The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
by Harris, Stephen; Platzner, RobertEdition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-09-11
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill
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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
| The Hebrew Bible: An Overview | |
| The Hebrew Bible: A Composite Portrait of God and the Divine-Human Relationship | |
| The Process of Formation: The Transmission, Canonization, and Translation of the Hebrew Bible | |
| The Biblical World: Culture and Religion | |
| The Ancient Near East: The Environment that Produced the Bible | |
| The Land and Archaeology of Ancient Israel: Historical Origins of the Covenant People | |
| The God of Israel: An Evolving Portrait | |
| The Torah | |
| Who Wrote the "Books of Moses"? | |
| The Five Books of Torah (Divine Instruction) | |
| In the Beginning: The Book of Genesis | |
| Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of Exodus | |
| Regulating the Divine-Human Bond: The Books of Leviticus and Numbers | |
| A Mosaic Legacy: The Book of Deuteronomy | |
| The Prophets (Nevi'im) I | |
| Introduction to the Deuteronomistic History | |
| The Book of Joshua | |
| YHWH's Warriors: The Book of Judges | |
| The Birth of the Monarchy: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel | |
| Parallel Stories of Israel and Judah: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings | |
| The Prophets (Nevi'im) II | |
| The Nature and Function of Israelite Prophecy: Spokespersons for God | |
| Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Books of Amos and Hosea | |
| The Assyrian Crisis: Isaiah of Jerusalem, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum | |
| The Babylonian Threat: The Books of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah | |
| Prophets in Exile: The Book of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah | |
| After the Exile: Israel's Last Prophets--Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel, Malachi, and Jonah | |
| The Writings (Kethuvim) | |
| Introduction to the Writings: Reevaluating Israel's Life with God | |
| The Postexilic Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah | |
| Worshiping at the Second Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms | |
| Israel's Wisdom Writers: The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes | |
| Four Books of the Megillot (Festival Scrolls): Ruth, Lamentations, Songs of Songs, and Esther | |
| Reinterpreting Israel's History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles | |
| Keeping Torah in a Hostile World: The Diaspora, the Maccabean Revolt, Apocalyptism, and the Visions of Daniel | |
| Additions to the Hebrew Bible: The Deuterocanonical and Extracanonical Books | |
| The "Second Canon": Books of the Apocrypha | |
| The Pseudepigrapha: Noncanonical Writings of the Late Biblical Period | |
| From the Maccabees to Jesus of Nazareth: Victory, Defeat, and teh Emergence of Postbiblical Judaism and Early Christianity Glossary of Major Old Testament Characters, Terms, and Concepts | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
| Credits | |
| Index | |
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