CONTENTS
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COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF MALACHI | 18–85 | |||
§ 1. The Superscription | 18–19 | |||
§ 2. Proof of Yahweh's Love | 19–24 | |||
§ 3. Yahweh Honours Them That Honour Him | 25–46 | |||
§ 4. Yahweh's Protest against Divorce and Remarriage with Idolatrous Women | 47–60 | |||
§ 5. The Near Approach of the Day of Judgment | 60–69 | |||
§ 6. The Payment of Tithes Wins the Blessing of God | 69–75 | |||
§ 7. The Final Triumph of the Righteous | 76–85 | |||
INDEX | 87–88 | |||
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III. A COMMENTARY ON JONAH | 1–65 | |||
INTRODUCTION TO JONAH | 3–27 | |||
§ 1. The Character of the Story of Jonah | 3–5 | |||
§ 2. Origin and Purpose of the Story | 6–11 | |||
§ 3. Insertion of the Book in the Prophetic Canon | 11 | |||
§ 4. The Date of the Book | 11–13 | |||
§ 5. The Unity of the Book | 13–21 | |||
§ 6. The Psalm in Chapter 2 | 21–24 | |||
§ 7. The Text of the Book | 25 | |||
§ 8. Modern Literature | 25–27 | |||
COMMENTARY ON JONAH | 28–65 | |||
Jonah's Disobedience and Flight | 28–32 | |||
The Storm on the Sea | 32–34 | |||
The Discovery of Jonah as the Guilty One | 34–38 | |||
The Stilling of the Storm | 38–40 | |||
Jonah's Deliverance | 41–43 | |||
A Prayer of Thanksgiving | 43–49 | |||
Yahweh's Renewed Command and Jonah's Preaching in Nineveh | 50–53 | |||
The Result of Jonah's Preaching | 53–56 | |||
Jonah's Displeasure | 56–59 | |||
Yahweh's Rebuke of Jonah | 59–62 | |||
Application of the Object Lesson | 62–64 | |||
NOTE ON THE USE OF יהוה AND אלהים IN THE BOOK OF JONAH | 64–65 |