 257; Jesus and Old
Testament, 9 f., 26, 36 f., 234.
Omri, 130 f.
Opposition to criticism, 74 f., 82, 101.
Order of creation, 47 ff.
Patriarchal age, 154; narratives, 238 f.
Pekah, 135.
Penitential Psalms, 168.
Pentateuch, authorship of, 88 f.
Permanent value, 59 ff., 227 ff.
Polydemonism, 171.
Polytheism, 166 ff.
Priesthood, 179 f.
Prophecy, fulfilment of, 28 f.
Prophetic literature, 15 f., 253 f.
Proverbs, 245-247.
Psalms, 242-244, 261.
Purpose of Old Testament, 11 f., 53 ff., 148.
Reliability, of O. T. history, 150 f.
Religion, development of, 87.
Religious imperfections, 24 f.; r. institutions, 175 ff.
Restitution theory, 48 f.
Revelation, 53 ff.; methods of, 13 f.; progressive, 85 f.
Sabbath, 175 ff.
Sacrifice, 180 f.
Samaria, capture of, 136 f.
Sargon II, 136.
Science, 38 ff.
Sennacherib, 137 ff.
Shalmaneser III, 132 f.
Shalmaneser V, 136.
Sheol, 184 ff.
Shishak, 129 f.
Similarities, 220.
Song of Songs, 251-253.
Spiritual appeal, 29 ff.; judgment, 35 f.; unity, 29 f.
Style, 21.
Taylor Cylinder, 138 f.
Tel-el-Amarna tablets, 125 ff.
Temple, 179.
Textual criticism, 68 ff., 74.
Tiglath-pileser IV, 134 ff.
Tirhaka, 139 f.
Tithe, 180.
True religion, 260 f.
Uniqueness, 32 f.
Unity, 29 f.
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