The Evolution of Old Testament ReligionOrchard, W. E. (William Edwin)
Religion
The Evolution of Old Testament Religion
Orchard, W. E. (William Edwin)
Bible. Old Testament -- Theology; Judaism -- History -- To 70 A.D.
Prophets, origin of, 106;
two classes, 108, 111, 149, 153;
conflict between, 113, 128;
their call, 148;
their relation to State, 117, 127, 153;
and national religion, 136, 149;
and the Covenant, 139, 157;
chronology of, 134;
their place in history, 137;
importance of, for criticism, xii, 137, 138;
their picture of their age, 138, 139;
they are creative, 135;
their relation to the Law, 137, 139, 140, 143, 164, 215;
and the Gospel, 136, 137, 138;
their scheme of the future, 151, 272
Protestantism, 131
Protevangelium, the, 270
Proverb, the, 245
Proverbs, Book of, 245;
its relation to Job, 240, 252;
divisions of, 245;
date of, 247
Psalms, titles of, 214, 218, 219, 224, 225, 228;
ascription to David, 214, 218, 221, 222, 225-229;
authorship of, 224, 225;
some are prayers, 216;
use in synagogue, 216;
in the temple, 216, 218;
Hallels, 223;
Maccabæan, 224, 226;
tone of, 217;
imprecations in, 217, 231, 232;
and the Gospel, 215;
and Christianity, 216;
their conception of God, 225, 236
Psalter, the, criticism of, 217, 218;
date of, 221, 225-227, 229, 231;
Books of, 221;
a gradual compilation, 218, 221
Queen of Heaven, 95
Rahab, 205
Rechabites, 115
Redaction, 144, 145, 173, 215, 218
Reform, 107;
of Elijah, 126;
of Prophets, 139;
under Josiah, 144, 162, 163;
after exile, 180, 181;
under Ezra, 196, 200
Religion, origin of, 38, 78;
primitive, 32, 39, 40, 42, 43;
Semitic, 25;
of Patriarchs, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 65;
in time of Moses, 54;
in time of Judges, 67, 71;
of Canaanites, 92-95;
under monarchy, 108, 112, 158;
after exile, 179, 181;
Levitical conception of, 209, 210;
of Psalmists, 230, 231-235;
in Wisdom lit., 242, 244;
in Proverbs, 249;
in Job, 255;
in Ecclesiastes, 261;
of the future, 265, 268, 273
Repentance, 173, 178
Restoration, the, 181, 182
Retribution, 250, 262. And see under Problem of Providence
Revelation, xiii, 51, 63, 66, 78, 79, 231
Ritual, 157, 209, 211
Sabbath, 168, 179
Sacred springs, 47
Sacred stones, 44
Sacred trees, 46
Sacrifice, primitive, 47, 48;
adopted by Moses, 72;
covenant, 49, 63;
human, 48, 49;
Prophetic estimate of, 72, 158;
in "P," 202, 207;
meaning of, 207, 208;
of Christ, 210, 211.
See also under Atonement
Samaria, fall of, 134, 160
Samson, 115
Samuel, 106, 111, 113, 114, 119
Satan, 255, 266
Saul, 111, 112, 119
Scepticism, 248, 260, 261
Science, 21, 131, 237
Second Isaiah, 147, 180.
See also under Isaiah
Seer, 100
Selah, 219, 220
Semites, home of, 20;
desert life, 20;
Western antipathy to, 21;
their contribution to thought, 21;
to science, 21;
to religion, 22;
groups of, 22;
migrations of, 22
Semitic character of our Bible, 25
Semitic language, 19
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