What the Old Testament authors really cared about : a survey of Jesus' Bible / Jason S. DeRouchie, editor. [print]

Introduction

Jesus' Bible: An Overview (DeRouchie).

Law

The Old Covenant Established: What the Law Is Really About -- Genesis (Dempster) -- Exodus (Turner) -- Leviticus (Mooney/DeRouchie) -- Numbers (Schmutzer) -- Deuteronomy (DeRouchie).

Prophets

The Old Covenant Enforced: What the Prophets Are Really About -- Joshua (Seevers) -- Judges (Miller) -- 1-2 Samuel (Hays) -- 1-2 Kings (Fowler-DeRouchie) -- Jeremiah (Yates) -- Ezekiel (Sprinkle) -- Isaiah (Smith) -- The Twelve (Dempster).

Writings

The Old Covenant Enjoyed: What the Writings Are Really About

Ruth (Miller/DeRouchie) -- Psalms (Crutchfield) -- Job (Curtis) -- Proverbs (Estes) -- Ecclesiastes (Curtis) -- Song of Songs (Estes) -- Lamentations (Aaron) -- Daniel (Seevers) -- Esther (Smith) -- Ezra-Nehemiah (Aaron/DeRouchie) -- 1-2 Chronicles (Bolen).

Appendixes

Extended Figures -- Key Old Testament Chapter s-- KINGDOM Bible Reading Plan -- The Law, Prophets, and Writings at a Glance -- Key Old Testament Themes in English Bible Order -- Chapte rIndex of Key Words and Concepts -- Chapter and Topical Indexes of Photographs.

Figures and Maps

Map 1 Israel: The Land Between

God's Kingdom-Building Program at a Glance -- God's K-I-N-G-D-O-M Story Through Images -- The History of Redemption in the Context of Scripture -- Redemptive History and the Overlap of the Ages -- The Structure of the English Old Testament and Jesus' Bible -- The Arrangement of Jesus' Bible -- The Bible's Covenantal Structure -- The Bible's Frame, Form, Focus, and Fulcrum -- The Bible's Structure and Message -- God's Kingdom-Buildin gProgram Narrated in the Law -- The Law at a Glance -- God's K-I-N-G-D-O-M Story Through Images -- Genesis at a Glance -- The Structure of the Creation Week in Genesis.

Map 2 The Travels of Abraham

Exodus at a Glance -- Yahweh's Mighty Acts Against Egypt -- The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20:2-17 -- General Content Distinctions of Old Testament Laws -- The Christian and Old Testament Law -- Sacred Space: The Tabernacle Compound -- Leviticus at a Glance -- Major Old Testament Sacrifices and Offerings -- The Holiness Continuum -- Sacred Space: The Tabernacle Compound -- Israel's Sacred and Civil Calendars with Selected Events -- Numbers at a Glance -- The Balaam Account and the Abrahamic Promises -- Old Testament Feasts and Sacred Days -- Circles of Sacred Space in Numbers -- Camp Arrangement in Numbers -- Some of Moses' Responses to God in Numbers -- Israel's Ten Testings of God.

Map 3 The Exodus and Wilderness Journey: Traditional Route

Deuteronomy at a Glance -- The Locus of Covenant Love in Deuteronomy 6:% -- God's Kingdom-Building Program Narrated in the Former Prophets -- The Prophets at a Glance -- God's K-I-N-G-D-O-M Story Through Images.

Map 4 Key Regions in Israel

Map 5 Key Cities and Routes in Israel

Joshua at a Glance.

Map 6 The Twelve Tribes of Israel

Old Testament Wars of Judgment -- The Downward Spiraling Cycles of Disobedience in Judges -- Judges at a Glance -- The Attractions of Idolatry -- The Six Judge Cycles -- Samuel at a Glance.

Map 7 The Kingdom of Saul

The Makeup of the Southern and Northern Kingdoms.

Map 8 The Kingdom of David and Solomon

Kings at a Glance -- The Kings of the Divided Kingdom/

Map 9 The Divided Kingdom

Key Powers, People, and Periods in the History of Israel and Judah -- Chronology of the Classical Prophets -- Jeremiah at a Glance -- The House of David: Yahweh's "Signet Ring" -- Categories of Prophetic Oracles -- Jeremiah's Two Visits to the Potter (chs.18-19) -- Jeremiah's Message: "Submit to Babylon" -- Ezekiel at a Glance -- Mosaic Coenant Blessings, Curses, and Restoration Blessings -- Isaiah at a Glance -- Main Characters in the Prophets -- The Biblical and Chronological Sequence of the Twelve -- Yahweh's Prophets in the Flow of Israel's History.

Map 10 Assyrian Empire

Map 11 Babylonian Empire

Map 12 Persian Empire

The Day of Yahweh and the Coming of Christ -- Flow of Thought in the Twelve -- God's Kingdom-Building Program Narrated in the Latter Writings -- The Writings at a Glance -- God's K-I-N-G-D-O-M Story Through Images -- Ruth at a Glance -- Psalms at a Glance -- Praise Psalm -- Lament Psalm -- Thanksgiving Psalm -- Psalms by Genre Category -- The Continuum of Emotions in the Genres of the Psalter -- Movement from Lament to Praise in the Psalter -- Job at a Glance -- Proverbs at a Glance -- Ecclesiastes at a Glance -- Song of Songs at a Glance -- Lamentations at a Glance -- Daniel at a Glance -- Kingdoms in Daniel -- Esther at a Glance.

Map 13 The Persian Empire

Ezra-Nehemiah at a Glance -- The Three Returns from Exile -- Jerusalem's Area and Population Through the Ages -- Kings vs. Chronicles -- Chronicles at a Glance -- The Genres of the Psalms in Canonical Order -- General Content Distinctions of Old Testament Laws -- Key Powers, People, and Periods in the History of Israel and Judah.

"Arranged in the order of Jesus' Jewish Bible and with helpful, one-page snapshots of essential information, this Old Testament survey has 13 maps, 80 charts, over 160 side-bars, and nearly 200 color photographs." - Back Cover.

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