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| Preface | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Credits | |
| Introductory | |
| What is the Old Testament? | |
| Chapter and Verse | |
| The Jewish Canon | |
| The Christian Canons | |
| The Canons of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Promised Land: Geography, History, and Importance | |
| Geography | |
| History | |
| Timeline | |
| Importance | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Cosmic Origins | |
| Creations Genesis 1-3 | |
| The Book of Genesis | |
| Genesis 1 and the Sabbath | |
| Genesis and Science | |
| The Sabbath in Jewish and Christian Tradition | |
| The Second Account of Creation (Gen 2.4b-3.24) | |
| The Garden of Eden | |
| Adam and Eve in Jewish and Christian Tradition | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Formation of the Pentateuch and the Primeval History | |
| Genesis 4-11 | |
| The Traditional View | |
| The Development of Modern Interpretation | |
| A Summary of the Documentary Hypothesis | |
| The Formation of the Pentateuch | |
| Challenges to the Documentary Hypothesis | |
| Other Strategies for Interpreting the Pentateuch | |
| Primeval History | |
| J (the Yahwist Source) | |
| Cain and Abel | |
| Noah's Drunkenness | |
| The Sons of God | |
| P (the Priestly Source) | |
| The Tower of Babel | |
| The Table of Nations | |
| The Flood | |
| The Documentary Hypothesis at Work | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| National Origins | |
| The Ancestors of Israel | |
| Genesis 12-50 | |
| The Nature of the Narratives | |
| Source Criticism | |
| Abram and Abraham, Sarai and Sarah | |
| The Binding of Isaac | |
| Form Criticism | |
| Circumcision | |
| Ancient Near Eastern Parallels | |
| The Ugaritic Texts | |
| The Joseph Narrative | |
| The Ancestors of Israel | |
| Abraham, Father of Believers | |
| History and the Ancestors of Israel | |
| The Religion of the Ancestors | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Escape From Egypt | |
| Exodus 1-15 | |
| The Book of Exodus | |
| Exodus 1-15 | |
| Legends of Rescue | |
| The Divine Name Yahweh | |
| The Hardening of the Pharaoh's Heart | |
| The Development of the Passover Celebration | |
| The Exodus and History | |
| The Exodus and the History of Religions | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| From Egypt to Sinai | |
| Exodus 16-24 | |
| Itineraries | |
| Incidents on the Journey | |
| Manna | |
| The Location of Sinai | |
| At Sinai | |
| Covenant | |
| The Ten Commandments | |
| The Status and Numbering of the Ten Commandments | |
| The Ratification of the Covenant | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Law, Ritual, and Holiness | |
| Exodus 20.22-23.33 and 25-40 and Leviticus | |
| Law in the Ancient Near East | |
| Excerpt from the Code of Hammurapi | |
| The Covenant Code (Ex 20.22-23.33) | |
| The Ark, the Tabernacle, and the Priestly Vestments and Ordination | |
| "An Eye for an Eye" | |
| The Golden Calf | |
| Forty Days and Forty Nights | |
| The Ritual Decalogue | |
| An Ancient Hebrew Agricultural Calendar | |
| Sequel | |
| The Book of Leviticus | |
| Sacrifices (Lev 1-7) | |
| The Consecration Ceremonies and Their Aftermath (Lev 8-10) | |
| Purity and Impurity (Lev 11-15) | |
| The Day of Atonement | |
| The Holiness Code | |
| Capital Punishment | |
| Women in Israelite Ritual and Law | |
| The Ethics of Leviticus | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| In the Wilderness | |
| Numbers | |
| The Book of Numbers | |
| Preparations for the Journey | |
| Law, Ritual, and Purity | |
| The Chronology and Geography of the Wanderings | |
| Rebellions in the Wilderness | |
| Miriam | |
| Opposition on the Journey | |
| Excerpt from the Deir Alla Texts | |
| Preparations for the Entry into the Land | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The End of the Journey to the Promised Land | |
| Deuteronomy | |
| The Book of Deuteronomy | |
| The Shema | |
| The Origins of Deuteronomy | |
| The Deuteronomic School | |
| The Character and Personality of Moses | |
| The Meanings of "Torah" | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Joshua and the Conquest of the Land of Canaan | |
| Joshua | |
| The Deuteronomistic History | |
| The Book of Joshua | |
| History and the Book of Joshua | |
| Shechem in Biblical Tradition | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan | |
| Judges and Ruth | |
| The Book of Judges | |
| The Moabites and the Ammonites | |
| The Song of Deborah | |
| The Philistines | |
| History and the Israelite Confederation | |
| The Book of Ruth | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Kings and Prophets | |
| The Establishment of the Monarchy | |
| 1 Samuel | |
| The Books of Samuel | |
| 1 Samuel | |
| Positive Assessments of Saul | |
| History | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Reign of David | |
| 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2 | |
| 2 Samuel | |
| David's Compositions | |
| Jerusalem | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Reign of Solomon | |
| 1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89 | |
| The Books of Kings | |
| 1 Kings 1-11 | |
| Solomon in Later Tradition | |
| The Ideology of the Davidic Monarchy | |
| The Royal Ideology in Later Traditions | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Divided Kingdoms of Israel and Judah From the Late Tenth to the Early Eighth Centuries Bce | |
| 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14 | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Kings of Israel and Judah Late Tenth to Mid-Eighth Centuries BCE | |
| Institutions and Society | |
| Prophets and Prophecy | |
| Prophets in Later Traditions | |
| The Legends of Elijah and Elisha | |
| Elijah in Later Tradition | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Northern Kingdom of Israel in the Eighth Century Bce | |
| 2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Eighth Century BCE | |
| Prophetic Books and "Classical" Prophecy | |
| Amos | |
| The Day of the Lord | |
| Hosea | |
| Prophetic Attacks on Rituals | |
| Marriage in Ancient Israel | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Kingdom of Judah in the Eighth and Early Seventh Centuries Bce | |
| 2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Eighth and Seventh Centuries BCE | |
| The Reign of Hezekiah | |
| Isaiah | |
| The Siege of Jerusalem in 734 BCE | |
| The Identity of Immanuel | |
| The Assyrian Invasion of Judah in 701 BCE | |
| Sennacherib's Attack on Jerusalem (701 BCE) according to the Assyrian Annals | |
| Hezekiah's Tunnel | |
| Micah | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Judah in the Seventh and Early Sixth Centuries Bce: The End of Assyrian Domination and the Fall of Jerusalem | |
| 2 Kings 21-25, 2 Chronicles 33-36, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and Jeremiah | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Seventh and Early Sixth Centuries BCE | |
| The Reign of Manasseh | |
| Ashurbanipal's Library | |
| The Reign of Josiah | |
| Megiddo and Armageddon | |
| The Last Kings of Judah | |
| The Fall of Jerusalem | |
| The Book of Zephaniah | |
| The Book of Nahum | |
| The Book of Habakkuk | |
| Jeremiah | |
| Jeremiah in Postbiblical Tradition | |
| Jeremiah and the History of Bookmaking | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Exile and Return | |
| After the Fall: Jews in Judah and Babylon | |
| Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel | |
| History | |
| The Book of Lamentations | |
| Acrostic Poems | |
| The Jews in Babylonia | |
| Psalm 137 | |
| The Book of Obadiah | |
| Ezekiel | |
| Yahweh as Violent Spouse | |
| Gog of Magog | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Return From Exile | |
| Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35 and 40-55 | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Sixth Century BCE | |
| The Priestly Source of the Pentateuch | |
| The Exilic Edition of the Deuteronomistic History | |
| Isaiah 40-55 | |
| The Development of Monotheism | |
| Female Images of God | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Reconstruction, Consolidation, and Challenge | |
| The Restoration: Judah in the Late Sixth and Fifth Centuries Bce | |
| Ezra 3-10, Haggai, Zechariah, Isaiah 24-27 and 56-66, Joel, and Malachi | |
| History | |
| Chronology of the Mid-Sixth to the Fourth Centuries BCE | |
| Ezra 3-6 | |
| Aramaic | |
| The Book of Haggai | |
| Zechariah 1-8 | |
| Isaiah 56-66 | |
| The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah | |
| The Elephantine Papyri | |
| Apocalyptic Literature | |
| The "Isaiah Apocalypse" (Isa 24-27) | |
| Zechariah 9-14 | |
| The Book of Joel | |
| The Book of Malachi | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| The Consolidation of Traditions | |
| 1-2 Chronicles, Psalms, and Proverbs | |
| The Books of Chronicles | |
| Samaria and the Samaritans | |
| The Book of Psalms | |
| Parallelism | |
| Music in Ancient Israel | |
| Wisdom Literature | |
| The Book of Proverbs | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Dissidents, Lovers, and Heroes | |
| Job, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Jonah, Esther, and Daniel | |
| The Book of Job | |
| The Satan | |
| "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" | |
| Behemoth and Leviathan | |
| Job's Wife and Daughters | |
| The Book of Ecclesiastes | |
| The Development of Beliefs in Life after Death in Ancient Israel | |
| The Song of Solomon | |
| Historical Romances | |
| The Book of Jonah | |
| The Book of Esther | |
| The Festival of Purim | |
| The Book of Daniel | |
| Angels and Demons | |
| "Son of Man" | |
| A Look Back and Ahead | |
| Appendix: The Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books | |
| Revisions of and Additions to Biblical Books | |
| Historiographic Literature | |
| Historical Fiction | |
| Wisdom Literature | |
| Other Compositions | |
| Chronology | |
| General Bibliography | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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