The Old Testament : a very short introduction /
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
c2008.
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
181 |
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Table of Contents:
- What is the Old Testament?
- Interpretive strategies
- The Old Testament and history
- The Old Testament and myth
- The exodus from Egypt: a deep probe
- "Keep my commandments": biblical law
- "Festivals of the Lord": ritual in ancient Israel
- Prophets and prophecies
- Hezekiah and Sennacherib: another deep probe
- Poetry and dissent
- "Let us now praise famous men"--and women
- The enduring significance of the Old Testament.