Baals and Astartes, 83, 192 Babylon, destruction, prophesied, 152 ----taken by Cyrus, 153 Babylonian myths in Genesis, 43 f. Baruch, scribe of Jeremiah, 166 f., 168 Bible, Jewish, _see_ Old Testament Calvin, on Maccabæan Psalms, 226 Canaan, conquest, in Jos., 77 f., 88 f. Canon, Jewish, formation of, 11 ----of Greek-speaking Jews, 13 ----Jewish, in Church Fathers, 14 ff. ----of Greek Church, 13 ff. ----Latin Church, 17 ff. ----Syrian churches, 20 ----in the Middle Ages, 20 ----the Reformation, 21 ----Reformed churches, 22 ----Council of Trent, 23 ----_See_ also Apocrypha Chaldæans, in Hab., 205 ----in Dan., 189 Cherubim car, 178 Chron.--Ezra--Neh., one book 118 Chronicles, Book, 118 ff. ----sources, 124 f. ----genealogies, 119 ----historical value, 124 Chronology in Judg., 82 ----in Kings, 101 Commandments, Ten, 49 f. Criticism, historical, 25 f. ----of Pentateuch, 31 ff. Cyrus, edict of, 128 ----deliverer, messiah, 160 Daniel, Book, 180 ff. ----two languages in, 189 ----Nebuchadnezzar's dream, 183 f. ----the four beasts, _c. 7_, 184 f. ----ram and he-goat, _c. 8_, 185 ----Seleucids and Ptolemies, _c. 11_, 187 f. ----age of the book, 188 Darius Hystaspis, 209 f. David, history, 96 f., 109 ----Psalms of, 223 Day of the Lord, in Zeph., 207 ----in Joel, 195 ----in Mal., 217 f. Deborah, Song of, 89 Decalogue, 49 f. Deluge, Babylonian myth, 43 f. Deuterocanonic Books, 24 D (Deuteronomy, Deuteronomist), 35, 84 Deuteronomists, historians, 84 ----_See_ also Jos., Judg., Kings Deuteronomy, 58 ff. ----programme of a reform, 62 ----age of the book, 64 f. Dragon of the sea, 156 E (Elohist), 35 ----characteristics, 39 ff. ----origin, 41 ----age, 67 f. ----Horeb constitution in, 50 ----in Jos. _1-12_, 75 ff. ----in Judg., 86 Ecclesiastes, Book, 243 ff. Ecclesiastes, interpolations, 246 f. ----age, 246 ----inspiration, 8 ff., 245 Ecclesiastical Books, 17, 24 Ecclesiasticus, in the Church, 15 f. Eden, Garden in, 43 Eden, Prince of Tyre in, 177 Edom, prophecies against, 158 f., 177, 197, 199 ----Obad., 200 Egypt, Ezekiel's prophecy, 177 Eli, a judge, 90 Elihu, in Job, 240 f. Elijah, 110 f., 145 Elisha, 112 f. Esther, Book, 135 ff. ----mythical interpretation, 137 ----age, 138, 139 f. ----inspiration, 8, 138 ----additions in Greek, 138 Exile, theory of the return, 122 Exodus, Book, 47 f. Ezekiel, Book, 174 ff. ----against foreign nations (_cc. 25-32_), 176 f. ----state of the text, 180 Ezra, 129 ff. ----Priests' Code, 56 f. ----two languages in, 130 Ezra and Neh., sequel of Chron., 118 ----contents, 128 ff. ----sources, 131 f. ----historical value, 133 ----derangement, 132 (_cf._ 128-131) Fast, the true, 212 Feasts, agricultural, 69 Fool, in Proverbs, 232 f.