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Qtnurnr~ttt m~tnln!lirttl :!InutlJly Continuing LEHRE UND WEHRE MAGAZIN FUER Ev.-LuTH. HOMILETIK THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLy-THEOLOGICAL MONTHLY Vol. V November, 1934 No. 11 CONTENTS Die Theologie Karl Barths. w. Kemner •••••••••••••••••• The Primitive Christians. E. G. Sibler ••••••••••••••••••• Die chronologische Reihenfolge der Weissagungen im Buche Jeremias'. P. E. Kretzmann ••••••••..•••••••••••••••• Melanchthon and Luther's Translation of the New Testa- Page 817 829 835 ment. H. O. Keinath. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 842 The Church Reform of Henry VITI a Product of the Renaissance. Theo. Hoyer. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 847 Sermon Study on Reb. 10, 32-39. Th. Laetsch. • • • • • • • • • •• 854 Der Schriftgrund fuer die Lehre von der satisfactio vicaria . • • • • • • • • • . . . • . . . . • . • • . . .. P. E. Kretzmann ••••••••••• 863 Sermons and Outlines ............................... 866 Miscellanea ........................................ 871 Theological Observer. - Kirchlich-Zeitgeschichtliches .... 879 Book Review. - Literatur ........................... 889 Ein Predlger mU98 nicht alleID welMla, alao dass er die Schafe unterweise, wle ole reebte OhrIaten BOllen eeln, BOndem auch danehen den Woelfen 1D6hreA, dass ole die 8chafe nicht angreUen und mit faacher Lehre verfuehren und Irrtum eln- fuehren. - LuIMr-. Es 1st keln Ding, daB die Leute mehr hel der Klrche behaelt dean die cute Predigt. - ApolQgu, Arl.~. If the trumpet give an uncertain BOund, who shall prepare b1meelf to the battle f 1 Cor. ,lJ,8. PubUshed for the Ev. Luth. Synod of lItissouri, Ohio, and Other States OOJ!l'OOBDIA PU'BLISBING HOUSE, St. Louis, Mo. ~ie d)tonologijc!)e \Jteif)enfolge bet Illieis[agungen im f.8uciJc ;;setemias'. 835 the pastor (0 :Jf(!oEfJ1:wr;) delivers a reminding (vov{}Bt1{av) and exhorta- tion (:Jf(!6XA1}(1tV) for the imitation of these noble [texts]. Then we all jointly rise and utter a prayer. And as we said before, when we have ended our prayer, bread and wine and water are offered, and the pastor sends up prayer and thanks to the extent of his ability, and the people render thanks by uttering the amen, and the distribution and sharing from what has been blessed is made to everyone and through the deacons to those who are not present. Of those who are well to do and are willing each according to his purpose gives what he wills, and what is gathered is deposed with the pastor, and he aids the or- phans and the widows, and those who are left [at home] from sick- ness or for any other cause, and to those who are in prison, and to strangers who are sojourning there; and altogether he becomes a care- taker (X1}~Gllwv) for those who are in want. "On the Day of the Sun we all jointly hold our meeting, since it is the first day in which God, having changed darkness and matter [chaos], created the world and Jesus Ohrist, our Savior, rose from the dead on the same day; for on the day before the Day of Saturn they crucified Him, and on the day after the Day of Saturn, which is the Day of the Sun, having appeared to His apostles and disciples, He taught them those things which we have presented to you, too, for your examination." All this helps us to visualize conditions as they existed in the primitive Ohristian Ohurch, when, on the foundation laid by Jesus and the apostles, earnest, consecrated followers of our Lord, labored zealously to extend His everlasting kingdom. Mount Vernon, N. Y. E. G. SIHLER. 4 • ~ ~ie djr.oll.of.ogifdje meiijcllf.ofge ber ~ei~fttgullgeu im ~udje ~efCmitt~t. OligIeicl) aUe ~iicljex be§ ~Hen 5teftament~, ina§ Me gottriclje (fin" geliung lietxifft, aUf gfeicljex Ibiufe fte~en, f 0 un±exf cljeibet man boclj mit mecljt aloifcljen berfdjiebenen SHaHen bon ~iidjern unb ainifdjen einadnen ~iidjern, fOinofjf ltJa§ ~icljtigfeit be§ ~nfjart§ af§ auclj ina§ Ibdjonfjeit, (fxfjalien~eit unb (finfluB geiniffex Ibcljriften anfangt. Ibo· ftefjt unter ben ~iftorifdjen miidjem Me @enefi§ mit medji olienan, untex ben poeiifdjen ber ~faHer uub untex ben pxopfjetifdjen ~efaia§. UnmitteHiax naclj ~efaia§ aoer foIgi, luie ba§ auclj bie ~norbnung bex groBen ~ro" pfjeien bon artex§ fjer £liOt, bex ~ropfjet ~eremia§. :>Dex ainette grollc ~xopfjet be§ ~rten muube§ aiefjt mit medjt Me ~ufmerffamfeit bieler IbdJriftforfcljer aUf fidj, ba fein ~udj fo bide (figentiimHcljfeiten entfjiHt, bie ifjm einen oefonberen meia bedeifjen, hie immer iniebex 3U neuem Ibtubium anfpornen. ~enn man Die tfjeo" 836 ~ie d)tllnologifd)e 9'tei~enfolge bet Iffieisfagungen im iBud)e ~mmias'. Iogifd)e Eiteratur ber neueren 2eit burd)bliitted, bann mut e~ auf=" farren, bat ba~ IBud) ;seremia~' berfjiinni~miitig oft beijanbert ro·irb, fo in ber befannten Princeton Theological Review in einem ifjrer Ietten 2afjrgiinge fogar 3i1)eimaI in e i n e m ;safjr. 2!ud) in un fern roifienfd)aftridJen 2eitfd)rif±en fjat man fid) roieberfjort mit bem ~ro~ pijden ;seremia~ befatt. (@S. Eefjre unb )!Befjre, ;Safjrg.1928, 65 ff.; Ooncordia Theol. Monthly, III, 401 ff. 490 ff. j aud) II, 95 ff.) ~mer nidjt nur ber ;snfjaIt be~ IBudje~ an unb fur fidj forbert oU grunblidjem @Stubium auf, fonbern audj gana befonber~ feinc 2!norb~ nung. @Sdjon bie log i f d) e2!norbnung madjt bem 2!r6eiter aUf bem ®e6ie± ber ;sfagogif mandje @Sdjroierigfeit, befonber~ roenn et aUf cinet a b f 0 I u t Iogifdjen @iinteiIung 6ef±efj±. )!Birr man gans arrgemein ein~ teiIen, fo tann ba~ nad) @SdjaUer fo gef djefjen: 1. :Die IBerufung be~ ~ropfjeten unb feine @S±rafprebigten roibet ;suba unb ;serufalem, Sfap. 1-35. 2. ®efdjidjtrid)e ~adjridj±en wer bie @Sdjid'fale be~ ~ropfjeten, bie IBeIagerung unb @ir06erung ;setufalem~ unb bie iJlud)t bet aurud'~ ge6Iiebenen ;sub en, Sfap.36-45. 3. :Die ~tebigten be~ ~ropfje±en gegen aUe &jeibenbiiUer, Sfap. 46-51. 4. 2!nfjang: 2!u~fufjdid)er IBerid)t wer bie 2erf±orung ;serufalem~ unb bie @Sdjid'fale be~ fiinig~ Hdjen &jauf e~, Sl'ap. 52. @iifelen grot bie Iogif d)e @iin±eiIung bc£: IBudjc~ in iifjnIidjcr )!Beif e: @iinleitung: :Die IBerufung beB ~tO ~ pfj e±en , Sl'ap. 1. 1-19. 1. )!Bei£fagungen roibet ;sub a unb ;serufarem, ~ap. 2, 1-35, 19. 2. @Sammlung 6iograpfjifdjet @itaiifjlungen, Slap. 36, 1-45, 5. 3. )!Bei~fagungen 1l1iber bie &jeibenbiiIfer, ~ap. 46, 1-51,64. 4. ~rnfjang: :Die Ietten ~age ;setufalems 11nb bie @iu fjiifjung ;sojadjin~, srap. 52, 1-34. ~ur roenige Z\'orfdjer fjaben fidj mit ber djronologifdjen Wnorbnung befatt, unb unter biefen fjaben bie H6eralen 2!nlan gcnommen, bie propfjdif dje metabfaffung be~ IBud)es in 2roeifeI au aiefjen. )!Biifjrenb ber &jaup±teiI be~ IBudje~ arrerbing~ nod) bem ~ropfje±en ;Seremias au~ gefdjrieben 1l1irb, rom man fonberHdj bie Ietten ~apiteI bem IBarud) aufdjrewen, einige 2!6fdjnitte fogar einem fpii±eren @Sdjteibet ober einem mebaftor. @So fdjrei6t a. lB. 2eno~ in einem 2!rtifeI in ANew Standard Bible Dictionary: "Its remarkable lack of chronological arrangement is due, no doubt, to the fact that it reached its present form by stages. Its nucleus seems to have consisted of the prophecies dictated to Baruch in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (605). After the roll had been burned by the king in the following year, it was rewritten with many additions (36, 32). This last statement is important; for it shows that even the prophecies dictated to Baruch by Jeremiah himself" which must have formed the nucleus of the present book, were not verbal reproductions of the discourses as they were originally de- livered." (Sub voce Jeremiah.) :Die 6eiben Ietten 2!usfagen finb nahldidj berfefjd, niimIidj baB bie bon ;setemiai3 biftieden meben nut ben ~ern be~ IBudjei3 fJiIbeten unb bat ba~ neugefdjrie6ene IBud) fid) in IDie d)ronologifdJe fftetgenfolge ber !ffieisfagungen im lBudJe ~eremias'. 837 roidjtigen ~unften bon ben urfprilngIidjen ~ei~fagungen unterf djeibe. ~er 5re~t rebet nur babon, baf3 )8arudj "au~ bem IDCunbe ~cremia~ aIle bie meben fdjrieb, fo in bem )8udj ftunben, ba~ ~ojafim, ber Sl'iinig ~uba'~, ljatte mit ~euer berbrennen laflen". ~ann ljeif3t e~ roiirtridJ roeiter: "Unb ilber biefeloigen rourben ber meben nod) bie1 meljr, benn iener roaren. U @~ roitb mit feinet @5Hoe gefag±, baf3 )8arudj aUf eigene ~auft au ben ~ei~fagungen ~eremia~ ljinaugefiigt ljaoe. Illiir ljarten barum mit ber gef amien ortljobo~en Sl'irdje ben ~ropljeten ~eremia~ filr ben merfafler be~ nadj iljm genannten )8udje~ unb miidjten ljieroei aud) ba~ 52. Sl'apite1 nidjt au~genommen ljaben, toie ba~ jett bieIfac9 gef djieljt. ®erabe biefe >ratfadje aber lPornt ben aUfmedfamen S3efer ber @5djrift an, bie Iogif dje 2Tnotbnung be~ )8udJe~ einma1 beif eiteauf eten unb a u b e r f u dj en, b i e dj ton 0 log i f dj, e m e i lj e n f 0 I 9 e b e ~ )8 u dj e ~ a u e r mitt eI n. iloer bie Beit be§ ~ropljeten ~cremia§ giM un~ ia bie @in1eitung au feinem )8udj naren 2tuffdj1ul3, ino et fdjrcHit: "au mrIdjrm gefdjalj ba~ Illiort be~ &',)@rrn aur Beit ~ofia§, be§ @5oljn§ 2tmon~, be~ S'fiinig~ ~uba§, im breiaeljnten ~aljr feine§ Sl'iinigreidj~, unb ljernadj aUt Bcit be~ Sl'onig§ ~uba§ ~ojafim, be§ @5oljn§ ~ofia~, bi'3 an~ @nbe be§ eIften ~aljt§ Bebdia§, be§ @5oljn§ ~ofia~, be§ Sl'iinig0 ~uba~, b10 auf~ ®e~ fangni~ ~erufarem§ im filnften .wconben", Sl'ap. 1,2. 3. ~emnadj toate terminus a quo ba~ ~aljr 626 b. [ljt., ba hiefe~ etma ba~ bteiaeljnie ~aljt ~ofia~ toat, unb terminus ad quem roate ba~ ~aljre 586 b. [ljr., ba im 2tuguft biefe0 ~aljre§ bie ®efangenfdjafi ~etUfarem0 begann. ~it toerben f eljen, baf3 einige @5tellen in ben Ietten Stapiteln be~ )8udje§ iloet bief en terminus ljinau~geljen. @~ fann faum einem Bmeifer unterIiegen, baE Sl'ap. 1 unb 2 in hie 2tnfang~aeit ber proplje±if djcn 5ratigfeit ~eremia~ fallen, ba er augenfdjeinIidj bon ben )8efeljlen ®otte~ rebet, bie fidj an feine )8e~ tUfung anfnilpften. ~ie aber bie erften atoei Stapi±er in bie Beit be~ Sl'iinig~ ~ 0 f i a fallen, unb smar fpeaififdj in ba§ ~aljr 627/6 b. [ljt., fo audj Stap. 3, too m. 6 au~brilcffidj ben Sl'iinig namljaf± madjt. Wlan ljut fremdj in Sl'ap. 2, 16. 18. 36 an bie 2tnnaljerungen gebadjt, bie bon ben ~uben untet ~oljanan gemadj± toutben. 2Hier biefe merfe beaieljen fidj aUf bie mettoilfiungen, bie ~~taeI unb ~uba Durdj bie wg~p±er er~ Htten ljaiten. mgL 1 Sl'iin. 14, 25 ff. - @5djtoet ift e~, au enifdjeiben, in lue!djen :iteH ber ~mgiatigfeit be~ ~ropljete.n ~eremia~ bie Sl'apiteI 4-20 infL au feten finb. 20gifdj fdjHett fidj Stap.4 an Die re~ten merf e bon S'fap. 3 an, benn fie entljaften bie ~nttoort be~ &',) 05rrn aUf Die ,mage ~§raer0. ~af3 Sl'ap.4--20 aU0 frilljeter Bei±, au~ ber Beit ~ofia0, f±ammt, fCljeint audj barau~ ljerboraugeljen, baE hie Ungmcr~" luei~fagungen nodj allgemeiner unb audj bebingt finb, namIidj burClj Umfeljr unb )8uf3e bebingt. @igen±ridje Beitbeftimmungen finDen fidj fonft nidjt; benn Sl'ap. 5, 11 fotbert ni(fjt hie 2tnnaljme, ban ba§ Bef)n,o- 838 ilie d)rllnlllllgifd)e !Reil)enflllge bet ®:eisfagungen im lBud)e ~eremias'. ftiimmereief) bamartl noef) lieftanb; SPap. 7, 18 liefagt nur, ban fef)on bot