EXPLANATION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Text in roman type.

Supplemental and editorial additions to an older section in smaller type.

Superscriptions IN SMALL CAPITALS.

Poetical passages are distinguished by smaller type and broken lines.
Explanatory clauses, found in the original, in ( ).

English equivalents of the more significant Hebrew proper names in [ ].
Words implied by the context or supplied to restore the original narratives,
where these have been abridged in the process of editorial fusion, in italics.
Foot-notes, presenting the reasons for the analysis and classification of the mate-
rial, significant alternate readings, and explanatory material, in small roman

type.

Interpretative side-headings, giving a condensed summary of the accompanying text, on the margins in small roman type.

b

Chapter numbers in arabic figures. Verse numbers in small figures placed above the line. Successive portions of a verse indicated by or, placed after the verse number. Thus, Genesis II. 4 (second part of the verse) to IV. 6 (first half) inclusive is written 24b-46. Complete stories or literary units (with their parallels, if any) are numbered with arabic numerals successively throughout the entire volume and are referred to as sections. Thus, § 2 refers to § 2, Jehovah's Deliverance and Leadership of His People, pp. 51-53.

INTRODUCTION