Introduction to the Old Testament

Introduction to the Old Testament

by Arnold, Bill T.

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This volume introduces ancient Israel's Scriptures, or the Hebrew Bible, commonly called the Old Testament. It also traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of the Old Testament. Where pertinent to the message of the Old Testament, the book explores issues of history, comparative religions, and sociology, while striking a balance among these topics by focusing primarily on literary features of the text. In addition, frequent sidebar discussions introduce the reader to contempora…

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  • Full title :Introduction to the Old Testament / Bill T. Arnold, Asbury Theological Seminary.

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This volume introduces ancient Israel's Scriptures, or the Hebrew Bible, commonly called the Old Testament. It also traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of the Old Testament. Where pertinent to the message of the Old Testament, the book explores issues of history, comparative religions, and sociology, while striking a balance among these topics by focusing primarily on literary features of the text. In addition, frequent sidebar discussions introduce the reader to contemporary scholarship, especially the results of historical-critical research and archaeology. Along the way, the book explores how the Old Testament conceptualized and gave rise to monotheism, one of the most significant developments in history, giving this study a currency for twenty-first-century readers.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvi, 409 pages) : : illustrations, maps.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781139909853, 1139909851, 9781139921596, 1139921592
  • oclc:on1039537624
  • LC Classification:BS1192.6
  • Dewey Decimal:221.6/1

Table of Contents

Preface -- 1. What is the Old Testament? -- 2. Word of truth -- word of God -- 3. The Old Testament world -- 4. The primary history -- 5. Beginnings -- 6. Ancestors -- 7. Torah story -- 8. Torah instruction -- 9. Torah revisited -- 10. The religion of Moses -- 11. Was there an "ancient Israel"? -- 12. Land -- 13. Kings -- 14. More kings -- 15. History revisited -- 16. More books -- 17. Israel's wisdom -- 18. Israel's hymnal -- 19. Israel's prophets: the maturing period -- 20. Israel's prophets: the crisis and beyond -- 21. Israel's prophets: the restoration -- 22. Israel's apocalyptic message -- 23. The scrolls -- 24. The Old Testament today.

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Subjects

Bible., Old Testament Dieu (Judaïsme) -- Histoire des doctrin… God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines Monotheism -- History of doctrines Monothéisme -- Histoire des doctrines Theology

Writers

Arnold, Bill T.

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