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Reading the Old Testament : an introduction / by Lawrence Boadt.
Van Pelt Library BS1140.3 .B63 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boadt, Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Introductions.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Genre:
- Introductions.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 510 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition / revised by Richard Clifford and Daniel Harrington.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Paulist Press, [2012]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0809147807
- 9780809147809
- 9781616436704
- 1616436700
- OCLC:
- 780288646
- Publisher Number:
- 99953710572
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