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CONTENTS
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COMMENTARY ON THE BOOK OF MALACHI 18–85
§ 1. The Superscription 18–19
§ 2. Proof of Yahweh's Love 19–24
§ 3. Yahweh Honours Them That Honour Him 25–46
§ 4. Yahweh's Protest against Divorce and Remarriage with Idolatrous Women 47–60
§ 5. The Near Approach of the Day of Judgment 60–69
§ 6. The Payment of Tithes Wins the Blessing of God 69–75
§ 7. The Final Triumph of the Righteous 76–85
INDEX 87–88
III. A COMMENTARY ON JONAH 1–65
INTRODUCTION TO JONAH 3–27
§ 1. The Character of the Story of Jonah 3–5
§ 2. Origin and Purpose of the Story 6–11
§ 3. Insertion of the Book in the Prophetic Canon 11
§ 4. The Date of the Book 11–13
§ 5. The Unity of the Book 13–21
§ 6. The Psalm in Chapter 2 21–24
§ 7. The Text of the Book 25
§ 8. Modern Literature 25–27
COMMENTARY ON JONAH 28–65
Jonah's Disobedience and Flight 28–32
The Storm on the Sea 32–34
The Discovery of Jonah as the Guilty One 34–38
The Stilling of the Storm 38–40
Jonah's Deliverance 41–43
A Prayer of Thanksgiving 43–49
Yahweh's Renewed Command and Jonah's Preaching in Nineveh 50–53
The Result of Jonah's Preaching 53–56
Jonah's Displeasure 56–59
Yahweh's Rebuke of Jonah 59–62
Application of the Object Lesson 62–64
NOTE ON THE USE OF יהוה AND אלהים IN THE BOOK OF JONAH 64–65