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Understanding the Old Testament
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Title
Understanding the Old Testament / Bernhard W. Anderson ; assisted by Katheryn Phisterer Darr.
ISBN
0139483993
9780139483998
Edition
Abridged 4th ed.
Published
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, ©1998.
Physical Description
xix, 635 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Notes
Maps of the Ancient Near East and Palestine on endpapers.
Variant and related titles
Old Testament
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 22, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-625) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The Old Testament as the story of a people
pt. 1: The creation of a people
The beginnings of Israel
Liberation from bondage
Covenant in the wilderness
The promised land
The formation of an all-Israelite epic
The struggle between faith and culture
pt. 2: Israel becomes like the nations
The throne of David
Prophetic troublers of Israel
Fallen is the virgin Israel
Judah's covenant with death
The rediscovery of Mosaic Torah
The doom of the nation
pt. 3: The covenant community is renewed
By the waters of Babylon
The dawn of a new age
A kingdom of priests
The praises of Israel
The beginning of wisdom
The unfinished story.
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History.
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