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100	1		_aArnold, Bill T., _e1
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to the Old Testament / _cBill T. Arnold, Asbury Theological Seminary. _hPR
260			_aNew York, New York : _bCambridge University Press, _c(c)2014.
300			_axvi, 409 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aIntroduction to religion
520	0		_a"This volume introduces the Old Testament and traces the legacy of monotheism first found in the pages of Israel's Scriptures"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_a1 (pages 397-399) and index.
500			_a1. What Is the Old Testament?
505	0	0	_aFriedrich Delitzsch's rejection of the Old Testament -- _tOld Testament, Tanak, or Hebrew Bible? -- _tThe legacy of monotheism -- _tIsrael's God, Yahweh -- _t"Monotheism" -- _tYour main task in reading the Old Testament.
500			_a2. Word of Truth-Word of God
505	0	0	_aThe power of words -- _tWhat is a book? --- The Old Testament canon -- _t"Canon" -- _tCouncil of Jamnia -- _tJerome, also known as Eusebius Hieronymus (circa 347-429 CE) -- _tCopies and translations of the Old Testament canon -- _tThe world's influence.
500			_a3. The Old Testament World
505	0	0	_aAxial Age changes in world history -- _tThe stage of the Old Testament drama -- _tWhat shall we call the land of the Bible? -- _tWorld history before and during the Old Testament drama -- _tChristian Thomsen and the periodization of history -- _tThe correspondence of Abdi-Heba of Jerusalem --- The Old Testament story -- _tHighlights of Israel's story.
500			_a4. The Primary History
505	0	0	_aHerodotus, father of history? -- _tAntiquarianism versus historiography -- _tHerodotus (circa 484-425 BCE), the father of history -- _tIsraelite historiography -- _tSources of Old Testament literature -- _tThe Primary History: From creation to the fall of Jerusalem -- _tSpinoza on biblical studies.
500			_a5. Beginnings
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Genesis 1-11 -- _tThe Primeval History: Genesis 1-11 -- _tHistorical and priestly traditions of Genesis 1-11 -- _tYHWH, Yahweh, and "LORD" -- _tThe concept of "creation," and the need to explain origins -- _tAncient Near Eastern parallels -- _tSources for ancient Near Eastern Texts -- _tMyth, epic, or history? Something else entirely? A question of literary type -- _tThemes of the Primeval History -- _tMonotheism and the equality of men and women.
500			_a6. Ancestors
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Genesis 12-50 -- _tFathers and mothers of faith -- _tFrom where do we get our chapter and verse numbers? -- _tMore on the literary sources of Genesis -- _tArchaeology and the search for what really hapened -- _tThe rise of archaeological research -- _tLife in ancient Israel -- _tReligion in the ancestral narratives -- _tAbraham's faith and Abrahamic religions.
500			_a7. Torah Story
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Exodus and Numbers -- _tThe Torah's literary sources -- _tIsrael's story -- _tWhat really happened/ -- _tExcerpt from the Stela of Merneptah -- _tYahweh: What kind of God?.
500			_a8. Torah Instruction
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Leviticus and Psalm 19 and 119 -- _tExcerpt from Psalm 119 -- _tCommandments, ordinances, statutes, instructions, laws, and so forth -- _tThe core of the Torah, and Israel's "ethics" -- _tThe Ten Words -- _tTen Words? Try counting them! -- _tTabernacle, sacrifice, and priesthood in ancient Israel's worship -- _tLaw "codes," writing, and monotheism -- _tHow old are the priestly legal materials of the Torah? -- _tAncient Near Eastern law codes.
500			_a9. Torah Revisited
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Deuteronomy -- _tSpeeches of Moses -- _tThe Shema -- _tCovenant renewal and the book's structure -- _tTreaty of Suppiluliuma, the Hittite "Gret King" -- _tSuccession Treaty of Esarhaddon -- _tMoses' sermons-the "center of the Old Testament" -- _tKing Josiah and his reforms -- _tThe death of Moses-The birth of Torah -- _tWhat does "Deuteronomic: mean? What about "Deuteronomistic"? -- _tThe Deuteronomistic History.
500			_a10. The Religion of Moses
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Exodus 3:1-15, 6:2-9, and 18:1-12; Psalms 104, 105, and 106 -- _tMain features of the religion of Moses -- _tMoses and Abraham -- _tExodus 6:2-9 in light of source analysis -- _tEl in Canaanite religion -- _tMoses and anceint Near Eastern precursors -- _tExcerpt from The Great Hymn to the Aten -- _tThe Baal Cycle -- _tOrigins of the religion of Moses -- _t"Shasu of YHW" in Egyptian inscriptions -- _tLegacy.
500			_a11. Was There an "Ancient Israel"?
505	0	0	_aInterpreting text and tell--the example of Jericho -- _tThe tale of a tell -- _tChronology of ancient Israelite history -- _tHigh chronology or low chronology? -- _tExcerpt from the Babylonian Chronicle -- _tExcerpt from the Cyrus Cylinder -- _tHistory of Israelite religion(s).
500			_a12. Land
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Joshua and Judges -- _tWhere is the book of Ruth? -- _tAt long last, the land! Fulfillment of the Pentateuch's promises -- _tThe books Joshua and Judges -- _tThe role of Joshua and Judges in the Deuteronomistic History -- _tWhat is "Yahweh War" in the Old Testament? -- _tThree views of what really happened -- _tIsraelite architecture and pottery -- _tIsraelite religion in Iron Age I -- _tThe problem with the promise-What about the land today? -- _tWhy does genocide play a role in Joshua and Judges?.
500			_a13. Kings
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: 1 and 2 Samuel -- _t"The scepter shall not depart from Judah" -- _tThe books of First and Second Samuel -- _tThe role of 1-2 Samuel in the Deuteronomistic History -- _tThe original source known as David's "Court History" -- _tWhat really happened -- _tThe evidence of the Tel Dan Inscription -- _tReligious expression in the United Monarchy -- _tThe strange case of 1 Samuel 28-Death cults in ancient Israel? -- _tWas Israel an ancient amphictyony?.
500			_a14. More Kings
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: 1 and 2 Kings -- _tThe books of First and Second Kings -- _tThe role of 1-2 Kings in the Deuteronomistic History -- _tExcerpts from The Instruction of Ptahhotep -- _tThe role of Josiah in Israel's hisotry and in Old Testament literature -- _tWhat really happened? -- _tExcerpt from the Babylonian Chronicles -- _tThe Black Obelisk -- _tRelgious expression embedded in the account of Israel's monarchy.
500			_a15. History Revisted
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: 1 and 2 chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah -- _tWhere is the book of Esther? -- _tA new history for postexilic times -- _tThe books of First and Second Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah -- _tDavid, Solomon, and the city of Zion -- _tThe evidence of the Moabite Stone -- _tBackground of the Chronistic History -- _tKings of ancient Persia -- _tMonotheism in the Chronistic History?
500			_a16. More Books
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Genesis 49, Deuteronomy 32, and Judges 5 -- _tAll the rest, and how they relate to the Primary and Chronistic Histories -- _tTitles and authors of ancient compositions -- _tThe characteristics and qualities of Old Testament poetry -- _tIs poetry a distinct Old Testament literary category? -- _tAcrostic structures in poetry.
500			_a17. Israel's Wisdom
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Job and Proverbs -- _tWisdom literature in the ancient Near East -- _tExcerpts from The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer -- _tThe books of Job and Proverbs -- _tAnd Ecclesiastes makes three -- _tJob's living redeemer -- _tExcerpts from The Babylonian Theodicy -- _tRevelation, monotheism, and the problem of evil -- _tExcerpts from The Instruction of Amenemope.
500			_a18. Israel's Hymnal
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: The book of Psalms -- _tThe book of Psalms -- _tWhere are the books of Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs? -- _tThe power of music -- _tForm criticism and psalm types -- _tOther methods beyond source and form criticism -- _tWhat kind of poem is Psalm 23? - Images of Yahweh/God in the book of Psalms.
500			_a19. Israel's Prophets: The Maturing Period
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah 1-39 -- _tWriting in ancient Israel -- _tWhat is "prophecy"? -- _tOther designations for Old Testament prophets -- _tAncient Near Eastern prophecies -- _tIsrael's books of prophecy -- _tThe books of Amos, Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah -- _tThe history of prophecy in ancient Israel -- _tReligious contributions of the eighth-century prophets.
500			_a20. Israel's Prophets: The Crisis and Beyond
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Jeremiah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah 40-66 -- _tThe books of Jeremiah, Obadiah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Ezekiel, and "Isaiah of the exile" -- _tWhere is the book of Lamentations? -- _tThe prophetic struggles against Zion theology -- _tThe production of a biblical book -- _tSequence of events defining "the exile" -- _tReligious contributions of the prophets of the crisis.
500			_a21. Israel's Prophets: The Restoration
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, and Jonah -- _tThe restoration of Jerusalem and Judah (Yehud) in the Persian period -- _tSequence of events defining the postexilic period -- _tThe books of Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Joel, and Jonah -- _tUse and/or abuse of the Old Testament prophets -- _tReligious contributions of the prophets of the restoration.
500			_a22. Israel's Apocalyptic Message
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Daniel -- _tWhat does "apocalyptic" mean? -- _tWhere did apocalyptic literature come from? -- _tThe book of Daniel -- _tApocalyptic texts from ancient Mesopotamia -- _tMaccabean period history -- _tContributions of Israel's apocalyptic message.
500			_a23. The Scrolls
505	0	0	_aOld Testament reading: Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther -- _tThe Megilloth, or the five scrolls -- _tEgyptian parallels to the Song of Songs -- _tMesopotamian parallels to Ecclesiates -- _tContributions of the Megilloth to Old Testament faith.
500			_a24. The Old Testament Today
505	0	0	_aAnatomy of the Old Testament -- _tEnduring contributions of the Old Testament.
500			_aIllustrations
500			_aPlates
505	0	0	_aHieroglyphics from Egypt -- _tAstrological calendar from Mesopotamia -- _tEgyptian creation -- _tClay tablet reproducing an episode of the Gilgamesh Epic (Old Babylonian period, circa 1800 BCE) -- _tThe Western Wall with the Dome of the Rock -- _tMount Nebo -- _tGlazed brick relief of dragon from the gates of Ishtar at Babylon, circa 750 BC -- _tBeth-shan -- _tTower of Lachish under siege -- _tPage from the Book of the Dead, Thebes, Nineteenth Dynasty (circa 1275 BCE) -- _tJehu, king of israel, prostrating himself before King Shalmaneser III of Assyria -- _tThe Dead Sea.
500			_aFigures
505	0	0	_aAssyriologist Friedrich Delitzsch, portrait 1903 -- _tStele of Qadesh -- _tScroll of Isaiah -- _tAhiram sarcophagus inscription -- _tTorah scroll -- _tThe Old Testament canon -- _tCaves near Qumran -- _tThe pyramids of Giza -- _tAmarna Letter -- _tHittite Treaty -- _tHerodotus -- _tSpinoza, 1632-1677 -- _tMichelangelo's Creation of Adam -- _tThe Ziggurat of Ur -- _tCuneiform tablet relating the Epic of Creation -- _tThe "Baal of Lightning'" found in a sanctuary at ancient Ugarit -- _tSir Flinders Petrie, 1853-1942 -- _tWilliam F. Albright, 1891-1971 -- _tJulius Wellhausen, 1944-1918 -- _tThe Standing Stones of Gezer -- _tPharaoh Ramses II, ca. 1279-1213 BCE -- _tSaint Catherine's Monastery at the base of Jebel Musa -- _tGold-plated calf from Byblos in ancient Phoenicia -- _tMerneptah victory stela -- _tThe tabernacle in the wilderness -- _tThe Iron Age sanctuary from Arad -- _tDetail of the Code of Hammurabi -- _tMounts Ebal and Gerizim, viewed from the east -- _tPriestly benediction on a silver amulet -- _tMichelangelo's Moses -- _tThe Canaanite god El -- _tThe god Baal of the thunderstorm -- _tAncient Jericho -- _tNabonidus Chronicle -- _tJericho, with the Mountains of Moab in the background -- _tArtist's rendition of the courtyard of an israelite four-room house -- _tMichelangelo's David -- _tPortrait of a captured Philistine -- _tCaravaggio's David -- _tThe Tel Dan Inscription -- _tSeal inscribed with "[Belonging] to Shema, the servant of Jeroboam" -- _tThe Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III of Assyria (858-824 BCE) -- _tExecution of Israelite prisoners of war at Lachish -- _tView of the City of David, with the Old City of Jerusalem in the background -- _tVictory Stela of Mesha, King of Moab -- _tCyrus Cylinder, from Babylon, southern Iraq, ca. 539-530 BCE -- _tCylinder seal depicting "contest scene" -- _tThe goddess Ma'at -- _tMesopotamian Leviathan (third millennium BCE) -- _tJug with lyre player and cymbals -- _tHermann Gunkel, 1862-1932 -- _tThe Psalms at Qumran cave II -- _tThe Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription (tenth century BCE) -- _tRendition of the Khirbet Qeiyafa Inscription -- _tExile scenes from Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh -- _tDarius I, also known as Darius the Great (522-486 BCE) -- _tYehud coin -- _tBelshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt, about 1635 -- _tAntiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE) 0-- Megillat Esther -- _tRuins of Apadana Palace, Persepolis, Iran -- _tOld Testament.
500			_aMaps
505	0	0	_aGeography of ancient Israel -- _tThe ancient Near East -- _tAncient Egypt -- _tThe Levant -- _tHighways of the ancient world -- _tJourneys of Abraham according to Genesis -- _tInitial route of the exodus -- _tInitial campaign (Joshua 1-8) -- _tIdeal northern and southern borders of the promised land -- _tSouthern campaign -- _tNorthern campaign -- _tIsrael in the land after conquest (Iron Age I) -- _tSaul's kingdom -- _tDavid's kingdom -- _tSolomon's kingdom -- _tIsrael and Judah in the Southern Levant -- _tExtent of the persian Empire -- _tPersian district "Yehud" in the satrap "Beyond the River" -- _tSouthern Levant during the eighth-century prophets -- _tThe world of the seventh- and sixth-century prophets.
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630	0	0	_aBible. _pOld Testament _xTheology.
650		0	_aMonotheism _xHistory of doctrines.
650		0	_aGod (Judaism) _xHistory of doctrines.
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