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Old Testament : a historical and literary introduction to the Hebrew scriptures / Michael D. Coogan. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2011.Edition: second editionDescription: xxvi, 562 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195378405
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1197
  • BS1197.C769.O438 2011
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Contents:
The promised land : geography, history, and ideology -- Creations (Genesis 1-3) -- The formation of the Pentateuch -- Primeval history (Genesis 4-11) -- The ancestors of Israel (Genesis 12-50) -- Escape from Egypt (Exodus 1-15) -- From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 16-24) -- Law and ritual (Exodus 20.22-23.33 and 25-40) -- Ritual and holiness (Leviticus) -- In the wilderness (Numbers) -- The end of the journey to the Promised Land (Deuteronomy) -- Joshua and the conquest of the Land of Canaan (Joshua) -- The emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan (Judges and Ruth) -- The establishment of the monarchy (1 Samuel) -- The reign of David (2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and Psalm 132) -- The reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89) -- The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the late tenth to the early eighth centuries BCE (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14) -- The northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BCE (2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea) -- The kingdom of Judah in the eighth and early seventh centuries BCE (2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah) -- Judah in the seventh century BCE : the end of Assyrian domination (2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Zephaniah, Nahum, and the prayer of Manasseh).
After the fall : Jews in Judah and Babylon (Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel) -- Return from exile (Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35, and 40-55) -- The early restoration (Ezra 3-6, 1 Esdras, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8, and Isaiah 56-66) -- Judah in the fifth century BCE (Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Isaiah 24-27, Zechariah 9-14, Joel, Malachi, and 2 Esdras) -- Traditions rewritten and consolidated (1-2 Chronicles, Psalms and Proverbs) -- Dissidents and lovers (Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon) -- Encounters with the Greeks (1-2 Maccabees, Baruch, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and 4 Maccabees) -- Heroes under foreign rulers (Jonah, Esther, additions to Esther, Judith, Tobit, 3 Maccabees, Daniel, and additions to Daniel).
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What is the Old Testament? -- The promised land : geography, history, and ideology -- Creations (Genesis 1-3) -- The formation of the Pentateuch -- Primeval history (Genesis 4-11) -- The ancestors of Israel (Genesis 12-50) -- Escape from Egypt (Exodus 1-15) -- From Egypt to Sinai (Exodus 16-24) -- Law and ritual (Exodus 20.22-23.33 and 25-40) -- Ritual and holiness (Leviticus) -- In the wilderness (Numbers) -- The end of the journey to the Promised Land (Deuteronomy) -- Joshua and the conquest of the Land of Canaan (Joshua) -- The emergence of Israel in the Land of Canaan (Judges and Ruth) -- The establishment of the monarchy (1 Samuel) -- The reign of David (2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1-2, and Psalm 132) -- The reign of Solomon (1 Kings 1-11 and Psalm 89) -- The divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah from the late tenth to the early eighth centuries BCE (1 Kings 12-2 Kings 14) -- The northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BCE (2 Kings 14-17, Amos, and Hosea) -- The kingdom of Judah in the eighth and early seventh centuries BCE (2 Kings 15-20, 2 Chronicles 29-32, Isaiah 1-39, and Micah) -- Judah in the seventh century BCE : the end of Assyrian domination (2 Kings 21-23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Zephaniah, Nahum, and the prayer of Manasseh).

The fall of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23.31-25.30, 2 Chronicles 36, Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and the letter of Jeremiah) -- After the fall : Jews in Judah and Babylon (Lamentations, Psalm 137, Obadiah, and Ezekiel) -- Return from exile (Ezra 1-2 and Isaiah 34-35, and 40-55) -- The early restoration (Ezra 3-6, 1 Esdras, Haggai, Zechariah 1-8, and Isaiah 56-66) -- Judah in the fifth century BCE (Ezra 7-10, Nehemiah, Isaiah 24-27, Zechariah 9-14, Joel, Malachi, and 2 Esdras) -- Traditions rewritten and consolidated (1-2 Chronicles, Psalms and Proverbs) -- Dissidents and lovers (Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon) -- Encounters with the Greeks (1-2 Maccabees, Baruch, Sirach, the Wisdom of Solomon, and 4 Maccabees) -- Heroes under foreign rulers (Jonah, Esther, additions to Esther, Judith, Tobit, 3 Maccabees, Daniel, and additions to Daniel).

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