The Old Testament Story

by Tullock, John H.

• ISBN13: 9780130946355
• ISBN10: 0130946354
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

For Introduction to the Old Testament courses. Designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Old Testament, this text provides complete background detail as it follows the story told by the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Examines the separate biblical books and illustrates the literary structure of each of the books of the Protestant Christian Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.

Table of Contents

Endnote and Bibliographical Abbreviations	xv
List of Maps	xvii
Preface	xviii
The Book and Those Who Study It	1	(21)
The Old Testament: What Is It?	1	(1)
The Vehicles That Carry the Story	2	(1)
How It Began	3	(2)
How It Developed	5	(3)
The Work of Scholars	8	(5)
Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding	13	(6)
Study Questions	19	(1)
Endnotes	20	(2)
The Geographical and Historical Setting for The Old Testament Prior To 1200 B.C.E.	22	(15)
The Fertile Crescent	22	(1)
Mesopotamia	23	(2)
Asia Minor	25	(1)
Egypt	26	(1)
Syria-Phoenicia	26	(1)
Palestine	26	(9)
Study Questions	35	(1)
Endnotes	35	(2)
Israel Looks At the Beginnings	37	(23)
The Beginnings	37	(8)
The Patriarchs	45	(12)
Study Questions	57	(1)
Endnotes	58	(2)
Israel Becomes A People: Exodus and Wilderness	60	(39)
The Book of Israel's Beginnings	60	(1)
The Literary Structure of Exodus	60	(1)
The Importance of the Exodus Story	61	(1)
The Nature of the Exodus and the Exodus Materials	62	(1)
Moses: Birth and Wilderness Years	62	(3)
Moses: The Struggle with Pharaoh	65	(7)
The Exodus	72	(3)
Troubles in the Wilderness	75	(2)
Sinai and the Giving of the Law	77	(4)
The Principles Made Practical: The Law Codes	81	(4)
The Ten Commandments and the Codes	85	(2)
After the Convention Was Over	87	(2)
On the March Again	89	(6)
Themes in the Pentateuch	95	(1)
Study Questions	95	(1)
Endnotes	96	(3)
Israel Gains A Home: Joshua and Judges	99	(24)
Two Views of the Conquest: Joshua and Judges	99	(1)
The International Scene	100	(1)
The Invasion of Canaan	101	(5)
Dividing the Land and Renewing the Covenant	106	(3)
Another Look at the Conquest	109	(2)
The Period of the Judges	111	(7)
There Was No King in Israel: Three Stories	118	(1)
Summary of the Book of Judges	119	(1)
Recent Views of the Conquest	120	(1)
Study Questions	121	(1)
Endnotes	122	(1)
Israel Gains A King: Samuel and Saul	123	(22)
Samuel: The Judge Who Appointed Kings	123	(1)
The Sources for the History of the Israelite Kingdoms	123	(4)
The Beginning of the Philistine Wars	127	(2)
The Roles Samuel Played	129	(2)
Saul: The Last Judge and the First King (1020-1000 B.C.E.)	131	(5)
Saul and David	136	(2)
David, the Outlaw	138	(3)
The End of Saul's Reign	141	(1)
Samuel and Saul: A Summary	142	(1)
Study Questions	143	(1)
Endnotes	143	(2)
Israel's Time of Glory: David and Solomon	145	(24)
David: King Over Judah (1000-993 B.C.E.)	145	(2)
David: King Over All Israel (993-961 B.C.E)	147	(2)
The Court History of David	149	(9)
Solomon: Riches, Wisdom, and Foolishness (961-992 B.C.E.)	158	(9)
Study Questions	167	(1)
Endnotes	167	(2)
Israel Becomes Two: The History of the Northern Kingdom	169	(38)
Method of Approach	169	(1)
The Problem of Chronology	170	(1)
The Division of the Kingdom	170	(3)
The Dynasty of Omri (876-842 B.C.E.)	173	(11)
Jehu to Jeroboam (842-746 B.C.E.)	184	(1)
Israel's Eighth-Century Prophets: Amos and Hosea	185	(20)
Study Questions	205	(1)
Endnotes	206	(1)
Judah: Rehoboam to Hezekiah (922-687 B.C.E.)	207	(24)
Judah After the Breakup	207	(1)
Jehu's Purge and Judah (849-742 B.C.E.)	208	(1)
Judah During Israel's Last Days	209	(1)
The Eighth-Century Prophets from Judah	210	(1)
Isaiah and the Kings of Judah	210	(16)
Micah: The Country Preacher	226	(3)
Summary on the Eighth-Century Prophets	229	(1)
Study Questions	229	(1)
Endnotes	230	(1)
Judah: Manasseh to Zedekiah and the Exile	231	(32)
The International Situation	231	(1)
The Situation in Judah	231	(6)
Two Prophets and King Jehoiakim	237	(5)
Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Last Days of Judah	242	(19)
Study Questions	261	(1)
Endnotes	261	(2)
The Exile: Judah's Dark Night of the Soul	263	(44)
After the Fall	263	(5)
With the Exiles in Babylon	268	(2)
The Prophet of the Transition: Ezekiel	270	(18)
The End Has Come for Babylon	288	(1)
The Exile's Great Unknown Prophet	289	(15)
Study Questions	304	(1)
Endnotes	305	(2)
The Post-Exilic Period: Judah Revived	307	(14)
The International Situation (538-522 B.C.E.)	307	(1)
The Restored Community	308	(6)
The Time of Silence	314	(1)
Ezra and Nehemiah	314	(6)
Study Questions	320	(1)
Endnotes	320	(1)
A Legacy of Israel: Wise Men and Psalm Singers	321	(39)
Wise Men and Wisdom Literature	321	(22)
The Sweet Singers of Israel	343	(14)
Study Questions	357	(1)
Endnotes	358	(2)
The Time of Silence: Judah in Eclipse	360	(22)
The Historical Situation	360	(2)
The Maccabean Revolt	362	(1)
The Word of the Lord in Difficult Times	363	(17)
Study Questions	380	(1)
Endnotes	380	(2)
Epilogue: The Continuing Story	382	(8)
Life in the Jewish Community	382	(1)
The Rise of Parties and Sects	382	(3)
Literary Activity	385	(3)
Judaism's Oral Tradition	388	(1)
The End of the Matter	388	(1)
Study Questions	389	(1)
Endnotes	389	(1)
For Further Study	390	(8)
Comprehensive Chronological Chart	398	(3)
Index	401