Introduction to the Old Testament

by Harrison, R. K.

• ISBN13: 9781565633995
• ISBN10: 1565633997
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Hendrickson Pub

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
List of Abbreviations	xiii
PART ONE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF OLD TESTAMENT STUDY	1	(82)
The Background--Through the Eighteenth Century	3	(16)
The Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis	19	(14)
Reactions to the Graf-Wellhausen Hypothesis	33	(29)
Old Testament Scholarship Since World War I	62	(21)
PART TWO: OLD TESTAMENT ARCHAEOLOGY	83	(62)
Historical Survey of Scientific Archaeology	85	(11)
The Archaeology of Early Mesopotamia	96	(9)
The Archaeological Background of the Old Testament	105	(29)
The Dead Sea Scrolls	134	(11)
PART THREE: ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN CHRONOLOGY	145	(54)
Chronology from Adam to Abraham	147	(17)
The Chronology of Israel's Early History	164	(17)
Old Testament History--the Monarchy and After	181	(18)
PART FOUR: THE OLD TESTAMENT TEXT AND CANON	199	(90)
The History of Hebrew Writing	201	(10)
The Old Testament Text	211	(33)
Textual Criticism	244	(16)
The Old Testament Canon	260	(29)
PART FIVE: OLD TESTAMENT HISTORY	289	(60)
The Study of Old Testament History	291	(17)
Problems of Old Testament History	308	(41)
PART SIX: OLD TESTAMENT RELIGION	349	(66)
The Evolutionary Hypothesis	351	(11)
Recent Studies in Hebrew Religion	362	(19)
Influences on the Religion of the Hebrews	381	(15)
The History of Old Testament Religion	396	(19)
PART SEVEN: OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY	415	(78)
The History of Old Testament Theology	417	(26)
Principles of Interpretation	443	(19)
The Authority of Scripture	462	(14)
Problems in Old Testament Theology	476	(17)
PART EIGHT: THE PENTATEUCH	493	(170)
The Study of the Pentateuch	495	(47)
The Book of Genesis	542	(24)
The Book of Exodus	566	(23)
The Book of Leviticus	589	(25)
The Book of Numbers	614	(21)
The Book of Deuteronomy	635	(28)
PART NINE: THE FORMER PROPHETS	663	(76)
The Book of Joshua	665	(15)
The Book of Judges	680	(15)
The Books of Samuel	695	(24)
The Books of Kings	719	(20)
PART TEN: THE LATTER PROPHETS (I): THE MAJOR PROPHETS	739	(118)
Prophets in the Old Testament	741	(23)
The Book of Isaiah	764	(37)
The Book of Jeremiah	801	(21)
The Book of Ezekiel	822	(35)
PART ELEVEN: THE LATTER PROPHETS (II): THE MINOR PROPHETS	857	(106)
The Book of Hosea	859	(15)
The Book of Joel	874	(9)
The Book of Amos	883	(15)
The Book of Obadiah	898	(6)
The Book of Jonah	904	(15)
The Book of Micah	919	(7)
The Book of Nahum	926	(5)
The Book of Habakkuk	931	(8)
The Book of Zephaniah	939	(5)
The Book of Haggai	944	(5)
The Book of Zechariah	949	(9)
The Book of Malachi	958	(5)
PART TWELVE: THE SACRED WRITINGS (I): THE BOOK OF TRUTH	963	(84)
Hebrew Poetry	965	(11)
The Book of Psalms	976	(28)
Hebrew Wisdom Literature	1004	(6)
The Book of Proverbs	1010	(12)
The Book of Job	1022	(25)
PART THIRTEEN: THE SACRED WRITINGS (II): THE MEGILLOTH	1047	(56)
Canticles or the Song of Solomon	1049	(10)
The Book of Ruth	1059	(6)
The Book of Lamentations	1065	(7)
The Book of Ecclesiastes	1072	(13)
The Book of Esther	1085	(18)
PART FOURTEEN: THE SACRED WRITINGS (III): DANIEL, EZRA-NEHEMIAH, AND CHRONICLES	1103	(70)
The Book of Daniel	1105	(30)
The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah	1135	(17)
The Books of Chronicles	1152	(21)
PART FIFTEEN: THE APOCRYPHA	1173	(106)
The Apocryphal Books	1175	(19)
The First Book of Esdras	1194	(6)
The Second Book of Esdras	1200	(8)
The Book of Tobit	1208	(6)
The Book of Judith	1214	(4)
The Additions to the Book of Esther	1218	(3)
The Wisdom of Solomon	1221	(10)
The Book of Ecclesiasticus	1231	(7)
The Book of Baruch	1238	(4)
The Letter of Jeremiah	1242	(3)
The Additions to the Book of Daniel	1245	(10)
The Prayer of Manasseh	1255	(4)
The Two Books of Maccabees	1259	(18)
Epilogue	1277	(2)
Indexes	1279