X. THE PROPHET AS SCEPTIC 129 HABAKKUK i.—ii. 4. XI. TYRANNY IS SUICIDE 143 HABAKKUK ii. 5-20. XII. “IN THE MIDST OF THE YEARS” 149 HABAKKUK iii. _OBADIAH_ XIII. THE BOOK OF OBADIAH 163 XIV. EDOM AND ISRAEL 177 OBADIAH 1-21. _INTRODUCTION TO THE PROPHETS OF THE PERSIAN PERIOD_ (539—331 B.C.) XV. ISRAEL UNDER THE PERSIANS 187 XVI. FROM THE RETURN FROM BABYLON TO THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE (536—516 B.C.) 198 WITH A DISCUSSION OF PROFESSOR KOSTERS’ THEORY. _HAGGAI_ XVII. THE BOOK OF HAGGAI 225 XVIII. HAGGAI AND THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE 234 Haggai i., ii. 1. THE CALL TO BUILD (CHAP. i.). 2. COURAGE, ZERUBBABEL! COURAGE, JEHOSHUA AND ALL THE PEOPLE! (CHAP. ii. 1-9). 3. THE POWER OF THE UNCLEAN (CHAP. ii. 10-19). 4. THE REINVESTMENT OF ISRAEL’S HOPE (CHAP. ii. 20-23). _ZECHARIAH_ (_I.—VIII._) XIX. THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH (I.—VIII.) 255 XX. ZECHARIAH THE PROPHET 264 ZECHARIAH i. 1-6, ETC.; EZRA v. 1, vi. 14. XXI. THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH 273 ZECHARIAH i. 7—vi. 1. THE INFLUENCES WHICH MOULDED THE VISIONS. 2. GENERAL FEATURES OF THE VISIONS. 3. EXPOSITION OF THE SEVERAL VISIONS: THE FIRST: THE ANGEL-HORSEMEN (i. 7-17). THE SECOND: THE FOUR HORNS AND THE FOUR SMITHS (i. 18-21 ENG.). THE THIRD: THE CITY OF PEACE (ii. 1-5 ENG.). THE FOURTH: THE HIGH PRIEST AND THE SATAN (iii.). THE FIFTH: THE TEMPLE CANDLESTICK AND THE TWO OLIVE-TREES (iv.). THE SIXTH: THE WINGED VOLUME (v. 1-4). THE SEVENTH: THE WOMAN IN THE BARREL (v. 5-11). THE EIGHTH: THE CHARIOTS OF THE FOUR WINDS (vi. 1-8). THE RESULT OF THE VISIONS (vi. 9-15). XXII. THE ANGELS OF THE VISIONS 310 ZECHARIAH i. 7—vi. 8. XXIII. “THE SEED OF PEACE” 320 ZECHARIAH vii., viii. “_MALACHI_” XXIV. THE BOOK OF “MALACHI” 331