From Earth's Creation to John's Revelation

by Green, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9780814659588
• ISBN10: 0814659586
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Liturgical Pr

Summary

As an introductory text and companion for the Interfaces series, From Earth's Creation to John's Revelation gives an overview of the basic material necessary for an introductory undergraduate course in Old or New Testament. It helps readers locate the biblical characters within the biblical timeline and introduces the characters in ways that students of the Bible will find informative and vital. It is organized chronologically and includes maps for further study. Chapters are "Origins Stories (Set Pre-1000 B.C.E.)," "(Re-)Settlement in the Land (Set Pre-1000 B.C.E.)," "The Monarchic Period (Just Pre-1000-587 B.C.E.)," "Exile: Exilic-Diaspora Setting (Sixth Century B.C.E.)," "Post-Exilic Early Second Temple Judah: Persian Period (Sixth Century B.C.E.)," "Post-Exilic Early Second Temple Persian Judah: Persian Period (Sixth-Fourth Centuries B.C.E.)," "Late Second-Temple Judaism: Hellenistic Period (Second-First Centuries B.C.E.)," "Intertestamental Period (The First Centuries B.C.E. and C.E.)," "New Testament Period (Mid-First Century C.E.)," "New Testament Period

Author Biography

Barbara Green teaches at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Origins Stories (Set Pre - 1000 B.C.E.)
Adam and Eve	2	(1)
Noah, Family and Friends	3	(2)
Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah	5	(2)
Jacob and Family	7	(2)
Joseph and Family	9	(2)
Moses of the Egypt Experience	11	(2)
Moses between Egypt and Canaan	13	(2)
(Re-) Settlement in the Land (Set Pre-1000 B.C.E.)
Joshua	15	(3)
Samson among the Judges	18	(1)
Ruth, Naomi, and their Kin	19	(2)
The Monarchic Period (Just Pre-1000--587 B.C.E.)
Samuel and Saul (Pre-1000 B.C.E.)	21	(2)
David and His Household (Tenth--Ninth Centuries B.C.E.)	23	(2)
Solomon, Jeroboam, Ahijah of Shiloh	25	(2)
Ahab, Jezebel, Elijah, and Elisha (Ninth Century B.C.E.)	27	(2)
Amos, Hosea, and the Jehu Dynasty (Eighth Century B.C.E.)	29	(3)
Ahaz, Hezekiah, (First) Isaiah, Micah (Seventh--Sixth Centuries B.C.E.)	32	(2)
Jeremiah, Nahum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Josiah, Huldah	34	(3)
Exile: Exilic-Diaspora Setting (Sixth Century B.C.E.)
Ezekiel, Obadiah, Joel	37	(2)
(Second) Isaiah of the Return	39	(1)
Tobit, Daniel, Esther	40	(2)
Post-Exilic Early Second Temple Persian Judah: Persian Period (Sixth--Fourth Centuries B.C.E.)
Haggai and Zechariah	42	(2)
Ezra and Nehemiah	44	(2)
Malachi, (Third) Isaiah, Joel	46	(2)
Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) and Job	48	(3)
Late Second-Temple Judaism: Hellenistic Period (Second--First Centuries B.C.E.)
The Hasmonean ``Maccabee'' Family and Judith	51	(4)
Intertestamental Period (The First Centuries B.C.E. and C. E.)
Sophia in Wisdom of Solomon	55	(1)
Jesus of Nazareth	56	(2)
New Testament Period (Mid - First Century C.E.)
Jewish Christianity: Matthew, James, Jude	58	(2)
Gentile Christianity: Mark, Luke	60	(2)
Gentile Christianity: Paul, 1 and 2 Peter	62	(3)
New Testament Period (Late First Century C.E.)
Alternative to the Great Church: the Johannine Communities	65