Israel. 8. The Prophetic Reformation : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 8. "THE PROPHETIC REFORMATION". Isaiah was so completely a prophet that even his wife was called the prophetess after him. No such title could have been bestowed on the wife of either Amos or Hosea. But wh...
I. History Of The Ordinances Of Worship. Part 02 : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 121 CHAPTER IV. "THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES". I. 1. The problem now to be dealt with is exhibited with peculiar distinctness in one pregnant case with which it will be well to set out. The Mosaic law, that is...
Iii. Israel And Judaism. Chapter X. The Oral : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 392 CHAPTER X. "THE ORAL AND THE WRITTEN TORAH". What importance the written letter, the book of the law, possessed for the Jews, we all know from the New Testament. Of ancient Israel, again, it is said...
Israel. 1. The Beginnings Of The Nation : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 426 p. 427 ISRAEL "Reprinted from the Encyclopdia Britannica" p. 428 p. 429 1. "THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NATION". According to the Book of Genesis, Israel was the brother of Edom, and the cousin of Moab and Amm...
Israel. 5. God, The World, And The Life : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 5. "GOD, THE WORLD, AND THE LIFE OF MEN IN OLD ISRAEL". Before proceeding to consider the rise of those prophets who were the makers of the new Israel, it will not be out of place here to cast a glance backwards up...
Israel. 6. The Fall Of Samaria : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 6. THE FALL OF SAMARIA. Under King Jeroboam II., two years before a great earthquake that served ever after for a date to all who had experienced it, there occurred at Bethel, the greatest and most conspicuous...
Ii. History Of Tradition. Chapter Viii : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 295 CHAPTER VIII. "THE NARRATIVE OF THE HEXATEUCH". In the historical books the tradition is developed by means of supplement and revision; double narratives occur here and there, but not great parallel pieces...
Iii. Israel And Judaism. Chapter Ix. Conclusi : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 363 III. ISRAEL AND JUDAISM. "The Law came in between"."--Vatke, p. 183. p. 364 p. 365 CHAPTER IX. "CONCLUSION OF THE CRITICISM OF THE LAW". Objections have been made to the general style of the proof on which...
I. History Of The Ordinances Of Worship. Part 04 : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 52 CHAPTER II. "SACRIFICE". With the Hebrews, as with the whole ancient world, sacrifice constituted the main part of worship. The question is whether their worship did not also in this most important respect pass...
Israel. 14. Herod And The Romans : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 14. "HEROD AND THE ROMANS". Henceforward Roman intervention forms a constant disturbing factor in Jewish history. The struggle between the Pharisees and the Sadducees continued indeed to be carried on, but only because...
Israel. 7. The Deliverance Of Judah : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 7. "THE DELIVERANCE OF JUDAH". Hitherto the small kingdom of Judah had stood in the background. Its political history had been determined almost exclusively by its relation to Israel. Under the dynasty of Omri...
Israel. 4. From Jeroboam I. To Jeroboam Ii : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 4. "FROM JEROBOAM I. TO JEROBOAM II". After the death of Solomon the discontent which had been aroused by his innovations, and especially by the rigour of his government, openly showed itself against his successor;...
I. History Of The Ordinances Of Worship : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 152 CHAPTER V. "THE ENDOWMENT OF THE CLERGY". The power and independence of the clergy run parallel with its material endowment, which accordingly passes through the same course of development. Its successive steps...
Israel. 9. Jeremiah And The Destructi : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 9. JEREMIAH AND THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM. Josiah lived for thirteen years after the accomplishment of his great work. It was a happy period of external and internal prosperity. The nation possessed the covenant...
Israel. 13. The Hasmonaeans : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 13. "THE HASMONANS". At first there was no thought of meeting violence with violence; as the Book of Daniel shows, people consoled themselves with thoughts of the immediate intervention of God which would occur in due...
Title Page : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], PROLEGOMENA to the HISTORY OF ISRAEL. WITH A REPRINT OF THE ARTICLE "ISRAEL" FROM THE "ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA." by JULIUS WELLHAUSEN, PROFESSOR OF ORIENTAL LANGUAGES IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MARBURG. TRANSLATED...
Israel. 3. The Foundation Of The Kingdom : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 3. "THE FOUNDATION OF THE KINGDOM, AND THE FIRST THREE KINGS". The Philistines were the means of arousing from their slumber Israel and Jehovah. From their settlements by the sea on the low-lying plain which skirts...
Israel. 16. The Jewish Dispersion : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 16. "THE JEWISH DISPERSION". Something still remains to be said with reference to the diaspora. We have seen how it began; in spite of Josephus ("Ant.", xi. 5, 2), it is to be carried back not to the Assyrian but...
Ii. History Of Tradition. Chapter Vii. Judges : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 228 CHAPTER VII. "JUDGES, SAMUEL, AND KINGS". In the history of Hebrew literature, so full as it is of unfortunate accidents, one lucky circumstance at least requires to be specially mentioned. Chronicles did not...
Israel. 10. The Captivity And The Restoration : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 492 10. "THE CAPTIVITY AND THE RESTORATION". The exiled Jews were not scattered all over Chalda, but were allowed to remain together in families and clans. Many of them, notwithstanding this circumstance, must have...
Ii. History Of Tradition. Chapter Vi. Chronicles : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 168 p. 169 II. HISTORY OF TRADITION. --"Hesiod". p. 170 p. 171 CHAPTER VI. "CHRONICLES". Under the influence of the spirit of each successive age, traditions originally derived from one source were very variously...
Introduction : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 1 INTRODUCTION. In the following pages it is proposed to discuss the place in history of the "law of Moses;" more precisely, the question to be considered is whether that law is the starting-point for the history...
Israel. 2. The Settlement In Palestine : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 441 2. "THE SETTLEMENT IN PALESTINE". The kingdom of Sihon did not permanently suffice the Israelites, and the disintegration of the Canaanites to the west of Jordan in an endless number of kingdoms and cities...
I. History Of The Ordinances Of Worship. Part 05 : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 14 p. 15 I. HISTORY OF THE ORDINANCES OF WORSHIP. "Legem non habentes natura faciunt legis opera"."--Rom. ii. p. 16 p. 17 CHAPTER I. "THE PLACE OF WORSHIP". As we learn from the New Testament, the Jews...
Israel. 11. Judaism And Christianity : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 499 11. "JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY". The post-Deuteronomic legislation is not addressed to the people, but to the congregation; its chief concern is the regulation of worship. Political matters are not touched up...
Iii. Israel And Judaism. Chapter Xi : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 411 CHAPTER XI. "THE THEOCRACY AS IDEA AND AS INSTITUTION". Writers of the present day play with the expressions "theocracy," and "theocratic" without making it clear to themselves what these words mean and how far...
Israel. 15. The Rabbins : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 15. THE RABBINS. Even now Palestine continued for a while to be the centre of Jewish life, but only in order to prepare the way for its transition into thoroughly cosmopolitan forms. The development of thought...
Preface : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. v PREFACE. The work which forms the greater part of the present volume first appeared in 1878 under the title "History of Israel". "By J. Wellhausen. In two volumes. Volume I". The book produced a great impressi...
Israel. 12. The Hellenistic Period : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], 12. "THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD". Palestine fell into Alexander's possession in 332; after his death it had an ample share of the troubles arising out of the partition of his inheritance. In 320 it was seized by Ptolemy I...
I. History Of The Ordinances Of Worship. Part 03 : * "Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel", by Julius Wellhausen, [1885], p. 83 CHAPTER III. "THE SACRED FEASTS". The feasts, strictly speaking, belong to the preceding chapter, for originally they were simply regularly recurring occasions for sacrifice. The results of the investigati...