being borne by no fewer than twenty-nine different persons.* The identity, personal history and the literary characteristics of the one here meant have already been discussed in the Introduction. It is hardly necessary to add that it is he, and not his father or grandfather, who is here described as the prophet. The Title.—1. The reasons for believing that the verse has been recast are as follows: One of the peculiarities of these chapters is the use of the first person. It appears repeatedly in