The Old Testament
Subtitle: a historical and literary introduction to the Hebrew scriptures
By: Michael D. Coogan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9780195139112; 9780195139105
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- History of Biblical events; Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. -- Language, style
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Creations (Genesis 1-3); title: The formation of the Pentateuch; title: Primeval history (Genesis 4-11); title: The Promised Land : geography, history, and ideology; title: The ancestors of Israel (Genesis 12-50); title: Escape from Egypt (Exodus 1-15); title: From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 16-20; 24); title: Law and ritual (Exodus 21-23; 25-40); title: Ritual and holiness (Leviticus); title: In the wilderness (Numbers); title: The end of the journey to the Promised Land (Deuteronomy); title: Joshua and the conquest of the Land of Canaan (Joshua); title: The emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan (Judges and Ruth); title: The establishment of the monarchy (1 Samuel); title: The reign of David (2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and psalm 132); title: The reign of solomon (1 Kings 1-11); title: The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the late tenth to the early eighth centuries BCE (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14); title: The northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BCE (2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea); title: The kingdom of Judah in the eighth and early seventh centuries BCE (2 Kings 15-20, 2; title: Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah); title: Judah in the seventh century bce : the end of Assyrian domination and the reign of Josiah; title: (2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Zephaniah, Nahum, and the prayer of Massaneh); title: The fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23.31-25.30, 2 Chronicles 26, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and the letter of Jeremiah); title: After the fall : Jews in Judah and Babylon (Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel); title: Return from exile (Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35, 40-55); title: The early restoration (Ezra 3-6, 1 Esdras, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8, and Isaiah 56-66); title: Judah in the fifth century BCE (Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Zechariah 9-14, Joel, Malachi, and 2 Esdras); title: History rewritten (1-2 Chronicles); title: The consolidation of traditions (Psalms and Proverbs); title: Dissidents and lovers (Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon); title: Encounters with the Greeks (1-2 Maccabees, Baruch, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and 4 Maccabees); title: Heroes under foreign rulers (Jonah, Esther, additions to Esther, Tobit, Judith, 3 Maccabees, Daniel, and the additions to Daniel).