TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderson,Bernhard W.
AU  - Darr,Katheryn Pfisterer
TI  - Understanding the Old Testament
SN  - 0139483993 (pbk.)
U1  - 221.95 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, NJ
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - History of Biblical events
KW  - Jews
KW  - History
KW  - To 70 A.D
N1  - Maps of the Ancient Near East and Palestine on endpapers; Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-625) and index; The Story of a People --; The Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament --; The Story of the Bible --; Part I; The Creation of a People --; 1; The Beginnings of Israel --; The Nature of the Tradition --; The Oral Tradition --; The Prologue to the Exodus --; Population Unrest in the Fertile Crescent --; The God of Israel's Ancestors --; The Descent into Egypt --; The Oppression in Egypt --; 2; Liberation from Bondage --; The Role of Moses --; The Disclosure of God's Name --; The Contest with Pharaoh --; The Victory at the Sea --; 3; Covenant in the Wilderness --; Guidance in the Wilderness --; The Covenant at Sinai --; Covenant and Law --; The Breaking of the Covenant --; The Mosaic Faith --; 4; The Promised Land --; A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey --; Forty Years of Wandering --; Detour via Transjordan --; The Invasion of Canaan --; Israel's Conquest of Canaan: The Deuteronomistic View --; An Alternative View of the Conquest in Joshua and Judges 1 --; The Nature of the Israelite Occupation --; The Formation of the Tribal Confederacy --; 5; The Formation of an All-Israelite Epic --; From Tradition to Literature --; The Scope of the Old Epic Narrative --; Overview of Israel's Epic Narrative --; The Primeval History --; The Ancestral History --; The People's History --; 6; The Struggle Between Faith and Culture --; Temptations of Canaanite Culture --; Leaders in Crisis --; The Decline of the Confederacy --; The Last Judge of Israel --; Part II; Israel Becomes Like the Nations --; 7; The Throne of David --; A Time of International Favor --; Israel's Rustic King --; David, Architect of the Israelite State --; Solomon in All His Glory --; New Horizons of Faith --; 8; Prophetic Troublers of Israel --; The Background of Prophecy --; The Divided Kingdom --; One Prophet Against Four Hundred --; Elijah, the Tishbite --; Elisha and the Closing Years of the Omri Dynasty --; 9; Fallen is the Virgin Israel --; The Revolution of Jehu --; The Age of Jeroboam II --; The Herdsman from Tekoa --; The Prophecy of Hosea --; The Fall of Samaria --; 10; Judah's Covenant with Death --; The Reign of Uzziah --; The Book of Isaiah --; Micah, A Rural Prophet --; Isaiah's Later Career --; 11; The Rediscovery of Mosaic Torah --; Differing Views of the Covenant --; Manasseh, the Villain of Judah --; New Outbursts of Prophecy --; The Deuteronomic Reformation --; The Book of Deuteronomy --; The Renewal of the Covenant --; Inadequacies of the Reform --; Habakkuk's Watchtower of Faith --; Faith and Nationalism --; 12; The Doom of the Nation --; The Suffering Prophet --; The Book of Jeremiah --; In the Reign of Jehoiakim --; Jeremiah's Confessions --; In the Reign of Zedekiah --; Beyond the Day of Doom --; Part III; The Covenant Community Is Renewed --; 13; By the Waters of Babylon --; The Jewish Dispersion --; Ezekiel the Priest --; Lamentation, Mourning, and Woe --; The Promise of a New Beginning --; Life Under Captivity --; Preservation of the Tradition --; The Priestly Point of View --; 14; The Dawn of a New Age --; New World Horizons --; The Poems of Second Isaiah --; A Herald of Good Tidings --; The Creator and Redeemer --; A Light to the Nations --; The Servant of YHWH --; Victory Through Suffering --; The Servant and the Messiah --; The Continuing Isaiah Tradition --; The Book of Isaiah as a Whole --; 15; A Kingdom of Priests --; Cyrus' Edict of Liberation --; The Work of the Chroniclers --; Zerubbabel, the Branch --; Reconstruction and Reform --; Ezra, the Architect of Judaism --; Nehemiah's Terms as Governor --; The Law and the Prophets --; 16; The Praises of Israel --; The Book of Psalms --; Israel at Worship --; Israel's Pilgrimage Festivals --; The Book of Psalms as a Whole --; 17; The Beginning of Wisdom --; The Wisdom of the East --; Israel's Wisdom Literature --; An Anthology of Proverbs --; The Wise and the Foolish --; The Skepticism of Ecclesiastes --; The Book of Job --; From Despair to Faith --; 18; The Unfinished Story --; Tensions Within Judaism --; The Hellenistic Era --; The Evolution of Wisdom --; The Resistance Movement --; The Apocalypse of Daniel --; The Kingdom That Is God's --; Beyond the Hebrew Bible --; Israel's Pilgrimage
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