Jehovah and the world of the Old Testament
By: Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Dana M. Pike, David Rolph Seely.
Contributors: Pike, Dana M.; Seely, David Rolph.
Publisher: Deseret Book
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Salt Lake City, Utah
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781606411360
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. -- O.T. -- History of contemporary events
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to Jehovah and the world of the Old Testament; title: Names of God in the Old Testament; title: The world of Adam and Eve (Genesis 1-11); title: The physical and social world of the ancient Near East; title: The world of the patriarchs and matriarchs (Genesis 12-50); title: The Abrahamic covenant; title: The world of Egypt; title: The world of Moses: bondage and redemption (Exodus 1-40); title: The tabernacle of the Lord (Exodus 35-40); title: The Mosaic covenant; title: A call to holiness (Leviticus 1-27); title: Israel in the wilderness (Numbers 1-36); title: The repetition of the law (Deuteronomy 1-34); title: The five books of Moses; title: What kind of history?; title: The world of Joshua (Joshua 1-24); title: Israel's neighbors; title: Canaanite religion; title: The world of the judges (Judges 1-21); title: Ruth the Moabitess (Ruth 1-4); title: The world of Saul, David, and Solomon (1-2 Samuel and 1 Kings 1-11); title: Solomon's temple; title: Poetry in the Old Testament; title: The world of song and praise (Psalms 1-150 and Song of Solomon 1-8); title: Wisdom literature (Proverbs 1-31); title: The righteous sufferer (Job 1-42); title: The world of Israel and Judah (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 17); title: The Assyrians; title: The aftermath of the Northern Kingdom (2 Kings 17:24-41); title: Isaiah the prophet; title: The world of Hezekiah and Josiah (2 Kings 18-23); title: The Babylonians; title: The world of Jeremiah and Zedekiah (2 Kings 24-25); title: Ostraca, seals, and bullae; title: The world of the exile (Ezekiel 1-48 and Daniel 1-12); title: The Persians; title: The world of the Jewish return (Ezra 1-10 and Nehemiah 1-13); title: The story of the Old Testament; title: The Restoration and the Old Testament.