Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. The carat character (^) indicates that the following letter or number is superscripted (example: 15^b-18^a). [=e] represents "e" with a macon over it. HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BY GEORGE FOOT MOORE, M.A., D.D., LL.D. LONDON WILLIAMS & NORGATE HENRY HOLT & Co., NEW YORK CANADA: WM. BRIGGS, TORONTO INDIA: R. & T. WASHBOURNE, LTD. [Illustration: HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE _Editors_: HERBERT FISHER, M.A., F.B.A., LL.D. PROF. GILBERT MURRAY, D.LITT., LL.D., F.B.A. PROF. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A., LL.D. PROF. WILLIAM T. BREWSTER, M.A. (COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, U.S.A.) NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY] [Illustration: THE LITERATURE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT BY GEORGE FOOT MOORE M.A., D.D., LL.D. Professor in Harvard University; Editor of the Harvard Theological Review; Author of "Commentary on Judges," etc. LONDON WILLIAMS AND NORGATE] The following volumes of kindred interest have already been published in the Home University Library:-- VOL. 56.--THE MAKING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. By PROF. B. W. BACON, LL.D., D.D.Vol. VOL. 68.--COMPARATIVE RELIGION. By PRINCIPAL J. ESTLIN CARPENTER, D.Litt. VOL. 15.--MOHAMMEDANISM. By PROF. D. S. MARGOLIOUTH, M.A., D.Litt. VOL. 47.--BUDDHISM. By MRS. RHYS DAVIDS, M.A. VOL. 54.--ETHICS. By G. E. MOORE, M.A. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I THE CANON OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 7 II THE OLD TESTAMENT AS A NATIONAL LITERATURE 25 III THE PENTATEUCH 29 IV CHARACTER OF THE SOURCES. GENESIS 33 V EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS 47 VI DEUTERONOMY 58 VII AGE OF THE SOURCES. COMPOSITION OF THE PENTATEUCH 65 VIII JOSHUA 73 IX JUDGES 81 X SAMUEL 91 XI KINGS 100 XII CHRONICLES 118 XIII EZRA AND NEHEMIAH 128 XIV STORY BOOKS: ESTHER, RUTH, JONAH 134 XV THE PROPHETS 144 XVI ISAIAH 147 XVII JEREMIAH 164 XVIII EZEKIEL 174 XIX DANIEL 180