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p. 122 line 3 from below read:— §arri; — and in footn. line 7
from below read :— Biredsbik.
p. 133 line 2 read:— does not stand in the way of the assump-
tion etc.
p. 137. Prof. Sayce, 'Babyl. and Oriental Record' Dec. 1887 p. 18
foil, suggests that Jareb was the original name of Sargon II, just as
Pul was of Tiglath-Pileser. He is supported in this view by Dr. Neu-
bauer, Zeitsch. fiir Assyr. 1888 p. 103. But against this hypothesis it
is to be observed that no such name as Jarib , Aribu or I'ribu for
Sargon is to be found in the Babylonian list (where for 709 B. C. we
find Sar-ukin Vol. n p. 333) or in any other record. Moreover the
occurrence of the name Jareb in the prae-exilic writings of Hosoa
(whatever views may be held respecting the text) and the use of the
name Pul in 2 Ki. XV. 19 may be due to entirely difi'erent causes. In
the latter case it is not difficult to see a later, direct Babylonian in-
fluence. I still hold the opinion , as against Nowack and other cri-
tics, that the superscription to Hosea's oracles is to be accepted in its
entirety. I believe that at least the latest oracles (chapters XII—XIV)
may be contemporary with the first year of Hezekiah's reign (B. C.
726 ; the reference in XII. 1, 3 harmonizes with the supposition
that Ahaz was still on the throne of Judah, comp. Vol. II p. 322).
But beyond this date it would not be safe to go. Comp. my intro-
duction to Hosea in Bishop Ellicott's 'Old Testament for English
readers.' It is impossible to reconcile the language in Chap. VII. 11,
XII. 2, where the prophet refers to the rival policies of an Egyptian
and of an Assyrian alliance, with the circumstances of the year 722
when Ephraim was absolutely at the mercy of the Assyrian. If we
accept Prof Sayce's view, the term Ti^D)
applied to Jareb in V. 13,
X. 6, can only be understood on the supposition that the prophecies
were composed in or subsequent to this fatal year. Comp. Canon I
Vol. II p. 183. But throughout the oracles there is no hint that the
final overthrow was actually taking place or had already taken place.
Chap. XIII shows clearly (verses 7— 15) that the Prophet saw it im-
pending, but Chap. XIV, so full of hope, is inconsistent with a retro-
spect of utter ruin. Comp. also chap. XI. 9 foil. Moreover the king
vanishing "like a chip on the water's surface" (X. 7) may well be under-
stood to be Pekah (Vol. I p. 247 foil. 251). Certainly the 'wound' of
Judah (V. 13) does not specially apply to any period after 735 B. C.
and has absolutely no fitness when referred to a date 12 or 13 years
later.
p. 152 line 9 read:— a§§ati-§u.
p. 153 (Zech. I. 7) read :— Shebdt.
p. 156 Insc. line 7 read:— zu-um-mu-u. — That itii in line 4