Old Testament Introduction
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Old Testament Introduction

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9783110157758
eBook ISBN
9783110800937
Edition
2
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History
  3. §1 The Parts of the Old Testament
  4. a) Name and Structure
  5. b) The Formation of the Canon
  6. §2 The Stages of Israel's History
  7. a) Nomadic Antiquity
  8. b) The Early Period before the State (Settlement and Age of the Judges)
  9. c) The Period of the Monarchy
  10. d) The Exilic and Postexilic Periods
  11. §3 Aspects of Social History
  12. a) The Nomadic Clans
  13. b) Ownership of Land
  14. c) Changes Brought by the Monarchy
  15. d) Social Contrasts in the Time of the Major Prophets
  16. e) The Postexilic Situation
  17. Patt II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books
  18. §4 The Pentateuch
  19. a) Name and Structure
  20. b) Stages and Problems of Pentateuchal Scholarship
  21. §5 Selected lypes of Narrative
  22. a) Myth and Primeval History
  23. b) The Saga as a Form of Transmission
  24. c) The Joseph Novella
  25. §6 The Yahwist History
  26. a) Introductory Questions
  27. b) Theological Intentions
  28. §7 The Elohist History
  29. a) Introductory Questions
  30. b) Theological Intentions
  31. §8 The Priestly Document
  32. a) Introductory Questions
  33. b) Theological Intentions
  34. §9 Old Testament Law
  35. a) The Forms of Legal Statement
  36. b) Collections of Laws
  37. §10 Deuteronomy
  38. a) Introductory Questions
  39. b) Theological Intentions
  40. §11 The Deuteronomistic History
  41. a) Introductory Questions
  42. b) Theological Intentions
  43. c) From the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings
  44. §12 The Chronicler's History
  45. a) Chronicles
  46. b) Ezra and Nehemiah
  47. c) Theological Intentions
  48. Part III. The Prophets
  49. §13 The Form of Prophecy
  50. a) Prophetie Utterance and Prophetie Book
  51. b) Main Categories of Prophetie Literature
  52. c) Questions in Contemporary Study of the Prophets
  53. d) Precursors of the Writing Prophets
  54. §14 Amos
  55. §15 Hosea
  56. §16 Isaiah
  57. §17 Micah
  58. §18 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah
  59. §19 Jeremiah
  60. §20 Ezekiel
  61. §21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah
  62. §22 Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi
  63. §23 Joel and Jonah
  64. §24 Daniel
  65. Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry
  66. §25 The Psalter
  67. §26 Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther
  68. §27 Proverbs
  69. §28 Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher
  70. §29 The Book of Job
  71. Part V. Theology and Hermeneutics
  72. §30 Discourse about God in the Old Testament
  73. §31 The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a "Theology of the Old Testament"
  74. §32 On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament
  75. §33 For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes
  76. Bibliography
  77. Index

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