Old Testament Introduction

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 6.2.2015 - 465 sivua

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive introduction to the complexities of the Old Testament; it also provides the basic knowledge required for students of O.T. theology. This widely used textbook appears here in its second English edition and is based on the fifth German edition (1995). This new edition has been expanded especially in regard to Pentateuch research and the anthropology of the O.T.

 

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b Ezra and Nehemiah
162
c Theological Intentions
167
Part III The Prophets
171
13 The Form of Prophecy
173
b Main Categories of Prophetie Literature
180
c Questions in Contemporary Study of the Prophets
188
d Precursors of the Writing Prophets
190
14 Amos
194

b Ownership of Land
31
c Changes Brought by the Monarchy
33
d Social Contrasts in the Time of the Major Prophets
35
e The Postexilic Situation
37
Patt II Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books
39
4 The Pentateuch
41
b Stages and Problems of Pentateuchal Scholarship
44
5 Selected lypes of Narrative
63
b The Saga as a Form of Transmission
65
c The Joseph Novella
71
6 The Yahwist History
75
b Theological Intentions
79
7 The Elohist History
84
b Theological Intentions
89
8 The Priestly Document
93
b Theological Intentions
102
9 Old Testament Law
110
b Collections of Laws
114
10 Deuteronomy
120
b Theological Intentions
129
11 The Deuteronomistic History
136
b Theological Intentions
140
c From the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings
145
12 The Chroniclers History
160
15 Hosea
201
16 Isaiah
209
17 Micah
220
18 Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah and Obadiah
225
19 Jeremiah
233
20 Ezekiel
246
21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah
256
22 Haggai Zechariah Second Zechariah Malachi
270
23 Joel and Jonah
282
24 Daniel
288
Part IV Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry
297
25 The Psalter
299
26 Song of Solomon Lamentations Ruth and Esther
311
27 Proverbs
321
Solomon the Preacher
328
29 The Book of Job
333
Part V Theology and Hermeneutics
341
30 Discourse about God in the Old Testament
343
31 The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a Theology of the Old Testament
366
Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament
372
Hermeneutic Themes
389
Bibliography
399
Index
449
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