Special Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament volume 2
Special Introduction to the Study of the Old Testament volume 2
Francis E Francis Ernest Charles Gigot
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— The discovery by Fr. Scheil. O. P. Of the stele of Nabonidus. Has made it almost certain that Ninive fell in 606 B. C. (Cfr. A. B. Davidson, Nahum. P. 137 sq. ) 2 A. R. S. Kennedy, loc. Cit. — The siege of Ninivc lasted two years. 426 SPECIAL INTKODLCTION 10 THE OLD TESTAMENT. related with ihc circumstances of his time, and his promises and predictions, how far they reach into the future, never- theless resting upnin the basis of the history of his own age, and corresponding to the needs whic...h are then felt. ' As regards the dale and authorship of the opening alpha- betical poem, it is supposed by some scholars that the tra- ditional view which ascribes it to Nahum should be given up. "The artificiality of the acrostic form, " they tell us, "is generally supposed to point to a late rather than an early date for the poems which show this construction. " ^ Again, the abstract tone of the composition contrasts widely with the concrete character of the two odes which all regard as Nahum's work: while these deal explicitly with the actual circumstances of Ninive's destruction, the alphabetical psalm has to do exclusively with the general principle of Yahweh's avenging justice.
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