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Old Testament Introduction / Werner H. Schmidt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schmidt, Werner H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Introductions.
- Bible.
- Theology and Religious Studies--Old Testament and Ancient Near East--Introductions and Overviews.
- Theology and Religious Studies.
- Theology and Religious Studies--Theology, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies.
- Altes Testament.
- Einleitung.
- Local Subjects:
- Altes Testament.
- Einleitung.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (468 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History
- §1 The Parts of the Old Testament
- §2 The Stages of Israel's History
- §3 Aspects of Social History
- Part II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books
- §4 The Pentateuch
- §5 Selected Types of Narrative
- §6 The Yahwist History
- §7 The Elohist History
- §8 The Priestly Document
- §9 Old Testament Law
- §10 Deuteronomy
- §11 The Deuterohomistic History
- §12 The Chronicler's History
- Part IIΙ. The Prophets
- §13 The Form of Prophecy
- §14 Amos
- §15 Hosea
- §16 Isaiah
- §17 Micah
- §18 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah
- §19 Jeremiah
- §20 Ezekiel
- §21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah
- §22 Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi
- §23 Joel and Jonah
- §24 Daniel
- Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry
- §25 The Psalter
- §26 Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther
- §27 Proverbs
- §28 Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher
- §29 The Book of Job
- Part V. Theology and Hermeneutics
- §30 Discourse about God in the Old Testament
- §31 The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a "Theology of the Old Testament"
- §32 On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament
- §33 For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9783110800937
- 3110800934
- OCLC:
- 979586643
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