BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII.
Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and
avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here
and there, however, the name Yahweh has crept into the text by a
natural slip of the scribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
LXXXIII. The date can be fixed with a near approach to certainty. The
clue is furnished by 1 Maccabees 5. The victories of Judas Maccabæ us
and the cleansing of the Temple in 165 B.C. (p. 607) were followed by
a general uprising of the neighbouring States, which were jealous of
Judah and bent on hin... [ Continue Reading ]