TY - BOOK AU - Birch,Bruce C. TI - A theological introduction to the Old Testament SN - 9780687066766 AV - BS1192 PY - 2005/// CY - Nashville PB - Abingdon Press KW - Bible KW - Old Testament KW - Theology N1 - 1 and indexes; The Old Testament as theological witness --; The created order and the re-creation of broken order --; Promises made, threatened, and fulfilled --; Bondage, exodus, wilderness --; The structures of covenant life --; "The people of the land" --; The rise of the monarchy --; Kings and prophets in the divided kingdom --; Prophecy and reform : from Jeroboam to Josiah --; Collapse/exile/hope --; Wisdom, order, protest --; New life, renewed community, new crises; 2 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip050/2004022219.html ER -