NOTES
NOTES
1. The order in which the Old Testament books are placed is different in the Hebrew and the Christian Bibles. The Christian Church followed the arrangement in the Septuagint, the Greek translation made in the second century BC.
2. Although less familiar than “Jehovah,” this is probably the correct rendering of the Hebrew name YHWH, whose significance was revealed to Moses. See Exodus 3:13–15. It is usually translated “the LORD” in English versions.
3. I have more to say on the whole question of biblical interpretation in chapter 7.
4. A temple-tower constructed of brick in the shape of a terraced pyramid and set on an artificial mound.
Ziggurats are known to have been built in Babylonia as early as c. 3000 BC.
5. For example, to Abraham, Gen. 15:16; 17:1–8; 22:15–18; to Isaac, 26:1–5; to Jacob, 28:13–15 and 35:9–12.
6. Some, however, would date both Jonah and Joel earlier than Amos.
7. F. F. Bruce, Israel and the Nations (Paternoster, 1963, illustrated edition, 1969), p. 100.
8. The “Apocrypha” is an expression given to certain books which were not part of the Hebrew canon of the Old Testament. Some contain material which Christians read for ethical rather than doctrinal instruction.