02399nam a22002537a 4500 AU-EpEBC 20130712110305.0 130424b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0334020573 NEMB NEMB 221.61/CHA EW Charpentier, Etienne Pour lire l'Ancien Testament. English. How to read the Old Testament / Etienne Charpentier ; translated from the French by John Bowden. English ed. London, UK : SCM, 1982. 124 p. ; illus. ; pbk ; 22.5 cm. Translation of: Pour lire l'Ancien Testament. Includes bibliographical references and index. Getting ready for our journey : The Bible : book or library ; A people rereads its lives ; Reading and studying the text ; A people stamped by its geography ; A people stamped by the mentality of the Near East ; A thousand years of history, or the great moments of Israel -- 1. The exodus : a people expresses its faith -- 2. The Kingdom of Jerusalem : The sacred Judaean history ; Prophets of the Kingdom of Judah -- 3. The Northern Kingdom, 935-721 : Prophets of the Northern Kingdom ; The sacred history of the North: the Elohistic tradition -- 4. The last period of the Kingdom of Judah, 721-587 : Deuteronomy ; Prophets of Judah in the seventh century -- 5. Exile in Babylon, 587-538 : Prophets of the Exile ; Leviticus ; The priestly history -- 6. Israel under Persian domination, 538-333 : Prophets of the return ; The Law or Pentateuch ; I and II Chronicles - Ezra - Nehemiah ; Wisdom ; Wisdom writings in the Persian period -- 7. Israel under the Greeks (333-63) and Romans (from 63 BC) : Prophets of the Greek period: Second Zechariah ; Wisdom literature ; Literary offshoots of the Epic of the Maccabees ; The Apocalypses ; The Book of Daniel ; Wisdom in the Diaspora -- 8. The Psalms : The Psalms of Ascent: Pss. 120-134 ; Praise to God the Creator and Saviour ; Praise to the God who is near ; Prayers of hope. God the King. The Earthly King ; Prayers of petition and thanksgiving ; Prayers for living -- Journey's end : Finishing the course ; Why still read the OT? ; Word of God and words of men ;Eucharist ; If you want to know more ... ; Jewish literature outside the Bible. Bible. O.T. Introductions. ddc 36095 36095 0 0 ddc 0 0 221 OT MAIN MAIN OS 2013-04-26 Donated by Valentin Vasilev, 2009-2011. 2.00 0 221.61/CHA 13977 2014-11-27 00:00:00 1 0000-00-00 AM