TY - BOOK AU - Collins,John J. TI - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible SN - 9780800629915 AV - BS1140 PY - 2004/// CY - Minneapolis, Minnesota PB - Fortress Press N1 - 1; Introduction: What are the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament --; part 1. The Torah/Pentateuch. The Near Eastern context --; The nature of the Pentateuchal narrative --; The primeval history --; The patriarchs --; The exodus from Egypt --; The revelation at Sinai --; The priestly theology : Exodus 25-40, Leviticus, and Numbers --; Deuteronomy --; part 2. The Deuteronomistic history. Joshua --; Judges --; First Samuel --; Second Samuel --; 1 Kings 1-16 : Solomon and the divided monarchy --; 1 Kings 12-2 Kings 25 : Tales of prophets and the end of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah --; part 3. Prophecy. Amos and Hosea --; Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, and Zephaniah --; The Babylonian era : Habakkuk, Jeremiah, and Lamentations --; The Exilic Period : Ezekiel and Obadiah --; The additions to the Book of Isaiah --; Postexilic prophecy : Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel --; part 4. The writings. Ezra and Nehemiah --; The books of Chronicles --; The Psalms and Song of Songs --; Proverbs --; Job and Qoheleth --; The Hebrew short story : Ruth, Jonah, Esther, Tobit, Judith --; Daniel, 1-2 Maccabees --; The Deuterocanical Wisdom books : Ben Sira, Wisdom of Solomon, Baruch --; From tradition to canon; 2 ER -