Stephen Harris, Robert Platzner

The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible

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Produktbeschreibung

Designed for students undertaking their first systematic study of the Hebrew Bible, this text has two goals: to acquaint readers with the content and major themes of the biblical documents, and to introduce them to issues in biblical scholarship. Pedagogically rich and reader-friendly, this text was designed for conventional introductory courses using historical-critical methodology, and will also be useful in courses studying the Bible as literature, or as a reference text in the study of ancient religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 189mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780072990515
• ISBN-10: 0072990511
• Artikelnr.: 22720668

Autorenporträt

Stephen L. Harris is Professor Emeritus of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento, where he served ten years as department chair. A Woodrow Wilson Fellow, he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Cornell University. A member of the Society of Biblical Literature, his publications include Understanding the Bible (8th edition, 2011); The Old Testament: An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible (with Robert Platzner); Classical Mythology: Images and Insights (with Gloria Platzner); Exploring the Bible; and Fire Mountains of the West: The Cascade and Mono Lake Volcanoes, a survey of volcanic hazards on the U.S. Pacific Coast; and for National Geographic Books, Restless Earth, a study of global earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. He contributed the chapter on Archaeology and Volcanism to the Encyclopedia of Volcanoes (Academic Press, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: The Hebrew Bible: An Overview 1. The Hebrew Bible: A Composite
Portrait of God and the Divine-Human Relationship 2. The Process of
Formation: The Transmission, Canonization, and Translation of the Hebrew
Bible Part II: The Biblical World: Culture and Religion 3. The Ancient Near
East: The Environment that Produced the Bible 4. The Land and Archaeology
of Ancient Israel: Historical Origins of the Covenant People 5. The God of
Israel: An Evolving Portrait Part III: The Torah 6. Who Wrote the "Books of
Moses"? 7. The Five Books of Torah (Divine Instruction) 8. In the
Beginning: The Book of Genesis 9. Freedom and Responsibility: The Book of
Exodus 10. Regulating the Divine-Human Bond: The Books of Leviticus and
Numbers 11. A Mosaic Legacy: The Book of Deuteronomy Part IV: The Prophets
(Nevi'im) I 12. Introduction to the Deuteronomistic History 13. The Book of
Joshua 14. YHWH's Warriors: The Book of Judges 15. The Birth of the
Monarchy: The Books of 1 and 2 Samuel 16. Parallel Stories of Israel and
Judah: The Books of 1 and 2 Kings Part V: The Prophets (Nevi'im) II 17. The
Nature and Function of Israelite Prophecy: Spokespersons for God 18.
Prophets to the Northern Kingdom: The Books of Amos and Hosea 19. The
Assyrian Crisis: Isaiah of Jerusalem, Micah, Zephaniah, and Nahum 20. The
Babylonian Threat: The Books of Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Obadiah 21.
Prophets in Exile: The Book of Ezekiel and Second Isaiah 22. After the
Exile: Israel's Last Prophets--Haggai, Zechariah, Third Isaiah, Joel,
Malachi, and Jonah Part VI: The Writings (Kethuvim) 23. Introduction to the
Writings: Reevaluating Israel's Life with God 24. The Postexilic
Readjustment: The Books of Ezra and Nehemiah 25. Worshiping at the Second
Temple: Hebrew Poetry and the Book of Psalms 26. Israel's Wisdom Writers:
The Books of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes 27. Four Books of the Megillot
(Festival Scrolls): Ruth, Lamentations, Songs of Songs, and Esther 28.
Reinterpreting Israel's History: The Books of 1 and 2 Chronicles 29.
Keeping Torah in a Hostile World: The Diaspora, the Maccabean Revolt,
Apocalyptism, and the Visions of Daniel Part VII: Additions to the Hebrew
Bible: The Deuterocanonical and Extracanonical Books 30. The "Second
Canon": Books of the Apocrypha 31. The Pseudepigrapha: Noncanonical
Writings of the Late Biblical Period 32. From the Maccabees to Jesus of
Nazareth: Victory, Defeat, and teh Emergence of Postbiblical Judaism and
Early Christianity Glossary of Major Old Testament Characters, Terms, and
Concepts Selected Bibliography Credits Index