01969cam a2200289 a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000430009302000400013602000380017602000350021403500240024904000240027305000220029708200190031910000310033824501180036926000750048730000400056250400510060250508890065363000360154263000590157863000420163715931866AU-EpEBC20170413092713.0091005s2010    enkab    b    001 0 eng    a  2009041256  a9781405184687 (hardcover : alk. paper)  a140518468X (hardcover : alk. paper)  a9781405184670 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a1405184671 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn455419934  aDLCcDLCdYDXdNEMB00aBS1130b.C37 201000a221.09/CAR2221 aCarr, David McLain,d1961-13aAn introduction to the Old Testament :bsacred texts and imperial contexts of the Hebrew Bible  /cDavid M. Carr.  aChichester, West Sussex, U.K. ;aMalden, MA :bWiley-Blackwell,c2010.  axix, 276 p. :bill., maps ;c26 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aPrologue: Orientation to multiple bibles and multiple translations -- Studying the Bible in its ancient context(s) -- The emergence of ancient Israel and its first oral traditions -- The emergence of the monarchy and royal and Zion texts -- Echoes of past empires in biblical wisdom, love poetry, law, and narrative -- Narrative and prophecy amidst the rise and fall of the Northern Kingdom -- Micah, Isaiah, and the southern prophetic encounter with Assyria -- Torah and history in the wake of the Assyrian Empire -- Prophecy in the transition from Assyrian to Babylonian domination -- Laments, history, and prophecies after the destruction of Jerusalem -- The Pentateuch and the exile -- The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian-sponsored rebuilding of Judah -- Other texts formed in the crucible of post-exilic rebuilding -- Hellenistic empires and the formation of the Hebrew Bible.00aBible.pOld TestamentxHistory.00aBible.pOld TestamentxHistory of contemporary events.00aBible.pOld TestamentvIntroductions.