The Hebrew Scriptures
Subtitle: an introduction to their literature and religious ideas
Edition: [lst ed.]
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 552
Subjects: Bible. O.T. -- Introductions
Table of contents: title: 1. The historical antecedents; title: 2. Preliminaries; title: 3. Amos; title: 4. Hosea; title: 5. Isaiah; title: 6. Micah; title: 7. Zephaniah; title: 8. Nahum; title: 9. Habakkuk; title: 10. Jeremiah; title: 11. The pre-exilic prophets: a summary; title: 12. Ezekiel; title: 13. Second Isaiah; title: 14. Exilic and post-exilic prophecy; title: 15. Haggai and the first Zechariah; title: 16. Between Zechariah and Ezra; title: 17. Other postexilic prophets; title: 18. Daniel; title: 19. Psalms; title: 20. Proverbs; title: 21. Ecclesiastes; title: 22. Job; title: 23. Lamentations; title: 24. Song of Songs; title: 25. Introduction to the narrative books; title: 26. The Pentateuch; title: 27. Genesis; title: 28. Exodus; title: 29. Leviticus; title: 30. Numbers; title: 31. Deuteronomy; title: 32. The significance of the Pentateuch; title: 33. The Deuteronomic histories; title: 34. Joshua; title: 35. Judges; title: 36. Samuel and Kings; title: 37. First and Second Chronicles; title: 38. Ezra and Nehemiah; title: 39. Ruth; title: 40. Jonah; title: 41. Esther; title: Archaeology and the Tanak; title: The sacred calendar and the priesthood; title: The Tanak in Judaism; title: The Tanak in Christianity