Old Testament Introduction
2nd Edition
Published on 6. February 2015
XIII, 452 pages
978-3-11-080093-7 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Part I. Survey of the Old Testament and Its History
- §1 The Parts of the Old Testament
- a) Name and Structure
- b) The Formation of the Canon
- §2 The Stages of Israel's History
- a) Nomadic Antiquity
- b) The Early Period before the State (Settlement and Age of the Judges)
- c) The Period of the Monarchy
- d) The Exilic and Postexilic Periods
- §3 Aspects of Social History
- a) The Nomadic Clans
- b) Ownership of Land
- c) Changes Brought by the Monarchy
- d) Social Contrasts in the Time of the Major Prophets
- e) The Postexilic Situation
- Patt II. Traditions and Documentary Sources of the Pentateuch and the Historical Books
- §4 The Pentateuch
- a) Name and Structure
- b) Stages and Problems of Pentateuchal Scholarship
- §5 Selected lypes of Narrative
- a) Myth and Primeval History
- b) The Saga as a Form of Transmission
- c) The Joseph Novella
- §6 The Yahwist History
- a) Introductory Questions
- b) Theological Intentions
- §7 The Elohist History
- a) Introductory Questions
- b) Theological Intentions
- §8 The Priestly Document
- a) Introductory Questions
- b) Theological Intentions
- §9 Old Testament Law
- a) The Forms of Legal Statement
- b) Collections of Laws
- §10 Deuteronomy
- a) Introductory Questions
- b) Theological Intentions
- §11 The Deuteronomistic History
- a) Introductory Questions
- b) Theological Intentions
- c) From the Book of Joshua to the Books of Kings
- §12 The Chronicler's History
- a) Chronicles
- b) Ezra and Nehemiah
- c) Theological Intentions
- Part III. The Prophets
- §13 The Form of Prophecy
- a) Prophetie Utterance and Prophetie Book
- b) Main Categories of Prophetie Literature
- c) Questions in Contemporary Study of the Prophets
- d) Precursors of the Writing Prophets
- §14 Amos
- §15 Hosea
- §16 Isaiah
- §17 Micah
- §18 Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and Obadiah
- §19 Jeremiah
- §20 Ezekiel
- §21 Second Isaiah and Third Isaiah
- §22 Haggai, Zechariah, Second Zechariah, Malachi
- §23 Joel and Jonah
- §24 Daniel
- Part IV. Liturgical and Sapiential Poetry
- §25 The Psalter
- §26 Song of Solomon, Lamentations, Ruth, and Esther
- §27 Proverbs
- §28 Qoheleth or Ecclesiastes: Solomon the Preacher
- §29 The Book of Job
- Part V. Theology and Hermeneutics
- §30 Discourse about God in the Old Testament
- §31 The Question of the Unity of the Old Testament Aspects of a "Theology of the Old Testament
- §32 On Understanding Humankind: Anthropological Insights of the Old Testament
- §33 For and Against the Old Testament: Hermeneutic Themes
- Bibliography
- Index
