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But, on the whole, less aid is derived from the linguistic argument than from any other (cf. P. No). Much help in dating a book or document is often derived from a study of the social, political, and ecclesiastical insti- tutions, customs, and ideas it reflects. If the writer refers to the monarchy, for example, as an existing institution, he reveals the general period to which he belongs. In like manner, if he laments the lack of temple services, we at once place him in the Exile. If the whole... background of his thought is commercial or urban, rather than rural and agricultural, we put him in the later sections of the history. This kind of testimony is furnished particularly by the religious and theological thought of the writer. 'For instance, when II Sam. 24:1 tells us that Yahweh' moved David ■ This is apparently the way in which the Hebrews pronounced the name of their God. The pronunciation "Jehovah" is a mongrel form arising some- where in the fourteenth century after Christ. It is due to a mixture of the 114 GUIDE TO STUDY OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION against Israel, saying, "Go number Israel and Judah, " and I Chron.
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