HISTORY OF ISRAEL

HEINRICH EWALD

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

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN

by

ESTLIN CARPENTER

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

Fuller.

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.

The Duration of the Exile.