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9780767409803

The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

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  • ISBN13:

    9780767409803

  • ISBN10:

    0767409809

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-10-25
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

Designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Hebrew Bible, this text has two goals: to acquaint readers with the content and major themes of the biblical documents, and to introduce them to issues in biblical scholarship. Pedagogically rich and reader-friendly, this text was designed for conventional introductory courses using historical-critical methodology, and will also be useful in courses studying the Bible as literature, or as a reference text in the study of ancient religion.

Table of Contents

Part I: The Hebrew Bible: An Overview

1. The Hebrew Bible: A Composite Portrait of God and the Divine-Human Relationship

2. The Process of Formation: The Transmission, Canonization, and Translation of the Biblical Text

Part II: The Biblical World: Culture and Religion

3. The Ancient Near East: The Environment that Produced the Bible

4. The God of Israel: An Evolving Portrait

Part III: The Torah

5. Who Wrote the "Books of Moses"?

6. The Five Books of Torah (Divine Instruction)

7. In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis

8. Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus

9. Regulating the Divine-Human Bond: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers

10. A Mosaic Legacy: The Book of Deuteronomy

Part IV: The Prophets (Nevi'im) I

11. Introduction to the Deuteronomistic History

12. The Origins of Israel: The Book of Joshua

13. YHWH and Baal: The Book of Judges

14. The Birth of the Monarchy: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel

15. Parallel Stories of Israel and Judah: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings

Part V: The Prophets (Nevi'im) II

16. The Nature and Function of Israelite Prophecy

17. Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Books of Amos and Hosea

18. The Assyrian Crisis: Isaiah of Jerusalem, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum

19. The Babylonian Threat: The Books of Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and Obadiah

20. Prophets in Exile: Ezekiel and Second Isaiah

21. After the Exile: Israel's Last Prophets: Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah

Part VI: The Writings (Kethuvim)

22. Introduction to the Writings: Reevaluating Israel's Life with God

23. The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah

24. Hebrew Poetry and The Book of Psalms

25. Israel's Wisdom Writers: Seeking God in Cosmos and Society: Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes

26. Four Books of the Megillot (Festival Scrolls): Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, and Esther

27. Reinterpreting Israel's History: 1 and 2 Chronicles

28. Keeping Torah in a Hostile World: The Diaspora, the Maccabean Revolt, Apocalyptism, and the Visions of Daniel

Part VII: Additions to the Hebrew Bible: The Deuterocanonical Books

29. Introduction to the Apocrypha

30. The Pseudepigrapha: Noncanonical Writings of the Late Biblical Period

31. The Wars Against Rome and the Destruction of the Jewish State

Glossary

Bibliography

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