| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 205 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Charts, Boxes, Maps, and Figures; A Note on Transliteration; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Story of the Old Testament and the Old Testament as Story; The Story of the Old Testament; The Old Testament as Story; The Rest of the Story ... and this Book; Suggestions for Further Reading; 2 The Pentateuch (Torah); The Beginning of Two-or Rather Three-Different Stories; The Scholarly Story of the Torah; The Story the Torah Tells; Genesis (Bereshith); Exodus (Shemoth); Leviticus (Vayyiqra); Numbers (Bemidbar) |
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Deuteronomy (Devarim); What the Torah Is All about: Two Things; Divine Creation(s); Divine Command(s); Suggestions for Further Reading; 3 The Prophets (Neviʼim); The Scholarly Story of the Former Prophets; The Story the Former Prophets Tell; Joshua (Yehoshua); Judges (Shofetim); Samuel (Shemuel); Kings (Melakhim); The Scholarly Story of the Latter Prophets; The "Story" the Latter Prophets Tell; Isaiah (Yeshayahu); Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu); Ezekiel (Yechezkel); The Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets; What the Prophets Are All about: Two Things; God's Mirror; God's Mishpat-and-Tzedaqah |
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Suggestions for Further Reading4 The Writings (Ketuvim); The Scholarly Story of the Writings; The Story/Stories/"Stories" the Writings Tell; Psalms (Tehillim); Proverbs (Mishley Shelomo); Job (ʼIyov); The Song of Songs (Shir ha-Shirim); Ruth; Lamentations (Eykah); Ecclesiastes (Qohelet); Esther; Daniel; Ezra-Nehemiah; Chronicles (Divrei ha-Yamim); What the Writings Are All About: Two Things; Life ... ; ... and Life with God; Suggestions for Further Reading; 5 From Story to Song; Summarizing the Old Testament's "Stories"; The Scholarly Story about the Old Testament; The Old Testament's (Own) Story |
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Revisiting the Old Testament as "Story"The Old Testament as "Poetry"; The Old Testament: An Open Book; Suggestions for Further Reading; List of Introductions to the Old Testament and Other Useful Works; Scripture and Ancient Source Index; Subject and Author Index |
| Summary |
"This concise volume introduces readers to the three main sections of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) and to the biblical books found in each. It is organized around two primary "stories": the story that scholars tell about the Old Testament and the story the literature itself tells. Concluding with a reconsideration of the Old Testament as more like poetry than a story, three main chapters cover: The Pentateuch (Torah), The Prophets (Neviʼim), The Writings (Ketuvim). With key summaries of what the parts of the Old Testament "are all about," and including suggestions for further reading, this volume is an ideal introduction for students of and newcomers to the Old Testament"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Brent A. Strawn is Professor of Old Testament at Duke University, USA. He has edited more than20 volumes to date, including the award-winning The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Law (2015). His most recent book is The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017). He was a member of the translation team and editorial board for The Common English Bible |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2019) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Introductions
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
RELIGION -- Bible -- Study -- Old Testament.
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RELIGION -- General.
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| Genre/Form |
Introductions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019036235 |
| ISBN |
1135121559 |
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9780203075692 |
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0203075692 |
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9781135121563 |
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1135121567 |
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9781135121518 |
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1135121516 |
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9781135121556 |
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