A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Introduction to the Minor Prophets
Overview
Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.
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“The ordinary Hebrew word for prophet is Nâbi (Heb. נָביא), derived from the verb נָבָא which is connected by Gesenius with נבע. The former of these verbs is used in the Niphal and Hithpael species in the sense of speaking under a divine influence: the latter signifies in the Kal, to boil forth, to gush out, to flow, as a fountain. If this etymology is correct, the noun will designate a person, who bursts forth with spiritual utterances under the divine impulse, or simply one who pours forth words.” (Page 3)
“Perhaps it is safe to say that the same persons were designated by the three words Nâbi, Roëh, and Chozeh, the last two titles being derived from the mode of receiving the divine communications; the first, from the utterance of them to others.” (Page 4)
“Some consider Nâbi to express the official prophet, that is, one who belonged to the prophetic order, while Roëh and Chozeh denote those who received a prophetical revelation.” (Page 4)
“Music, poetry, and hymns were a part of the studies of the class from which, generally speaking, they were derived. They were annalists and historians. A great portion of their writings is direct or indirect history. According to the testimony of Josephus the whole of the Old Testament was written by them. They were preachers of patriotism. Their patriotism, as subjects of the theocracy, was founded on motives of religion. The enemy of the nation was the enemy of God. Hence their denunciation of an enemy was a denunciation of a representative of evil; their exhortations in behalf of Jerusalem were exhortations in behalf of God’s kingdom on earth.” (Page 7)
- Title: A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Introduction to the Minor Prophets
- Authors: Charles Elliott, George R. Bliss, J. Frederick McCurdy, Johann Peter Lange, John Forsyth, Joseph Packard, Otto Schmoller, Paul Kleinert, Philip Schaff, Talbot W. Chambers
- Publisher: Faithlife
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2008
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Minor Prophets › Introductions
- Resource ID: LLS:LANGEINTROMP
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T15:19:29Z