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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