Reading the Old Testament
Boadt, Lawrence.
Reading the Old Testament an introduction / [electronic resource] : by Lawrence Boadt. - 2nd ed. / rev. by Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington. - New York : Paulist Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xvii, 510 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introducing the Old Testament -- The people and lands of the Old Testament -- Archaeology and the Old Testament -- Literary tools for Old Testament study -- The Pentateuch -- Genesis 1-11: the preface to Israel's story -- Genesis 12-50: the patriarchs -- The exodus from Egypt -- The covenant and journey to Canaan: Exodus 19 through Numbers -- The Israelite possession of Canaan: the books of Joshua and Judges -- Canaanite religion and culture -- "A king like those of other nations": the books of Samuel and Kings -- Daily life in ancient Israel -- Israelite worship and prayer -- The kingdom split in two -- The great prophets of the eighth century -- The last days of the kingdom of Judah -- Jeremiah and the Deuteronomic history -- Prophecy during the Babylonian exile -- Sing us a song of Zion! -- The struggle to restore the land -- Life in the postexilic community -- The cultivation of wisdom -- Faith confronting new challenges -- The closing of the Old Testament -- Ten great themes of Old Testament theology.
9781616436704 (electronic bk.) 1616436700 (electronic bk.)
Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Electronic books.
BS1140.3 / .B63 2012eb
221.6/1
Reading the Old Testament an introduction / [electronic resource] : by Lawrence Boadt. - 2nd ed. / rev. by Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington. - New York : Paulist Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xvii, 510 p.) : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Introducing the Old Testament -- The people and lands of the Old Testament -- Archaeology and the Old Testament -- Literary tools for Old Testament study -- The Pentateuch -- Genesis 1-11: the preface to Israel's story -- Genesis 12-50: the patriarchs -- The exodus from Egypt -- The covenant and journey to Canaan: Exodus 19 through Numbers -- The Israelite possession of Canaan: the books of Joshua and Judges -- Canaanite religion and culture -- "A king like those of other nations": the books of Samuel and Kings -- Daily life in ancient Israel -- Israelite worship and prayer -- The kingdom split in two -- The great prophets of the eighth century -- The last days of the kingdom of Judah -- Jeremiah and the Deuteronomic history -- Prophecy during the Babylonian exile -- Sing us a song of Zion! -- The struggle to restore the land -- Life in the postexilic community -- The cultivation of wisdom -- Faith confronting new challenges -- The closing of the Old Testament -- Ten great themes of Old Testament theology.
9781616436704 (electronic bk.) 1616436700 (electronic bk.)
Bible.--Old Testament--Introductions.
RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Electronic books.
BS1140.3 / .B63 2012eb
221.6/1
