The Old Testament: Canon, History, and Literature
A clear and eloquent introductory study of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Nashville
Abingdon Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Nelson, Richard D., 1945-, The Old Testament] (2020) (Swanson, Kristin A.)
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| Summary: | A clear and eloquent introductory study of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I: Laying the Groundwork -- Chapter 1: Old Testament and Hebrew Bible as Scripture -- 1. Why Learn about the Old Testament? -- 2. Scripture and Canon -- Sidebar 1.1. BCE and CE -- Table 1. Diverging Canons -- 3. The Jewish Canon of the Hebrew Bible -- Fig. 1. Aleppo Codex -- 4. The Christian Canon of the Old Testament -- Fig. 2. Codex Sinaiticus -- Sidebar 1.2. Chapter and Verse -- 5. Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Canons -- Sidebar 1.3. The Quran -- 6. Establishing the Earliest Text -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2: Geography, History, and Religion -- 1. Geography -- (a) Israel's Homeland -- Map 1. Fertile Crescent -- (b) Physical Regions -- Map 2. Physical Regions of Palestine -- Map 3. Important Urban Centers -- (c) Climate and Agriculture -- Sidebar 2.1. The Gezer Calendar -- Fig. 3. Gezer Calendar -- (d) Neighboring Peoples -- 2. History of the Pre-Exilic Period -- (a) Pre-Monarchic Period (about 1200 to 1000 BCE) -- Fig. 4. Merneptah Stele -- (b) Monarchic Period (about 1000 to 586 BCE) -- 3. Religion -- (a) Yahweh and the Gods -- Sidebar 2.2. Asherah -- (b) The Name Yahweh -- (c) Holy Places -- Further Reading -- Part II: Torah -- Chapter 3: Investigating the Pentateuch -- 1. The Documentary Hypothesis -- (a) Irregularities and Inconsistencies -- (b) Documents Combined into the Torah Story -- (c) Yahwist and Elohist -- Sidebar 3.1. Angels -- (d) The Priestly Writing -- Sidebar 3.2. Covenant -- (e) The Flood according to J and P -- 2. Form Criticism -- (a) Narrative Genres in Genesis -- Further Reading -- Chapter 4: Creation: Genesis 1-3 -- 1. Understanding Myth -- Sidebar 4.1. Enuma Elish -- 2. Creation according to the Priestly Writer-Genesis 1:1-2:4a -- Sidebar 4.2. The Image of God -- 3. The Yahwist's Perspective on Creation-Genesis 2:4b-3:24 -- (a) Etiology. |
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| ISBN: | 1426759258 |