HISTORY OF ISRAEL LIBRARY

The History of Ezra and of the Hagiocracy in Israel To the time of Christ.

by
HEINRICH EWALD

“The Old Testament will still be a New Testament to him who comes with a fresh desire of information”
Fuller.

BOOK 1

THE HAGIOCRACY

INTRODUCTION.

I.
ISRAEL DURING THE CAPTIVITY.

1. The Age and its Sufferings. 2. The Age and its Hopes.

II.

ISRAEL AMONG THE HEATHEN.
1. The Inward Transformation. 2. The Approach of the Crisis. 3. The Liberation by Cyrus.

III.
THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEW PERIOD.

1. The Hagiocracy. 2. The Progressive Development of the Hagiocracy. 3. The Duration of the Exile.

IV

THE PERSIAN SUPREMACY.

I. The Hagiocracy under the Persian Empire

A.
THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.

I. Zerubbabel of the House of David, and Joshua the High Priest. II. The return of the Ten Tribes and the state of the several districts of the ancient land of Israel. III.The building of the Temple in Jerusalem and the Samaritans. IV. The descendants and successors of Zerubbabel and Joshua. The High Priests. V. Later views of Zerubbabel and his time

B.
EZRA THE SCRIBE AND THE GOVERNOR NEHEMIAH.

I. EZRA. II. NEHEMIAH. III. THE LATER REPRESENTATIONS OF EZRA AND NEHEMIAH.

C.
THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PERSIAN AGE.

I. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HAGIOCRACY. II. THE EXTINCTION OP PROPHETISM.—THE LAST PROPHET. III. THE INFLUX OF FOREIGN ELEMENTS. IV. THE TRANSFORMATION OF LITERATURE. V. THE GERMS OF FURTHER DISSOLUTION AND WEAKNESSWITHIN AND WITHOUT.

D.
THE ISSUE OF THE PERSIAN EPOCH.

I. THE RISE AND CHARACTER OF THE HIGH-PRIESTLY POWER UNDER THE HAGIOCRACY. II. THE BOOKS OF BARUCH AND TOBIT. III. THE TEMPLE ON GERIZIM—THE EXPEDITION OF ALEXANDER.

BOOK 2
EZRA AND NEHEMIAH . THEIR LIVES AND TIMES

By
GEORGE RAWLINSON

I. BIRTH AND EDUCATION II. EARLY RELATIONS WITH THE PERSIAN GOVERNMENT III. RELATIONS WITH ARTAXERXES LONGIMANUS IV. GOVERNORSHIP OF JUDEA