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Constructive Studies in the Priestly Element in the Old Testament; An Aid to Historical Study for Use in Advanced Bible Classes
Constructive Studies in the Priestly Element in the Old Testament An Aid to Historical Study for Use in Advanced Bible Classes Author:William Rainey Harper General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: The University of Chicago Press Subjects: Bible P document (Biblical criticism) Worship in the Bible Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the Gen... more »eral Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III. THE HISTORY OF WORSHIP IN THE MIDDLE OLD TESTAMENT PERIOD § 21. The Middle Old Testament Period (see § 14 (2)) 3Kings:- had for its most striking event the discovery and publication of the book of the law, known in these later times as Deuteronomy. It is impossible here, as in the history of any period, to draw sharp lines of separation. (1) Just when this middle period began cannot be fixed definitely. But this much is clear, that the work of the prophets (cf. §18) in the years preceding 621 B. C. (a) pointed out the evils which had Amos5:24; 9:7; Hos.8:s, 6,14; crept into the worship of the people; (b) presented 14:1-4; such conceptions of God's justice, love, holiness, and isa.'i: 12-17; unity as would furnish a basis for higher and more spiritual forms of worship than those which were already in existence; and this (c) prepared the way for something which, up to this time, the people could not appreciate. (2) Just when this middle period ended is likewise indefinite, but it is evident that after and out of this period there came a still higher form of worship, destined in God's providence (a) to endure through a period of great political and religious upheaval, and (V) to serve as the basis for a worship still higher in its ideals and in its spiritual character. § 22. Three Distinct Stages May be Traced in the history of the middle or Deuteronomic period. These may be classified as: (1) Thepre-exilicstage, which ended with the removal aKingsis-. t-m. of the...« less