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Designed for students with little or no knowledge of the Old Testament, this text provides complete background detail as it follows the story told by the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Examines the separate biblical books and illustrates the literary structure of each of the books of the Protestant Christian Old Testament/Hebrew Bible.
| ISBN | 0135132460 | | Pages | 464 | | ISBN13 | 9780135132463
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 714 | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780131538986 | | Publication date | 06 Feb 2008 | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Library of Congress | 2007050214 | | Width (mm) | 178 | | DEWEY | 221.93 | | Spine width (mm) | 24 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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The Old Testament Story 8th Edition John H. Tullock Revised by Mark McEntire Contents Bibliographical Abbreviations xiii Maps xv Preface xvii Acknowledgments xviii 1 The Book and Those Who Study It 1 The Old Testament: What Is It? 2 How It Began 4 How It Developed 6 The Work of Scholars 9 Archaeology as a Tool for Understanding 16 Why Study the Old Testament? 22 Study Questions 23 Endnotes 23 2 The Geographical and Historical Settings for the Old Testament Prior to 1200 B.C.E. 25 The Ancient Near East 26 Mesopotamia 27 Asia Minor 29 Egypt 29 Syria-Phoenicia 30 Palestine 32 Study Questions 39 Endnotes 39 3 Israel Looks at the Beginnings 41 The Primeval Complex 42 The Ancestral Complex 52 Genesis in Retrospect 64 Study Questions 65 Endnotes 66 4 Israel Becomes a People: Exodus and Wilderness 68 The Book of Israel's Beginnings 70 Moses: Birth and Wilderness Years 71 Moses: The Struggle with the Pharaoh 74 The Exodus Event 80 Sinai and the Giving of the Law 85 After Mount Sinai 96 Themes in the Pentateuch 102 Study Questions 103 Endnotes 104 5 Israel Gains a Home: Joshua and Judges 106 Moving into the Promised Land 107 Continuing the Story of Occupation 116 Proposed Models for the Israelite Occupation of Canaan 127 Study Questions 128 Endnotes 129 6 Israel Demands a King: Samuel and Saul 131 The Sources for the Story of the Israelite Kingdoms 132 The Story of Samuel 133 The Establishment of Saul's Kingship (1020--1000 B.C.E.) 139 The Appearance of David 143 Samuel, Saul, and David: A Summary 150 Study Questions 150 Endnotes 151 7 Israel's Time of Glory: David and Solomon 152 David: King Over Judah 153 David: King Over All Israel 154 The Court History of David 156 The Reign of Solomon 165 Study Questions 175 Endnotes 175 A01_TULL2463_08_SE_FM.QXD 1/2/08 5:47 PM Page x Contents xi 8 Israel Becomes Two: The Story of the Northern Kingdom 177 Approaching the Divided-Kingdom Story 178 The Division of the Kingdom 179 The Dynasty of Omri 182 Elijah's Confrontations with Ahab and Jezebel 186 Jehu to Jeroboam II (842--746 B.C.E.) 193 Israel's Eighth-Century Prophets: Amos and Hosea 194 The Destruction of the Northern Kingdom 212 Study Questions 212 Endnotes 213 9 Judah: Rehoboam to Hezekiah (922--687 B.C.E.) 215 Judah After the Division 216 The Eighth-Century Prophets from Judah 218 Study Questions 237 Endnotes 238 10 Judah: Manasseh to Zedekiah and the Exile 239 The International Situation 240 The Situation in Judah 240 King Jehoiakim and the Prophets Nahum and Habakkuk 246 The Final Years of Judah and the Prophet Jeremiah 250 Study Questions 270 Endnotes 270 11 The Exile: Judah's Dark Night of the Soul 272 After the Fall of Jerusalem 273 With the Exiles in Babylon 278 The Prophet of the Transition: Ezekiel 280 The Collapse of the Babylonian Empire 297 The Exiles' Great Unknown Prophet: Isaiah 40--66 298 Study Questions 312 Endnotes 313 12 The Post-Exilic Period: Judah Revived 314 The Changing International Situation (538--486 B.C.E.) 315 The Restored Community 315 Ezra and Nehemiah 321 Study Questions 328 Endnotes 328 A01_TULL2463_08_SE_FM.QXD 1/2/08 5:47 PM Page xi xii Contents 13 A Legacy of Israel: Teachers of Wisdom and Singers of Songs 329 The Wisdom Literature 330 Israel Sings Its Faith 352 Study Questions 364 Endnotes 365 14 The Time of Silence: Judah in Eclipse 367 The Historical Situation 368 The Maccabean Revolt 369 The Word of the LORD in Difficult Times 370 Study Questions 388 Endnotes 388 15 Epilogue: The Continuing Story 390 Life in Jewish Communities 391 The Rise of Parties and Sects 392 Literary Activity 394 Judaism's Oral Tradition 397 The End of the Matter 398 Study Questions 398 Endnotes 399 Glossary 400 For Further Study 409 Comprehensive Chronological Chart 415 Credits 419 Index 421
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