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ISBN-10 : 111963668X 

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Author :  David M. Carr 

The newly revised second edition of The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh delivers a brief and up-to-date introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in the broader context of world history. Its treatment of the formation of the Bible amidst different historical periods allows readers to understand the biblical texts in context. It also introduces readers to scholarly methods used to explore the formation of the Hebrew Bible and its later interpretation by Jews and Christians.

 

The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and the Jewish Tanakh 1st Table of contents:

1 Studying the Bible in its Ancient Context(s)
Academic Study of the Bible
The Geography and Major Characters of the Biblical Drama
Major Periods in the Biblical Drama
Multiple Contexts, Multiple Methods
Conclusion
CHAPTER ONE REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
APPENDIX: ISRAEL’S HISTORY AND EMPIRES
2 The Emergence of Ancient Israel and its First Oral Traditions
Imagining Early Israel
Problems in Reconstructing Early Israel
FOCUS TEXT: The Song of Deborah (Judges 5) as a Window to Ancient Tribal Israel
Ancient Israel and Israelites
The Oral Background of Genesis
Exodus
Conclusion: The Creation of “Israel” Through Cultural Memory of Resistance to Domination
CHAPTER TWO REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
3 Beginnings of the Monarchy and Royal and Zion Texts
Imagining Early Monarchal Israel
The Rise of the Israelite Monarchy and Resistance to It
The Story of David’s Succession
Influence of Ancient Empires on Early Israel’s Monarchy and Writings
Echoes of Near Eastern Royal Theology in the Royal and Zion Psalms
CHAPTER THREE REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
4 Interlude
Echoes of Texts from Earlier Empires in Writings Attributed to Solomon
FOCUS TEXT: The Speech of Lady Wisdom in Proverbs 8
Echoes of Texts from Earlier Empires Elsewhere in the Bible
FOCUS TEXT: The Garden of Eden Story (Gen 2:4–3:24)
Conclusion
CHAPTER FOUR REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
5 Narrative and Prophecy Amidst the Rise and Fall of The Northern Kingdom
Setting the Stage: The Rise of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and Its Texts
Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy
Amos, Prophet of Justice
Hosea, the Northern Prophet, Calling for Israel’s Devotion to Yahweh Alone
Conclusion
CHAPTER FIVE REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
6 Micah, Isaiah, and the Southern Prophetic Encounter with Assyria
The Historical Context for Micah and Isaiah
Micah, a Southern Prophet, Predicting Judgment for Judah and Jerusalem
Isaiah’s Vision of Hope for Jerusalem/Zion Embedded in the Book of Isaiah
FOCUS TEXT: Contrasting Prophetic Visions of Zion’s Future
CHAPTER SIX REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
7 Torah and History in the Wake of the Assyrian Empire
The Seventh Century: Josiah’s Reform and the Origins of Deuteronomy
The Deuteronomic Torah of Moses and the Phenomenon of Hybridity
Historical Texts Infused with the Theology and Values of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomistic editing and use of earlier sources in the former prophets
Hybridity and the Traumatic Shaping of History
FOCUS TEXT: Deuteronomy 6:4–9
CHAPTER SEVEN REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
8 Prophecy in the Transition from Assyrian to Babylonian Domination
Nahum
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
The growth of the book of Jeremiah
FOCUS TEXT: Jer 31:31–34
Conclusion to the Pre‐Exilic Period
CHAPTER EIGHT REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
9 Laments, History, and Prophecies after the Destruction of Jerusalem
The Sixth Century: The Neo‐Babylonian Destruction of Jerusalem and Exile
The Exilic Editions of Biblical Books
Ezekiel
Second Isaiah (also called Deutero‐Isaiah)
FOCUS TEXT: Isa 52:13–53:12
CHAPTER NINE REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
10 Torah and Trauma
The Basic Starting Point: A Century‐Old Consensus on Three of the Pentateuch’s Prior Sources
Torah and Trauma in Non‐Priestly Narratives about Israel’s Earliest History
Promise to traumatized Judeans in the non‐P texts of Genesis
Exilic (L) shaping of the non‐P exodus‐Moses story
Conclusion on the forging of non‐P Pentateuchal materials by L supplements
The Priestly Source (P)
History and Fiction
FOCUS TEXT: Gen 12:1–3
Conclusions on the Torah (Pentateuch) and Trauma
CHAPTER TEN REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
11 The Torah, the Psalms, and the Persian‐Sponsored Rebuilding of Judah
History: Persian‐Sponsored Building of a Temple and Torah‐Centered Judaism
The Formation of the Torah
The Book of Psalms as a Torah‐Centered Collection of More Ancient Psalms
FOCUS TEXT: The Introduction to Psalms in Psalms 1–2
CHAPTER ELEVEN REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
12 Other Texts Formed in the Crucible of Post‐Exilic Rebuilding
Texts Closely Associated with the Rebuilding of the Judean Community
Texts Emphasizing God’s Favor Toward Foreigners
FOCUS TEXT: Isa 56:1–8
Scriptures in the Post‐Exile
CHAPTER TWELVE REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
13 Hellenistic Empires and the Formation of Multiple Scriptures
Judaism and Hellenism before the Hellenizing Crisis
The Crisis over Hellenizing Jerusalem and the Book of Daniel
A Hellenistic‐Period Kingdom of Israel: The Hasmonean Revolt and Monarchy
The Hellenistic/Hasmonean Period as the Setting for Hebrew Bible Texts
FOCUS TEXT: Daniel 10–12
The Formation of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament(s)
Conclusion
CHAPTER THIRTEEN REVIEW
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY

 

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