| The Hulsean Lectures 1960-1962 | xi | |
| Preface | xiii | |
| I | The Exilic Age | 1 |
| 1. | Revaluation | 1 |
| 2. | The exilic period as a 'creative age' | 7 |
| 3. | The scope of the present study | 12 |
| 4. | The sources | 14 |
| II | The Historical Situation in the Exilic Age | 17 |
| 1. | The historical background | 17 |
| 2. | The situation in Judah | 20 |
| 3. | The situation in Babylonia | 31 |
| III | The Response to the Events | 39 |
| A. | General Considerations | 39 |
| 1. | Return to older cults | 40 |
| 2. | Acceptance of the religion of the conquerors | 41 |
| 3. | The recognition of divine judgement | 43 |
| 4. | The disaster and the 'Day of Yahweh' | 48 |
| IV | The Response to the Events (continued) | 50 |
| B. | The Book of Jeremiah | 50 |
| 1. | The doom of the state | 51 |
| 2. | Jeremiah and the future | 55 |
| (i) | The exiles of 597 | 55 |
| (ii) | Submission to Babylon | 56 |
| (iii) | Restoration themes | 58 |
| V | The Historians and Theologians of the Exilic Age | 62 |
| A. | The Deuteronomic History | 62 |
| 1. | The nature of the Deuteronomic presentation | 62 |
| 2. | The criteria of the Deuteronomic presentation | 73 |
| 3. | The outlook of the Deuteronomic history | 78 |
| VI | The Historians and Theologians of the Exilic Age (continued) | 84 |
| B. | The Priestly Work | 84 |
| 1. | The Holiness Code (Lev. 17-26) | 87 |
| 2. | The Priestly Work | 91 |
| VII | Prophecy of the Exile and the Ideals of Restoration | 103 |
| A. | The Book of Ezekiel | 103 |
| 1. | Ezekiel and the disaster | 106 |
| 2. | Ezekiel and restoration | 110 |
| (i) | Temple | 111 |
| (ii) | Cultus | 112 |
| (iii) | Land and people | 113 |
| VIII | Prophecy of the Exile and the Ideals of Restoration (continued) | 118 |
| B. | Deutero-Isaiah | 118 |
| 1. | The people's present condition | 121 |
| 2. | The future hope | 128 |
| IX | The Restoration and its Interpretation | 138 |
| A. | Introductory: The Historical Problems of the Restoration Period | 138 |
| X | The Restoration and its Interpretation (continued) | 153 |
| B. | Haggai | 153 |
| 1. | The Temple | 155 |
| 2. | The new community and the new age | 162 |
| 3. | The people's response | 166 |
| XI | The Restoration and its Interpretation (continued) | 171 |
| C. | Zechariah 1-8 | 171 |
| 1. | The Temple | 171 |
| 2. | The new community and the new age | 175 |
| 3. | The people's response | 200 |
| XII | Exile and Restoration: Other Aspects of the Thought of the Period | 218 |
| 1. | Passages reflecting the exilic situation | 219 |
| (i) | Oracles of judgement, primarily upon Babylon as conqueror | 219 |
| (ii) | Allusions to the exile in the Psalms | 225 |
| (iii) | Passages of lamentation | 226 |
| 2. | Passages reflecting restoration | 228 |
| XIII | The Significance of the Exile and Restoration | 232 |
| 1. | Developments of thought | 232 |
| 2. | The 'idea' of exile | 237 |
| 3. | The 'idea' of restoration | 247 |
| (i) | The Temple | 248 |
| (ii) | The new community and the new age | 251 |
| (iii) | The people's response | 254 |
| Select Bibliography | 257 | |
| List of Abbreviations | 259 | |
| Index of Subjects | 263 | |
| Index of Authors | 272 | |
| Index of Biblical References | 277 |
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