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082			_221 _a221.95
090			_aBS1197 _b.A63 1998
100	1		_aAnderson, Bernhard W. _9238
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding the Old Testament / _cBernhard W. Anderson ; assisted by Katheryn Phisterer Darr
246	3	0	_aOld Testament
250			_aAbridged 4th ed
260			_aUpper Saddle River, NJ : _bPrentice Hall, _cc1998
300			_axix, 635 p. : _bill. (some col.), maps ; _c24 cm
500			_aMaps of the Ancient Near East and Palestine on endpapers
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 591-625) and index
505	0	0	_tThe Story of a People -- _tThe Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament -- _tThe Story of the Bible -- _gPart I. _tThe Creation of a People -- _g1. _tThe Beginnings of Israel -- _tThe Nature of the Tradition -- _tThe Oral Tradition -- _tThe Prologue to the Exodus -- _tPopulation Unrest in the Fertile Crescent -- _tThe God of Israel's Ancestors -- _tThe Descent into Egypt -- _tThe Oppression in Egypt -- _g2. _tLiberation from Bondage -- _tThe Role of Moses -- _tThe Disclosure of God's Name -- _tThe Contest with Pharaoh -- _tThe Victory at the Sea -- _g3. _tCovenant in the Wilderness -- _tGuidance in the Wilderness -- _tThe Covenant at Sinai -- _tCovenant and Law -- _tThe Breaking of the Covenant -- _tThe Mosaic Faith -- _g4. _tThe Promised Land -- _tA Land Flowing with Milk and Honey -- _tForty Years of Wandering -- _tDetour via Transjordan -- _tThe Invasion of Canaan -- _tIsrael's Conquest of Canaan: The Deuteronomistic View -- _tAn Alternative View of the Conquest in Joshua and Judges 1 -- _tThe Nature of the Israelite Occupation -- _tThe Formation of the Tribal Confederacy -- _g5. _tThe Formation of an All-Israelite Epic -- _tFrom Tradition to Literature -- _tThe Scope of the Old Epic Narrative -- _tOverview of Israel's Epic Narrative -- _tThe Primeval History -- _tThe Ancestral History -- _tThe People's History -- _g6. _tThe Struggle Between Faith and Culture -- _tTemptations of Canaanite Culture -- _tLeaders in Crisis -- _tThe Decline of the Confederacy -- _tThe Last Judge of Israel -- _gPart II. _tIsrael Becomes Like the Nations -- _g7. _tThe Throne of David -- _tA Time of International Favor -- _tIsrael's Rustic King -- _tDavid, Architect of the Israelite State -- _tSolomon in All His Glory -- _tNew Horizons of Faith -- _g8. _tProphetic Troublers of Israel -- _tThe Background of Prophecy -- _tThe Divided Kingdom -- _tOne Prophet Against Four Hundred -- _tElijah, the Tishbite -- _tElisha and the Closing Years of the Omri Dynasty -- _g9. _tFallen is the Virgin Israel -- _tThe Revolution of Jehu -- _tThe Age of Jeroboam II -- _tThe Herdsman from Tekoa -- _tThe Prophecy of Hosea -- _tThe Fall of Samaria -- _g10. _tJudah's Covenant with Death -- _tThe Reign of Uzziah -- _tThe Book of Isaiah -- _tMicah, A Rural Prophet -- _tIsaiah's Later Career -- _g11. _tThe Rediscovery of Mosaic Torah -- _tDiffering Views of the Covenant -- _tManasseh, the Villain of Judah -- _tNew Outbursts of Prophecy -- _tThe Deuteronomic Reformation -- _tThe Book of Deuteronomy -- _tThe Renewal of the Covenant -- _tInadequacies of the Reform -- _tHabakkuk's Watchtower of Faith -- _tFaith and Nationalism -- _g12. _tThe Doom of the Nation -- _tThe Suffering Prophet -- _tThe Book of Jeremiah -- _tIn the Reign of Jehoiakim -- _tJeremiah's Confessions -- _tIn the Reign of Zedekiah -- _tBeyond the Day of Doom -- _gPart III. _tThe Covenant Community Is Renewed -- _g13. _tBy the Waters of Babylon -- _tThe Jewish Dispersion -- _tEzekiel the Priest -- _tLamentation, Mourning, and Woe -- _tThe Promise of a New Beginning -- _tLife Under Captivity -- _tPreservation of the Tradition -- _tThe Priestly Point of View -- _g14. _tThe Dawn of a New Age -- _tNew World Horizons -- _tThe Poems of Second Isaiah -- _tA Herald of Good Tidings -- _tThe Creator and Redeemer -- _tA Light to the Nations -- _tThe Servant of YHWH -- _tVictory Through Suffering -- _tThe Servant and the Messiah -- _tThe Continuing Isaiah Tradition -- _tThe Book of Isaiah as a Whole -- _g15. _tA Kingdom of Priests -- _tCyrus' Edict of Liberation -- _tThe Work of the Chroniclers -- _tZerubbabel, the Branch -- _tReconstruction and Reform -- _tEzra, the Architect of Judaism -- _tNehemiah's Terms as Governor -- _tThe Law and the Prophets -- _g16. _tThe Praises of Israel -- _tThe Book of Psalms -- _tIsrael at Worship -- _tIsrael's Pilgrimage Festivals -- _tThe Book of Psalms as a Whole -- _g17. _tThe Beginning of Wisdom -- _tThe Wisdom of the East -- _tIsrael's Wisdom Literature -- _tAn Anthology of Proverbs -- _tThe Wise and the Foolish -- _tThe Skepticism of Ecclesiastes -- _tThe Book of Job -- _tFrom Despair to Faith -- _g18. _tThe Unfinished Story -- _tTensions Within Judaism -- _tThe Hellenistic Era -- _tThe Evolution of Wisdom -- _tThe Resistance Movement -- _tThe Apocalypse of Daniel -- _tThe Kingdom That Is God's -- _tBeyond the Hebrew Bible -- _tIsrael's Pilgrimage.
630	0	0	_aBible. _pO.T. _xHistory of Biblical events. _93203
650		0	_aJews _xHistory _yTo 70 A.D. _93204
700	1		_aDarr, Katheryn Pfisterer, _d1952- _93205
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