History of Israel, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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Israel had now of its own accord, though not Without the influence of a higher force, entered on a new phase of its existence, in which the question would inevitably arise whether or not it would succeed in finding that larger prosperity which was the fond hope of the majority. It brought with it out of its past into the new and unknown future which lay before it, an abundance of recently-acquired and material blessings, the elevating sense of extensive power and dignity among the other nations of the world, together with the strong impulse to seek after wisdom even in every department of Nature. Nor was this all. Those who were moved by a deeper and sincerer Spirit further added the clear consciousness that Israel had only attained this prosperity and importance by a faithful and strenuous adhesion to the true religion, and they kept up either the active aspiration after a still more perfect king than David, or the blessed recollection of how the goal of this new stage of their history, the perfect human king of the community of the true God, had been in David almost if not altogether reached. That Solomon had, in the latter part of his reign, fallen further and further below this standard, was plainly recognised by the prophets and all the better minds of Israel; but neither of the two states into which the monarchy was now divided, had any clear idea how it was to be attained.

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Section II. The House of Jehu: The Destruction of Samaria and Deliverance of Jerusalem continued.; C.The Assyrians I. Nature op their Empire II. Fall of the Kingdom op the Ten Tribes 1. Shallum ; Menahem; Pekahiah . 2. Pekah ;Assyrian Invasion under Tiglath-Pileser 3. Hoshea; Fall of Samaria. III. The Kingdom of Judah, its Deliverance and Increased Vigour: Isaiah and Hezekiah 1. The Eeign of Ahaz 2. Hezekiah and Sennacherib. 3.Consequences of the Flight of the Assyrians D.Development of Art, Philosophy, and Literature 1. Literature of Prophecy 2. Lyric and Dramatic Composition 3. Development of Historical Composition; Section III. The Kingdom of Jddah till its Fall The Development and Power of the Messianic Hope A. The Age of Violent Retrogression. I. King Manasseh and his Son. II. Fresh Commencement of the Dissolution of the King dom. New Settlement in Samaria. 1.Relations of Judah with Foreign Nations 2. New Settlement in Samaria; Captivity of Manasseh 3. Literary Activity of his Reign III. The Deuteronomist. 1.The Spiritualisation of the Law. 2.Traces of Decline B.The Violent Reformation under Josiah I. The Scythians II. King Josiah. The Impulse to National Reform 1. Fall of Anion: Accession of Josiah 2. Discovery of Deuteronomy. III. Nature of the Reforms. Death of Josiah. 1.The Destruction of the Idols, and Celebration Passover. 2.The Battle of Megiddo: Death of Josiah. C.The Fall of the Kingdom I. Condition of the Monarchy, and of Prophecy 1. Consequences of the Violent Reforms of Josiah. 2.Internal Dangers in consequence of the Decline of Prophetism . 3. Dangers arising from Foreign Supremacy

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