Date of his Prophecies—­Notices of his Person—­He was a Jew, not trained in any Prophetical School, and sent to prophesy against Israel—­Character and Contents of his Writings—­IV. Obadiah—­8.  Date and Contents of his Prophecy—­V. Jonah—­9.  His Age—­10.  Remarks on the History of the Book—­11.  Authorship and Historic Truth of the Book—­VI. Micah—­12.  His Residence and the Time of his Prophetic Activity—­His Prophecies directed against both Israel and Judah—­13.  Divisions of the Book with the Contents of Each—­Passages Common to Micah and Isaiah—­General Agreement between the Two Prophets—­VII. Nahum—­14.  His Prophecy directed against Nineveh—­Its Probable Date—­15.  Contents of the Book—­VIII. Habakkuk—­16.  Date of the Book and its Contents—­Remarks on the Ode contained in the Third Chapter—­IX. Zephaniah—­17.  Date and Contents of his Book—­X. Haggai—­18.  Date and Scope of the Book—­19.  Its Different Messages—­XI. Zechariah—­20.  His Priestly Descent—­Date of his Prophecies—­21.  The Three Divisions of the Book—­First Division; Second Division; Third Division—­22.  Remarks on the Character of Zechariah’s Prophecies—­XII. Malachi—­23.  Name of this Prophet—­Date of his Prophecies, and Condition of the Jewish People—­24 Contents of the Book

APPENDIX TO PART II.

THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT—­1.  The Term Apocrypha and its Origin—­2.  Remarks on the Date of the Apocryphal Books—­Their Reception by the Alexandrine Jews—­3.  History of these Books in the Christian Church—­4.  Their Uses—­I. The Two Books of Esdras—­5.  Name of this Book—­Its Contents—­Its Date—­6.  The Second Book of Esdras found only in Versions—­Remarks on these Versions—­7.  Its Contents and Date—­II. Tobit—­8.  Accounts of the Contents of this Book—­9.  Various Texts in which this Book is Extant—­Its General Scope—­III. Judith—­10.  Contents of the Book—­11.  Remarks on its Character, Date, and Design—­IV. Additions to the Book of Esther—­12.  Account of these—­V. The Wisdom of Solomon—­13.  Its Divisions and their Contents—­14.  Authorship of the Book—­Its Merits and Defects—­VI. Ecclesiasticus—­15.  Its Titles and Contents—­16.  Date of the Book and of its Translation—­VII. Baruch and the Epistle of Jeremiah—­17.  Character and Contents of the Book of Baruch—­18.  Second, or Syriac Book of Baruch—­19.  So-called Epistle of Jeremiah—­VIII. Additions to the Book of Daniel—­20.  Enumeration of these—­Their Authorship and Date—­IX. The Prayer of Manasses—­21.  Remarks on this Composition—­X. The Books of the Maccabees—­22.  Number of these Books—­Remarks on their Historic Order—­Origin of the Name Maccabee—­23.  First Book—­Its Genuineness and Credibility—­Its Authorship and Date—­Original Language—­24.  Second Book—­Its Character and Contents—­25.  Third Book—­Its Contents and Character—­Fourth Book—­Its Stoical Character—­Its Contents—­Fifth Book—­Its Original Language and Contents