Handbook on the Pentateuch : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy

by Hamilton, Victor P.

• ISBN13: 9780801027161
• ISBN10: 0801027160
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic

Summary

For more than twenty years, Victor Hamilton's handbook has been introducing students to the Pentateuch. In this substantially revised second edition, Hamilton moves chapter by chapter (rather than verse by verse) through the Pentateuch. He examines the content, structure, and theology and provides useful commentary on overarching themes and connections between Old Testament texts. For those who wish to do additional research, each chapter is appended with a bibliography of recent, relevant scholarship. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Victor P. Hamilton (PhD, Brandeis University) was professor of Bible and theology at Asbury College for more than thirty years. He is the author of a two-volume commentary on Genesis and Handbook on the Historical Books.

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations	9	(4)
Preface to the Second Edition	13	(2)
Preface to the First Edition	15	(4)
Part 1 Genesis
1. Creation and the Fall (1-3)	19	(38)
2. The Sequence after Creation and the Fall (4-11)	57	(24)
3. Abraham (11:26-25:11)	81	(27)
4. Jacob (25:11-36:42)	108	(13)
5. Joseph (37-50)	121	(14)
Part 2 Exodus
6. The Emergence of Moses (1-6)	135	(22)
7. Plagues, Passover, and the Exodus (7:1-15:21)	157	(20)
8. Testing in the Wilderness (15:22-18:27)	177	(7)
9. Law and Covenant (19-24)	184	(30)
10. Tabernacle, the Golden Calf, and Covenant Renewal (25-40)	214	(17)
Part 3 Leviticus
11. The Sacrificial System (1-7)	231	(20)
12. Priestly Ordination (8-10)	251	(8)
13. Clean and Unclean (11-15)	259	(12)
14. The Day of Atonement (16)	271	(10)
15. A Holiness Manifesto (17-27)	281	(22)
Part 4 Numbers
16. Preparations for Departure from Sinai (1:1-10:10)	303	(19)
17. From Sinai to Kadesh (10:11-20:21)	322	(19)
18. From Kadesh to Moab (20:22-36:13)	341	(26)
Part 5 Deuteronomy
19. Remember the Past (1:1-4:40)	367	(23)
20. Be Careful in the Future (4:41-11:32)	390	(12)
21. The Laws of Deuteronomy (12-26)	402	(42)
22. Blessings and Curses (27-30)	444	(9)
23. Moses' Farewell (31-34)	453	(12)
Index	465