An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures: Volume 2, A Brief Introduction to the Old Testament and Apocrypha, Part 2

Reissued in five parts, this is the revised four-volume tenth edition (1856) of an influential work of biblical scholarship.

Thomas Hartwell Horne (Author), Samuel Davidson (Author), Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (Author)

9781108068215, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 21 November 2013

538 pages, 1 map
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg

A painstaking compiler of catalogues and indexes, the biblical scholar and bibliographer Thomas Hartwell Horne (1780–1862) first published his most famous work in 1818, having begun his research for it many years earlier in 1801. Reissued here is the expanded four-volume tenth edition of 1856, which includes revisions by the scholars Samuel Davidson (c.1806–98) and Samuel Prideaux Tregelles (1813–75). This monumental and influential work of nineteenth-century biblical scholarship remains a valuable resource for modern researchers. Volume 2, the work of Davidson, addresses the Old Testament and has been split into two parts for this reissue. Influenced by contemporary German scholarship, Davidson's contribution caused controversy, particularly around prophetic authorship and the role of divine inspiration, resulting in his resignation from Lancashire Independent College. Part 2, Davidson's exegetical 'Brief Introduction to the Old Testament and Apocrypha', includes extensive references to contemporary scholarship as well as research on sources and interpretation of meaning.

Part I. The Old Testament: 1. General observations on the Pentateuch
2. Authorship and date of the Pentateuch
3. Book of Joshua
4. Judges
5. Ruth
6. The two books of Samuel
7. The two books of Kings
8. The books of Chronicles
9. Book of Ezra
10. Book of Nehemiah
11. The book of Esther
12. the book of Job
13. The book of Psalms
14. Book of Proverbs
15. The Book of Ecclesiastes
16. Song of Solomon
17. General observations on the prophets
18. The book of the prophet Isaiah
19. On the book of Jeremiah
20. The lamentations of Jeremiah
21. The book of Ezekiel
22. Book of the prophet Daniel
23. On the book of Hosea
24. Book of the prophet Joel
25. Book of the prophet Amos
26. Book of the prophet Obadiah
27. Book of the prophet Jonah
28. Book of the prophet Micah
29. Book of the prophet Nahum
30. Book of the prophet Habakkuk
31. Book of the prophet Zephaniah
32. Book of the prophet Haggai
33. Book of the prophet Zechariah
34. Book of the prophet Malachi
Part II. The Apocrypha: 1. The third book of Esdras
2. The fourth book of Esdras
3. The book of Tobit
4. The book of Judith
5. On the rest of the chapters of the book of Esther
6. The book of wisdom
7. The wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
8. The book of Baruch
9. The epistle of Jeremy
10. Prayer of Manasses
11. The first book of Maccabees
12. The second book of Maccabees
13. The third book of Maccabees
14. The fourth book of Maccabees
15. The fifth book of Maccabees
Concluding observation
Addenda
Indices.

Subject Areas: Biblical studies & exegesis [HRCG]