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Reading the Old Testament [electronic resource] : an introduction / by Lawrence Boadt.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Paulist Press, c2012.Edition: 2nd ed. / rev. by Richard Clifford and Daniel HarringtonDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 510 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 9781616436704 (electronic bk.)
  • 1616436700 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reading the Old Testament.DDC classification:
  • 221.6/1 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1140.3 .B63 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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