TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arnold,Bill T.
TI  - Introduction to the Old Testament
T2  - Introduction to religion
SN  - 9780521879651
AV  - BS1192.A752.I587 2014 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Bible
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - Theology
KW  - Monotheism
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - God (Judaism)
N1  - 1. What Is the Old Testament?; 2. Word of Truth-Word of God; 3. The Old Testament World; 4. The Primary History; 5. Beginnings; 6. Ancestors; 7. Torah Story; 8. Torah Instruction; 9. Torah Revisited; 10. The Religion of Moses; 11. Was There an "Ancient Israel"?; 12. Land; 13. Kings; 14. More Kings; 15. History Revisted; 16. More Books; 17. Israel's Wisdom; 18. Israel's Hymnal; 19. Israel's Prophets: The Maturing Period; 20. Israel's Prophets: The Crisis and Beyond; 21. Israel's Prophets: The Restoration; 22. Israel's Apocalyptic Message; 23. The Scrolls; 24. The Old Testament Today; Illustrations; Plates; Figures; Maps; 1 (pages 397-399) and index; Friedrich Delitzsch's rejection of the Old Testament --; Old Testament, Tanak, or Hebrew Bible? --; The legacy of monotheism --; Israel's God, Yahweh --; "Monotheism" --; Your main task in reading the Old Testament; The power of words --; What is a book? --- The Old Testament canon --; "Canon" --; Council of Jamnia --; Jerome, also known as Eusebius Hieronymus (circa 347-429 CE) --; Copies and translations of the Old Testament canon --; The world's influence; Axial Age changes in world history --; The stage of the Old Testament drama --; What shall we call the land of the Bible? --; World history before and during the Old Testament drama --; Christian Thomsen and the periodization of history --; The correspondence of Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem --- The Old Testament story --; Highlights of Israel's story; Herodotus, father of history? --; Antiquarianism versus historiography --; Herodotus (circa 484-425 BCE), the father of history --; Israelite historiography --; Sources of Old Testament literature --; The Primary History: From creation to the fall of Jerusalem --; Spinoza on biblical studies; Old Testament reading: Genesis 1-11 --; The Primeval History: Genesis 1-11 --; Historical and priestly traditions of Genesis 1-11 --; YHWH, Yahweh, and "LORD" --; The concept of "creation," and the need to explain origins --; Ancient Near Eastern parallels --; Sources for ancient Near Eastern Texts --; Myth, epic, or history? Something else entirely? A question of literary type --; Themes of the Primeval History --; Monotheism and the equality of men and women; Old Testament reading: Genesis 12-50 --; Fathers and mothers of faith --; From where do we get our chapter and verse numbers? --; More on the literary sources of Genesis --; Archaeology and the search for what really hapened --; The rise of archaeological research --; Life in ancient Israel --; Religion in the ancestral narratives --; Abraham's faith and Abrahamic religions; Old Testament reading: Exodus and Numbers --; The Torah's literary sources --; Israel's story --; What really happened/ --; Excerpt from the Stela of Merneptah --; Yahweh: What kind of God?; Old Testament reading: Leviticus and Psalm 19 and 119 --; Excerpt from Psalm 119 --; Commandments, ordinances, statutes, instructions, laws, and so forth --; The core of the Torah, and Israel's "ethics" --; The Ten Words --; Ten Words? Try counting them! --; Tabernacle, sacrifice, and priesthood in ancient Israel's worship --; Law "codes," writing, and monotheism --; How old are the priestly legal materials of the Torah? --; Ancient Near Eastern law codes; Old Testament reading: Deuteronomy --; Speeches of Moses --; The Shema --; Covenant renewal and the book's structure --; Treaty of Suppiluliuma, the Hittite "Gret King" --; Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon --; Moses' sermons-the "center of the Old Testament" --; King Josiah and his reforms --; The death of Moses-The birth of Torah --; What does "Deuteronomic: mean? What about "Deuteronomistic"? --; The Deuteronomistic History; Old Testament reading: Exodus 3:1-15, 6:2-9, and 18:1-12; Psalms 104, 105, and 106 --; Main features of the religion of Moses --; Moses and Abraham --; Exodus 6:2-9 in light of source analysis --; El in Canaanite religion --; Moses and anceint Near Eastern precursors --; Excerpt from The Great Hymn to the Aten --; The Baal Cycle --; Origins of the religion of Moses --; "Shasu of YHW" in Egyptian inscriptions --; Legacy; Interpreting text and tell--the example of Jericho --; The tale of a tell --; Chronology of ancient Israelite history --; High chronology or low chronology? --; Excerpt from the Babylonian Chronicle --; Excerpt from the Cyrus Cylinder --; History of Israelite religion(s); Old Testament reading: Joshua and Judges --; Where is the book of Ruth? --; At long last, the land! Fulfillment of the Pentateuch's promises --; The books Joshua and Judges --; The role of Joshua and Judges in the Deuteronomistic History --; What is "Yahweh War" in the Old Testament? --; Three views of what really happened --; Israelite architecture and pottery --; Israelite religion in Iron Age I --; The problem with the promise-What about the land today? --; Why does genocide play a role in Joshua and Judges?; Old Testament reading: 1 and 2 Samuel --; "The scepter shall not depart from Judah" --; The books of First and Second Samuel --; The role of 1-2 Samuel in the Deuteronomistic History --; The original source known as David's "Court History" --; What really happened --; The evidence of the Tel Dan Inscription --; Religious expression in the United Monarchy --; The strange case of 1 Samuel 28-Death cults in ancient Israel? --; Was Israel an ancient amphictyony?; Old Testament reading: 1 and 2 Kings --; The books of First and Second Kings --; The role of 1-2 Kings in the Deuteronomistic History --; Excerpts from The Instruction of Ptahhotep --; The role of Josiah in Israel's hisotry and in Old Testament literature --; What really happened? --; Excerpt from the Babylonian Chronicles --; The Black Obelisk --; Relgious expression embedded in the account of Israel's monarchy; Old Testament reading: 1 and 2 chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah --; Where is the book of Esther? --; A new history for postexilic times --; The books of First and Second Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah --; David, Solomon, and the city of Zion --; The evidence of the Moabite Stone --; Background of the Chronistic History --; Kings of ancient Persia --; Monotheism in the Chronistic History?; Old Testament reading: Genesis 49, Deuteronomy 32, and Judges 5 --; All the rest, and how they relate to the Primary and Chronistic Histories --; Titles and authors of ancient compositions --; The characteristics and qualities of Old Testament poetry --; Is poetry a distinct Old Testament literary category? --; Acrostic structures in poetry; Old Testament reading: Job and Proverbs --; Wisdom literature in the ancient Near East --; Excerpts from The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer --; The books of Job and Proverbs --; And Ecclesiastes makes three --; Job's living redeemer --; Excerpts from The Babylonian Theodicy --; Revelation, monotheism, and the problem of evil --; Excerpts from The Instruction of Amenemope; Old Testament reading: The book of Psalms --; The book of Psalms --; Where are the books of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs? --; The power of music --; Form criticism and psalm types --; Other methods beyond source and form criticism --; What kind of poem is Psalm 23? - Images of Yahweh/God in the book of Psalms; Old Testament reading: Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah 1-39 --; Writing in ancient Israel --; What is "prophecy"? --; Other designations for Old Testament prophets --; Ancient Near Eastern prophecies --; Israel's books of prophecy --; The books of Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah --; The history of prophecy in ancient Israel --; Religious contributions of the eighth-century prophets; Old Testament reading: Jeremiah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah 40-66 --; The books of Jeremiah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezekiel, and "Isaiah of the exile" --; Where is the book of Lamentations? --; The prophetic struggles against Zion theology --; The production of a biblical book --; Sequence of events defining "the exile" --; Religious contributions of the prophets of the crisis; Old Testament reading: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, and Jonah --; The restoration of Jerusalem and Judah (Yehud) in the Persian period --; Sequence of events defining the postexilic period --; The books of Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, and Jonah --; Use and/or abuse of the Old Testament prophets --; Religious contributions of the prophets of the restoration; Old Testament reading: Daniel --; What does "apocalyptic" mean? --; Where did apocalyptic literature come from? --; The book of Daniel --; Apocalyptic texts from ancient Mesopotamia --; Maccabean period history --; Contributions of Israel's apocalyptic message; Old Testament reading: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther --; The Megilloth, or the five scrolls --; Egyptian parallels to the Song of Songs --; Mesopotamian parallels to Ecclesiates --; Contributions of the Megilloth to Old Testament faith; Anatomy of the Old Testament --; Enduring contributions of the Old Testament; Hieroglyphics from Egypt --; Astrological calendar from Mesopotamia --; Egyptian creation --; Clay tablet reproducing an episode of the Gilgamesh Epic (Old Babylonian period, circa 1800 BCE) --; The Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock --; Mount Nebo --; Glazed brick relief of dragon from the gates of Ishtar at Babylon, circa 750 BC --; Beth-shan --; Tower of Lachish under siege --; Page from the Book of the Dead, Thebes, Nineteenth Dynasty (circa 1275 BCE) --; Jehu, king of israel, prostrating himself before King Shalmaneser III of Assyria --; The Dead Sea; Assyriologist Friedrich Delitzsch, portrait 1903 --; Stele of Qadesh --; Scroll of Isaiah --; Ahiram sarcophagus inscription --; Torah scroll --; The Old Testament canon --; Caves near Qumran --; The pyramids of Giza --; Amarna Letter --; Hittite Treaty --; Herodotus --; Spinoza, 1632-1677 --; Michelangelo's Creation of Adam --; The Ziggurat of Ur --; Cuneiform tablet relating the Epic of Creation --; The "Baal of Lightning'" found in a sanctuary at ancient Ugarit --; Sir Flinders Petrie, 1853-1942 --; William F. Albright, 1891-1971 --; Julius Wellhausen, 1944-1918 --; The Standing Stones of Gezer --; Pharaoh Ramses II, ca. 1279-1213 BCE --; Saint Catherine's Monastery at the base of Jebel Musa --; Gold-plated calf from Byblos in ancient Phoenicia --; Merneptah victory stela --; The tabernacle in the wilderness --; The Iron Age sanctuary from Arad --; Detail of the Code of Hammurabi --; Mounts Ebal and Gerizim, viewed from the east --; Priestly benediction on a silver amulet --; Michelangelo's Moses --; The Canaanite god El --; The god Baal of the thunderstorm --; Ancient Jericho --; Nabonidus Chronicle --; Jericho, with the Mountains of Moab in the background --; Artist's rendition of the courtyard of an israelite four-room house --; Michelangelo's David --; Portrait of a captured Philistine --; Caravaggio's David --; The Tel Dan Inscription --; Seal inscribed with "[Belonging] to Shema, the servant of Jeroboam" --; The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (858-824 BCE) --; Execution of Israelite prisoners of war at Lachish --; View of the City of David, with the Old City of Jerusalem in the background --; Victory Stela of Mesha, King of Moab --; Cyrus Cylinder, from Babylon, southern Iraq, ca. 539-530 BCE --; Cylinder seal depicting "contest scene" --; The goddess Ma'at --; Mesopotamian Leviathan (third millennium BCE) --; Jug with lyre player and cymbals --; Hermann Gunkel, 1862-1932 --; The Psalms at Qumran cave II --; The Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (tenth century BCE) --; Rendition of the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription --; Exile scenes from Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh --; Darius I, also known as Darius the Great (522-486 BCE) --; Yehud coin --; Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt, about 1635 --; Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE) 0-- Megillat Esther --; Ruins of Apadana Palace, Persepolis, Iran --; Old Testament; Geography of ancient Israel --; The ancient Near East --; Ancient Egypt --; The Levant --; Highways of the ancient world --; Journeys of Abraham according to Genesis --; Initial route of the exodus --; Initial campaign (Joshua 1-8) --; Ideal northern and southern borders of the promised land --; Southern campaign --; Northern campaign --; Israel in the land after conquest (Iron Age I) --; Saul's kingdom --; David's kingdom --; Solomon's kingdom --; Israel and Judah in the Southern Levant --; Extent of the persian Empire --; Persian district "Yehud" in the satrap "Beyond the River" --; Southern Levant during the eighth-century prophets --; The world of the seventh- and sixth-century prophets; 2
N2  - "This volume introduces the Old Testament and traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of Israel's Scriptures"--; "This volume introduces ancient Israel's Scriptures, or the Hebrew Bible, commonly called the Old Testament. It also traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of the Old Testament. Where pertinent to the message of the Old Testament, the book explores issues of history, comparative religions, and sociology, while striking a balance among these topics by focusing primarily on literary features of the text. In addition, frequent sidebar discussions introduce the reader to contemporary scholarship, especially the results of historical-critical research and archaeology. Along the way, the book explores how the Old Testament conceptualized and gave rise to monotheism, one of the most significant developments in history. - Pays unique attention to the origins of monotheism, the common heritage of Jews, Christians, and Muslims - Includes generous number of illustrations, 20 freshly created maps, and frequent sidebar discussions in each chapter, as well as concise chapter summaries and glossary of terms - Web component includes study guides, flashcards, Powerpoint slides, a test bank, further maps, and other teacher and student resources"--
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