Introduction to the Old Testament; With a Comprehensive Review of Old Testament Studies and a Special Supplement on the Apocrypha

by Harrison, R. K.

• ISBN13: 9780802831071
• ISBN10: 0802831079
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1969-06-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
The Development of Old Testament Study	p. 1
The Background--Through the Eighteenth Century	p. 3
The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis	p. 19
Reactions to the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis	p. 33
Old Testament Scholarship Since World War I	p. 62
Old Testament Archaeology	p. 83
Historical Survey of Scientific Archaeology	p. 85
The Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia	p. 96
The Archaeological Background of the Old Testament	p. 105
The Dead Sea Scrolls	p. 134
Ancient Near Eastern Chronology	p. 145
Chronology from Adam to Abraham	p. 147
The Chronology of Israel's Early History	p. 164
Old Testament History--the Monarchy and After	p. 181
The Old Testament Text And Canon	p. 199
The History of Hebrew Writing	p. 201
The Old Testament Text	p. 211
Textual Criticism	p. 244
The Old Testament Canon	p. 260
Old Testament History	p. 289
The Study of Old Testament History	p. 291
Problems of Old Testament History	p. 308
Old Testament Religion	p. 349
The Evolutionary Hypothesis	p. 351
Recent Studies in Hebrew Religion	p. 362
Influences on the Religion of the Hebrews	p. 381
The History of Old Testament Religion	p. 396
Old Testament Theology	p. 415
The History of Old Testament Theology	p. 417
Principles of Interpretation	p. 443
The Authority of Scripture	p. 462
Problems in Old Testament Theology	p. 476
The Pentateuch	p. 493
The Study of the Pentateuch	p. 495
The Book of Genesis	p. 542
The Book of Exodus	p. 566
The Book of Leviticus	p. 589
The Book of Numbers	p. 614
The Book of Deuteronomy	p. 635
The Former Prophets	p. 663
The Book of Joshua	p. 665
The Book of Judges	p. 680
The Books of Samuel	p. 695
The Books of Kings	p. 719
The Latter Prophets (I): the Major Prophets	p. 739
Prophets in the Old Testament	p. 741
The Book of Isaiah	p. 764
The Book of Jeremiah	p. 801
The Book of Ezekiel	p. 822
The Latter Prophets (II): the Minor Prophets	p. 857
The Book of Hosea	p. 859
The Book of Joel	p. 874
The Book of Amos	p. 883
The Book of Obadiah	p. 898
The Book of Jonah	p. 904
The Book of Micah	p. 919
The Book of Nahum	p. 926
The Book of Habakkuk	p. 931
The Book of Zephaniah	p. 939
The Book of Haggai	p. 944
The Book of Zechariah	p. 949
The Book of Malachi	p. 958
The Sacred Writings (I): the Book of Truth	p. 963
Hebrew Poetry	p. 965
The Book of Psalms	p. 976
Hebrew Wisdom Literature	p. 1004
The Book of Proverbs	p. 1010
The Book of Job	p. 1022
The Sacred Writings (II): the Megilloth	p. 1047
Canticles or the Song of Solomon	p. 1049
The Book of Ruth	p. 1059
The Book of Lamentations	p. 1065
The Book of Ecclesiastes	p. 1072
The Book of Esther	p. 1085
The Sacred Writings (III): Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles	p. 1103
The Book of Daniel	p. 1105
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah	p. 1135
The Books of Chronicles	p. 1152
The Apocrypha	p. 1173
The Apocryphal Books	p. 1175
The First Book of Esdras	p. 1194
The Second Book of Esdras	p. 1200
The Book of Tobit	p. 1208
The Book of Judith	p. 1214
The Additions to the Book of Esther	p. 1218
The Wisdom of Solomon	p. 1221
The Book of Ecclesiasticus	p. 1231
The Book of Baruch	p. 1238
The Letter of Jeremiah	p. 1242
The Additions to the Book of Daniel	p. 1245
The Prayer of Manasseh	p. 1255
The Two Books of Maccabees	p. 1259
Epilogue	p. 1277
Indexes	p. 1279
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